Politics

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The woman and her two children had tried nearly a dozen times without success to get into Hamid Karzai International Airport for an evacuation flight out of Kabul to join her husband in the United States. This time, though, their connection inside the airport gates was able to

By Daniel Dale House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News. McCarthy uttered inaccurate statements to host Maria Bartiromo about a wide variety of topics — oil prices, inflation, prisoners released in Afghanistan, the behavior of Democratic state legislators, and the content of an

By Jessica Schneider, Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately, after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine this week. “After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I

By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to invoke executive privilege in an effort to block the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot from obtaining a massive tranche of documents it’s demanding from several US government agencies, despite his successor having

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is taking new steps to prevent evictions as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the White House and Department of Treasury announced Wednesday. The new actions were announced a day before the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-related eviction moratorium. “If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue,

By Ella Nilsen, CNN An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office estimates that combined, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill can meet the majority of President Joe Biden’s target to drastically slash emissions by the end of the decade. In a letter sent Wednesday to congressional Democrats, Schumer said

By Jeremy Herb, Ryan Nobles, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t mince words Wednesday about her view of two House members’ clandestine trip to Afghanistan this week. “We don’t want anyone to think this was a good idea. There’s a real concern about members being in the region,” Pelosi said

By Sonia Moghe and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Three New York district attorneys’ offices are urging the state attorney general’s office either to delay or withhold from publicly releasing transcripts and other materials from its investigation that found former Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, concerned that doing so now may “hinder” their ongoing criminal

By Brian Fung and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Federal Communications Commission proposed a record-breaking $5 million fine against right-wing political operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman on Tuesday, after an investigation by the agency found that the two men appeared to have violated US robocalling laws. The decision, which is not yet final, follows charges

By Tierney Sneed, CNN When it comes to holding the January 6 US Capitol rioters to account, the Justice Department has plenty of tools in its prosecutorial toolbox — and plenty of critics who have questioned whether they are prosecuting defendants to the fullest extent of the law. Some of the alleged rioters are facing

By Alex Rogers, CNN Herschel Walker, the former football star, announced his campaign for US Senate in Georgia on Wednesday, after months of speculation marked by both former President Donald Trump’s public encouragement and some Republicans’ rising concerns about the political newcomer’s ability to win a crucial seat. “Our country is at a crossroads, and

By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Zachary Cohen, CNN It has now been 90 days since President Joe Biden ordered the intelligence community to investigate the origins of Covid-19, but the public may have to wait a few more days to view an unclassified version of that report. In May, Biden told US intelligence agencies

By Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN Two US congressmen on Tuesday made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan as the US races to evacuate as many people as possible from the country in the remaining days of the US military presence there, taking Democratic leadership by surprise and drawing swift criticism.

By Phil Mattingly, CNN The White House is firing back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who on Tuesday called for Democrats to halt work on their sweeping economic agenda to focus on Afghanistan evacuations. McCarthy said his call highlighted frustration, voiced by a growing number of Republicans, over administration briefings they feel have been

By Oren Liebermann and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Several hundred US troops have left Afghanistan, on the same day President Joe Biden decided not to extend the August 31 evacuation deadline, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Tuesday evening. “These troops represent a mix of headquarters staff, maintenance and other enabling functions that were scheduled to