National Politics

By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Manu Raju, CNN The Senate took the next step on Friday to bring up a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal that will fulfill key priorities in President Joe Biden’s agenda. Senators voted 66-28 on a motion to proceed, a vote that will open up the legislative package to potential

By Kate Sullivan and Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday the wildfires intensifying in the West demand “urgent action” as he met with seven Republican and Democratic governors to discuss how states are responding to the wildfires and how the federal government can best assist. “We can’t ignore how the overlapping and intertwined

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday will accept an award from the President of Kosovo on behalf of his son Beau Biden for his work helping to strengthen the war-torn country’s justice system, according to a White House official. Biden’s pre-taped message, which was shared with CNN, will air during a ceremony

By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to declare that the election was corrupt in an attempt to help Republican members of Congress try to overturn the election result, according to notes of a December 2020 call Trump held with Rosen and acting deputy attorney general Richard Donoghue.

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Over two dozen youth-focused organizations and more than 100 other young people sent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer a letter, shared first with CNN, urging the New York Democrat and his caucus to scrap the filibuster. The letter, delivered to Schumer via email Thursday evening, argues that the Senate stall tactic

By Annie Grayer, Phil Mattingly, Kristin Wilson and Melanie Zanona, CNN An eviction moratorium for renters from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on track to expire Saturday night, after the House of Representatives adjourned for August recess without passing an extension. Democratic leaders scrambled throughout the day Friday to try and

By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration outlined a number of efforts related to its Cuba policy on Friday — including new sanctions and assistance to Cuban dissidents — as President Joe Biden met with members of the Cuban-American community and key members of Congress at the White House. “Earlier this month

By Tara Subramaniam, CNN While announcing measures to incentivize Covid-19 vaccinations on Thursday, President Joe Biden suggested people in states with high vaccination rates do not need to wear masks. The reality is slightly more complicated. Speaking from the East Room with a mask in his hand, Biden said, “In a significant part of the

By Melanie Zanona, CNN It was a tale of two House Republican Conference chairs. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who currently holds the No. 3 leadership job in the GOP, said at a news conference this week that Americans deserve to know the “truth” about January 6, which is that “Nancy Pelosi bears responsibility,

By Dan Merica and Michael Warren, CNN Donald Trump has a lot on the line in suburbs and small towns south of Columbus, Ohio. After the Trump-backed candidate in Texas’ 6th Congressional district runoff election lost this week, the pressure is now on the former President to prove his endorsement — one of his most

By Lauren Fox and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. James Lankford stood on the Senate floor in the afternoon of January 6, explaining why he opposed certifying Joe Biden’s presidential victory. He said that there was a “constitutional crisis in our country” not because many Republicans rejected the election’s verdict, but because “millions of Americans are

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Before her death, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recognized that Roe v. Wade — the near 50-year-old landmark opinion establishing a constitutional right to abortion — was in some trouble. In speeches, she would explain the consequences. “There will never be a time when women of

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The first group of translators and interpreters who helped US soldiers and diplomats in Afghanistan arrived in the US on Friday, even as thousands more wait in Afghanistan in increasing fear of Taliban reprisals. The first group of approved Afghan applicants for a Special Immigrant Visa

By Ali Zaslav and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are planning to meet with President Joe Biden on Friday to discuss a path forward on voting rights legislation, a person familiar with the plans told CNN. As lawmakers have been focused on infrastructure legislation, Schumer, a New

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Carl Levin, a former US senator from Michigan who advanced Democratic priorities throughout his 36-year tenure in Congress, has died, the Levin Center at Wayne State University Law School said late Thursday in a statement. “Whether he was chairing a hearing on critical national security issues or working on behalf of

By Tami Luhby, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits must restart in Arkansas while a lawsuit works its way through the court system, a state judge ruled in a decision filed Thursday. On the same day, an Ohio state judge denied a similar request to restore the $300 weekly pandemic supplement to jobless residents while he considers