Politics

Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, the chief law enforcement officer of the Senate, says the threat of a cyber attack on the US Capitol, not another riot or insurrection, is what keeps her up at night. “I worry a lot more about cybersecurity than I do about another mob attacking the Capitol. Certainly our networks are,

Vice President Kamala Harris, who was en route to Latin America on Sunday, safely returned to Joint Base Andrews after her plane had a “technical issue,” according to Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior adviser Symone Sanders. “It is a technical issue. There are no major safety concerns,” Sanders said, adding that the vice president would

Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that the Supreme Court’s recent decision to take up a challenge to a restrictive abortion measure in his state is a “vehicle” for the high court to revisit Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortions rights case he called a “mistake.” “The question is not are you going to overturn Roe

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting the filibuster, declaring in the strongest terms yet that he is not willing to change Senate rules to help his party push through much of President Joe Biden’s agenda. “I believe that

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday warned in stark terms that the US power grid is vulnerable to attacks. Asked By CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” whether the nation’s adversaries have the capability of shutting it down, Granholm said: “Yeah, they do.” “There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the

Kamala Harris leaves for Latin America on Sunday under intense political pressure to stem the flow of migrants to the US, with lots of people asking what she’s doing heading out on her first foreign trip as vice president before releasing a comprehensive strategy. The answer, according to people close to her, is that she’s

Former President Donald Trump dashed the hopes of Republicans on Saturday who spent the weeks leading up to his public reemergence encouraging him to keep his focus on policy and Democratic shortcomings, rather than re-litigating his 2020 election loss once again. In a nearly 90-minute speech to North Carolina Republicans gathered for their annual state

Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump‘s White House chief of staff, pushed the Department of Justice in his boss’ last weeks in office to investigate baseless conspiracy theories and fraud claims about the 2020 presidential election, according to documents obtained by CNN. The New York Times was the first to report about the documents Saturday.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was booed and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was censured at the Georgia GOP convention Saturday, demonstrating former President Donald Trump’s hold over members of the Georgia Republican Party. The reaction from members of the Georgia GOP comes months after both Kemp and Raffensperger refused to help the former President overturn

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley on Saturday in the race for New York City mayor, a sign of growing progressive momentum behind Wiley’s campaign with less than three weeks until the June 22 Democratic primary. Wiley now has the support of two of the state’s highest profile members of

The Justice Department on Saturday said it will no longer seize reporters’ records in leak investigations, a notable policy shift on the heels of disclosures that federal prosecutors aggressively pursued communication data from reporters to identify their sources. “Going forward, consistent with the President’s direction, this Department of Justice — in a change to its

Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump‘s White House chief of staff, pushed the Department of Justice in his boss’ last days in office to investigate unproven conspiracy theories and fraud claims about the 2020 presidential election, the New York Times reported Saturday. Meadows sent five emails in late December and early January to then-acting Attorney