National Politics

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Joseph “Max” Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran and former leader of the Veterans Administration whose political career spanned more than four decades, died Tuesday from congestive heart failure at his home in Atlanta, his personal assistant Linda Dean told CNN. He was 79. Born on August 24, 1942 in Atlanta, Cleland

By Devan Cole, CNN A federal agency said Tuesday that 13 senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that seeks to keep government functions nonpartisan. The Office of Special Counsel, an independent agency tasked with enforcing the law, said in a report that 11 of those officials allegedly violated the Hatch

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jennifer Hansler, CNN American citizen Trevor Reed has been on a nearly weeklong hunger strike to protest his detainment in Russia and the “numerous and flagrant violations” of his human rights by Russian authorities, according to his family. “We have received a report from an attorney that Trevor has begun a

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The first woman has graduated from the US Army’s elite sniper school, completing the seven-week course designed to produce “the most feared weapon on the battlefield.” The soldier, who enlisted in the Montana National Guard last December, has not been identified. Following her enlistment, she was sent to Fort Benning, Georgia,

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with a Texas death row inmate’s request to have his pastor “lay hands” on him and pray out loud during his eventual execution, with several justices questioning how the court can draw a line between an inmate’s religious rights claims and a

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Thirteen senior Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, according to a report from the US Office of Special Counsel that was released on Tuesday. Eleven of those senior Trump officials allegedly violated the Hatch Act by “campaigning on behalf of President Trump’s reelection” during 18 official interviews or media appearances,

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Hidden beneath the stark partisan polarization of American politics today are sharp intraparty divisions over some of the most central issues facing the nation, according to a new analysis from the Pew Research Center. The study assesses the public’s views on a range of issues and segments Americans

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Former President Donald Trump privately criticized on Monday night the 13 Republicans who voted to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, questioning why they would give President Joe Biden a win when he’s struggling in the polls, according to a GOP source. His comments came a day after

By Kate Sullivan, CNN Bill Nye will come to the White House on Tuesday to help President Joe Biden promote his economic agenda and highlight how it will help combat the climate crisis, a White House official tells CNN. Nye — better known as “Bill Nye, the Science Guy” — will film a video with the President

By Annie Grayer, CNN The timetable for President Joe Biden’s social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, may have just hit a new snag. The Congressional Budget Office, a federal agency that provides budget and economic information to Congress, said on Tuesday that it cannot give a definitive date for when it will have