National Politics

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN A man who died on Saturday after setting himself on fire in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, was a climate activist, according to social media posts from various people who claim to know him. Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, from Boulder, Colorado, who self-immolated on Friday — when

By CNN CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden’s January 20, 2021 inauguration. The vast trove of texts, which Meadows selectively provided to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, offers the

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of death row inmate Rodney Reed, who is seeking post-conviction DNA testing of evidence at the crime scene. Reed was sentenced to death more than 20 years ago for the assault, rape and strangling of 19-year-old Stacey

By Arlette Saenz, CNN The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing a rule that will add nine rare respiratory cancers to its list of presumptive service-connected disabilities for veterans exposed to toxins in burn pits during their military service, President Joe Biden announced Monday. “In my State of the Union address, I announced that we

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawmakers return to Washington this week with a lot to consider. Discussions over Covid-19 funding, aid to Ukraine, and US Southern border policy will all compete for time, as Congress looks ahead to looming midterm elections in November. Here’s what we’re watching this week: Covid-19 funding. The Biden administration will renew

By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Just 41% of young Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, according to a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll of adults ages 18-29 released on Monday. That’s down from 46% in fall 2021 and a 59% majority last spring — a trend also seen in other

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Several conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to the arguments of a public high school football coach who said his constitutional rights were violated when he was suspended for praying at the 50-yard line after games. At the center of the case is former coach

By Michael Warren and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former Sen. David Perdue clashed over the results of the 2020 election during the state’s GOP governor’s debate Sunday night, blaming each other for Democratic gains in the last election cycle. It marked the first primary debate between Perdue, whose most prominent supporter

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted Monday that Russia was failing in its Ukraine incursion, with Austin explicitly saying that the US wants to see Russia’s military capabilities weakened. The two top US officials, speaking at a news conference at an undisclosed

By Devan Cole, CNN The Utah Democratic Party on Saturday threw its support behind the independent candidacy of former presidential contender Evan McMullin to take on GOP Sen. Mike Lee. The decision to get behind McMullin could help bolster his Senate bid at a time when Lee is on the defensive over newly revealed text