National Politics

By Shawna Mizelle and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Friday that it can now carry out executions by firing squad in the state should death row inmates choose the method. The department informed state Attorney General Alan Wilson on Friday that it had completed renovations on the death chamber at

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has implored Western allies to provide his country with military aid as Russia continues its unprovoked invasion. “We need you right now,” Zelensky told US members of Congress in one of his latest pleas for assistance before a friendly government. The US and other NATO member nations

By Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris has tested negative again for Covid-19 after Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff tested positive earlier this week. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed on Friday that Harris tested negative earlier in the day. Emhoff tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, marking the first known

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s writings, remarks and decisions as she wrestled with the highly sensitive issue of child pornography crimes are the focus of a new GOP line of attack on President Joe Biden’s pick for the Supreme Court. Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley zeroed in on that area of Jackson’s

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN When House Republicans gathered on the baseball field Friday morning for their weekly practice, members were abuzz about one topic: Rep. Madison Cawthorn. The North Carolina Republican infuriated members of his own party this week for calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” and the Ukrainian government “incredibly

By Daniel Dale, CNN Three American troops that a Russian media outlet claimed had been killed in Ukraine are all alive, and none are in Ukraine, the National Guard said in a Thursday statement. The three men described by Russian website Pravda.ru as slain American “mercenaries” were deployed to Ukraine with the Tennessee National Guard

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Gloria Borger, Paula Reid and Jamie Gangel, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to produce a multi-media presentation and hire a writer as part of its effort to turn its largely secretive work into a compelling narrative, multiple sources tell CNN. The online

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The American Bar Association on Friday rated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as “well qualified” — its highest rating — to serve on the US Supreme Court, ahead of her confirmation hearings next week. The association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary was unanimous in its evaluation of Jackson’s professional qualifications. “The

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN An off-duty police officer from Virginia who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiracy, after striking a plea deal with the Justice Department and agreeing to cooperate against a police colleague who was also charged. Jacob Fracker, a former officer for the

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday said that the US has “seen a number of missteps” by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. In offering an assessment of Russia’s troops, Austin told CNN’s Don Lemon in an exclusive interview, conducted in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, that the Russians “have