Politics

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The US will require essential travelers crossing into the United States via land ports of entry and ferry terminals to be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and provide proof of vaccination starting Saturday, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Biden administration in early November opened its borders with Canada and

By Eva McKend, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing fierce criticism for comments he made this week in response to a question about the concerns of voters of color. Virginia Democratic Rep. Donald McEachin condemned the remark in a letter to the Kentucky Republican, saying, “I am writing today in response to your

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, recounted her fears ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration in an op-ed published exactly one year later in The New York Times on Thursday. Gorman, now 23, wrote that she was “terrified” and almost declined to be the inaugural poet. She cited the

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Rep. Ruben Gallego says his phone has been ringing a lot recently — with many Democrats making a pitch to him: Run against Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema in 2024. Among those making the case, he claimed, are Sinema’s own Senate Democratic colleagues. “It wasn’t Bernie, I’ll tell you that,”

By Daniel Dale President Joe Biden held a news conference on Wednesday to mark the end of the first year of his presidency. Biden made at least three inaccurate claims during the extended proceedings, which he allowed to run for nearly two hours. He also made a claim about surprise medical billing in which he,

By Betsy Klein, Christopher Hickey and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden took the oath of office one year ago Thursday, a year consumed with crises at home and abroad. Among them were an evolving Covid-19 pandemic, record inflation, partisan divisions, a chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, a dangerous Russian military buildup on the

By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot is asking former President Donald Trump’s daughter and then-senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump to voluntary cooperate with its investigation, a major step for the panel closing in on the former President’s inner circle. The committee publicly released a

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to clarify his stance on a potential Russian incursion in Ukraine, cleaning up remarks from the prior day’s news conference during which he suggested a “minor incursion” by Russia would elicit a lesser response than a full-scale invasion of the country. “I’ve been absolutely clear

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Jay Inslee, governor of Washington and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: February 9, 1951 Birth place: Seattle, Washington Birth name: Jay Robert Inslee Father: Frank Inslee, biology teacher, coach and athletic director Mother: Adele (Brown) Inslee, store clerk Marriage: Trudi (Tindall)