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By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday outlined a hardline and harsh criminal justice agenda for the Republican Party, praising China’s justice system, pushing for the death penalty for drug dealers and arguing the federal government should circumvent governors to use the National Guard to fight crime. While the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May’s unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made the effort all but impossible, multiple sources familiar with negotiations told CNN.

By Matt Egan, CNN Air travel is a mess right now and Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding that federal regulators do something about it. In a letter obtained first by CNN, the Massachusetts Democrat, along with California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, urges Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to use his vast powers to protect consumers by

By Kate Bennett, CNN Michael LaRosa, the press secretary for first lady Dr. Jill Biden, is departing the White House, a White House official told CNN. LaRosa began serving as Biden’s spokesperson in 2019 during the presidential campaign and was appointed press secretary in January 2021. In September, he was given the additional title of

By Donald Judd, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce $1.75 billion in infrastructure funding to improve accessibility at the nation’s public rail stations, allowing local transit authorities to retrofit stations with elevators to accommodate travelers with disabilities. The funding, which comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law, falls under the legislation’s “All Stations Accessibility

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Senate Republicans are sparring with the Federal Reserve over what the GOP lawmakers say has been a gross failure by the Fed to combat Chinese efforts to gain influence there. Minority staff from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report on Tuesday morning detailing five “case

By Stephen Collinson, Caitlin Hu and Shelby Rose, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not easily intimidated. And she has a long record of taking on China. So her current showdown with Beijing over a proposed visit to Taiwan is long in the making. The proposed trip is causing a commotion in China — and

By Melanie Zanona, CNN GOP Rep. Glenn Thompson attended his gay son’s wedding last week, three days after opposing a bill in the US House that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law, CNN has confirmed. Thompson’s office said in a statement that the Pennsylvania congressman and his wife were “thrilled” to attend

By Jason Morris, CNN A federal judge in Atlanta said Monday that she will deny Republican Rep. Jody Hice’s request to quash a subpoena to appear in front of a special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. US District Judge Leigh

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden castigated his predecessor Monday for failing to respond to the January 6, 2021, insurrection, contrasting Donald Trump’s lack of action with the heroics of police officers responding to the Capitol riot. “Every day we rely on law enforcement to save lives. Then, on January 6, we relied on

By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is working on naming a monkeypox coordinator as they prepare for the possibility of more cases emerging within the United States. Two sources familiar with the internal discussions told CNN that Biden officials are working on naming a coordinator, but they have not yet settled

By Gloria Borger, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Ryan Nobles and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, confirmed Monday that he testified last week in front of a grand jury investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Short’s participation — which

By Barbara Starr and Devan Cole, CNN The most senior US general has issued a stark warning about China’s military intentions toward the US and allies in the region, saying Beijing has become more aggressive and the number of Chinese intercepts at sea and in the air have “increased significantly” in recent years. “China’s increasing

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Indiana on Monday ahead of the state’s special legislative session to take up an abortion ban — her latest trip in a series of stops around the country focused on reproductive rights following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The visit comes