National Politics

By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden made a Christmas Eve call to North American Aerospace Defense Command on Friday at the White House, updating children on Santa’s progress across the globe as part of what NORAD Commander Gen. Glen VanHerck on the call called “DOD’s largest outreach program.” The first call was plagued by

By Michael Nedelman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the isolation time for health care workers who test positive for Covid-19, as it anticipates a surge in hospitalizations due to the Omicron variant. The agency’s new guidelines say health care workers with Covid-19 may return to work

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department this week released a three-hour video of a battle between rioters and the police at the US Capitol Building on January 6 where rioters brandished weapons, officers were viciously beaten, and a member of the mob died on Capitol steps. The assault on the Lower

By Paula Reid, CNN Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik says he is planning to publicly release some documents requested by the House select committee investigating January 6. Kerik worked alongside his longtime friend Rudy Giuliani, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, in the weeks after the presidential election to find

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN The Biden administration is lifting restrictions on eight southern African countries that were put in place last month after the Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa, two administration officials told CNN. The restrictions will lift on December 31 at 12:01 a.m. ET, the officials said. News of the lifted

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Former President Donald Trump has recently been vocal about the benefits of vaccination against Covid-19 — a position that’s in line with the overwhelming majority of Americans who’ve chosen to get vaccinated, including the bulk of his own party. But those statements may not be enough to persuade the largely Republican-leaning

By Josh Campbell and Jessica Dean, CNN Federal prosecutors have charged a Delaware man with carjacking Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania and using a firearm during a crime of violence, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Josiah Brown, 19, of Wilmington, Delaware, was arrested Wednesday by federal agents and Delaware State Police troopers. CNN

By Amanda Watts and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A congressional panel will investigate Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter behind the tragic Astroworld Festival that left 10 people dead and hundreds injured last month. The House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that it is launching a bipartisan investigation into “the roles and responsibilities for Astroworld Festival, security

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has invited the CEOs of major software firms to discuss ways to improve software security following the emergence of a critical vulnerability that US officials have said could affect hundreds of millions of devices around the world, a senior Biden administration official told reporters

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday reiterated its warnings to Russia over a potential invasion of Ukraine, with one senior administration official telling reporters that the US is “ready to act if and when we need to.” “We have been clear that there will be significant consequences” if Russia attacks, the official