By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN For the first time in nearly a century, members of the public will be able to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier plaza and lay flowers before the sacred memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s the first time in 96 years that visitors have
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN For the first time in nearly a century, members of the public will be able to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier plaza and lay flowers before the sacred memorial site in Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s the first time in 96 years that visitors have
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Republican Rep. Paul Gosar posted a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response Monday saying a “creepy member” of the House had “shared a fantasy video of him killing me.” “And
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak, CNN High gas prices are quickly becoming a political liability for President Joe Biden — and like presidents before him, he has few options to bring them down. That doesn’t mean he won’t take steps to demonstrate his attention to the issue. In fact, he could take action as soon as Tuesday,
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By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday said he would not run against Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022, dealing a significant blow to Republicans who hoped the seat would be a top target in the critical midterm elections. Sununu, who said he was running for a fourth
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Republican Rep. Paul Gosar posted a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response Monday saying a “creepy member” of the House had “shared a fantasy video of him killing me.” “And
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN High gas prices are quickly becoming a political liability for President Joe Biden — and like presidents before him, he has few options to bring them down. That doesn’t mean he won’t take steps to demonstrate his attention to the issue. In fact, he could take action as soon as Tuesday,
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By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Republican Rep. Paul Gosar posted a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response Monday saying a “creepy member” of the House had “shared a fantasy video of him killing me.” “And
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A procedural attempt by former President Donald Trump to keep secret documents from his presidency about the January 6 insurrection quickly failed overnight Monday, in a preview of the major loss in court that came later Tuesday. Trump late on Monday night had asked Judge Tanya Chutkan
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN When President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap a planned missile defense system in the fall of 2009 left a pair of European allies feeling jilted, Vice President Joe Biden embarked on a three-day tour to coax relations back to health. Twelve years later, Biden — now the US President responsible for
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By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN More than 70 current and former members of the US military, who all swore an oath to defend the Constitution, are now facing criminal charges and special attention from prosecutors for attacking their own democracy by storming the US Capitol on January 6. For these defendants, many with
Continue Reading By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN More than 70 current and former members of the US military, who all swore an oath to defend the Constitution, are now facing criminal charges and special attention from prosecutors for attacking their own democracy by storming the US Capitol on January 6. For these defendants, many with
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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington, DC, residents could get some new digits starting Tuesday, as the area’s 771 area code will begin to be assigned to phones and services in the district, according to the District of Columbia Public Service Commission. The additional area code will be doled out in an effort to address projections
Continue Reading By Jason Hoffman and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Republicans to stop pursuing retaliation against 13 members of their party who voted to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill in the House last week, saying he’s never seen things this way in Congress. Some conservative House Republicans have discussed booting
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By Jessica Schneider, CNN A lawsuit filed by DC Attorney General Karl Racine accusing former President Donald Trump’s 2017 Presidential Inaugural Committee of abusing non-profit funds will proceed to trial after a DC Superior Court judge ruled Monday that claims accusing the committee of overpaying for event space may move forward. But Judge Jose Lopez
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican Rep. Fred Upton on Monday shared a threatening voicemail he had received after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill last week. In the voicemail, which Upton played during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on “AC360,” a caller told the Michigan Republican: “I hope you die. I hope everybody in
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon has intensified its effort to evacuate the families of Defense Department service members and civilians from Afghanistan, creating a system to track the number of immediate family members who remain there more than two months after the US withdrawal. In a memo, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin
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By Jessica Schneider and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Department of Justice argued Monday night against a more permanent block of the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate in a filing to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, saying that Republican-led states and private businesses challenging the mandate have not shown that their claimed injuries “outweigh
Continue Reading By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst No doubt about it, there’s a lot to worry about in the country these days: Covid. Inflation. Poverty. Polarized politics. Democracy itself. But Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has decided to make us fret about something he considers to be a crucial issue of our time: the decline
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN A new national television ad from House Republicans’ campaign arm deceptively uses images of events that occurred during former President Donald Trump’s time in office to attack President Joe Biden’s tenure. The 30-second ad from the National Republican Congressional Committee, titled “Chaos,” begins with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicting “bold progress
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