Politics

By Chandelis Duster and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN West Virginia legislators are reviewing the state’s abortion laws during a special legislative session this week, following other states that are considering the issue in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The bill under review, HB 302, bans abortion at all stages of

By Clare Foran, CNN The Senate took a key vote on Tuesday to advance a long-awaited bill aimed at boosting US semiconductor production in a bid to increase American competitiveness. The vote was 64 to 32. Final passage of the bill in the Senate is expected this week. It will then need to go to

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden feels well enough to resume physical exercise on his fifth day with Covid-19, his doctor said Tuesday in a letter. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote Biden’s symptoms have “almost completely resolved” and that his vital signs remain “absolutely normal.” Biden will continue to isolate on day five of his

By Michael Warren, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday delivered a speech outlining an “agenda for the future” in Washington — just hours before a competing speech from Donald Trump during the former President’s first visit to the nation’s capital since January 2021. Speaking to the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth group,

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The Biden administration is working furiously behind the scenes to keep European allies united against Russia as Moscow further cuts its energy supplies to the European Union, prompting panic on both sides of the Atlantic over potentially severe gas shortages heading into winter, US officials say. On Monday, Russia’s state-owned gas

By Annie Grayer and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of the two Republicans serving on the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, said Tuesday he is seeing some positive developments out of the Justice Department’s investigation into the riot. Kinzinger was speaking to CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day”

By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday outlined a hardline and harsh criminal justice agenda for the Republican Party, praising China’s justice system, pushing for the death penalty for drug dealers and arguing the federal government should circumvent governors to use the National Guard to fight crime. While the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Chief Justice John Roberts privately lobbied fellow conservatives to save the constitutional right to abortion down to the bitter end, but May’s unprecedented leak of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made the effort all but impossible, multiple sources familiar with negotiations told CNN.

By Matt Egan, CNN Air travel is a mess right now and Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding that federal regulators do something about it. In a letter obtained first by CNN, the Massachusetts Democrat, along with California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, urges Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to use his vast powers to protect consumers by

By Kate Bennett, CNN Michael LaRosa, the press secretary for first lady Dr. Jill Biden, is departing the White House, a White House official told CNN. LaRosa began serving as Biden’s spokesperson in 2019 during the presidential campaign and was appointed press secretary in January 2021. In September, he was given the additional title of

By Donald Judd, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce $1.75 billion in infrastructure funding to improve accessibility at the nation’s public rail stations, allowing local transit authorities to retrofit stations with elevators to accommodate travelers with disabilities. The funding, which comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law, falls under the legislation’s “All Stations Accessibility

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Senate Republicans are sparring with the Federal Reserve over what the GOP lawmakers say has been a gross failure by the Fed to combat Chinese efforts to gain influence there. Minority staff from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report on Tuesday morning detailing five “case