National Politics

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN In the middle of chaos 20 years ago, Sen. Joe Biden wanted to get inside the US Capitol. That was the safest place to be on September 11, he argued when his daughter Ashley called him, pleading that he leave Washington as the terror attacks were unfolding. Blocked

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team are quietly working to prop up some of the GOP incumbents targeted by former President Donald Trump, putting the California Republican directly in the crosshairs of the right as he seeks to win back the majority. Half

By Maeve Reston and Dan Merica, CNN The effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom took off last year amid a backlash to his aggressive restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But when the last ballots are cast in Tuesday’s special election, it may be the fears about the surge of the Delta

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director The landscape of political polling is changing, and so too is the way CNN carries out its polls. Beginning with Friday’s newly released CNN poll conducted by SSRS, the network is implementing a new methodology for measuring public opinion. The new approach relies on both online and telephone interviews,

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN The tentatively positive public outlook that marked the first months of the Biden administration has faded, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The survey, released Friday, finds a rising share of Americans who say things in the US are going badly and that the economy

By Kylie Atwood, CNN President Joe Biden spoke with China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening as relations between the two countries have remained tense in recent months, particularly in cyberspace, with the US having accused China of widespread malfeasance, including a massive hack of Microsoft’s email system and other ransomware attacks. “The two leaders

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Federal prosecutors cited seditious conspiracy as a crime under investigation in a recent search that appears to be related to the US Capitol riot probe, according to a court document supporting the search. The move, made known through the iPhone search of the Oath Keepers-linked Texas lawyer

By Michael Warren and David Wright, CNN Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Republicans “to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn, not hide from them,” as he lobbed several thinly veiled criticisms at his one-time ally, former President Donald Trump. “​​We need to renounce the conspiracy theorists and the

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Republican former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch announced her bid for governor in 2022 on Thursday, emphasizing her support for the police force and election integrity. Throughout her announcement, Kleefisch praised and aligned herself with former President Donald Trump, who has gotten involved in a slew of gubernatorial races, causing a

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer called the high court’s recent refusal to block a controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks “very, very, very wrong.” “I’ll add one more ‘very,’ ” the liberal Justice told NPR in an interview published Thursday. “And I wrote a dissent. And that’s

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Republican Sen. Ron Johnson has repeatedly spread anti-vaccine misinformation. But just last year, the Wisconsin senator attacked Democrats on the issue, saying that undermining confidence in a vaccine for Covid-19 would cost deaths. Johnson made his comments in October 2020 on Wisconsin local radio when discussing the vice presidential debate between

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A pastor who felt called by God to pray on the US Capitol grounds on the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks won’t be able to, a federal judge decided on Thursday, because the security concerns around the building are still too great. The