National Politics

By Maeve Reston, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem questioned the grit and instinct of fellow GOP governors who enacted Covid-19 measures like mask mandates and business closures to stop the spread of the virus in their states last year, warning that some of them are now “rewriting history” about their records as the threat

By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed his GOP colleagues, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, for invoking Nazi-era imagery to mock President Joe Biden’s latest Covid-19 vaccination efforts. “It’s absolute insanity,” the Illinois congressman said of his fellow House Republicans’ comments in an interview with CNN’s Jake

By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York City Democratic Mayoral candidate Eric Adams on Sunday criticized Democrat lawmakers efforts to curb gun violence are “misplaced” talks in Congress to overhaul the nation’s policing laws continue to stall. “I believe those priorities, they really were misplaced. And it’s almost insulting what we have witnessed over the last

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that the US government is not yet telling Americans who are fully vaccinated that they need a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, based on the current data, despite Pfizer saying it might be time for

By Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a polling center in Houston to participate in Super Tuesday last year was arrested and charged this week with two counts of illegal voting. According to a June 24 indictment

By Chandelis Duster, CNN US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday urged G20 leaders to step up vaccine-sharing support as the Delta coronavirus variant spreads and countries race to vaccinate as many as possible. “We are concerned about the Delta variant and other variants that could emerge and threaten recovery. We are a connected global

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Family welfare experts for months have looked to the easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions as the turning point that would bring clarity about child abuse and neglect rates after a year of unreliable data. But even with Covid-19 protocols relaxing nationwide, experts told CNN it’s too soon to know the scale

By Maeve Reston and Sara Murray, CNN As Texas’ battle over voting rights continues to unfold during the special session in Austin, the outrage stoked by former President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election claims was still on full display Saturday a few hours north at the major gathering of conservative activists where Trump will be

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent An area in eastern Syria where some US troops are based came under an “indirect fire attack” Saturday but no casualties were reported, according to a US defense official. The attack happened near a location containing oil and gas fields known as Conoco, where US troops are deployed. “I

By Rachel Janfaza Former President Barack Obama released his summer reading list on Friday, continuing a tradition from his time in the White House. “While we were still in the White House, I began sharing my summer favorites — and now, it’s become a little tradition that I look forward to sharing with you all.

By Jason Hanna, CNN It’s summertime — and the 44th President once again has a few tunes for your consideration. Former President Barack Obama kicked out a characteristically wide-ranging list of what he’s been listening to this summer — a collection including J. Cole, SZA, The Rolling Stones, Drake and Bob Dylan. “With so many

By Tami Luhby, CNN The controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is priced at $56,000 a year for treatment — but Alzheimer’s patients won’t be the only ones shouldering the cost. All of Medicare’s roughly 60 million enrollees will likely see their premiums rise to cover the new medication, experts say — and the

By Kara Scannell and Erica Orden, CNN A Mercedes-Benz for his wife, an apartment for his son and school tuition for his grandchildren. Prosecutors described all three as evidence in a sweeping 15-count indictment alleging that Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was part of a 15-year scheme to defraud

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN With Congress on recess, all eyes were on President Joe Biden in Washington this week. Biden defended the US troop departure from Afghanistan and sought to boost Covid-19 vaccination efforts at home and abroad. Meanwhile, behind-the-scenes negotiations continued over the bipartisan infrastructure package. Monday America’s partisan fireworks will be hard for