National Politics

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A US Air Force brigadier general has been named as the new Pentagon press secretary by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. CNN reported Wednesday that Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder was set to be appointed, according to an administration official and a senior defense official familiar with the matter.

By Dan Merica, CNN It isn’t often that Democrats look to deep-red Kansas for resounding affirmation. But on Tuesday night, when Kansans overwhelmingly voted to keep protections for abortion rights in their state constitution, that is exactly what happened. The size and scope of the result were a shock to even the most optimistic Democrats.

By Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski has died in a car accident that also killed two of Walorski’s staffers, House Republican leaders announced Wednesday. The news came as a major shock on Capitol Hill and immediately sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrances from lawmakers and aides who paid

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Republican senators and the business community are mounting a full-court press on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to sink — or substantially change — the Democrats’ economic package, arguing in private conversations that the new tax increases would hurt companies in her home state of Arizona. And in a private

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Vulnerabilities in software that TV and radio networks around the country use to transmit emergency alerts could allow a hacker to broadcast fake messages over the alert system, a Federal Emergency Management Agency official tells CNN. A cybersecurity researcher provided FEMA with “compelling evidence to suggest certain unpatched and unsecured EAS

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would hear two major cases concerning race-based affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina on October 31, setting the stage for a landmark opinion that could gut precedent that allows colleges to consider a student’s race when

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign into law two major pieces of legislation on boosting US semiconductor production and expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits next week at the White House. The passage of the two bills were big wins for the President, who has

By Kacey Cherry and Devan Cole, CNN Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with .08% blood alcohol level or higher causing injury. His lawyer, Amanda Bevins, appeared on his behalf at an arraignment in Napa County Superior

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Mostafa Salem and Adam Pourahmadi, CNN A new round of talks to try to salvage the Iran nuclear deal will convene in Vienna this week, although the Biden administration has low expectations for reaching a breakthrough after more than a year of negotiations. Top European Union official Enrique Mora announced

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone having been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury is “probably bad” for former President Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the two Republicans serving on the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, said Wednesday. Kinzinger told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day” that

By Eric Bradner, CNN Three Donald Trump-endorsed Republicans who have embraced the former President’s 2020 election lies will win the GOP nominations for US Senate, secretary of state and attorney general in Arizona, CNN projected Wednesday. Blake Masters, the onetime venture capitalist, will secure the Republican nomination for US Senate, while Arizona Republicans have chosen

By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to help ensure access to abortion in light of the Supreme Court’s decision earlier this summer to eliminate the constitutional right to the procedure. The President said the order helps women travel out of state to receive abortions, ensures