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The Justice Department will “strenghten” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Monday. Read the full statement from the attorney general: “As I stated during my confirmation hearing, political or other improper considerations must play no role in any investigative or prosecutorial decisions. These principles that have long been

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act sentencing reform law. The vote was 9-0. This story is breaking and will be updated.

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off for several months a case that could end nationwide practices that have boosted the admission of Black and Latino students for decades. The

By Clare Foran, Ariane de Vogue and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the President’s most closely watched judicial nominees. The vote was 53-44. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South

By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Natasha Bertrand, CNN President Joe Biden is using time away from summit meetings on his European tour this week for intense preparations ahead of his talks with Vladimir Putin, according to officials, as he works to avoid the pitfalls his predecessors faced in showdowns with

The parents of former United States Marine Trevor Reed, who is imprisoned in Russia, are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to work out a deal to send him home.

By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings nationwide. He notes the biggest challenges include aging school buildings and ventilation, adequate transportation, and ensuring overall equity and access to education, according to a memo Cardona sent

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on several key items has stalled in Congress. Plodding negotiations and calls to drop bipartisan overtures could imperil — or even unravel — headway on infrastructure, police reform

By Zahra Ullah and Matthew Chance, CNN The parents of a former US Marine imprisoned in Russia are pleading with Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin to work out a deal to send him home. Paula and Joey Reed hope Wednesday’s summit between the leaders will allow a resolution to nearly two years of detention

By Jeremy Diamond and Jasmine Wright, CNN Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically sensitive question during her first foreign trip, seeing the misstep as part of a broader pattern of messaging challenges that have dogged her since her presidential campaign.

CNN has learned that the US government is assessing reports of a possible leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after the French company that part owns and operates it warned of an “imminent radiological threat.” A source tells CNN the Biden administration believes the facility is not yet at a “crisis level,” while US officials have deemed the situation does not currently pose a severe safety threat to workers at the plant or Chinese public. The US has been in contact with Chinese and French governments and multiple US government agencies are also monitoring the situation. CNN’s Steven Jiang reports.

By Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN NATO leaders meeting in Brussels on Monday have largely backed President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official present for the talks, as the US President makes his first trip to the alliance’s headquarters since taking office. The news comes as

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN. The warning included an accusation

Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on infrastructure negotiations, subpoenas by the Trump DOJ against Democratic lawmakers, a January 6 commission, recent comments by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and more.

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said House leadership “did not rebuke” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar last week, after criticism from the left that the caucus was unfairly targeting Omar and mischaracterizing her comments about the US, Israel, Hamas and the Taliban. “We did not rebuke her. We acknowledged that she

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden and his aides were planning his visit to the Cornish coast this weekend, many — including the President — viewed it as something of a homecoming. Long a fixture at international summits, Biden’s return to the table represented more than just an elder statesman finally taking his

Queen Elizabeth II greeted President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at Windsor Castle ahead of their meeting. CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield discusses the significance with Royals editor Diane Clehane.

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the Justice Department in February 2018, while McGahn was still the top lawyer representing the presidency, according to a person familiar. The New York Times first reported McGahn’s

In an exclusive interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells CNN’s Dana Bash that she’s not giving up on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s vote for HR1 even after he wrote an op-ed opposing the For the People Act.

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she’s “very pleased” that a deal on a new bipartisan Senate infrastructure package was reached last week, but she warned the proposal might be a tough sell to the House Democratic caucus if more isn’t included. “I do think