McCarthy and McConnell on collision course as Congress barrels toward messy finish
By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the…
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DOJ charges 7 with smuggling equipment to Russian military
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN The US Justice Department has charged five Russian nationals, one American and an Israeli who is a US permanent resident with…
Continue Reading Top Energy Department official no longer employed after luggage theft accusations
By Geneva Sands, Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Department of Energy official responsible for nuclear fuel and radioactive waste is no…
Continue Reading Justice Department has tried to access GOP Rep. Scott Perry’s text messages
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department has tried to gain access to Republican Rep. Scott Perry’s text…
Continue Reading Biden signs into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue
By MJ Lee, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday landmark new federal protections for same-sex and…
Continue Reading Biden signs into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue
By MJ Lee, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday landmark new federal protections for same-sex and…
Continue Reading 9 million people received emails that mistakenly said their student loan forgiveness was approved
By Katie Lobosco, CNN About nine million people received an email last month from the Department of Education that mistakenly said their application…
Continue Reading DeSantis targets Covid vaccine manufacturers and CDC in latest anti-vaccine moves
By Eric Bradner and Kit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday asked his state’s Supreme Court to green-light an investigation of…
Continue Reading Nevada, New Mexico and Georgia officials subpoenaed by DOJ for records related to 2020 election
By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN Local officials in Nevada, New Mexico and Georgia have received federal subpoenas for records related to the…
Continue Reading January 6 committee chairman: Final public meeting will be Monday and full report will come out December 21
By Annie Grayer, Sara Murray and Zachary Cohen, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the January 6,…
Continue Reading Los Angeles councilman will not resign amid audio scandal and scuffle with protester
By Stella Chan and Kacey Cherry, CNN Days after video of a scuffle with an activist surfaced, and months after racist remarks on tape went viral, Los…
Continue Reading Los Angeles councilman will not resign amid audio scandal and scuffle with protester
By Stella Chan and Kacey Cherry, CNN Days after video of a scuffle with an activist surfaced, and months after racist remarks on tape went viral, Los…
Continue Reading John Lewis to be honored on US postage stamp next year
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The late civil rights trailblazer and congressman John Lewis will be honored on a new postage stamp in 2023, the US Postal…
Continue Reading Recount reconfirms GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s victory in Colorado’s 3rd District
By Shania Shelton, CNN A recount reconfirmed that GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert defeated Democrat Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional…
Continue Reading Biden to sign into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue
By MJ Lee and Betsy Klein, CNN One Sunday morning in May of 2012, Vice President Joe Biden shocked the country with an unexpected declaration…
Continue Reading Negotiators announce bipartisan framework agreement for government funding package
By Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN Top congressional negotiators announced Tuesday evening that an agreement had been…
Continue Reading House GOP divided over whether McCarthy should give in on ‘motion to vacate’
By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona, Kristin Wilson and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN The House Republican Conference is still entrenched in an internal war over…
Continue Reading Exclusive: US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine
By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that…
Continue Reading Exclusive: US finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine
By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that…
Continue Reading 91% of colleges don’t provide students with the accurate cost, federal agency says
By Katie Lobosco, CNN An independent federal agency is calling on Congress to help prevent college students from taking on an unaffordable amount of…
Continue Reading Legal fight over termination of Trump-era border policy intensifies as GOP-led states ask appeals court to rule by Friday
By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN Nineteen GOP-led states have asked a federal appeals court to rule on their request to suspend the…
Continue Reading Alexandra Pelosi reflects on her father’s attack: ‘At some point, you’re just done’
By Daniella Diaz, CNN The violent attack on Paul Pelosi drove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s decision to leave House Democratic leadership, with…
Continue Reading DOJ says judge doesn’t need to hire historian to understand Supreme Court gun ruling
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Department of Justice is advising a federal judge in Mississippi that he does not need to hire a…
Continue Reading Alexandra Pelosi reflects on her father’s attack: ‘At some point, you’re just done’
By Daniella Diaz, CNN The violent attack on Paul Pelosi drove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s decision to leave House Democratic leadership, with…
Continue Reading Biden signs into law same-sex marriage bill, 10 years after his famous Sunday show answer on the issue
By MJ Lee, Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday landmark new federal protections for same-sex and…
Continue Reading Kyrsten Sinema’s potential 2024 run creates anxiety in Senate Democratic ranks
By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders…
Continue Reading Special counsel subpoenas Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger in January 6 probe
By Jason Morris and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of the Justice…
Continue Reading Kyrsten Sinema’s potential 2024 run creates anxiety in Senate Democratic ranks
By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s surprise decision to become an independent has Democratic leaders…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty to threatening Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter
By Casey Gannon, CNN A Texas man charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol pleaded guilty Monday to threatening Rep. Alexandria…
Continue Reading El Paso faced a ‘major surge in illegal crossings’ over the weekend, senior border official says
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN More than 2,400 migrants crossed into the United States near El Paso, Texas, daily over the weekend, according to a senior…
Continue Reading Supreme Court resurrects pre-pandemic tradition: announcing opinions from bench
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it will resume announcing its opinions in person from the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court declines to block California’s ban on flavored cigarettes
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from tobacco company R.J. Reynolds to challenge a…
Continue Reading Second seditious conspiracy trial against Oath Keepers begins with opening statements
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Prosecutors on Monday presented opening arguments in a second trial against members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia…
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Supreme Court won’t block California from enforcing voter-approved ban on flavored tobacco products
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court won’t block California from enforcing voter-approved ban on flavored tobacco…
Continue Reading Appeals court weighs DOJ’s use of obstruction charge in January 6 Capitol rioter cases
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the Justice Department can use a felony obstruction charge typically…
Continue Reading US Air Force carries out first fully successful test of air-launched hypersonic missile
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US Air Force carried out the first successful test of its complete air launched hypersonic missile, the Air Force said in…
Continue Reading Special counsel subpoenas Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger in January 6 probe
By Jason Morris and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of the Justice…
Continue Reading Trump to release ‘book of letters’ next year amid 2024 campaign
By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump is planning to release a book next year showcasing his private correspondence with past and present…
Continue Reading House Democrats have former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. But what happens next?
By Lauren Fox and Daniella Diaz, CNN After a years-long fight, House Democrats finally have access to six years of former President Donald…
Continue Reading Biden administration officials meet virtually with Paul Whelan’s sister to discuss ‘next steps’
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Biden administration officials met virtually on Monday with Elizabeth Whelan, whose brother Paul Whelan remains detained in…
Continue Reading Greene again downplays Capitol riot and says it would have been armed if she led it
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said over the weekend that if she had led the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol…
Continue Reading Greene again downplays Capitol riot and says it would have been armed if she led it
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said over the weekend that if she had led the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol…
Continue Reading Youngkin schedules February special election in Virginia to fill Donald McEachin’s seat
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A special election in Virginia to replace the late Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin, who died last month, will take place in…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Americans are split over confidence in incoming House GOP majority or Biden
By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans divide almost evenly over whether they have more confidence in the newly empowered…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to hear another challenge to Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and leaves program blocked
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The US Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will hold arguments in a second case in February…
Continue Reading Judge formally dismisses Trump’s case for a Mar-a-Lago special master
By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN The special master review of evidence seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate…
Continue Reading It’s time to review government shutdown plans, federal agencies are formally warned
By Betsy Klein, CNN While congressional leaders continue to negotiate a spending deal, the federal government has begun the process of preparing for…
Continue Reading Lockerbie bombing suspect makes first court appearance in DC federal court
By Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of…
Continue Reading Lockerbie bombing suspect makes first court appearance in DC federal court
By Devan Cole and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Libyan man accused of being involved in making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over the town of…
Continue Reading US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough, source says
By Ella Nilsen and René Marsh, CNN For the first time ever, US scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National…
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