National Politics

By Andy Rose and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law a bill that requires students at public schools and public charter schools to use restrooms and locker rooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates. The law specifically applies to students in pre-K through 12th grade at

By Michael Warren, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s dominant primary win over David Perdue was part of a resounding rejection Tuesday of 2020 election denialism by the state’s Republican voters. But his victory also demonstrates how Kemp has written and executed the playbook for extinguishing Donald Trump‘s fury in a Republican primary. The incumbent governor

By Jim Acosta and Paula Reid, CNN A former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the House January 6 committee that then-President Donald Trump had suggested to Meadows he approved of the “hang Mike Pence” chants from rioters who stormed the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter told

By Melanie Zanona and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump hasn’t said if he will run for president again, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping him from privately musing about his potential running mate if he does. The latest person to catch his eye: Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, the moderate-turned-MAGA star who has

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from gun industry groups challenging a New York law that permits civil lawsuits against companies for conduct found to have endangered public safety. US District Judge Mae D’Agostino — a Barack Obama appointee for the Northern District of New York — rejected the arguments

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter While the Supreme Court has been working behind closed doors on its first major Second Amendment opinion in more than a decade, three mass shootings have broken the country, including Tuesday’s massacre of 19 schoolchildren in Texas. Closed off from public view, the justices are penning opinions

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Officials from the Interior Department and the White House announced Wednesday they will spend $33 million to clean up 277 idle oil and gas wells on federal lands in nine states. Wednesday’s funding allocation will go to clean up so-called orphaned wells in national forests and national parks in California, Kentucky,

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US Special Envoy for Iran said Wednesday that the prospects of a return to the Iran nuclear deal are “tenuous at best,” but said the Biden administration still believes it is in the national security interest of the United States to try to salvage the 2015 agreement. Rob Malley’s assessment

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Sergeant at Arms William J. Walker, one of the top security officials on Capitol Hill, revealed that he does not believe lawmakers should be allowed to carry firearms in the US Capitol Complex, in a new letter provided exclusively to CNN. “It is my view that the Capitol Complex should

By Eric Bradner and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary is headed for a recount after celebrity heart surgeon Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund director Dave McCormick finished in a near tie in the May 17 contest. Acting Pennsylvania secretary of State Leigh Chapman made the announcement Wednesday, noting that the margin

By Devan Cole, CNN The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday, bringing together its top brass and several notable conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, for the first time in three years. The NRA’s annual meeting was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus