Politics

By Dan Merica and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Harry Reid, the scrappy former Democratic Senate leader who spearheaded epic legislative battles through three decades in Congress, has died at the age of 82, according to a statement from his wife, Landra Reid. “I am heartbroken to announce the passing of my husband, former Senate Majority Leader

By Sara Murray, CNN When the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection struggled to serve Dan Scavino with a subpoena, the former Donald Trump aide said he had been in a fairly obvious locale: Mar-a-Lago. “The dangerous and false narrative of me trying to avoid or evade a subpoena is a disgrace,” Scavino tweeted in

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Westchester District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Tuesday her office will not criminally charge former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after a “thorough” investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct made by two women against him. Westchester investigators focused on allegations from a state trooper who served on Cuomo’s protective detail, as

By Tami Luhby, CNN Americans are set to have one less health care headache in 2022. The No Surprises Act, which bans most unexpected medical charges from out-of-network providers, is scheduled to go into effect January 1. It will apply to about 10 million surprise bills a year, according to federal estimates. The new law,

By Christina Carrega A Tennessee woman turned herself into the FBI on Tuesday after she was accused of assaulting two flight attendants during a Spirit Airlines flight last month, the Justice Department announced. Amanda Renee Henry was charged in a criminal complaint with interfering with a flight crew, after an incident on a November 27

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation Tuesday revoking a proclamation put in place last month that enacted travel restrictions on eight southern African nations, including South Africa, as the Omicron variant began to spread. The proclamation repeals the ban as of 12:01 a.m. ET on December 31. CNN had previously

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges. Judge Timothy Kelly, in a 43-page opinion issued Tuesday, sided with the Justice Department on several key legal questions, giving

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Over the last year, the Supreme Court’s newly solidified conservative majority has made clear that it is willing to forgo a deliberate pace of justice in favor of a race to the right, leaving behind the liberal justices and at times Republican-appointed Chief Justice John Roberts. The

By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot is working toward a goal of releasing an interim report with initial findings by the summer, a committee aide told CNN, and that a final report would follow in fall 2022. The source said the timing of

By Kaitlan Collins and Natasha Bertrand, CNN US and Russian officials have agreed to sit down for security talks on January 10, a spokesman for the US National Security Council confirmed Tuesday, amid tensions over Ukraine. Russia had amassed troops near the Ukraine border over the last few months, which US intelligence has assessed as