National Politics

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Much of the US Supreme Court’s business occurs in private, as the nine justices meet alone around a rectangular table in a small oak-paneled room. The results of some of those internal deliberations become public when rulings in cases, fully briefed and openly argued, are

By Tami Luhby, Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, CNN For President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats, the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill was a chance to fulfill their longstanding dreams of expanding health care coverage. The proposed package includes broadening Medicare to provide dental, vision and hearing benefits, expanding Medicaid in the 12 states that

By Kim Berryman, Jamie Gangel and Natasha Chen, CNN Former President Bill Clinton will remain at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, for at least one more night, and is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday on Twitter. Clinton “continued to make excellent progress,”

By Fredreka Schouten Four Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach or convict former President Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol outraised the candidates he has endorsed to oust them, new campaign filings show. Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington and Fred Upton

By Sarah Fortinsky An assistant to the US House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms has been arrested and charged with 10 felony counts related to the possession of child pornography, according to court records filed Wednesday. Stefan Bieret, 41, is allegedly the owner of a DropBox account that contained images of child sexual abuse material, according to

By Dan Merica and Eva McKend, CNN Terry McAuliffe did not mince words about what he needed from Virginia voters on Friday night. “We need Democrats to step up, get energized and bring this one home for us,” he implored the audience in Henrico County. “People are counting on you.” Although the Democratic gubernatorial nominee

By Rachel Janfaza, Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, has pitched himself as a businessman and a political outsider. The former co-chief executive of the private-equity firm Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, Youngkin defeated six other nominees in the state’s Republican primary earlier this year.

By Rachel Janfaza, Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Terry McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia, is vying for another shot at leading the commonwealth, a place which bars governors from serving successive terms. Earlier this year, the seasoned candidate — whose story in the Democratic Party is defined by millions of dollars raised, the

By Annie Grayer, CNN The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol had a big week. Key decisions were made that not only cemented the tone of how the committee has chosen to operate, but also brought future roadblocks further into focus. Here’s what last week tells us about the investigation: 1.

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Clean Electricity Performance Program, the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive social safety net package, will likely be dropped from the final budget deal after pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, three congressional sources told CNN. “He is not there on the CEPP period. We’ve been trying,” one

By Donald Judd and Rachel Janfaza, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said those who refuse subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol should be prosecuted by the Justice Department. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins what his message is to those who refuse subpoenas from the panel,

By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, Democrats are at an impasse on President Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress. Meanwhile, the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is sending a message to Donald Trump and his associates: Defy subpoenas, and face criminal contempt charges. Monday US Capitol Police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on January 6