National Politics

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It just happened very quickly,” Barrett told an audience in California, reminiscing about

By Ryan Nobles, Jamie Gangel and Gloria Borger, CNN January 6 select committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters Monday that he believes it will not be necessary for the panel to issue a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence and that the committee has been able to glean enough information that his testimony may

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe, according to a defense official familiar with the matter. The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was launched from a

By Shawna Mizelle and Amy Simonson, CNN Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law on Monday that codifies the right to an abortion in the state. House Bill 1279, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, states that “every individual has a fundamental right to make decisions about the individual’s reproductive health care, including

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN The Senate has reached a bipartisan deal to provide an additional $10 billion in Covid-19 assistance, less than half of what the White House originally had requested. It would allow the Biden administration to purchase more vaccines and therapeutics, as well as maintain testing capacity and research. But

By Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host a wedding reception at the White House this November for their eldest granddaughter, Naomi Biden, the first lady’s communications director Elizabeth Alexander confirmed to CNN. The White House reception is set for November 19; there is no word yet on where

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Navy veteran and possible congressional candidate who drank a bottle of wine and stole a book on Senate procedure during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was sentenced on Monday to serve 90 days in jail. Jason Riddle of New Hampshire had pleaded guilty to theft of

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a New York man could go forward with a malicious prosecution claim against police even though he wasn’t ultimately acquitted for the underlying charge, lowering the bar for when such civil lawsuits for damages can be brought under certain circumstances. The

By Raja Razek and Devan Cole, CNN Three Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration seeking to stop it from ending Trump-era pandemic restrictions that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US. “This suit challenges an imminent, man-made, self-inflicted calamity: the abrupt elimination of the only safety valve preventing this administration’s disastrous border policies from

By Allie Malloy and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday said the atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Ukraine, are a “war crime” and called for a trial to take place against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US President did not, however, label the killings a “genocide” but said he was

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The State Department’s new cybersecurity bureau formally launched on Monday in an effort to make digital rights issues an intrinsic part of US foreign policy at a time when Russia and China are increasingly trying to put their own authoritarian stamp on the internet. The move essentially reshapes and greatly expands

By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Republican David McCormick and Democrat John Fetterman opted to skip separate events with their Senate primary opponents this weekend where they became the central targets of attacks, underscoring their statuses in their respective primary fields just six weeks before Election Day in Pennsylvania. McCormick, the former hedge fund

By Alex Rogers, CNN Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to be confirmed as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice this week, after a bipartisan group of senators voted on Monday to advance her nomination. After the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-11, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a vote to break the