By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Pro-immigrant groups and service providers blasted Biden administration officials Friday morning on a call on the heels of news that the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to revive a Trump-era border policy next month, according to sources familiar with the call. It’s the latest indication of tensions between the administration
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Biden administration’s commission on the Supreme Court continues to meet, roll out pages of draft documents and engage in deep philosophical conversations about the past and future of the court, one thing is clear: No one is satisfied. Conservatives, who currently enjoy a 6-3 majority
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Biden administration’s commission on the Supreme Court continues to meet, roll out pages of draft documents and engage in deep philosophical conversations about the past and future of the court, one thing is clear: No one is satisfied. Conservatives, who currently enjoy a 6-3 majority
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By Boris Sanchez and Alison Main, CNN Leaning over a glass countertop displaying chorizo and carne salteada, Democrat Terry McAuliffe surveys the number of distinct nationalities he’s encountered touring Todos Supermarket in northern Virginia. “We got Peru, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Mexico,” noted McAuliffe, who first visited the grocery chain in 2013, seeking to court Latino
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By Donald Judd, CNN Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a Hatch Act complaint against White House press secretary Jen Psaki, alleging that she appeared to have endorsed Terry McAuliffe during a White House press briefing on Thursday. According to the US Office of Special Counsel, the agency charged with investigating Hatch
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By Sonia Moghe, CNN A California man who was accused of sending threats to a congressman and multiple journalists has pleaded guilty to one count of making threatening interstate communications. At his change of plea hearing Friday, Robert Lemke pleaded guilty to the count related to a threat he made to a family member of
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By Katelyn Polantz, Christina Carrega and Jessica Schneider, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was indicted on obstruction charges in connection to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. According to the indictment, Michael A. Riley told a contact online to remove posts showing the person was in the Capitol building that day. Riley’s
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By Fredreka Schouten and Alex Rogers, CNN Democratic Senate contenders in some of the most competitive races announced big fundraising hauls this week — as they prepare for a costly battle to preserve their party’s razor-thin majority in next year’s midterm elections. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, considered one of the Democrats’ most vulnerable incumbents, raised
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By Kate Bennett, CNN Jill Biden on Friday afternoon will flex her considerable campaigning muscle for the first time as first lady of the United States when she travels to New Jersey and Virginia. The first lady will be appearing alongside two Democratic gubernatorial candidates who are both locked in contentious battles with their Republican
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By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden is visiting Connecticut on Friday to deliver a speech touting his administration’s child care proposals and attend the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut. The White House said Biden will visit a child care center in Hartford, where
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden laid out areas of potential compromise to his massive 10-year spending plan during a speech on Friday at a child care center in Connecticut. “I’m convinced we’re going to get this done,” Biden said of the ongoing negotiations during the first stop of his trip
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By Kate Sullivan and Jamie Gangel, CNN President Joe Biden spoke with former President Bill Clinton on Friday after Clinton had been hospitalized for an infection, the President said Friday. “Well, I wanted to see how he was doing, and because I’ve been trying to get a hold of him, and he’s doing fine, he
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, Christina Carrega and Jessica Schneider, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was indicted on obstruction charges in connection to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. According to the indictment, Michael A. Riley told a contact online to remove posts showing the person was in the Capitol building that day. Riley’s
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Department of Justice will ask the Supreme Court to step in and block a controversial Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out, a department spokesperson said Friday. The petition will once again place the justices in the
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By Whitney Wild and Daniella Diaz, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was attacked on Friday morning by a woman carrying a baseball bat along First Street SW in Washington, Capitol Police said in a statement. The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. ET. When police approached the woman, she became agitated and raised her bat.
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By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN Foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to the United States starting on November 8, the White House said Friday. “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8,” said
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A Marine who was found guilty after posting a series of videos on social media criticizing top military leaders’ handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan received a sentence of one month forfeiture of $5,000 in pay and a direction to receive a letter of reprimand from a military judge on
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By Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN Former President Barack Obama will travel to Glasgow next month for a UN climate summit and will meet with young activists and deliver remarks putting the threat of the climate crisis into broader context, an Obama spokeswoman tells CNN. “He will lay out the important progress made in the
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By Dan Merica, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris has plans to campaign for Terry McAuliffe before the November election, a source familiar with the plan tells CNN, adding another top name to the growing list of Democrats coming to the commonwealth to help the gubernatorial nominee. McAuliffe, in an attempt to jolt apathetic Democratic voters
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN Foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to travel to the United States starting on November 8, the White House said Friday. “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8,” said
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