National Politics

By Gabby Orr Deborah Cain was an early supporter of Mo Brooks in his bid to become Alabama’s next Republican senator, pleased with the job he has done as a six-term congressman and the fiery speech he delivered at the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 6, 2021. So when former President Donald Trump abandoned

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Last summer, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was nervous about Herschel Walker, seeing stories about the rookie candidate’s turbulent past and fearful that an unvetted and untested Republican could implode in the heat of the biggest Senate race in the country. But not long after he suggested to

By Dan Berman, CNN Jason Douglas Owens, charged with assaulting a police officer at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, wanted to go on his company’s getaway trip to Mexico next month. A federal judge was not amused. Last month, Owens asked for permission to attend the “2021 President’s Club” event in Cabo San

By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN Rep. Henry Cuellar, the long-time Laredo congressman backed by House leaders despite his status as the last Democratic opponent of abortion rights in the House, faces progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros for the third time Tuesday in a primary runoff in South Texas. Cisneros, who turns 29 on Tuesday,

By Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona, CNN The House Committee on Ethics is launching an investigation into GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina to determine whether he was involved in financial improprieties or had an improper relationship with an individual on his staff, the committee announced Monday. The committee voted unanimously on May 11

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN The two dozen volunteers who gathered outdoors on a humid Saturday morning had a very specific assignment: Fan out through the surrounding neighborhood in the hopes of persuading Democrats to show up in Tuesday’s primary election and vote for secretary of state candidate Bee Nguyen. But

By Kylie Atwood and Barbara Starr, CNN The Biden administration is in the early stages of discussions about sending special operations forces into Ukraine to help guard the US Embassy in Kyiv, several US officials tell CNN. The discussions are in very preliminary stages and a proposal has not been presented to President Joe Biden

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that state prisoners may not present new evidence in federal court in support of a claim that their post-conviction counsel in state court was ineffective in violation of the Constitution. The ruling is a major defeat for two inmates on death row

By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday he believes a recession in the US is not inevitable but acknowledged the economic pain that Americans are feeling amid high inflation, supply chain shortages and the geopolitical earthquake caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The President argued the US has made “significant

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden on Monday wraps a six-day, three-country tour of Latin America with an agenda that focused — at times with subtlety and others with direct intent — on why a partnership with the United States has its benefits. “Alone, you can only do so much. Any one of

By Michael Warren, CNN Brian Kemp isn’t exactly declaring an early victory ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary as he bids for a second term as Georgia governor. He’s even downplaying recent polls showing him with a commanding lead over his opponent, former US Sen. David Perdue. “Don’t believe the polling,” Kemp told a crowd Saturday

By Kevin Liptak, Donald Judd and Nectar Gan, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington. The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don’t reflect a

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Last summer, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was nervous about Herschel Walker, seeing stories about the rookie candidate’s turbulent past and fearful that an unvetted and untested Republican could implode in the heat of the biggest Senate race in the country. But not long after he suggested to

By Eric Bradner and Michael Warren, CNN Republican voters in Georgia’s primary on Tuesday could move the party — at least temporarily — out from under former President Donald Trump’s shadow. Gov. Brian Kemp, the Republican whom Trump has targeted over his refusal to embrace the lie that widespread fraud cost the former President the