National Politics

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden tried to turn a string of horrific mass shootings into momentum Thursday night, imploring 10 Republican senators to join Democrats on some — any — new gun-related legislation. The speech, which compared dead American children to US casualties in war, came on a night when fellow Democrats

By Zachary Cohen and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol formally announced Thursday that its first public hearing will take place on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. The advisory does not list any witnesses for the hearing but says additional details will be released

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats are ready to drop some of their most pressing demands to restrict access to guns amid the nationwide onslaught of massacres. But even that may not be enough to reach a deal with Republicans. “I’m certainly prepared for failure,” Sen. Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat helping

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN When the Department of Education announced massive loan forgiveness for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system on Wednesday, it was the largest single effort by the Biden administration to help Americans pay down their student debt. The administration’s actions so far have largely focused on students who were

By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden’s director of rapid response will soon depart the White House for the Treasury Department, becoming the latest West Wing aide to shift to a more senior role in another part of the administration. Mike Gwin, an Ohio native who would inevitably end up in a key communications role

By Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters in a move that aides believe will give the Republican significant momentum ahead of the state’s August primary. Calling Masters “a great modern-day thinker,” Trump praised the tech entrepreneur Thursday in a statement that underscored the candidate’s commitment to the

By Kristin Fisher, CNN The US Air Force’s decision-making process to move Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama had “significant shortfalls in its transparency and credibility,” according to a report released Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Space Command is the nation’s newest warfighting combatant command, responsible for all military operations in

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Cyber Command, the US military’s hacking unit, has conducted offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion, the head of the command has confirmed. The disclosure underscores how important projecting power in cyberspace — in support of Ukraine’s defenses and to potentially deter Russia from