National Politics

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States has seen “no meaningful pullback” of Russian forces from the border with Ukraine, despite Moscow’s claims, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “On the contrary, we continue to see forces, especially forces that would be in the vanguard of any renewed aggression against

By Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden has rejected a request by former President Donald Trump to shield White House visitor logs from the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including appointments for individuals granted entry to the White House complex that day. In

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Biden administration has informed key lawmakers that it will likely need $30 billion in supplemental funding to continue the fight against Covid-19, a source familiar with the matter said. The $30 billion request is expected to include $17.9 billion to fund vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing, $3 billion

By Ella Nilsen, CNN As the American West continues into its 22nd year of a parching megadrought, officials at the federal government’s top water resource management agency are trying to plan for an uncertain and unprecedented time for the nation’s largest reservoirs. “When [the system] was built 100 years ago, you could look outside your

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Three San Francisco School Board members were removed from their positions by voters on Tuesday, CNN projects, following a tough recall campaign that pitted Democrats against Democrats as interlocking controversies over school closings and renamings fueled a well-funded backlash. The successful effort in one of the country’s most liberal cities is

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Tuesday said voting in this year’s midterm elections will be “chaotic” in the wake of a raft of new election laws passed by GOP-controlled legislatures. “It is going to be chaotic, no question about that. I’ve been on the phone earlier today as well as

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is finalizing a waiver to allow California to adopt its own, stricter vehicle emission standards, reversing yet another Trump-era rollback. Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson Nick Conger confirmed the EPA’s final decision on the waiver is expected soon. “We are working to finalize a decision on the California waiver

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A Washington, DC, court reinstated the Trump Organization as a defendant in a lawsuit the DC attorney general brought against former President Donald Trump‘s 2017 inaugural committee. DC Superior Court Judge Yvonne Williams on Monday reversed an earlier decision to dismiss the case against Trump’s business. On Thursday, the court is

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden listened politely Sunday as his Ukrainian counterpart made an audacious proposal: Fly to Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky told Biden, to show the world the United States is committed to stabilizing a region on edge. Sitting in the wood-paneled conference room at Camp David, Biden demurred. Later, aides told CNN

By Andrew Millman and Casey Gannon A former Pennsylvania insurance salesman who participated in the US Capitol attack was sentenced Tuesday to six months’ probation after revealing he had lost his job and now works as a part-time pizza delivery driver. Edward McAlanis, from Lancaster County, says he was fired for his participation in the