By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ level of partisan hostility is rising, according to a Pew Research survey released Tuesday that highlights Americans’ complicated relationship with the political parties. Over the past six years, the poll finds, Democrats and Republicans have both grown increasingly likely to view members of the opposing party through a negative lens.
Continue Reading By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen and Kara Scannell, CNN Trump ally Doug Mastriano’s virtual appearance Tuesday before the House January 6 committee only lasted about 15 minutes and “he didn’t answer a single question,” according to a source familiar with the matter. Mastriano’s attorney cut off the virtual appearance soon after it began, the source
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza, Melissa Holzberg DePalo, Ethan Cohen, Clara Grudberg and Nicholas Anastacio, CNN It’s primary election day in Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Vermont is on the edge of history as the state prepares to send a woman to Congress for the first time, there’s a competitive Republican gubernatorial race in Wisconsin and a
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal appeals court on Tuesday signed off on a House Ways and Means Committee request to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. The 3-0 ruling from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a blow to Trump, who has argued for
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby, CNN When Senate Democrats crafted their legislation to lower drug prices, they wanted two main measures to encompass both the private insurance and Medicare markets. However, in the end, they were forced to limit the provisions — restricting the growth of drug prices to inflation and placing a $35 cap on insulin
Continue Reading By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Democrats’ budget reconciliation package, which contains several landmark climate and health care provisions, was signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday. The House passed the legislation, titled the Inflation Reduction Act, Friday after being approved by the Senate on August 7 on a party-line vote. Still,
Continue Reading By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN Midterm primary season continues Tuesday with elections in four states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont. In addition to a high-profile US Senate race in Wisconsin and gubernatorial contests in all four states, there are a number of US House primaries to watch as Democrats fight to defend their
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN Top congressional Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Attorney General Merrick Garland to “preserve
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes are political opposites. But as the two prepare for what could become one of the most closely watched Senate races of the 2022 cycle, they are leveling similar attacks to define each other: Casting their opponent as too extreme and
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the House January 6 committee on Tuesday, according to panel member Rep. Zoe Lofgren. The California Democrat confirmed CNN’s earlier reporting that Pompeo would be deposed by the committee, according to a source familiar with the matter. CNN has previously reported on Pompeo’s
Continue Reading By Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress has passed a bill that will invest more than $200 billion over the next five years to help the US regain a leading position in semiconductor chip manufacturing. With bipartisan support, the CHIPS and Science Act was passed by lawmakers in late July, and President Joe Biden signed the bill
Continue Reading By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Primaries in the Upper Midwest on Tuesday will set the stage for two major governor’s races, as Republicans in Wisconsin and Minnesota select their nominees to take on those states’ Democratic incumbents in November. Minnesota is also set to fill a House seat after former GOP
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill aimed at boosting American chip manufacturing as he kicked off a victory lap to celebrate a string of wins in Washington. The CHIPS and Science Act will invest more than $200 billion over the next five years in
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The Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act over the weekend. Among its provision is a minimum income tax on corporations that make $1 billion or more.
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The Missouri Chamber of Commerce made public its opposition to the Inflation Reduction Act moving through Congress, saying it would mean a tax increase on the state’s business.
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon announced Monday that the US has sent anti-radar missiles for Ukrainian aircraft to target Russian radar systems, marking the first time the Defense Department has acknowledged sending the previously undisclosed missile to Ukraine. Colin Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, said at a press briefing that the
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved Missouri’s request for a federal disaster declaration in response to severe flooding that hit St. Louis last month. Biden’s Monday decision makes St. Louis-area residents eligible for federal help with temporary housing, home repairs and some health care. Applicants can also get counseling and disaster-related unemployment
Continue Reading By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray, Evan Perez, Gabby Orr and Dan Berman, CNN The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there, three people
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday. “Under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to
Continue Reading By Shania Shelton, CNN In the wake of then-President Donald Trump’s infamous photo-op at the height of the George Floyd protests, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley penned a lengthy and vociferous critique of Trump in a resignation letter he ultimately never sent, The New Yorker reported on Monday. On June
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