National Politics

By Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN The House voted with a wide bipartisan majority Wednesday to pass a ban on importing Russian oil, natural gas and coal into the United States. The bill will also take steps to revisit Russia’s role in the World Trade Organization and reauthorize the Magnitsky Act to strengthen sanctions

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Nancy Pelosi was not happy. The House speaker had cut a hard-fought deal with Republicans to fund every aspect of the government, provide desperately needed aid to Ukraine, and bolster efforts to combat the pandemic. Then came Rep. Mark Pocan. In a tense meeting in her

By Katie Lobosco and Tami Luhby, CNN A massive spending bill that will fund the federal government through September — as well as provide $13.6 billion in fresh aid to Ukraine as the country fights back against Russia’s invasion — was signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday. The spending package, known as the

By Jessica Schneider, CNN The widow of Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith has won a months-long fight to have her husband’s death declared in the line of duty, following his suicide days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. According to a letter obtained exclusively by CNN, the District of Columbia’s Police

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Republican-controlled Florida House on Wednesday night passed a voting overhaul bill that would create a new security office to investigate election crimes and increase penalties for violating the state’s elections laws. The legislation would establish a scaled-back version of an elections police force first proposed last year by Florida GOP

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump refinanced the mortgage on Trump Tower with a $100 million loan from California-based Axos Bank, according to a new filing with the city. The loan document was signed on February 15 by Eric Trump, who along with his brother, Donald Trump Jr., has been running the Trump

By Michael Warren and Terence Burlij, CNN North Carolina Senate candidate Pat McCrory is going after his top rival in the Republican primary, accusing him of being “friendly” toward Russia and Vladimir Putin. In his first statewide television ad, McCrory uses recent comments from US Rep. Ted Budd to depict him as unserious about foreign

By Kelly Mena, CNN The GOP-led Florida state House is set on Wednesday to give final passage to a bill that aims to change election laws in the Sunshine State, including creating an election police force — a proposal championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Here’s what you need to know about the legislation: What

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is bracing for a new inflation report coming out Thursday that it expects will show continued high prices for Americans. The consumer price index, a key report indicating inflation in the US, will be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 a.m. ET Thursday. Last month’s