Politics

By Colin McCullough, Paul LeBlanc and Sonnet Swire, CNN Three people are dead and one is injured following a lightning strike across the street from the White House Thursday night. James Mueller, 76, and Donna Mueller, 75, died from injuries following the lightning strike in Lafayette Park near the White House Thursday night, a DC

By Holmes Lybrand and Paul LeBlanc, CNN FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday expressed concern over potential terrorist attacks on US soil emanating from Afghanistan, citing “growing intelligence gaps” since the US pulled its troops out of the country in 2021. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Wray, “Are you

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Democrats’ push to advance their energy and health care bill is likely headed for a procedural speed bump known in Washington as a “vote-a-rama.” The time-consuming and stamina-challenging process is among the final obstacles for Democrats, along with the Senate parliamentarian’s review of the package. Politically, a vote-a-rama gives Republicans a

By Eric Bradner, CNN Photographs by Rachel Woolf for CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said if the Justice Department does not prosecute former President Donald Trump for his role in the insurrection at the US Capitol and “the facts and the evidence are there,” the decision could call into question whether the United States can

By Katelyn Polantz, Kara Scannell, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is in direct communication with Justice Department officials, the first sign of talks between the two sides as the criminal probe into January 6, 2021, accelerates, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The talks revolve around whether

By Devan Cole and Terence Burlij, CNN Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticizes former President Donald Trump as a “threat to our republic” and a “coward” in a new campaign ad for his daughter, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, who’s facing a competitive Republican primary later this month. “In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian national accused of running a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly profited from various hacking and extortion schemes has been extradited from Greece and is on his way to the US, according to the suspect’s lawyer. Alexander Vinnik, who is in his early 40s, is accused of operating a cryptocurrency

By Ella Nilsen, CNN As Democrats scramble to clinch a deal on their tax and climate package, a last-minute demand is coming from key vote Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona: $5 billion to help the Southwest deal with its multi-year drought. Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, confirmed to CNN that Sinema is seeking

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent The US has postponed a long planned missile test over concerns about China’s angry response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan earlier this week, a US official tells CNN. The decision to postpone the test flight of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile comes as China