National Politics

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Excerpts from three upcoming books revealed previously unknown efforts by former President Donald Trump to abuse the powers of his office to overturn the 2020 election, deploy the military against racial justice protests and prosecute his political opponents. The excerpts also shed new light on Trump’s increasingly unstable mindset in his

By Ryan Nobles and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a resolution that will form a select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection, a resolution which is expected to get a vote in the chamber later this week. According to the resolution, the committee will be made up of 13 members.

By Paul LeBlanc and Stella Chan, CNN California will ban state-funded travel to five new states over their “discriminatory” LGBTQ laws, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday, citing the importance of “aligning our dollars with our values.” The new travel restrictions target Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia over what the attorney

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Barack Obama said Monday that action to protect voting rights is even more important in the wake of the 2020 election, taking a swipe at his immediate successor as having violated a “core tenant” of the American election system and for spreading baseless claims of voter fraud. During a

By Jeremy Herb, CNN President Joe Biden’s decision to launch airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region injects new urgency into the congressional debate over whether Congress should put curbs on the Executive Branch’s war powers around the globe. Top Democrats defended the Biden administration’s military action, saying the strikes carried out

By Katharina Krebs, Anna Chernova and Devan Cole, CNN A Russian court has denied former US Marine Trevor Reed’s appeal of his nine-year prison sentence for assaulting police officers, the court announced on Monday. “The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict of the Golovinsky District Court of Moscow from July 30, 2020 against Trevor Reed,”

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Rockets landed at a US military base in eastern Syria on Monday, a day after the US carried out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias, according to a US defense official with direct knowledge of the early reports. The official said it is “likely” the rockets were fired by Iranian-backed militias

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday as the White House looks to use the July Fourth holiday weekend to mark progress in the fight against Covid-19 after more than a year of the pandemic, according to a White House official. The White House’s theme for the

By Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden viewed precision airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups on the Iraq-Syria border region as “necessary, appropriate and a deliberate action,” press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, defending the administration’s legal justification for the strikes under Article II of the US Constitution. On Sunday evening, Biden directed the strikes against

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called on Democrats to back off their plans to tie a bipartisan infrastructure deal to a larger bill filled with their priorities, warning that both efforts could collapse if they carry through with their plans. The call by the Kentucky Republican was the

By Katie Bo Williams, CNN President Joe Biden’s decision to conduct airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups on the Iraq-Syria border Sunday night follows a recent spate of attacks against US military assets in Iraq by a new class of Iranian-made drones that US officials say can evade US surveillance and defenses. The latest of these

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: November 20, 1942 Birth place: Scranton, Pennsylvania Birth name: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Father: Joseph Robinette Biden Sr., car salesman Mother: Catherine Eugenia (Finnegan) Biden Marriages: Jill (Jacobs) Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Neilia (Hunter) Biden (August 27,

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Monday revived a case brought by parents who said their son, Nicholas Gilbert, died in police custody in St. Louis after law enforcement officers placed their weight on his back as he was shackled face down. The justices sent the case back down

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allowed a transgender student to use the bathroom that corresponded to his gender identity, a victory for the LGBTQ community that has been fearful the high court would take up the case and reverse a lower