National Politics

By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House committee investigating January 6 sent a letter to Stephen Bannon on Friday rejecting his argument for failing to comply with the panel’s subpoena and dismissing his claim of executive privilege, particularly as it relates to his communications with individuals other than former President Donald Trump, according

By Eric Bradner, CNN The Republicans conducting a review of Wisconsin’s 2020 election results are facing mounting calls to shut the probe down after a series of blunders by the former judge hired to conduct it. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos tapped Michael Gableman, a former state Supreme Court justice, to conduct the review —

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In two unsigned opinions Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of police officers seeking qualified immunity from allegations of excessive force. In both cases, the justices overturned lower court decisions that went against the officers. The rulings — and the fact that no justice publicly dissented

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A hacker appears to have compromised a section of former President Donald Trump‘s website and replaced it with a slogan and a speech from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Visitors to a subdomain of Trump’s website were greeted Monday with a message from someone claiming to be a Turkish hacktivist. “Do

By Geneva Sands and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is setting up a new intelligence gathering and law enforcement unit to monitor the movement of migrants journeying to the US southern border after being caught by surprise last month when thousands of people arrived in Del Rio, Texas. The initiative is aimed

By Dan Merica, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the plans. Harris will headline an evening rally on Thursday in Prince William County, the most diverse county in the commonwealth, according to the 2020 census. Democrats in Virginia are hopeful

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Justice Department formally asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and block a controversial Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out. The law is “clearly unconstitutional” and allowing it to remain in effect would “perpetuate the

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Fortinsky and Ethan Cohen, CNN Two long-time House Democrats, North Carolina’s David Price and Pennsylvania’s Mike Doyle, announced Monday that they will not seek reelection in 2022. Price, first elected in 1986, and Doyle, first elected in 1994, both represent districts that President Joe Biden carried comfortably in 2020. But the

By Jasmine Wright Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made a forceful plea for Congress to pass both parts of President Joe Biden’s two-pronged economic agenda because of the climate components as she spoke in front of Nevada’s rapidly draining Lake Mead. “This is a fundamental issue,” Harris said, standing at a podium in front

By Kara Scannell and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath for about 4 1/2 hours Monday as part of a lawsuit brought by men alleging they were assaulted by his security during a demonstration outside Trump Tower in 2015, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. “We examined Mr. Trump on