By Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz and Devan Cole, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russia’s deterrence forces, which includes nuclear arms, on high alert are part of a wider pattern of unprovoked escalation and “manufactured threats” from the Kremlin. “This is really a pattern
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By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Sunday called the Russian government “a pariah” in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine and said countries should continue cranking up sanctions against “an evil regime.” “The world is behind the people of Ukraine. … The Russian government is
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By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Sunday called the Russian government “a pariah” in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine and said countries should continue cranking up sanctions against “an evil regime.” “The world is behind the people of Ukraine. … The Russian government is
Continue Reading By Kylie Atwood and Devan Cole, CNN The United States will not put US troops in the air to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine, according to the US ambassador to the United Nations. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” on Sunday that the Biden administration “has made clear” the
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By Whitney Wild US Capitol Police will once again erect a fence on Capitol grounds ahead of President Joe Biden‘s State of the Union address Tuesday, the department announced Sunday. The fencing illustrates the heightened security plans as law enforcement in Washington, DC, prepare for possible protests by big rig truckers in the coming days.
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN States and local communities are ramping up plans to spend the billions of dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that passed last year. The law, enacted about 100 days ago, will provide $550 billion for new federal infrastructure investments over the next five years. Roughly a fifth of
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By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa DePalo, CNN Voting ends Tuesday in Texas, where the first primary races of the 2022 election cycle are taking place. The primary races will set the scene for several key races up and down the Texas ballot this year, including the Lone Star State’s gubernatorial and attorney general
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By Christopher Hickey, Janie Boschma, Heather Fulbright and Sam Woodward, CNN President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. The speech will come at a critical time for his presidency as he deals with nominating a new Supreme Court justice, managing a shaky economy and trying to prevent further
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By Gabby Orr, Sara Murray and Steve Contorno, CNN Former President Donald Trump defended his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday while also calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “a brave man” amid Russia’s deadly invasion of his country. “He’s a brave man, he’s hanging in,” Trump said of Zelensky in remarks at the
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By Jim Sciutto, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Herb, CNN Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is encountering “stiffer than expected” resistance from the Ukrainian military as well as unexpected difficulties supplying its forces, two senior US officials with direct knowledge tell CNN. On the battlefield, Russia is suffering heavier losses in personnel and armor and aircraft than
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By Eva McKend, Melanie Zanona and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called out two members of her conference who spoke at an event organized by White nationalist Nick Fuentes. “As Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep Paul Gosar speak at this white supremacist, anti-Semitic, pro-Putin event, silence by Republican Party leaders
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Environmental Protection Agency faces a Supreme Court case on Monday that could deal a significant blow to the federal government’s ability to fight the climate crisis and prevent its worst outcomes. Republican attorneys general will argue the EPA has no authority to regulate planet-warming emissions from the power sector. Instead,
Continue Reading By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US critical infrastructure firms should reinforce their defenses and increase their vigilance following data-destroying cyberattacks in Ukraine prior to a large-scale Russian attack on the country, the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Saturday. “Destructive malware can present a direct threat to an organization’s daily operations, impacting the
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US critical infrastructure firms should reinforce their defenses and increase their vigilance following data-destroying cyberattacks in Ukraine prior to a large-scale Russian attack on the country, the FBI and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Saturday. “Destructive malware can present a direct threat to an organization’s daily operations, impacting the
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By Eric Bradner, CNN When Texas kicks off the 2022 election calendar with its primaries on Tuesday, the state will offer the first glimpse at how Democrats are confronting two challenges the party will face across the country this year: a still-raging pandemic forcing tactical changes for the second straight campaign cycle and new laws
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By Phil Mattingly, CNN The speed and ferocity of financial sanctions being deployed against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine are without precedent. Over the weekend, the US and its Western allies took a series of dramatic steps that just days earlier were seen as unlikely. A number of Russian banks will soon
Continue Reading By Phil Mattingly, CNN The speed and ferocity of financial sanctions being deployed against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine are without precedent. Over the weekend, the US and its Western allies took a series of dramatic steps that just days earlier were seen as unlikely. A number of Russian banks will soon
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale, CNN The first two days of the Conservative Political Action Conference featured a parade of speakers who described President Joe Biden as weak and incompetent, Democrats as leftist ideologues and Donald Trump’s presidency as a smashing success. Aside from such subjective assertions, the speakers in Orlando made some objectively false and misleading
Continue Reading By Nikki Carvajal, Jeremy Diamond, Kevin Liptak and Kate Sullivan, CNN The US is taking immediate action on Monday to prohibit American dollar transactions with the Russian central bank and fully block the Russian direct investment fund, senior administration officials said, an aggressive move that aims at some of Russia’s most powerful means of mitigating
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By Kaitlan Collins, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN The White House, along with the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada, announced Saturday evening that they would expel certain Russian banks from SWIFT, the high-security network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world, pledging to “collectively ensure
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