Politics

By Jessica Schneider, CNN Someone set themself on fire Friday at the plaza in front of the US Supreme Court building, a court spokesperson said. Supreme Court Police, US Capitol Police and the DC Metropolitan Police Department responded to the incident, which happened at about 6:30 p.m. ET. The individual was airlifted to a local

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was confronted in court on Friday over past social media posts advocating violence against Democrats. At the hearing in Atlanta, to determine if Greene is constitutionally barred from running for reelection because of her alleged role in the January 6 insurrection,

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives received an endorsement from a big law enforcement group on Friday. The president of the Major County Sheriffs of America, Sheriff Dennis Lemma, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee leaders to express his association’s support

By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee and Jeff Zeleny, CNN With seven months still to go before the midterm elections, the White House is preparing a slew of personnel moves as officials brace for a potential Republican takeover on Capitol Hill in November. The GOP has promised to be aggressive with its investigations of President Joe

By Dianne Gallagher, Steve Contorno and Jon Passantino, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed several bills into law, including two measures targeting Disney, legislation that will put new restrictions on how schools and businesses can talk about race and gender, and the state’s new congressional map. The bills targeting Disney were passed by

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration told a federal judge in Louisiana on Friday that the court should deny a request from more than 20 states to immediately block the end of a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border. In a court filing, the Justice Department argued: “Plaintiffs fail to show that they

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming are among this year’s recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for the “courage they’ve shown protecting democracy in the United States and abroad.” Michigan Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Arizona Republican House Speaker Rusty Bowers

By Melanie Zanona, CNN In the days following the January 6 insurrection, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio — a significant admission that sheds light on Trump’s mindset in the immediate

By Kaitlan Collins and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday announced five new nominees for US attorney positions in Illinois, Idaho, Pennsylvania and California, along with three more nominees to serve as US Marshals. Biden is nominating Rachelle Crowe for the Southern District of Illinois, Joshua Hurwit for the District of Idaho, Gerard

By Gabby Orr, CNN In the hours after Donald Trump announced his backing of J.D. Vance in the heated Ohio Senate Republican primary, he began asking allies which contest he should disrupt next. Vance, once a fervent critic of Trump during the 2016 presidential race, had cemented his status as the poster boy of MAGA