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By Hadas Gold and Richard Allen Greene, CNN US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will visit Israel on his first trip abroad as speaker, and address its parliament, the Knesset, he announced on Tuesday. He’ll be only the second US speaker in history to address the Knesset, and the first one to do so this millennium,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN The House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of a resolution to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency water rule. Republicans have called the rule federal overreach and argue it places a burden on the agriculture community by being too restrictive in
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled new charges against members of small separatist political groups accused of working with agents of the Russian government to influence a local Florida election with aspirations of extending those efforts to the 2020 presidential campaign. The indictment expands a criminal
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department has established a special taskforce to deal with the crisis in Sudan, a spokesperson told CNN Tuesday. “The State Department has established a Sudan Military Conflict Task Force to oversee the Department’s planning, management, and logistics related to events in Sudan,” the spokesperson said. A notice about
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed Senate Democrats railed against Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday amid reports that the Supreme Court conservative failed to disclose luxury travel, gifts and a real estate transaction involving a GOP megadonor, but their plan to investigate the conservative jurist remains unclear. Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin has promised that his committee will
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The top US Navy admiral ardently defended a non-binary sailor on Tuesday amid some criticism from Republican lawmakers, saying he is “particularly proud of this sailor.” The sailor, LTJG Audrey Knutson, had their story shared on the Navy’s Instagram page last week. In a short video, Knutson said they are proud
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Nicky Robertson, Ted Barrett and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Republicans on Tuesday formally blocked a request from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, something Democrats hoped to do in order to advance stalled judicial nominations. Senate Democrats are seeking to temporarily replace Feinstein on
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met behind closed doors with a select group of congressional Republicans on Tuesday evening in Washington as he seeks support from within his party to challenge Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024. He was coy about his future presidential ambitions and did not divulge details
Continue ReadingBy Sara Murray, CNN The Fulton County District Attorney’s office said some fake electors for Donald Trump have implicated each other in potential criminal activity and is seeking to disqualify their lawyer, according to a new court filing. The district attorney’s office is requesting that attorney Kimberly Bourroughs Debrow be disqualified from representing a group
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump has tried to mount an argument that he was a formidable deterrent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the foreign leader Trump has for years been criticized for praising and defending. But Trump has been making a demonstrably false claim to support his case. On Friday, in a
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, CNN A tiny intruder infiltrated White House grounds Tuesday, prompting a swift response from the US Secret Service. Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, said a toddler crawled through the fence on the north side of the White House, setting off security alerts. “The Secret Service Uniformed Division today
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper and Kit Maher, CNN Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is talking to potential donors, thought leaders, staffers, and others to discuss a possible campaign for president in 2024, sources close to Christie told CNN. Christie is in the process of making a decision and has indicated he will make one in
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night’s deadline for the court to act approaches. The filing means that after the Justice Department files a
Continue ReadingCNN By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN A group of doctors opposed to abortion asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restrict access to a key medication abortion drug while other legal challenges play out, as Wednesday night’s deadline for the court to act approaches. The filing means that after the Justice Department files
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand and Tim Lister, CNN The US has sensitive nuclear technology at a nuclear power plant inside Ukraine and is warning Russia not to touch it, according to a letter the US Department of Energy sent to Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy firm Rosatom last month. In the letter, which was reviewed by CNN
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt and Jim Sciutto, CNN The top British defense official has cast doubt on the veracity and impact of the recently leaked American intelligence documents, going further than US officials in questioning the contents of the hundreds of pages of classified intelligence. “I know for a fact, having read what I’ve seen in
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn’t have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table with President Joe Biden. McCarthy also
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Just how much longer the federal government can keep paying its bills on time and in full depends greatly on this year’s tax collections. With tax season coming to a close for many filers on Tuesday, the Treasury Department will soon know the amount of tax revenue it has received for
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, HOUSE TV, @SPEAKERMCCARTHY, @THEWHITEHOUSE By Tami Luhby, CNN Just how much longer the federal government can keep paying its bills on time and in full depends greatly on this year’s tax collections. With tax season coming to a close for many filers on Tuesday, the Treasury Department will soon know the amount of
Continue ReadingCNN By Tami Luhby, CNN Just how much longer the federal government can keep paying its bills on time and in full depends greatly on this year’s tax collections. With tax season coming to a close for many filers on Tuesday, the Treasury Department will soon know the amount of tax revenue it has received
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