National Politics

By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated on Wednesday that she stands by her assertion that the House won’t take up a bipartisan infrastructure deal until the Senate passes a more sweeping package through budget reconciliation, a position that has drawn criticism from Republicans and caused some anxiety among moderate House Democrats. “The

By Dianne Gallagher and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday vetoed a Republican-backed election overhaul bill that would tighten election deadlines and expand voter identification requirements, among other changes, in the latest battle between Democrats and Republicans over voting rights. “I made it clear I wouldn’t sign a bill that creates barriers

By Daniel Dale, CNN On Tuesday, President Joe Biden repeated a vivid story he has been telling since at least his 2020 presidential campaign. Biden’s story serves to illustrate both his connection with average workers and his fondness for Amtrak, the rail service he famously used for years to commute between Washington and his home

By Gregory Krieg and Ethan Cohen, CNN A day after the New York City Board of Elections botched a dry run of its new ranked-choice vote-counting process, the beleaguered office released updated results that found Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams narrowly in the lead. Former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia and civil rights attorney Maya Wiley

By Dan Merica and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Republican governors across the country are deploying state law enforcement officials to the US-Mexico border, giving each governor the opportunity to emphasize their fealty to former President Donald Trump while simultaneously lambasting President Joe Biden’s administration. The deployments, which have come from states ranging from South Dakota to

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN A member of the Oath Keepers has cut a plea deal with prosecutors and is testifying secretly against others in the right-wing group, according to a criminal case unsealed Wednesday in Washington, DC. The newly public case is the latest known move by the Justice Department to prosecute the extremist group

By Nikki Carvajal and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said climate change is driving an increased threat from wildfires as he announced new federal response plans during a meeting with governors from western states facing a record-breaking heat wave. “Right now we have to act and act fast. We’re late in the

By Gregory Wallace, CNN A pair of US senators are asking the Biden administration to intervene and remove expiration dates on flight credits issued to airline passengers during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Wednesday asked the US Department of Transportation to determine that it is

By Kara Scannell, Erica Orden and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York prosecutors investigating the Trump Organization are scrutinizing cash bonuses as part of their focus on whether the company failed to pay taxes on benefits provided to some of its employees, people familiar with the matter say. The interest in cash payments, which has not

By Brian Fung and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Microsoft on Wednesday argued forcefully before Congress that the US government has abused the use of gag orders to keep subpoenas and warrants secret in law enforcement investigations and called for new restrictions on their use. Microsoft’s vice president of customer security, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee,

By Barbara Starr, Nicole Gaouette and Kevin Liptak, CNN The US could complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within days, according to multiple US officials, making this a critical week in President Joe Biden’s campaign to end America’s longest war even as US military officials warn the country could devolve into civil war. A formal

By Erica Orden and Kara Scannell, CNN The Manhattan district attorney’s office is expected to charge former President Donald Trump’s namesake company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, as soon as Thursday with tax crimes in connection with an array of perks and benefits awarded to employees, a person familiar with the matter tells

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Personal Birth date: July 9, 1932 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Donald Harold Rumsfeld Father: George Donald Rumsfeld, a real estate salesman Mother: Jeannette (Huster) Rumsfeld Marriage: Joyce (Pierson) Rumsfeld (1954-present) Children: Nick, Marcy and Valerie Education:

By Gregory Krieg, Ethan Cohen and Adam Levy, CNN The campaign to become New York City’s next mayor has come in for another twist. On Tuesday, the City Board of Elections released new numbers that suggested Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ lead in the Democratic primary had narrowed in the first set of tabulated ranked-choice

By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden announced eight new federal judicial nominations on Wednesday as the White House seeks to maintain its rapid pace of nominations — and confirmations — to the federal bench. The announcement, which marked Biden’s fifth wave of judicial nominees, includes his intent to nominate two circuit court selections and

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Covid pandemic deprived the Supreme Court of its courtroom for oral arguments, its intimate conference room for deliberations and, as is evident these days, the bench where dissenting justices can vent. At the end of each Supreme Court session, individual justices on the losing

By Gregory Wallace, CNN A pair of US senators are asking the Biden administration to intervene and remove expiration dates on flight credits issued to airline passengers during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut on Wednesday asked the US Department of Transportation to determine that it is

By Kara Scannell, Erica Orden and Sonia Moghe, CNN New York prosecutors investigating the Trump Organization are scrutinizing cash bonuses as part of their focus on whether the company failed to pay taxes on benefits provided to some of its employees, people familiar with the matter say. The interest in cash payments, which has not

By Nikki Carvajal and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday said climate change is driving an increased threat from wildfires as he announced new federal response plans during a meeting with governors from western states facing a record-breaking heat wave. “Right now we have to act and act fast. We’re late in the