National Politics

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Kenneth Winston Starr, a former US solicitor general who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s as the independent counsel who doggedly investigated President Bill Clinton during a series of political scandals, has died. He was 76. Starr died of complications from surgery, according to a statement from his family. “We are

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who replaced Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership, announced Tuesday she plans to seek another term as House GOP Conference chairwoman, and sources tell CNN she has three of the top Republicans in the conference backing her bid. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House

By Kylie Atwood, Michael Conte and Devan Cole, CNN Russia has covertly transferred over $300 million to foreign political parties around the globe since 2014, a senior Biden administration official said Tuesday, citing a review by the US intelligence community. “In its review, the IC found that Russia has covertly transferred over $300 million dollars,

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced on Tuesday a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, the most significant proposal by Republicans in Congress to curtail the procedure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade three months ago. Senate Democratic candidates immediately tried to link their

By Phil Mattingly, Betsy Klein and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN With the two sides still unable to reach an agreement and with a freight rail strike looming, union officials and representatives of the railroads are heading to Washington, DC, on Wednesday where they will meet with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, according officials with each union and

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Lawmakers in California recently approved legislation that aims to shield election officials from threats and harassment — becoming the latest state to attempt to confront the wave of

By Tami Luhby, CNN The share of children in poverty fell by nearly half in 2021, thanks mainly to a one-year enhancement of the enhanced child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 5.2% of children were in poverty last year, down from 9.7% the year before, based on a broader alternative

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden says she has not yet discussed with President Joe Biden whether he will run for a second term. “Not yet. We’ve been a little bit too busy. So, not yet,” Biden said to NBC’s “Today” in a sit-down interview that aired Tuesday morning but was prerecorded

By Shania Shelton, Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Ethan Cohen, CNN It’s primary election day in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Delaware. As primary season comes to an end on Tuesday, most eyes will be on New Hampshire as voters will decide which Republican who will take on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan in November. In the

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Oversight Committee is asking the National Archives for an assessment of whether there are presidential records still unaccounted for and in Donald Trump’s possession, according to a new letter obtained by CNN. The committee’s chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat, also is requesting in the letter that

By Dan Merica, CNN They both worked for Donald Trump and have centered their congressional campaigns on the former President’s policies. But in Tuesday’s race to be the Republican nominee in New Hampshire‘s 1st Congressional District, Republicans Matt Mowers and Karoline Leavitt are in a bitter fight that is more about style than substance, one

By Casey Tolan, CNN As he’s traveled the country to visit victims of storms, wildfires, and floods, President Joe Biden has returned to a similar theme: Climate change is “everybody’s crisis,” as he declared last year after surveying flooded-out New York homes in the wake of Hurricane Ida. Biden doesn’t say it explicitly, but that

By Eric Bradner and David Wright, CNN New Hampshire Republicans‘ decision to nominate Don Bolduc to take on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan locks in the final key matchup in November’s battle for control of the Senate. Bolduc, a retired Army brigadier general who has embraced former President Donald Trump’s election denialism, will defeat state Senate

By Gregory Krieg and Dan Merica, CNN The 2022 primary season is poised to go out with a bang, as voters in New Hampshire and Rhode Island decide a series of fiercely contested races that could play a major role in deciding control of the House and Senate next year. Over more than six months,

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court‘s obliteration of nearly 50 years of abortion rights for women, along with its new, tougher stance on gun control and other politically charged rulings, have stained the image of an impartial judiciary. There is no ignoring that the public has found it

By Phil Mattingly, CNN Steve Ricchetti never stopped talking to Joe Manchin. Even as the negotiations over President Joe Biden’s cornerstone economic and climate legislation came to be defined by high-profile meltdowns, there was simply too much at stake to allow a rupture in the relationship with the West Virginia senator. The day after Manchin

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate claims made by former US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in his forthcoming book that Trump-era officials in the Justice Department pressured his office to “aid them politically.” “Throughout my tenure as U.S. attorney,” Berman writes in the book according to The New York Times, which

By Ellie Kaufman and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Iran has taken “a step backward” with its latest response to a nuclear deal proposal, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, calling a near-term agreement “unlikely.” “What we’ve seen over the last week or so in Iran’s response to the proposal put forward by the European