Schumer says Senate will take up voting rights Tuesday as Democrats face grim odds
By Clare Foran, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday evening the Senate will delay its scheduled January recess and take up voting…
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Democrats embrace hardball judicial nomination tactics GOP adopted under Trump
By Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump and Republicans broke with previous Senate tradition to confirm 17 federal appeals court nominees…
Continue ReadingBiden says his administration will make free high-quality face masks available to all Americans
By Kate Sullivan, Kaitlan Collins, Betsy Klein, Jeremy Diamond and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his administration…
Continue ReadingBiden administration will meet with big tech firms Thursday over national security concerns in software
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Biden administration officials will meet with key software developers and major tech firms like Apple and Google on Thursday to…
Continue ReadingCheney says McCarthy ‘clearly trying to cover up what happened’ on January 6
By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, the vice chairwoman of the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, on Wednesday did…
Continue ReadingFact-checking Kevin McCarthy’s comments about the January 6 committee
CNN By Daniel Dale, Annie Grayer and Tara Subramaniam, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke to reporters on Thursday, a day after he had…
Continue ReadingObama backs Biden’s call to change Senate rules to pass voting rights in op-ed
By Rashard Rose and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Former President Barack Obama is calling on the Senate to “do the right thing” and pass voting…
Continue ReadingTop Democrat concedes Biden may have gone ‘a little too far’ in comparing some lawmakers to segregationists
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Wednesday said President Joe Biden may have gone “a little too far in his…
Continue ReadingGOP lawmaker compares DC vaccine protocols to Nazi Germany
By Brian Rokus and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio is drawing condemnation from his House colleagues for his comparison of…
Continue ReadingTrump allies’ fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden’s victory
CNN By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates…
Continue ReadingTrump allies’ fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden’s victory
By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN In the weeks after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump’s allies sent fake certificates to…
Continue ReadingGOP senators take aim at judicial nominee’s ‘rap sheet’ of decade-old traffic citations
By Tierney Sneed At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, Republicans brought up three traffic tickets — all a decade or more old…
Continue ReadingFormer White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany met with January 6 committee, sources say
CNN, KABC, WRAL By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday appeared before the House…
Continue ReadingWhite House says Biden was not making ‘human’ comparison between segregationists and opponents of voting rights bills
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden was not making a “human” comparison between opponents of pending voting rights bills and…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won’t seek reelection to Indiana seat
By Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Morgan Rimmer GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth of Indiana announced on Wednesday he will not seek a fourth term in…
Continue ReadingUS imposes sanctions on North Korean and Russian individuals tied to North Korea’s missile programs
CNN By Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole, Katie Bo Lillis and Barbara Starr, CNN The US on Wednesday announced sanctions on eight North Korean and Russian…
Continue ReadingUS imposes sanctions on North Korean and Russian individuals tied to North Korea’s missile programs
By Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole, Katie Bo Lillis and Barbara Starr, CNN The US on Wednesday announced sanctions on eight North Korean and Russian…
Continue ReadingFormer White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany met with January 6 committee, sources say
By Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday appeared before the House select committee…
Continue ReadingMcCarthy says he will not cooperate with January 6 committee probe
By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he will not cooperate with a request from the House…
Continue ReadingUS military links prolific hacking group to Iranian intelligence
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US military’s Cyber Command on Wednesday detailed multiple hacking tools that officials say Iran’s Ministry of…
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