National Politics

By Alex Rogers and Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump has taken his involvement in 2022 Republican primaries to a new level as he works to permanently mold the GOP in his image. Beyond Trump’s public efforts to oust Republican incumbents he considers disloyal, he has quietly tried to clear potential GOP threats to

By Sonnet Swire, CNN Five US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Thursday to meet with government officials, defying Beijing to visit the contested island. “When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, wrote

By Melanie Zanona and Chandelis Duster, CNN Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies in Congress, on Thursday laid out demands for a GOP leader to earn her vote for House Speaker if Republicans are able to retake the majority after the 2022 elections and cast doubt on House Minority Leader

By John Bonifield, CNN President Joe Biden had a single 3-millimeter polyp removed during his routine colonoscopy last week at Walter Reed medical center. The President’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, on Wednesday reported that testing on the polyp has revealed it to be a tubular adenoma, a benign, slow-growing lesion that is thought to be

By Marshall Cohen, CNN An obscure far-right paramilitary group is in the spotlight this week after getting subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection. The committee subpoenaed the 1st Amendment Praetorian, a group founded in 2020 that recruits military veterans and former police officers to provide security at right-wing events. Lawmakers

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is expected to restart the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” border policy next week, according to a senior administration official. The policy forces non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their immigration court dates in the US. It was suspended at the beginning of President Joe Biden’s term and

By Daniel Dale, CNN Former President Donald Trump has been attacking President Joe Biden over this year’s increase in gas prices — and greatly exaggerating the size of that increase. In a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday, Trump said, “Look, when I left, gasoline was $1.87. That was a year ago. And now,

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Florida man and actor playing Judas in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” has joined the list of Oath Keepers charged for participating in the US Capitol riot on January 6. James Beeks, 49, has been charged with obstruction of Congress and unlawfully entering Capitol grounds. This is