Politics

By Shania Shelton, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and family members from its Shanghai consulate due to China’s strict Covid-19 mitigation measures. In a travel advisory, the State Department recommends reconsidering traveling to China due to “arbitrary enforcement of local laws and COVID-19-related restrictions” and

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department reiterated its arguments Monday for why it is seeking to block a subpoena for former President Donald Trump’s testimony that is being sought by a top ex-FBI agent who sued over his 2018 termination. In its latest court filing in the dispute, the department argued that the former

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A jury in Washington, DC, on Monday found an ex-Virginia police officer guilty on all six charges he faced for his actions around the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Thomas Robertson, a former sergeant of the Rocky Mount police in Virginia, faced charges including impeding law

By Kate Bennett and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The White House is putting the first pets on display for National Pets Day. The Biden’s family cat, Willow, was captured doing “work” around the White House in a video posted to The Dodo’s social media on Monday. The video, which was shot in coordination with the East

By Kate Sullivan and Evan Perez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced he was nominating former federal prosecutor Steve Dettelbach to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, thrusting the former US attorney into what will likely be a tough confirmation fight. Dettelbach was previously unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The United States believes Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to take more aggressive action against the US, including dialing up his attempts to interfere with American elections in response to its support for Ukraine, according to four sources familiar with recent

By Steve Contorno, CNN Republican legislative leaders in Florida have given up trying to draw new congressional boundaries that can win Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ signature and, in an unprecedented move, announced Monday that they intend to essentially cede this constitutional power to the executive branch. In a joint statement, state House Speaker Chris Sprowls and

By Dan Merica and Ethan Cohen, CNN A judge in Iowa ruled on Sunday that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the state’s June 7 primary ballot, dealing a significant blow to her already long-shot hopes of unseating Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Finkenauer pledged Monday to “challenge this deeply partisan decision to the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Senate Republicans who led the attacks on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s sentencing record say they hoped to send a message to other trial judges who might seek appointments to higher courts. While some veteran judges see it as a tactic of intimidation, it hits on a longstanding tension between the