By Chandelis Duster, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence will rally support for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as the Republican incumbent seeks to fend off a May 24 primary challenge from Donald Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue. The decision by Pence to campaign for one of Trump’s top GOP targets marks yet another break with
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN A 1950 federal statute prohibiting certain protests outside of a judge’s residence has been cited by Republicans calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce the law against abortion rights protesters who have gathered in front of Supreme Court justices’ homes. The law in question is aimed at any “picketing or
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN The Biden administration is seeking to make it easier for low-income families to buy whatever baby formula is available on store shelves amid a nationwide shortage. About half of the infant formula in the US is purchased by those using federal WIC benefits, which allow them to obtain the formula for
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By Daniella Diaz, CNN A nationwide shortage of baby formula has spurred a response from several House committees in an effort to figure out what’s caused the issue and how the government can ease the problems causing the shortages. Two House committees announced this week they are looking into the issue, with a spokesperson telling
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence will rally support for Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as the Republican incumbent seeks to fend off a May 24 primary challenge from Donald Trump-backed former Sen. David Perdue. The decision by Pence to campaign for one of Trump’s top GOP targets marks yet another break with
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By Daniel Dale, CNN A prominent Republican, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, is still falsely describing what his own tax proposal says. President Joe Biden, meanwhile, is attacking Scott’s proposal by misleadingly describing a key number from a think tank’s analysis — an analysis based on rough assumptions about what Scott might mean — as
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By Dan Merica and Gabby Orr, CNN Republicans are watching conservative candidate Kathy Barnette‘s sudden rise in their party’s upcoming Pennsylvania US Senate primary with a mix of unease, wonder and dread. Barnette’s late surge in the closely watched contest has turned what was broadly seen as a two-person race between celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz
Continue Reading By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US intelligence community is carrying out a sweeping internal review of how it assesses the fighting power of foreign militaries amid mounting pressure from key lawmakers on Capitol Hill who say officials have failed twice in one year on the two major foreign policy crises faced
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By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US intelligence community is carrying out a sweeping internal review of how it assesses the fighting power of foreign militaries amid mounting pressure from key lawmakers on Capitol Hill who say officials have failed twice in one year on the two major foreign policy crises faced
Continue Reading By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Surging Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette has a history of anti-Muslim and anti-gay statements. In many tweets, Barnette also spread the false conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama is a Muslim. In one speech uploaded to YouTube in 2015, Barnette forcefully argued it was OK to
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge in Louisiana grappled on Friday with whether the Biden administration can end a controversial Trump-era pandemic restriction, known as Title 42, later this month. The public health authority at the center of the case allows officials on the US-Mexico border to turn migrants back to Mexico or their
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By Kaitlan Collins and Evan Perez, CNN Investigators issued a subpoena to the National Archives and Records Administration for access to classified documents that were taken to former President Donald Trump‘s home in Florida, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move is the first overt indication of an ongoing investigation into the
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By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Democrats are struggling to find a path forward to pass a fresh round of Covid-19 aid as they grapple with a difficult choice over whether to allow a vote on a contentious Trump-era pandemic restriction on the border that divides their party and puts vulnerable moderates in
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By Marshall Cohen A judge ruled Thursday that Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm hired to dig up dirt about Donald Trump’s ties to Russia for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, must turn over 22 internal emails to special counsel John Durham, who is investigating the FBI’s Russia probe. Fusion, the Clinton campaign and its law
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By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Surging Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette has a history of anti-Muslim and anti-gay statements. In many tweets, Barnette also spread the false conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama is a Muslim. In one speech uploaded to YouTube in 2015, Barnette forcefully argued it was OK to
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By Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN In a rare showing of public unity, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to press for quick passage of a $40 billion aid bill for Ukraine but were blocked by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky who is demanding
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is taking the extraordinary step of sending subpoenas to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Republican lawmakers who have rejected the panel’s requests to voluntarily cooperate. In addition to McCarthy, the
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN Just six weeks from his winter wheat harvest, Brian Brooks feels defeated. He’s staring down 4,000 acres of barren soil across his farm in southeast Colorado, dried out by a brutal drought that could soon drive food prices even higher. “You walk through here and it’s so frustrating to see all
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By Sam Fossum, CNN The Biden administration announced Thursday that more than $254 million will be allocated to 265 communities to clean up and redevelop contaminated areas, known as brownfield sites, which contain hazardous substances or other pollutants like asbestos, lead and other dangerous chemicals. “With today’s announcement, we’re turning blight into might for communities
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration announced Wednesday it would cancel three upcoming offshore oil and gas leases — two in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska — over a lack of interest and delays. The cancellation of the previously planned Cook Inlet sale in Alaska, as well as
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