National Politics

By Rachel Janfaza Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he believes the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was the result of former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. “I think everything that he was saying from Election Night forward incited people to that level of anger,”

By Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday directing federal agencies, including the departments of Justice, Interior and Homeland Security, to create a strategy addressing what the President called a “crisis of violence” against Native Americans. “Today, I’m directing federal officials to work with tribal nations on a

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made fighting vaccine mandates a focal point of his Covid strategy. Turning that into law is now in the hands of Florida lawmakers, who return to the state capitol Monday for a special legislative session specifically targeted at the issue. If successful, Florida would become the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When Chinese President Xi Jinping beamed into the White House on Monday evening for a virtual summit with President Joe Biden, the two men needed no introduction. “We’ve spent an awful lot of time talking to one another, and I hope we can have a candid conversation tonight as well,” Biden

By Daniella Diaz, CNN While Democratic leaders plan to take a victory lap Monday to celebrate President Joe Biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure bill, other pressing issues remain for lawmakers when they return for session this week. All eyes will turn to finishing negotiations on the separate multitrillion dollar economic bill that would expand the

By Kaitlan Collins, John Harwood and Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden has selected former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to oversee the implementation of the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, the White House announced Sunday evening. Landrieu’s role underscores the substantial effort that officials say it will take to enact the massive piece

By Kara Scannell The Trump Organization has reached a deal with the investment fund CGI Merchant Group to purchase the lease for the Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, for $375 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Miami group is expected to remove the Trump name from the ornate building located

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Jasmine Wright, CNN Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when

By Christina Carrega and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A scathing report by the US Marshals Service this month uncovered the deplorable conditions inside one of the three facilities within the Washington, DC, jail, citing systemic failures like lack of water, inadequate quality of food and standing human sewage. While prisoner advocates cheered the report, many also

By Devan Cole, CNN A Democratic congresswoman from California stressed on Sunday the need to bring down extremely high gas prices in her state, saying that while she would prefer the market sort itself out, she’s open to some federal intervention. “The median price is $4. And in many places, it’s $5. I know that

By Daniella Diaz, CNN The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, who also serves on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, said the committee will “move quickly” to refer Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff at the White House, for criminal contempt for not cooperating with its investigation. “We have been

By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN Physical threats to lawmakers, their staff and family are “not what our democracy is about” Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, a Republican who received a violent voicemail after voting for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, said Sunday. “It’s a tough time, and it’s so unsettling,” Upton told CNN’s Jake Tapper

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending package is setting off a mad dash from states and counties seeking federal funds to repair and replace the nation’s crumbling bridges, roads and ports. The legislation will deliver $550 billion of new federal investments to projects over the next five years. Many