Politics

The chief of the public corruption unit at the Manhattan US Attorney’s office, which is handling the criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani, is stepping down at the end of the week to return to private practice, a person familiar with the matter tells CNN. Edward Diskant, who has been a prosecutor at the office for

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to better protect the nation from cyberattacks, but even as he signed it, the White House acknowledged more will need to be done to prevent the type of hack that affected the Colonial Pipeline. That attack, which temporarily shut down the pipeline supplying fuel to the

The special runoff election in Texas’ 6th Congressional District will take place on July 27, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a proclamation Wednesday, with early voting starting July 19. The runoff features two Republican candidates, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey, vying for the seat held by Republican Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after

Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the For the People Act, the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to restrict voting access, a spokeswoman for the West Virginia Democrat confirmed Wednesday. Manchin — who had previously expressed reservations about moving forward with a far-reaching measure without bipartisan

A leading Democratic economist on Wednesday urged the White House to shift course after the government reported higher-than-expected inflation last month, which has heightened fears of fresh trouble for the recovering US economy. “Policymakers at the Fed and in the (White House) need to recognize that the risk of a Vietnam inflation scenario is now

During Wednesday’s hearing about the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, House Republicans spent much of their time repeating a number of false claims about the insurrection as well as sugarcoating the actions of former-President Donald Trump and his supporters. In pushing their false narrative, GOP lawmakers attempted to downplay the events of January

Members of Congress from both parties pressed the Biden administration to do more to help Afghans who have worked with American forces secure special immigrant visas to come to the US before troops withdraw from Afghanistan by a September 11 deadline. At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Democrat Rep. Jason Crow, a

Europe’s retaliatory tariffs on American whiskey are set to double to 50% in June unless the Biden administration lifts tariffs on foreign steel put in place by former President Donald Trump. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai — President Joe Biden’s top trade official — gave no indication that the government is preparing to lift the

California recall candidate Caitlyn Jenner told CNN in an interview that aired this week that she did not vote in the 2020 election, but public records from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Record show that she did cast a ballot in the contest. Asked for clarification on her previous claim that she did not vote, a