Politics

By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal jury has found former Trump adviser Steve Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack. The conviction is a victory for the House January 6 select committee as it continues to seek

By Whitney Wild and Jeremy Herb, CNN Secret Service investigators were scrutinizing the phones of 10 Secret Service personnel that contained metadata showing text messages were sent and received around January 6, 2021, but were not retained, two sources told CNN. The scrutiny came after the Department of Homeland Security inspector general asked for the

By Chandelis Duster, Jim Sciutto and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service said Thursday he doesn’t believe Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants to reach a nuclear deal as hope fades that an agreement can be reached. “I don’t think the Supreme Leader of Iran wants to cut a deal,”

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, whom Donald Trump wanted to install as attorney general so he could use the department to help him overturn the 2020 election, violated his professional code of conduct, the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, said. The DC disciplinary counsel,

By Sean Lyngaas, Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN The Biden administration on Thursday issued updated cybersecurity requirements for big US pipeline operators that give them more flexibility over what cyber defensive measures they can take following a major ransomware attack last year. The Transportation Security Administration directive — a revision to requirements enacted in

By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, Eric Bradner and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Wes Moore, the former Robin Hood Foundation CEO, will win Maryland’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, CNN projected Friday. He will defeat Maryland comptroller Peter Franchot, former Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez, former Education Secretary John King and former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler. Moore, a

By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst It’s hard, of course, to choose among the striking revelations in the last episode of season one of the January 6 hearings, but how about this: Top staffers knew exactly who Donald Trump was, and decided to remain anyway. It’s an argument we heard over and over again

By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden‘s Covid-19 symptoms “have improved,” his physician said Friday, but the President has taken additional medications to address his temperature and cough. Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a letter that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Thursday evening, which was treated with Tylenol. His temperature

By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump and former vice president Mike Pence held dueling events Friday in Arizona, turning the state’s upcoming Republican primary for governor into a proxy fight between the two former allies as they inch toward what could be a 2024 showdown. The Arizona race is the latest test of

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN US Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, narrowly escaped harm Thursday night after he was attacked onstage at a campaign event. Zeldin was delivering a speech in Fairport, New York, when a man climbed on stage “and attempted to stab” Zeldin, a statement from the campaign said.