National Politics

By Ella Nilsen and Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats are quickly running out of time to clinch a deal on a climate and clean energy package — one of the last vestiges of President Joe Biden’s original agenda. With just weeks to go before a deadline, what exactly Democratic swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West

By Tina Burnside and Devan Cole, CNN Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia on Thursday signed several education bills into law, including one banning the instruction of “divisive concepts” pertaining to race in classrooms. “Today we’re here … to sign legislation that puts our children ahead of partisan agenda and gets parents back in charge

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday warned Russia not to make idle statements about the use of nuclear weapons, following public comments by a top Russian official about the possibility of nuclear war amid the conflict in Ukraine. “No one should be making idle comments about the use of nuclear weapons or

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Ukrainians fleeing violence don’t need to try and enter the United States through the southern border because they now have access to a special visa system. “We have made a direct means by which they can get from Europe, from Ukraine directly to the United States, without

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of John Kasich, former Republican governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1952 Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Richard Kasich Jr. Father: John Kasich Sr., mail carrier Mother: Anne Kasich, postal worker Marriages: Karen (Waldbillig) Kasich (1997-present);

By Lauren Fox, CNN The leaders of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus are ramping up pressure on their leadership in a new effort to bring a series of bills to the House floor that they argue already have bipartisan backing and could help bolster incumbents ahead of the midterm elections from attacks that Congress isn’t

By Donald Judd, CNN The Biden administration will release a report Thursday touting what it’s calling a “small business boom” under its watch, while hitting Republicans for policies it warns would “increase taxes on small businesses across the country.” The 23-page report, shared with CNN on Wednesday, touts encouraging figures on small business creation over

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Special counsel John Durham has an active and ongoing criminal probe into a tech executive who worked with a Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign lawyer to share claims of a cyber back channel between Donald Trump and Russia, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Prosecutors said the Durham team is still “looking closely”

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump’s staunchest allies don’t like what they heard House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying on tape about the ex-President and some of their GOP colleagues after the Capitol attack. But they and the former President are holding their fire — at least for now. Most