Politics

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN House Democratic leaders on Thursday were once again forced to push back the timeline for a vote on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a sign of ongoing divisions within the party and a major blow to President Joe Biden and party leaders eager to

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden left Thursday for his second trip abroad with his massive domestic agenda — and, by his own admission, his entire presidency — hanging in the balance on Capitol Hill. The trip has become a potent intersection of Biden’s domestic and foreign agendas, as the President pleaded with Democrats

By Matt Egan and Ella Nilsen, CNN House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney announced at the end of Thursday’s hearing with top executives from the fossil fuel industry that she plans to subpoena the oil companies and trade groups for key documents related to their conduct around the climate crisis. Her announcement came after executives from

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The Biden administration’s most senior intelligence officials defended their push to boost diversity in the ranks of the intelligence community in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, amid attacks from Republicans that such efforts are a distraction from core national security priorities. Diversity and inclusion “is not only the smart thing

By Geneva Sands and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN An internal investigation into US Border Patrol agents on horseback who confronted migrants in Texas, remains ongoing, a month after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas committed to concluding the probe within “days.” Two agents at the center of the investigation have yet to be interviewed, according to National

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6 has granted short postponements of the scheduled depositions of individuals who helped plan the rallies and events leading up to the attack on the Capitol, a committee aide told CNN. The individuals — Justin Caporale, Tim Unes, Caroline Wren and Maggie

By Marshall Cohen Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that he wants “as much as possible” of special counsel Robert Durham’s eventual report to be released publicly. Durham was appointed during the Trump administration to investigate the FBI’s Russia probe, which uncovered contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians during the 2016 election. “With respect

By Marshall Cohen and Em Steck, CNN A January 6 riot defendant with ties to the Proud Boys, who was recently profiled by CNN for promoting false-flag conspiracies about the insurrection, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor for illegally protesting in the Capitol building, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday. Micajah Jackson has agreed to a

By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6 has postponed its request for dozens of pages of records from the Trump White House even though the documents were determined by the current White House counsel to be relevant to its probe. While the exact nature of these

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Christina Carrega, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed Wednesday that the Justice Department has “new evidence” in its ongoing review of the decision not to prosecute two former FBI officials who were accused of mishandling the investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Lisa

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof announced Wednesday that he is running for governor of Oregon. “I’ve never run for political office in my life, but I have spent a lifetime shining a light in the darkest corners of the globe, and it broke my heart when I returned from

By Kate Bennett and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House said Wednesday it would not be hosting a traditional Halloween celebration this year due to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s overseas travel. Michael La Rosa, the first lady’s press secretary, says the annual trick-or-treating on the South Lawn, which is typically attended