National Politics

By Katie Lobosco, CNN There’s no quick fix for the current pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, but the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently held up in Congress would help prepare the complicated system to handle the next disruption. The legislation calls for major federal investments in each step of the US freight network: Inland waterways and rail

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department “will apply the facts and the law and make a decision” when considering a criminal contempt referral for Steve Bannon the House is preparing to approve on Thursday. Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday as the full House

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden hopes to use a CNN Town Hall on Thursday to help push his ambitious domestic agenda across the finish line as weeks of mostly private negotiations among Democrats appear to be reaching their conclusion. The 8 p.m. ET event, held in Baltimore, comes amid an intensifying public push

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he’ll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation. The town hall will take place at a critical time for the Biden administration, as the

By Tami Luhby, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he would not support adding a work requirement for the enhanced child tax credit in the Democrats’ massive social spending bill, putting him at odds with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Biden told Anderson Cooper at a CNN Town Hall: “All these people are

By Daniella Diaz and Lauren Fox, CNN Forced to pare down their bill to expand the social safety net, Democrats are now having to make tough calls on what they can cut from the proposal, prompting fresh concerns from members who had been working for years on provisions that once had been included in President

By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden wanted the stakes to be perfectly clear when he sat down with nine liberal Democrats in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss ongoing legislative negotiations. Going around the room and staring them each in the eye, the President warned of dire consequences if he arrives

By Gregory Krieg, CNN The contest to become New York City’s next mayor effectively ended early this summer, when Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams won the Democratic primary. But on Wednesday night, Adams shared a stage with the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, a founder of the Guardian Angels and media personality, for their first debate.

By Maeve Reston, Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN Republican leaders nationally hope to move on from re-litigating the 2020 election as they set their sights on winning back the House and Senate in next year’s midterms, but that may be a difficult shift to make in Arizona. GOP headliners running for some of the