National Politics

By Kelly Mena, CNN New York City on Thursday became the largest municipality in the US to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections In a vote of 33 to 14, the Democrat-controlled city council passed the measure known as “Our City, Our Vote.” Under the legislation, noncitizens who have lived in the city for

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is asking the public for help to stop the federal government from ever again using family separation as a tactic against undocumented migrants, issuing an open request for recommendations. More than 3,000 children were separated from their families at the US-Mexico border under President Donald Trump’s

By Christina Carrega The FBI has one more year to figure out how to collect use-of-force statistics from thousands of law enforcement agencies across the country before their efforts to publicize and reform police practices will get shutdown, according to a report by the US Government Accountability Office. The FBI launched the National Use-of-Force Data

By Tierney Sneed and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal appeals court Thursday ruled against former President Donald Trump in his effort to block his White House records from being released to the House select committee investigating January 6. However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals paused its ruling for two weeks so that Trump could

By Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted 220-208 on Thursday to pass the Protect Our Democracy Act, which addresses presidential abuses of power and reinforces the checks and balances between the branches of government. One Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, voted with all the Democrats for the bill. The bill now faces an uncertain

By Ali Zaslav and Lauren Fox, CNN The Senate voted on Thursday to advance a bill to create a fast-track process allowing Democrats to raise the federal debt limit, a crucial next step as lawmakers race the clock to avert a catastrophic debt default. To get there, the plan’s supporters needed to break a GOP

By Lauren Fox, Sonnet Swire and Matthew Hoye, CNN The Elizabeth Dole Foundation confirms it has cut ties with event organizer Tim Unes who was working on late Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole’s funeral arrangements because of Unes’ alleged role in helping to organize the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally, which ultimately led to

By Daniel Dale President Joe Biden visited Missouri on Wednesday to promote the infrastructure law he signed in November. And Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, a Republican who is also a US Senate candidate in the 2022 election, greeted Biden with a scathing letter — one which began with a false claim. Schmitt’s first paragraph

By Zachary Cohen, CNN A growing number of key allies of former President Donald Trump are refusing to cooperate with the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, using various tactics to skirt the panel’s subpoenas and stonewall the sweeping probe. Members of the committee are convinced there are still plenty of ways

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN At least 650 people died attempting to cross the US-Mexico border this year, more than any other year since an international agency began documenting deaths in 2014. The International Organization for Migration — the agency documenting the deaths — didn’t specify the reason for the deaths but crossing the US southern

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Jamie Gangel, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Kash Patel, a former chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, met with the House committee investigating January 6, according to a source familiar with the matter. CNN spotted Patel on Thursday walk into a room with a team of lawyers

By Gregory Krieg and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she is ending her bid for governor of the state and instead running for reelection. “I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general,” James said in a statement Thursday. “There are a

By Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows provided the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot with text messages and emails that show he was “exchanging with a wide range of individuals while the attack was underway,” according to a source with knowledge of the communications.

By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The New York attorney general subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for his testimony as part of a civil fraud investigation into the Trump Organization, according to people familiar with the matter. Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has set a deadline for the deposition by January 7,