Politics

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is announcing that school districts around the nation can apply for the first round of funding to transition to clean, zero emissions buses. On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu will announce the first $500 million

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer There was a little-seen warm moment between Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas last November 1, just before the Supreme Court heard arguments on Texas’ abortion ban. Roberts announced that 30 years ago on that exact date, a ceremonial investiture for Thomas had

By Brad Lendon, CNN The US Navy is honoring its only Filipino to be awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s highest decoration for military valor, by naming a new warship after him. A future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named USS Telesforo Trinidad, after Fireman 2nd Class Telesforo De La Cruz Trinidad, Navy Secretary

By Andy Rose and Devan Cole, CNN Oklahoma’s legislature gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would require students at public schools and public charter schools in the state to use restrooms and locker rooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates — the latest anti-transgender bill state lawmakers have sent to

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden formally announced Friday that Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will take on a new position at the White House. Kirby will become the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications. In the new role, he will “coordinate interagency efforts to explain United States policy and will serve as a

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden arrived here Friday on a mission to reaffirm a key alliance at an uncertain moment in East Asia, punctuated by growing warnings from US intelligence that North Korea may conduct a missile test during the President’s visit. Even as the war in Ukraine has preoccupied Washington — and

By Ted Barrett, CNN Several Republican senators told CNN Thursday that despite their votes against a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine, they do intend to vote to admit Finland and Sweden into NATO when and if that question comes before the Senate. But some indicated they have not decided whether to approve the

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden spent her first full day of a trip through South and Central America on Thursday, using a speech at the Carondelet presidential palace in Quito, Ecuador, to emphasize the importance of global assistance and building alliances. The first lady used her remarks, made before a speech by

By Jamie Gangel and Evan Perez, CNN Former Attorney General William Barr has “tentatively agreed to give sworn testimony behind closed doors” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. Barr has already talked informally to the committee, including at a meeting at his

By Sam Fossum, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that the Supreme Court’s draft majority opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling is part of a “war” on women’s rights, as Republican-led legislatures across the nation pass increasingly restrictive measures on abortion access. “The strength of our country has always been

By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate on Thursday approved a bill by unanimous consent intended to improve access to baby formula as the US contends with a nationwide shortage that has sparked an outcry and put pressure on lawmakers to act. The bill, called the Access to Baby Formula Act, was approved

By Rebekah Riess, Jeremy Grisham and Devan Cole, CNN Oklahoma’s legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would ban abortions from the stage of “fertilization” and allow private citizens to sue abortion providers who “knowingly” perform or induce an abortion “on a pregnant woman.” The legislation is among the nation’s strictest bills on abortion and

By Maegan Vazquez, Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz and MJ Lee, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that it had secured its first batch of infant formula from overseas and was preparing to fly it through the newly created Operation Fly Formula program, as White House officials face pressure to provide important details on how they