National Politics

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he doesn’t expect to see any breakthroughs in the meetings with Russia this week, reiterating that while the US is prepared to listen to Moscow’s concerns, it will be hard to achieve any progress unless Russia de-escalates tensions on the border with Ukraine. “It’s hard

By Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged large businesses in the state not to comply with the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, saying employers should not follow the “oppressive” rule hours before the order is set to partially go into effect. “They should wait until they get the Supreme Court decision, and of

By Daniella Diaz and Chandelis Duster, CNN Sen. Ron Johnson announced in an email on Sunday that he is running for reelection in Wisconsin, setting the stage for a tough campaign in a race that could determine control of the Senate. Johnson, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, said in the email, “I

By Oren Liebermann, CNN An incoming tide of patients is slowly drowning UMass Memorial Medical Center, and the US military’s National Guard is working to plug the gaps. In wave after daily wave, the emergency crews pull up to the ambulance bay, dropping off patients for which there is no room. “It’s just the perfect

By Rachel Janfaza Former first lady Michelle Obama has a message for Americans ahead of the 2022 midterm elections: “We’ve got to vote like the future of our democracy depends on it.” In a letter titled “Fight For Our Vote,” which was published Sunday as an ad in the New York Times, Obama and her

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Biden administration has pledged to make college more affordable. But it has chosen not to reinstate an Obama-era rule meant to prevent students from taking on too much debt to attend predatory for-profit colleges. The rule was repealed by former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who was later sued over the

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Women in South Dakota who are seeking a medication abortion will face additional restrictions later this month after state lawmakers approved a new rule from the state’s health department. Current state law allows for the medical abortion process to begin 72 hours “after the physician physically and personally meets with the

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Daniella Diaz, CNN South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, announced Saturday he is running for re-election in 2022. “I’ve always promised that I would do the work, even when it was hard, uncomfortable, or unpopular. That work continues, which is why after careful consideration and

By Dan Merica, Jeff Zeleny and Allie Malloy, CNN Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was remembered by a host of top Democratic politicians at his memorial service in Las Vegas on Saturday, with President Joe Biden hailing the Nevada Democrat as someone who “would always have your back” and former President Barack Obama recalling

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is urging the Supreme Court to take up former President Donald Trump’s case aiming to keep secret records from his presidency about efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection — as he, like Trump, tries

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A prolific Eastern European cybercriminal group has tried to hack US companies in the transportation, defense and insurance sectors by mailing those organizations malicious USB drives, the FBI warned US businesses this week in an advisory obtained by CNN. The unnamed companies received a series of fake letters via the US

By Daniel Dale, CNN Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said at a Senate committee meeting on Wednesday that the next day was the “anniversary of a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol.” Cruz’s description of the January 6, 2021, assault as a “terrorist attack” was promptly criticized by some others on the right —