Politics

By Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Erin Burnett, CNN Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer has appeared in front of a special grand jury in…

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell had such a reputation for stopping Democratic legislation and keeping his…

By Evan Perez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Justice Department prosecutors are preparing to fight in court to force former White House officials to…

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former Justice Department staffer Ken Klukowski, who worked with Jeffrey Clark at the agency, is…

By Kevin Liptak, Manu Raju, Ella Nilsen and Alex Rogers, CNN It was the middle of the night in Saudi Arabia when word emerged from Washington that…

By Jessica Dean and Ted Barrett, CNN Republicans continued to express their frustration with their inability to get votes on amendments to the PACT…

By Dan Merica, CNN Doug Mastriano, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania, is facing bipartisan criticism for his ties to Gab, a…

By Whitney Wild and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Secret Service Director James Murray is delaying his retirement from the service as the agency faces…

By Devan Cole, CNN The brother of Paul Whelan, an American who has been held by Russia for alleged espionage since 2018, on Thursday applauded a…

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol is…

By Evan Perez, Manu Raju and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department has offered to begin settlement discussions with sexual assault survivors…

By Dan Merica and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host former President Barack Obama and former first lady…

By Brian Rokus, CNN A group of former Republican and Democratic officials are forming a new political party called Forward, in an attempt to appeal…

By Kristin Wilson and Jessica Dean, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democrats and comedian and activist Jon Stewart railed against Senate…

By Kate Bennett, CNN The eldest grandchild of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden has announced she will be married in a ceremony on the…

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Senate Democrats have included $21 billion in possible appropriations funding to provide resources for the coronavirus…

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin’s stunning reversal on a clean energy package has suddenly put Democrats in a position to pass the largest…

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6 is zeroing in on former officials from…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday dismissed fears that the US is in a recession after a government report showed the US economy…

By Betsy Klein, Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday urged congressional Democrats to quickly pass the…

By Jennifer Hansler, Chandelis Duster, Darya Tarasova, Kylie Atwood and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Biden administration officials are frustrated that…

By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has been engaging with former Secretary…

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The West Virginia House on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban abortions with some exceptions, significantly…

By Kylie Atwood, Evan Perez and Jennifer Hansler, CNN After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout,…

By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday to pass a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to…

By Dan Merica and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry ended his US Senate bid on Wednesday just two weeks before Wisconsin’s…

By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats will not vote on a series of gun and policing bills this week that would have included an assault weapons ban,…

By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Wednesday he’s “feeling great” and is back to working…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Department of Justice has reached out to other Trump White House officials regarding the January 6 attack on the US…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will speak Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a White House official tells CNN, as tensions between…

By Jason Morris and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The State Bar of Georgia is investigating two Republican lawyers who signed on to the “fake…

By Oren Liebermann, Zachary Cohen and Barbara Starr, CNN Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at a…

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director After the eight public hearings held by the House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021,…

By Avery Lotz and Andrew Millman, CNN A federal judge sentenced a man who assaulted law enforcement officers with poles during the January 6, 2021,…

By Whitney Wild and Jeremy Herb, CNN Two top House Democrats are calling for the Department of Homeland Security inspector general to recuse himself…

By Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN Several Republican senators said Tuesday they had not made decisions about whether they will vote in favor of a…

By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN National security officials are quietly working to convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the risks her…

By Amanda Watts, CNN Wisconsin state Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley was involved in a three-vehicle fatal car crash on Friday, according to a…

By Tierney Sneed and Evan Perez, CNN The move by the Justice Department to bring two top aides to former Vice President Mike Pence in front of a…

By Clare Foran, CNN The Senate took a key vote on Tuesday to advance a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden feels well enough to resume physical exercise on his fifth day with Covid-19, his doctor said Tuesday in a…

By Michael Warren, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday delivered a speech outlining an “agenda for the future” in Washington…

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