Politics

By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday gave President Joe Biden the green light to end the controversial “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy that originated under the Trump administration. Since the beginning of his administration, Biden has tried to wind down the policy, which sends certain non-Mexican citizens who entered

By Ariane de Vogue, Ella Nilsen and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming. In

By David Wright, CNN Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said she is “absolutely confident” in blockbuster testimony from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, and that the January 6 committee welcomes information from the Secret Service related to the incidents Hutchinson described. In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired Thursday, Cheney

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont is “comfortably recovering” following surgery to repair a broken hip after he fell in his Virginia home on Wednesday. It is unclear how long he will be out in the 50-50 split Senate, but the chamber is in recess until the week of July 11.

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability for Democrats running there — so much so that two of the leading candidates running for their party’s US Senate nomination won’t say whether he should run again. But the

By Melanie Zanona, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, recounting some of the damning details that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has uncovered thus far and praising the bravery of witnesses — particularly

By Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the House select committee this week increased the criminal exposure former President Donald Trump faces in the Justice Department’s ongoing January 6, 2021, investigation. Anecdotes recounted under oath by the former White House aide offer new avenues for investigators to potentially examine whether Trump

By Amy Simonson, CNN Delaware Gov. John Carney signed legislation Wednesday expanding access to abortion care and protecting providers and patients seeking services in the state following last week’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. The Democratic governor signed House Bill 455 after it passed in the General Assembly on Tuesday, according to his

By Virginia Langmaid, CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has released new guidance aimed at patient privacy in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion. The guidance “addresses the

By Virginia Langmaid and Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Biden administration has reached an agreement to purchase 105 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. The agreement, set for fall vaccinations, includes “options for up to 300 million doses,” the agency said in a news release, and