National Politics

By David Shortell, Paula Reid and John Couwels, CNN An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is seen as a key witness in the investigation into alleged sex trafficking by the Florida Republican, testified on Wednesday before a grand jury investigating the congressman. The development is the latest signal that the long-running investigation into Gaetz

By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Former President Donald Trump appeared to take a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his refusal to disclose whether he’s received a Covid-19 booster shot in a new interview with the far-right channel One America News. Trump, who announced at an event last month that he had

By Sam Fossum, CNN The White House unveiled several new initiatives across the government on Wednesday to bolster offshore wind production, streamline a review of public lands for clean energy and implement power grid improvements as part of the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure law. The Department of the Interior announced that the Bureau of Ocean

By Tara Subramaniam In a letter sent Sunday responding to a request to meet with the House select committee investigating January 6, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio accused the investigation of spreading misinformation “to paint a false and misleading narrative.” As part of its effort to examine the role former President Donald Trump and

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A Texas sheriff is under investigation for allegedly seizing money from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops. Last month, the Texas Rangers and the Texas attorney general’s office conducted search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson, according to Texas Department of Public Safety press secretary

By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump is facing weak support among Republicans for his calls to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and aides and allies say it’s forcing the former President to confront new limitations on his influence over the party. In the 11 months that have passed since Trump first called for the

By Alex Rogers, CNN The body of former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is lying in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on Wednesday, a rare honor granted by Congress to about three dozen other Americans, including former presidents, Supreme Court justices, lawmakers and national security officials. Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada,

By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection are weighing what options they have to compel their fellow members of Congress to cooperate with their probe. At issue is determining a path that would give them the best opportunity to obtain

By Paul LeBlanc and Sam Fossum, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new initiatives to provide an additional 10 million Covid-19 tests per month to schools and students in an effort to keep classrooms open. The administration will distribute 5 million free rapid tests and 5 million free PCR tests to schools each month,

By Suzanne Malveaux and Chandelis Duster, CNN Civil rights leaders were pleased with President Joe Biden’s call on Tuesday to change Senate filibuster rules to pass voting rights legislation, but insist they will not be satisfied until a bill is passed. “We are tired of (Biden) being quiet,” Marc Morial, president and CEO of the

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci hit back at two Republican senators in a pair of tense exchanges Tuesday, accusing one of attacking him for political gain and calling another “a moron” following questions about his finances during a Senate hearing. The confrontations with Sens. Rand Paul and Roger Marshall came in a hearing