Politics

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN President Joe Biden’s commitment to nominate a Black woman as a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been criticized as “reverse racism” in several outlets, with some conservatives even calling Biden’s decisions “definitionally affirmative action.” But Biden is not the first president to limit his search or shortlist

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Alex Rogers and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN Some of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the Senate have raised enormous sums and head into the midterms with massive war chests, new campaign finance reports show. But they will face a well-funded opposition: In a sign of momentum for the political

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Key swing vote Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered a grim pronouncement on the status of President Joe Biden’s remaining domestic agenda, saying on Tuesday that the Build Back Better act is “dead,” underscoring how the sweeping proposal to expand the social safety net has

By Jeff Zeleny, Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden spent Tuesday afternoon starting the process of courting crucial senators who will play key roles in confirming his future Supreme Court nominee, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as he got set to pick the man who will guide the nominee through the

By Devan Cole and Evan Perez, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray on Monday defended the bureau against right-wing claims that it is pursuing cases against people who participated in the January 6, 2021, insurrection more aggressively than it is for rioters who attacked private and public buildings during racial justice protests in 2020. Wray, noting

By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Greg Jacob, a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, met with the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot on Tuesday. CNN spotted Jacob leaving a meeting room on Capitol Hill used by the committee to conduct witness interviews, and a

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Bipartisan talks to overhaul the Electoral Count Act — an 1887 law under scrutiny in the wake of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol — face an uncertain future and key hurdles as lawmakers scramble to secure a deal and pass a bill before a narrow

By Tami Luhby, CNN While the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is not upending the nation’s economy like the virus did at the start of the pandemic, it has wreaked havoc on millions of Americans’ ability to work and pay their bills. Nearly 9 million people said they were not working because they were sick

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Monday ordered family members of employees at the US Embassy in Belarus to depart the country and warned American citizens against travel there due to an “unusual and concerning Russian military buildup” along Belarus’ border with Ukraine. The developments come as US officials warn that Russia