National Politics

By Amanda Watts and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A congressional panel will investigate Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter behind the tragic Astroworld Festival that left 10 people dead and hundreds injured last month. The House Oversight Committee announced Wednesday that it is launching a bipartisan investigation into “the roles and responsibilities for Astroworld Festival, security

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has invited the CEOs of major software firms to discuss ways to improve software security following the emergence of a critical vulnerability that US officials have said could affect hundreds of millions of devices around the world, a senior Biden administration official told reporters

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday reiterated its warnings to Russia over a potential invasion of Ukraine, with one senior administration official telling reporters that the US is “ready to act if and when we need to.” “We have been clear that there will be significant consequences” if Russia attacks, the official

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face charges for an incident involving alleged sexual misconduct that was being investigated by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office, the acting district attorney confirmed to CNN. “Our exhaustive investigation found the allegations credible, deeply troubling, but not criminal under New York law,”

By Tara Subramaniam Inflation is rising faster than predicted, according to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. For December 2021, both the US consumer price inflation index and core inflation, which doesn’t include the more volatile food and energy prices, increased at a faster rate than in November. The ongoing

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday signed a bill into law requiring doctors to try to preserve life in the rare case that a baby is born alive following an attempted abortion — or face criminal penalties. Senate Bill 157 also requires doctors to report cases of babies born alive

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Michael Warren, CNN Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is engaging with stepped-up Republican efforts to recruit him into next year’s Senate race, CNN has learned. The popular Republican governor’s entry into the Senate race in a blue state would immediately put Democrats on defense in what would otherwise be a sleepy reelection

By Kyle Blaine and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN President Joe Biden says he supports making an exception to the Senate filibuster rules in order to pass voting rights legislation. “If the only thing standing between getting voting rights legislation passed and not getting passed is the filibuster, I support making the exception of voting rights for

By Zachary Cohen, CNN US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East and complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to restrain the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the Saudis’