National Politics

By Drew F. Lawrence and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The military horses that carry America’s heroes to their final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery are living in unsanitary and potentially life-threatening conditions, according to a US Army report reviewed exclusively by CNN, consuming poor-quality feed, suffering from parasites and standing in their own excrement

By Eva McKend, CNN The campaign arm of House Democrats is launching a new effort to reach Black voters ahead of the November midterm elections. Beginning in Virginia this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will roll out radio and print ads that make the pitch to Black voters by emphasizing policy achievements such as

By Maeve Reston, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accused President Joe Biden in a speech Wednesday of projecting weakness on the world stage, saying he had been “wrong on every major foreign policy decision that he has been part of for almost 50 years” and charging that his leadership style has emboldened leaders such

By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama spoke at length about the war in Ukraine on Wednesday, telling an audience in Chicago that the conflict is a “bracing reminder for democracies that had gotten flabby and confused and feckless around the stakes of things that we tended to take for granted,” including the United

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A former officer of the Rocky Mount Police in Virginia who went inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, took the stand Wednesday to testify against his former sergeant, Thomas Robertson. Jacob Fracker told the jury how he, Robertson and Robertson’s neighbor had traveled to Washington together and how he

Compiled by Jon Passantino, CNN Republican-led states around the country have enacted a flurry of new restrictions on abortion, LGBTQ and transgender youth rights, and discussion of critical race theory. Here’s a look at some of the legislation that has passed this session, what’s next for the bills and what else is under consideration. The

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Safi Rauf, an Afghan American naval reservist who was recently released from captivity under the Taliban, recounted his detainment on Wednesday and what it’s like to finally return home. “It’s an incredible feeling. It hasn’t settled in yet,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview on “The Lead,” his

By Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN Despite her 13 years out of office, Sarah Palin immediately won an endorsement from former President Donald Trump in her campaign to represent Alaska in the US House. GOP hard-liners already plan to invite her to join their congressional caucus. And House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

By Jeremy Herb, CNN Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday that it’s “hard to deny” that Russian forces are committing genocide in Ukraine following the horrific images that have emerged from cities like Bucha showing civilians brutally killed. “It is hard to deny this, of course. This is a crime which fulfills the features

By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN Senate cafeteria workers — who work long hours serving senators and staffers their meals on Capitol Hill — have been threatened with a round of layoffs, forcing Democratic lawmakers to scramble to help save the jobs of many struggling to make ends meet even as they walk the