National Politics

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Domestic unrest in Iran and Russia’s war in Ukraine may have distracted Tehran and Moscow from making more of an effort to influence or interfere in the 2022 US midterm election, a top US military cyberofficial said Monday. “We collectively saw much less focus from foreign adversaries, particularly the Russians” in

By Tierney Sneed, Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has concluded that former President Donald Trump was ultimately responsible for the insurrection, laying out for the public and the Justice Department a trove of evidence for why

By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN The January 6 committee used its final public meeting Monday to summarize its 17-month investigation with a simple closing statement: All roads lead to Donald Trump. Members focused on how the former president’s direct involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election makes him responsible for

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN At least 3,000 minors, mostly boys, have been targeted by financial “sextortion” schemes this year, a dramatic increase from previous years, the Justice Department announced in a public safety alert on Monday. Using social media platforms, predators will, in some cases, start communicating with the targeted minor before moving the conversation

By Em Steck and Chandelis Duster, CNN Republican Rep.-elect George Santos may have misrepresented parts of his resume, a CNN review of his public statements confirms. The New York Times on Monday, citing public documents and court records, first reported that key parts of Santos’ biography were either contradicted or not supported by evidence. A

By MJ Lee and Phil Mattingly, CNN One of President Joe Biden’s top advisers is underscoring the president’s political durability and touting a “strong jolt of momentum” as Biden heads into the second half of his term. That’s according to a memo from Mike Donilon, a senior adviser to Biden who wrote the note that

By Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN The GOP fight for House speaker intensified on Monday with a group of incoming chairmen demanding that their party fall in line behind House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy — and his conservative critics pushing back. McCarthy, who lacks the 218 votes to become speaker on January 3 amid

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Phil Mattingly, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing its response to Wednesday’s anticipated end of a Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42, according to officials familiar with the planning. Officials said the plans, which may include the revival of a controversial asylum policy, could be announced

Jack Forrest, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection will hold its final public meeting on Monday, when it’s expected to announce criminal referrals to the Justice Department. Chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, has said the panel will approve its final report at the meeting, but it won’t be made

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Leaders of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys will face trial starting Monday for their alleged conspiracy to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency, another test for the Justice Department’s effort to punish the far-right political movement connected to fierce allies of former President Donald Trump. Federal prosecutors

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is unveiling a new proposed rule that, if enacted, would effectively phase out compact fluorescent light bulbs and move the US light bulb markets decisively to more energy-efficient LEDs. The Department of Energy is proposing the rule on Monday with the aim to finalize it by the end

By Aileen Graef and Jack Forrest, CNN The Biden administration is marking the celebration of Hanukkah this year by publicly denouncing antisemitism in the United States, with Attorney General Merrick Garland, a Jew, calling for Americans to unite against “bigotry in any of its forms.” “Together, we must stand up against the disturbing rise in

By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent President Joe Biden will announce Monday morning that former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III will serve as the US envoy to Northern Ireland, according to a source with knowledge. CNN reported last week that Kennedy would be named to the post, which was has been vacant since

By Tierney Sneed The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is set to make announcements at its final public meeting on Monday about criminal referrals to the Justice Department. So what is a criminal referral? A referral represents a recommendation that the Justice Department investigate and look at charging the individuals in

By Paul LeBlanc and Daniella Diaz, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that President Joe Biden should ask for an extension of Title 42, a public health authority that was invoked under former President Donald Trump and allows officials to expel migrants encountered at the US-Mexico border. “I understand that the president needs to

By Daniella Diaz and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Retiring Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey offered a pointed closing message for his fellow Republican colleagues on Sunday, saying that former President Donald Trump’s hold on the party is “waning.” “I have heard from many, many formerly very pro-Trump voters that they think it’s time for our party to