National Politics

By Tierney Sneed The 5th Circuit is at it again. The federal appeals court that has been under fire for its handling of abortion rights, immigration and so-called social media “censorship” handed down on Wednesday a ruling that — if adopted nationwide — could upend the way that federal agencies for decades have enforced the

By Dan Merica, CNN Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the commonwealth’s open Senate seat, was released from a hospital Sunday nine days after he checked in and was found to have suffered a stroke. Fetterman won his Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday while in the hospital in Lancaster and underwent a

By Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban should be “revisited” to provide exceptions for instances of rape or incest should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the state’s Republican governor said Sunday. “While it’s still life in the womb, life of the unborn, the conception was under criminal circumstances, either incest or rape.

By Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN A shipment of 35 tons of baby formula has arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a US military aircraft from Germany to address a nationwide shortage. The prescription formula will be distributed to areas around the country where there is the most acute need, a Biden administration official earlier

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Trevor Reed, in his first television interview since returning to the United States after being imprisoned in Russia, recounted the background and horrifying conditions of his detention as well as the prisoner swap that ended a nearly three-year ordeal for him and his family. Reed told Jake Tapper in the CNN

By Clare Foran, CNN A competitive primary for a Georgia House seat has locked two Democratic members of Congress — Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux — in a tough fight for reelection. The matchup comes after Georgia’s Republican-controlled state legislature redrew congressional maps. Now, two Democrats viewed by many in the party as rising stars

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Before President Joe Biden concluded a visit to South Korea on Sunday, he offered a brief message to the nuclear-armed dictator to the north, who US officials believe could be preparing for a provocation during the US leader’s visit to Asia. “Hello,” Biden said when asked his message for Kim Jong

By Melanie Zanona, CNN Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick is pushing for undated mail-in ballots to be counted in his neck-and-neck Republican primary against Mehmet Oz following a court ruling on a different election. The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled Friday that undated ballots should be counted in a November 2021

By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN New York Judge Patrick McAllister approved the court-appointed special master’s new congressional map for the state late Friday night. The map, which makes a few changes to the special master’s earlier draft, would still create 15 US House districts that favor Democrats and around half a dozen competitive seats. Under

By Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden did not sound Saturday like he was expecting any “love letters” from Kim Jong Un — he can’t even get a response to an offer of coronavirus vaccines as the hermit kingdom is hit by its first major Covid-19 outbreak. And during a news conference

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, a White House official said, after the bill was flown to Seoul. The Senate passed it following Biden’s departure from Washington. The confirmation that Biden had signed the bill came as the President attended a state dinner with