National Politics

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Several establishment Republicans, including 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, are publicly criticizing their party’s decision to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their service on the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. The criticism underlines the ongoing intra-party feud between loyalists to

By Liz Stark, CNN The Biden administration will implement new updates to school nutrition standards for the coming academic years, the US Department of Agriculture announced Friday, as part of an effort to make school meals healthier while schools also work to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. These transitional nutrition standards — set to be

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The State Department has shared information about China’s human rights abuses with US Olympic athletes and defended athletes’ right to express opposition to those violations on the eve of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. “US athletes are entitled to express themselves freely in line with the spirit and charter of

By Ethan Cohen and Gregory Krieg, CNN New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the state’s new congressional map into law Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said, enacting a map that will likely net Democrats several seats in the US House of Representatives in this fall’s midterm elections. The Empire State’s current delegation

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Their paths to the New York Police Department’s downtown Manhattan headquarters on Thursday could hardly have been more different, but President Joe Biden and New York City Mayor Eric Adams are now — by their choosing and at their own political risk — increasingly bound as the Democratic Party tries to

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US and European officials have expressed alarm at Russia’s military build-up in Belarus, describing it as a significant and concerning development as the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine looms and calls for Moscow to de-escalate appear to be going unheeded. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said

By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark made good on his promise and pleaded the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during his deposition with the House January 6 committee on Wednesday, a source familiar with the interview told CNN. The source said Clark chose to plead

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent President Joe Biden told party leaders at the White House on Wednesday that he has approved a transfer of $15 million from the Democratic National Committee to help boost the efforts of the party’s House and Senate campaign committees, officials said. The move comes as Democrats fight to

By Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Gloria Borger and Jamie Gangel, CNN Top aides to Vice President Mike Pence did not discuss direct conversations with former President Donald Trump over several hours of questioning in recent interviews with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, three sources familiar with the probe tell CNN. The