By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Donald Trump supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection to the House this year after four terms representing Michigan’s 14th District, becoming the 25th House Democrat to announce they’re leaving at the end of this term. “Today, after reflecting on my journey — and oh,
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, Katie Bo Lillis and Whitney Wild, CNN In the days ahead of the anniversary of the January 6 US Capitol attack, federal officials have seen an increase in unspecified calls for violence, the targeting of politicians and calls for rebellion on domestic violent extremist forums, according to a federal law enforcement official.
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By Geneva Sands and Whitney Wild, CNN Law enforcement and federal authorities in the Washington area are stepping up security efforts in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the department is operating at a “heightened level of vigilance, because
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat,
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott sued President Joe Biden and other members of the administration on Tuesday over the requirement that members of the National Guard be vaccinated against Covid-19. The lawsuit comes after a federal judge in Oklahoma in a separate case declined to block the mandate for members of
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By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Donald Trump supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat,
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand Two West Virginia brothers who brought bats to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, were sentenced Thursday by a federal judge in Washington, DC. Eric Cramer, 43, who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in a restricted area and tried to grab a baton from a police officer, was sentenced to eight
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By Tierney Sneed Former President Donald Trump was hit with two new federal lawsuits Tuesday from law enforcement officers who were at the US Capitol on January 6 and who allege that Trump directed the assault that left them injured and emotionally traumatized. The two complaints — one filed by a US Capitol Police officer
Continue Reading By Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military conducted strikes in Syria after indirect fire posed what a US-led coalition official called “an imminent threat” to troops near Green Village, a base in the east of the country near the Iraqi border. While the US is not officially confirming it conducted the strikes,
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By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Paula Reid, Angelica Grimaldi and Alex Rogers, CNN Fox News host Sean Hannity was concerned about former President Donald Trump‘s strategy and conduct before, during and after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, according to a letter sent to him on Tuesday by the House select committee probing
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of a survival mode
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By Chandelis Duster and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Tim Kaine on Tuesday recounted his hours-long journey on a Washington-area highway after a winter storm crippled the region and left hundreds, including the Virginia Democrat, stranded for hours on roads. “At some point it switched from a miserable travel day into kind of a survival mode
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By Devan Cole and Ariane de Vogue, CNN All nine Supreme Court justices have received a Covid-19 booster shot, the court said Tuesday. The announcement comes as the US grapples with a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases nearly two years into the pandemic largely due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Health officials have in
Continue Reading By Kristina Sgueglia, Melanie Schuman, Eric Bradner and Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York district attorney will not prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching, despite finding Cuomo’s accuser “cooperative” and “credible.” Albany County District Attorney David Soares said in a statement Tuesday he was declining to prosecute
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By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the pivotal Senate swing vote, made clear on Tuesday that he remains deeply skeptical of overhauling the chamber’s rules on a simple majority basis to advance voting legislation, a clear sign that a frantic push by Democrats to win his support to
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu sent letters to all the nation’s governors on Tuesday urging them to appoint their own infrastructure implementation coordinators to smooth the rollout of the $1.2 trillion law. “We know that needs, capacity, and challenges can vary widely by locality,” the letter from Landrieu, which
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By Kristina Sgueglia, Melanie Schuman, Eric Bradner and Sonia Moghe, CNN A New York district attorney will not prosecute former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on a misdemeanor sex crime charge of forcible touching, despite finding Cuomo’s accuser “cooperative” and “credible.” Albany County District Attorney David Soares said in a statement Tuesday he was declining to prosecute
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the federal government is doubling the US’ order for Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce hospitalizations and severe illness significantly. “Production is in full swing. The United States has more pills than any other country in the world and
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