National Politics

By Paul LeBlanc and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Blinken tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon via a PCR test. The Secretary is fully vaccinated and boosted against the virus and is experiencing only mild symptoms,” Price

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Family members of Americans imprisoned around the world gathered near the White House on Wednesday in the hope of getting a meeting with President Joe Biden and to raise awareness about the plight of wrongful detainees. Calling themselves the “Bring Our Families Home Campaign,” family members of those detained in Iran,

By Christian Sierra and Chandelis Duster, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday defended his agency’s new working group dubbed the “Disinformation Governance Board” against criticism that it would censor or investigate free speech. It was the latest effort by the Department of Homeland Security to quell concerns about the new initiative, which was

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The House select committee has narrowed what it wants to ask former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, as it continues to press for more documents and testimony from the key January 6 witness in the Trump White House. “We’ve talked to a lot of Mr.

By Tami Luhby, CNN The swift rise in food prices has led Kay O’Reilly to hang out outside her local Amazon warehouse in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to see if it has any extra eggs, milk, meat or produce to spare. The visits are part of O’Reilly’s efforts at “food wrangling” to make sure the Chapel

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden praised US Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the White House on Wednesday for not only their “incredible athleticism, but your endurance and your state of mind.” It was the first time members of Team USA who competed in the most recent Summer and Winter Games had been welcomed

By Devan Cole, CNN Jim Obergefell, the gay rights activist and named plaintiff in the 2015 Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, argued Wednesday that a constitutional right to marriage equality is at risk if the high court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade. Earlier this week, a leaked draft opinion authored by

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday sharpened the contrast between his policies and what he derided as an “ultra-MAGA agenda” on the right as he looks to hone his midterm message heading into a high-stakes campaign season. The President zeroed in on an economic plan put forward by the leader of the

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The parents of a sailor who died by suicide while on board the USS George Washington — one of the seven crew members who have died in the past year, including four by suicide — on Wednesday blasted the Navy’s response to the crisis as “ridiculous.” John Sandor and Mary Graft,

By Gregory Krieg, Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN The throngs of demonstrators amassed outside the US Supreme Court, enraged over a report that a draft majority opinion would strike down abortion rights protected by Roe v. Wade, chanted a crisp, clipped demand to Democratic officials: “Do something!” The cry echoed across social media and

By Daniel Dale, CNN At a Monday debate between the Republican candidates for Georgia secretary of state, incumbent Brad Raffensperger said his leading opponent, US Rep. Jody Hice, “has just not been honest for the last 18 months, and he has been spreading misinformation, disinformation.” Fact check: true. Hice, who has been endorsed by former

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Samuel Alito, in his draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, tries to make clear it should not necessarily impact other decisions such as the right to marry a person of a different race or same sex and the right to contraception, which rely on

By David Williams and Devan Cole, CNN The Smithsonian National Zoo said Tuesday that 25 American flamingos and a Northern pintail duck were killed a day earlier by a wild fox that entered the animals’ outdoor habitat. In addition to the killed birds, three flamingos were injured in the attack and are being treated by

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will convene a White House conference in September focused on ending hunger and improving nutrition across the nation, a White House official told CNN, as the US sees higher rates of food insecurity amid the coronavirus pandemic. The last time the White House hosted a conference focused on

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Chinese government-linked hackers have tried to steal sensitive data from some three dozen manufacturing and technology firms in the US, Europe and Asia, security researchers said Wednesday, in findings that shed new light on Beijing’s alleged use of hacking to buttress its powerhouse economy. The hackers targeted blueprints for producing materials