Politics

By CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday threatened legal action over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order targeting migrants and…

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A Pentagon watchdog report on Afghanistan warns that the country’s government could face an…

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a number of new steps his administration will take to try to get more Americans…

By Ella Nilsen and Cheri Mossburg, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with seven governors on Friday to talk about…

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted the responsibility that college students have to ensure their campuses are safe…

By Clare Foran, Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN The House voted 416 to 11 on Thursday to approve a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill security…

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN National security adviser Jake Sullivan reminded senior White House staff on Thursday of the stakes of passing the burgeoning…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland threatened legal action against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order targeting…

By Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is taking his coronavirus vaccine plea directly to his constituents. The Kentucky…

By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Democratic leaders are growing increasingly confident that they will lock down support for the crucial first…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to extend the eviction moratorium set to expire on Saturday that prohibits…

By Fredreka Schouten and Stephanie Becker, CNN A private company conducting a widely denounced review of ballots in Arizona’s largest county…

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The chief judge in DC’s federal court questioned the Justice Department’s decision to offer misdemeanor plea…

By CNN The Senate voted 67-32 on Wednesday to begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, advancing a critical part of…

By Nicole Gaouette and Michael Callahan, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that negotiations with Tehran over the Iran nuclear…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Nearly 230 Republican members of Congress told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it should overturn…

By Michael Warren, Dan Merica and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Democrats in South Florida, beleaguered by a tough 2020 election in the state, have been…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Immigrant advocacy organizations that quietly agreed to work with the Biden administration to identify vulnerable migrants…

By Priscilla Alvarez and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Biden administration is outlining its “hard-nosed approach” for tackling root causes of…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden, who for months used techniques like public service announcements to persuade Americans to get vaccinated,…

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Democratic donors donated $289 million through the online fundraising platform ActBlue during the second quarter of this…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A US Capitol Police officer who was the target of racist slurs during the January 6 insurrection rebuked questions about his…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said…

By Ali Zaslav and Devan Cole, CNN When the Senate voted Wednesday to open debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package, more than a dozen…

By Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb, CNN Investigators on the House’s January 6 select committee, vowing a deep dive into the attack on the US…

By Nicole Gaouette, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the director-general of the World Health Organization Wednesday and underscored US…

By Phil Mattingly, CNN White House officials have reached out to key union representatives over the last two days to lay the groundwork for President…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A church in Maine is asking the Supreme Court to block the state from enforcing or reinstating any…

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law Monday, finalizing a key part of his…

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Andrew Clyde, the Georgia Republican who compared scenes from January 6 to a “tourist visit,” has found a way…

By Holmes Lybrand The question of whether rioters were armed on January 6 has been among the most debated issues surrounding the insurrection —…

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Attorney General Merrick Garland’s effort to restore public trust in the Justice Department quietly…

By Kate Bennett, CNN Jared Kushner — former senior adviser to, and son-in-law of, ex-President Donald Trump — intends to start a…

By Annie Grayer, Daniella Diaz and Melanie Zanona, CNN The drama over mask wearing on Capitol Hill is back and in full force. One day after Capitol…

By Zachary Cohen and Josh Campbell, CNN Still grappling with physical and mental trauma from the January 6 insurrection, several police officers who…

By Ryan Nobles, Ali Zaslav and Devan Cole, CNN Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Wednesday that she does not support a $3.5…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Want to see President Joe Biden in person? Consider a move to Pennsylvania. That is where the President visited again Wednesday,…

By Marshall Cohen A Virginia police officer who was fired after storming the US Capitol was jailed Wednesday by a federal judge because he ordered a…

By Dan Merica, CNN Virginia’s Terry McAuliffe, in an effort to tie his gubernatorial opponent, Glenn Youngkin, to all things Donald Trump, is…

By Clare Foran, CNN The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee have reached a deal on a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill…

By Nicole Gaouette and Kylie Atwood, CNN US and Russian officials had “professional and substantive talks” on strategic stability in…

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Wednesday morning, as part of her larger…

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN We’ve been referring a lot to “the unvaccinated” vs. “the vaccinated” in very general terms…

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The US sanctioned Syrian prisons, Assad regime officials and militia leaders on Wednesday, marking the first time the Biden…

By Alex Rogers, Ali Zaslav, Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted Wednesday to begin debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure…

By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department on Wednesday put states and local officials on notice of their federal obligations when conducting…

By Stella Chan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife pulled their 10- and 11-year-olds from a summer basketball…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Two more whistleblowers have come forward alleging that migrant children who stayed at the Fort Bliss facility near El…

By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “moron” after being asked by a reporter…

By Lauren Fox, CNN After bipartisan infrastructure talks went to the brink Monday, negotiators are trying to put things back on track, returning to…

By Jason Hoffman, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed strengthening the federal government’s Buy…

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Annie Grayer, CNN The US House is reinstating its mask mandate as the Delta variant emerges as the dominant strain of…

By Holmes Lybrand, Tara Subramaniam, Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale, CNN On the day a House select committee held its first public hearing to glean…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN As part of the historically quick work to put his judicial nominees on the bench, President Joe Biden is on a mission to pick…

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Civil rights activists and voting rights groups this week are intensifying pressure on Congress to advance federal voting…

By Devan Cole, CNN Americans’ approval of the US Supreme Court fell to 49% this year after hitting a 10-year high in 2020, according to a…

By Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday rejected a request from GOP Rep. Mo Brooks to protect him from a civil…

By Gregory Krieg, Ethan Cohen and Sabrina Souza, CNN Texas state Rep. Jake Ellzey will win the special election runoff in Texas’ 6th…

By Jenn Selva and Devan Cole, CNN Former Oregon GOP state Rep. Mike Nearman has been banned from the state Capitol and its grounds after pleading…

By Geneva Sands, CNN Critical pipeline operators have reported more than 220 cybersecurity incidents since the Transportation Security Administration…

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner, the National Basketball Association announced…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A New York federal court has ordered US craft store Hobby Lobby to forfeit an ancient artifact purchased at a 2014 auction that…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, excoriated her…

By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Ryan Nobles, CNN Some of Donald Trump’s fiercest allies in Congress are continuing to downplay or ignore…

By Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The steps President Joe Biden’s administration is adopting this week to re-recommend…

By Christina Carrega Federal agents have arrested a man for allegedly sending threatening emails with derogatory slurs to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the…

By Zachary Cohen, CNN A group of bipartisan lawmakers is urging President Joe Biden to continue investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic…

By Geneva Sands, CNN After coming into close contact with a Department of Homeland Security employee who later tested positive for Covid-19, Homeland…

By Christina Carrega and Devan Cole, CNN A former intelligence analyst and military service member was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to three…

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has pulled out all six Republicans designated to serve on a key select committee on the…

By Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN A swastika was found carved into an elevator at the State Department on Monday, leading Secretary of State…

By Zachary Cohen, CNN Four police officers who defended the US Capitol on January 6 made clear Tuesday they are still dealing with physical and…

By Brian Fung and Geneva Sands, CNN Congress should not attempt to address the threat of ransomware by making ransom payments to cybercriminals…

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Kristen Holmes, CNN A Democratic-led House select committee says it has uncovered evidence of political interference by…