National Politics

By Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz and Ryan Nobles, CNN Steve Bannon will not cooperate with the House select committee investigating January 6, his lawyer said in an email obtained by CNN that cites former President Donald Trump’s claim of executive privilege. Bannon’s attorney told the committee that “the executive privileges belong to President Trump” and

By Dan Merica, CNN Glenn Youngkin is trying to walk a tightrope on so-called election integrity. The Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee, who has acknowledged that President Joe Biden’s election was legitimate, is digging into his call for an audit of the voting machines used in the 2020 election — a reflection of how former President

By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Political independents are among the most heavily scrutinized groups in American politics. They’re also, as a new analysis of CNN’s most recent polling shows, not much of a bloc at all: Their backgrounds and viewpoints cover a wide spectrum. A dive into independents’ views highlights two basic principles

By Maeve Reston, Lucy Kafanov and Jason Kravarik, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has emerged as a lightning rod within the field of potential GOP presidential contenders, serving as such a forceful champion for former President Donald Trump that she’s been talked about as a possible running mate if he vies for the White

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Eleven Senate Republicans broke ranks Thursday evening to vote with all Democrats to overcome a filibuster so that the debt ceiling deal announced earlier in the day could move forward. Their votes allowed the Senate to clear the procedural hurdle and move toward increasing the debt ceiling. Here are the Republicans

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The debt ceiling deal proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put his GOP conference in a bind, with some Republicans accusing the formidable Senate tactician of folding in his standoff with Democrats and others refusing to go along with his strategy. The Senate voted 50-48

By Hannah Rabinowitz Nine months after the US Capitol riot, a Pennsylvania woman has been formally charged with stealing and then selling or disposing of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. An indictment unsealed on Thursday against Riley Williams accuses the 22-year-old of stealing a laptop from Pelosi’s office and then ultimately getting

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Rep. Ro Khanna had a suggestion for President Joe Biden on a private conference call earlier this week: Have Sens. Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders sit in the same room and try to cut a deal on the Democratic Party’s massive social safety net expansion. Because once they

By Andy Rose and Shawna Mizelle, CNN President Joe Biden will sign three proclamations restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments, according to a fact sheet from the White House on Thursday night. “By restoring these national monuments, which were significantly cut back during the previous administration,

By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Mike Conte, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will meet with their Mexican counterparts Friday in Mexico to discuss a new security agreement called the “US-Mexico Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health and Safe Communities,” a senior administration official