By Maeve Reston, CNN California’s nonpartisan redistricting commission bucked the national trend last year by creating a new congressional map with at least eight competitive seats, offering pickup opportunities to both Democrats and Republicans vying for control of the US House. Tuesday’s House primaries in California will serve as an early test of strength for
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind. In a difficult political year for Democrats, the climate groups are forming the new Climate Votes Project, shared
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans. James Goldston — the former president of ABC News
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN More than 500 days removed from the violent attack on the US Capitol, the committee investigating it is ready to show its work. The House select committee will hold its first public hearing this week, on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Sources told CNN this hearing will be a broad
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, has asserted that the attack was part of an “extremely well-organized” conspiracy. The Wyoming lawmaker’s comments to CBS “Sunday Morning” come before the panel is set to hold its first
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress on Saturday, calling him “an outstanding Representative for the people of California, and a strong and fearless Leader of the House Republican Conference.” The endorsement comes nearly two months after the release of
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky Democratic Rep. David Cicilline said Saturday “disturbing” new evidence would be presented at the upcoming January 6 committee hearings, stressing the significance of this process. “This is our democracy. This was the greatest assault on American democracy in my lifetime. The world is watching to see how we respond to this,” the
Continue Reading By Celina Gore, CNN When Army Capt. John Raaen, Jr. reached the shores of Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, it was already a scene of chaos. D-Day was the first day of combat for the 22-year-old from Fort Benning, Georgia, who followed in his father’s footsteps into the military. It was
Continue Reading By Matthew Hoye and Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman said Sunday he no longer considers himself to be a Republican, telling Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I think the party left me some time ago.” Riggleman, who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the
Continue Reading By Alison Main and Chandelis Duster, CNN Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator in bipartisan talks on gun control legislation, said Sunday he’s “more confident than ever” lawmakers will be able to get something done to address gun violence across the US, while acknowledging he’s also concerned their efforts could fail. “I’ve never
Continue Reading By Alison Main and Chandelis Duster, CNN Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, the lead Democratic negotiator in bipartisan talks on gun control legislation, said Sunday he’s “more confident than ever” lawmakers will be able to get something done to address gun violence across the US, while acknowledging he’s also concerned their efforts could fail. “I’ve never
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the
Continue Reading By Matthew Hoye and Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman said Sunday he no longer considers himself to be a Republican, telling Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I think the party left me some time ago.” Riggleman, who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona, Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection — and some prominent names in Congress and the Republican Party are answering the
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr and Gloria Borger, CNN Allies of Gov. Brian Kemp and top Republicans in Georgia have recently approached Donald Trump advisers to see if the former President can be persuaded to go easy on the incumbent GOP governor as he fights for reelection, sources told CNN. The informal effort — which has not
Continue Reading By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As the Supreme Court rounds the final weeks of the term it has yet to decide an unusually high number of cases including disputes over abortion, gun rights, religious liberty, immigration and the environment — issues that deeply divide the public and exacerbate the ideological split on
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky Democratic Rep. David Cicilline said Saturday “disturbing” new evidence would be presented at the upcoming January 6 committee hearings, stressing the significance of this process. “This is our democracy. This was the greatest assault on American democracy in my lifetime. The world is watching to see how we respond to this,” the
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN Over coffee at Siren’s Java & Tea after a walking tour of the San Pedro neighborhood near the Port of Los Angeles, billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso couldn’t stop marveling over the cleanliness of the streets as he listened to Yolanda Regalado’s story of starting her coffee shop in this
Continue Reading By Janelle Davis, CNN Their mission was to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, bug the room and photograph documents. If everything had gone as planned, no one would have ever known. But instead June 17, 1972, became an infamous day. The burglary set off a series of actions that brought down
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