National Politics

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Sen. Lindsey Graham this week injected himself into a dispute at the University of Notre Dame, where some students briefly opposed an effort to open a Chick-fil-A over its owners’ religious positions, in the Republican senator’s latest effort to seize upon a culture war issue to score points with his party’s

By Melanie Zanona, CNN The House GOP’s plan to win back power is becoming increasingly centered on one man: Donald J. Trump. On Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy became the latest in a parade of Republicans to make the pilgrimage to a Trump-owned property seeking the former President’s support, while scores of GOP candidates

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Democrats’ dramatic trip to Washington, DC, this week stemmed from uniform opposition to two voting bills being pushed by state GOP lawmakers: Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 3. Even as some controversial provisions in earlier legislation have been dropped, either bill would still bring a raft of new voting

By Christina Carrega, CNN The FBI has agreed to consider modifying its criminal background check system after the Justice Department’s inspector general found the system did not cross check the buyer’s age with legal requirements of their home state, according to a report released on Thursday. Under federal law, customers are not allowed to buy

By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Secret Service tracked groups planning to hold events at the US Capitol or the White House to support then-President Trump on January 6 but concluded there was no indication of possible civil disobedience, according to newly released documents obtained by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in

By Kaitlan Collins and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned Thursday health misinformation is “a serious threat to public health,” as administration officials grow increasingly concerned about misleading claims about coronavirus vaccines, leading to a confrontation with social media giant Facebook. “I am urging all Americans to help slow the spread

By Brynn Gingras and Paul LeBlanc, CNN New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to face questions on Saturday from members of the New York state attorney general’s office related to their investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The interview with Cuomo signals that the investigation

By Morgan Rimmer and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Joyce Beatty was arrested by US Capitol Police on Thursday afternoon after participating in a voting rights protest that culminated in a march inside the Senate Hart Office Building atrium. Beatty, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, participated in a small rally alongside 12 activists outside

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he’ll soon be able to answer persistent questions about travel to the US from Europe after German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the matter in the Oval Office. Biden said he brought in members of his Covid team when Merkel raised the question during their bilateral talks

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said on Thursday that Cuba is a “failed state” and called communism a “failed system” as protests play out against the Caribbean nation’s repressive regime. During a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Biden said that the United States is looking into ways to possibly reinstate access

By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN A woman qualified to become a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command crew for the first time in the organization’s history, according to a press release from the US Navy Thursday. The woman will go on to become an operator on one of the Navy’s special boat

By Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN The sharp rebuke from the Justice Department’s inspector general over the FBI’s mishandling of the sex abuse investigation of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar is the latest in a recent string of embarrassing failures and could have broader repercussions for the bureau. Lawmakers who previously examined the

By Jessica Dean, Dianne Gallagher and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, a key vote in the effort to pass federal voting rights legislation, on Thursday said he and a group of Texas House Democrats, who have fled their state in an effort to block restrictive voting bills, have come to a “total agreement” on

By Jeremy Herb, CNN In December 2018, then-President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would nominate Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Milley was not the consensus pick, and then-Defense Secretary James Mattis objected to his selection. But Trump wanted the square jawed, barrel-chested general whom he saw as