National Politics

By Katie Lobosco, CNN China fell more than $213 billion short of its commitment to increase purchases of US goods and services that it made to then-President Donald Trump in 2020, according to a report released Tuesday. The commitment was made in what’s known as the Phase One deal, in which Beijing promised to purchase

By Geneva Sands, CNN The rabbi who escaped a hostage takeover at his synagogue last month testified before Congress for the first time on Tuesday about his ordeal, detailing why he opened the door for the attacker and how he and others were able to flee after the hours-long standoff. On the morning of January

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The US government is set to transfer a detainee from the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who authorities once alleged was an al-Qaeda operative who planned to be the “20th hijacker” on 9/11 but failed to board United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in rural Pennsylvania. After his capture

By Tami Luhby, CNN Many parents may not be so happy when they file their tax returns this year. They could discover they’re getting smaller refunds than they usually do. That’s because more than 36 million families already received half of their enhanced child tax credit in monthly payments during 2021. “One thing that likely

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday with goals to reduce the Army’s greenhouse gas pollution by 50% by 2030 and attain “net-zero” emissions by 2050. The Army plans to meet these goals by increasing fuel efficiency, making more Army vehicles electric, modernizing “operational power generation, battery storage,

By Betsy Klein, CNN A safe place during a disaster is just a text away. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is launching an updated feature that would let Americans text to find an open shelter in the event of a major disaster. Users can text “shelter” and their ZIP code to 43362 to

By Ariane de Vogue, John Harwood, Joan Biskupic and Betsy Klein, CNN White House officials have begun reaching out to potential Supreme Court candidates to gather more information about their records with about three weeks remaining before President Joe Biden’s self-imposed deadline to announce his Supreme Court pick, CNN has learned. In addition, as a

By Liz Stark, CNN Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended the Postal Service’s plan to replace the vast majority of its aging vehicle fleet with gas-powered trucks — rather than electric vehicles — saying on Tuesday that USPS needs to balance its commitment to an electric fleet with “our dire financial condition.” His defense comes as

By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised an Australian company that makes chargers for electric vehicles for agreeing to build a manufacturing facility in Tennessee, saying the plant will “have a ripple effect” far beyond the state. The company, Tritium, and the White House say the new plant will

By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a short-term government funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of next week. Funding is currently set to expire on February 18, but the measure the House approved would extend funding through March 11. The tally was 272-162 and the legislation

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN On a summer night in Honduras in 2014, Maribel made a choice: She had to leave her home, with her four young children in tow, or risk being killed. With an eye toward the United States, she began the dangerous journey north and arrived at the US-Mexico border where she claimed