National Politics

By Tami Luhby, CNN Parents can now check their eligibility for the expanded child tax credit and manage their payments, which begin next month, using two online tools the Internal Revenue Service debuted on Tuesday. An eligibility assistant allows families to determine whether they qualify for the advance credit by answering a series of questions.

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate Democrats, stymied in their push to mandate a major revamp of election laws, are beginning to map out their next steps to draw attention to the issue and to put the focus on a critical battleground state: Georgia. The Democratic-led Senate Rules Committee plans to move ahead

Democrat Helen Butler and Republican Baoky Vu, who have stood up to former President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, are both being removed from their roles on election boards in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law that allows the GOP to appoint members to local election boards.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, facing a Republican-led recall, is pushing the state legislature to approve his plan to use $5.2 billion in federal pandemic relief money to pay 100% of unpaid rent owed by low-income residents. Lawmakers are also considering several other pandemic aid measures proposed by the governor as

By Daniel Dale, CNN The Senate is scheduled to hold a Tuesday vote on whether to move forward with a sweeping Democratic elections and ethics bill, known as the For the People Act, that was passed by the House of Representatives in March. The bill — which would make major changes to rules on voting,

By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Secret Service says 881 employees tested positive for Covid-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021. The admission, made by the agency in a Tuesday statement, follows a report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics Washington that analyzed internal records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request

By Evan Perez and Sharif Paget, CNN The United States government has seized dozens of US website domains connected to Iran, linked to what the US says are disinformation efforts, a US national security official told CNN. Some users are not able to access sites like Presstv.com, which is an Iranian state run English language

By Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak, CNN A nationwide surge in violent crime has emerged as a growing area of concern inside the White House, where President Joe Biden and his aides have listened with alarm as local authorities warn a brutal summer of killing lies ahead. Biden plans to address the spike in shootings,

By Marshall Cohen A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally demonstrating inside the US Capitol on January 6, becoming the fifth rioter to admit their guilt in the massive federal probe. Bryan Ivey, 28, pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor during a virtual hearing in DC District Court. The plea bargain doesn’t include a

By Rebekah Riess and Devan Cole, CNN Maryland has detected over 508,000 new potentially fraudulent unemployment insurance claims since the beginning of May, the state’s Department of Labor announced. The new figures released on Monday follow the state’s announcement last year that it had uncovered a vast operation using identity theft to commit coronavirus unemployment

CNN’s Whitney Wild breaks down three newly released videos from the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The videos are being used in a conspiracy case against Proud Boys leader, Charles Donohue.

By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN The White House on Tuesday acknowledged the US would fall short of President Joe Biden’s July Fourth Covid-19 vaccination goals, saying the country has more work to do to get younger Americans vaccinated. White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said the country would miss both

By Tami Luhby, CNN Low-income American families who don’t typically file tax returns can now register to receive the enhanced child tax credit, which will start going out next month. The Internal Revenue Service unveiled a sign-up tool on its website Monday that will allow users to provide the necessary information about their households and,

By Daniel Dale, CNN At a conference of religious conservatives last week, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina inaccurately described a Democratic proposal to have independent state commissions, rather than state politicians, draw the boundaries of congressional districts. The proposal to transform the redistricting process is part of Democrats’ For the People Act, a

By Devan Cole, CNN A Senate committee hearing on a bill to grant statehood to Washington, DC, grew tense for a time on Tuesday when one of the panel’s Republican lawmakers clashed with the city’s mayor on the key Democratic priority, which has gained momentum in recent years. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told

By Gregory Krieg, CNN The beginning of the end of New York City’s long primary season is here, as voters go to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will steer the city through its post-pandemic recovery and confront a rise in violent crime. Up and down the ballot, in races for mayor, comptroller, five

By Clare Foran and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party’s power with the narrowest possible Senate majority. A procedural vote to open debate on the legislation was defeated by a

By Ethan Cohen and Adam Levy, CNN New York City is rolling out ranked-choice voting in its mayoral primary and several other key races, becoming the largest US jurisdiction to give the voting system a try. Under this system, voters rate their top five choices in order of preference instead of picking just one —

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a federal judge’s controversial ruling that overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons, in which he likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. In an order Monday, a three-judge panel on the federal appeals court issued a stay of US District

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department released three videos on Monday used in a federal court case against a Capitol riot defendant accused of leading the Proud Boys in the insurrection on January 6. The videos show the defendant, Charles Donohoe, among the rioters and other Proud Boys preparing their moves, then pushing into