Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, Fredreka Schouten and Andrew Millman, CNN Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county commissioner, ardent election-fraud conspiracy theorist and founder of Cowboys for Trump, avoided more jail time on Friday for his role in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. He was sentenced to 14 days with time served, fined $3,000 and

By Kate Sullivan, Jonny Hallam and Jennifer Hansler, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday he has been briefed on the three Americans who have gone missing in Ukraine after they traveled to the country to fight alongside Ukrainian forces against Russia. In brief remarks to reporters as he left for a weekend on the beach

By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Dr. Jill Biden revealed on Friday she has often envisioned what it would be like if there was a shooting in one of the classrooms in which she teaches. “As a teacher, I’ve imagined that scene in my own classroom, again and again,” said Biden during remarks at the

By Evan Perez and Ryan Nobles, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection is still trying to nail down a witness list for an upcoming hearing about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to use the Justice Department to help support his false election fraud claims, according to sources familiar with the

By Matt Egan, CNN The Biden administration is unlikely to advocate for sending households gas rebate cards as officials continue to weigh all options to ease the pain at the pump, an official familiar with the matter tells CNN. Gas cards could be popular with families grappling with surging prices at the pump. The Washington

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN When US intelligence and national security officials gathered at a classified facility in April to speak with election officials around the country, there was no burning new intelligence to share about cyber threats to American democracy. The briefing covered Russia’s war on Ukraine and foreign and domestic sources of disinformation about

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN New York Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino told a radio host in late 2016 that Black Americans were kept “dumb and hungry” so they could be conditioned to only vote for the Democratic Party, saying, “You can’t teach them differently.” Paladino, then a Buffalo school board member, was

By Phil Mattingly, CNN Three months into US-led sanctions designed to crush Russia’s economy for its war in Ukraine, Russia has appeared surprisingly resilient. The ruble has rebounded and is now worth more than before the invasion. The Kremlin’s coffers are overflowing from record oil and gas sales. Even McDonald’s has reopened in Russia, rebranded

By Ella Nilsen and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday convened a meeting of more than 20 of the world’s largest economies to discuss steps to curb methane emissions to address the climate crisis as well as efforts to stabilize global energy markets amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the US-hosted Major Economies

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices were divided over 2020 election issues and ultimately declined to accept any of Donald Trump’s baseless claims, but one justice stood out for emphasizing ballot fraud in sympathy with those who refused to accept the results: Clarence Thomas. The presidential election controversy

By Devan Cole, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill that extends security protections to Supreme Court justices’ immediate family members. The bill — the Supreme Court Police Parity Act of 2022 — was passed by the House earlier this week and the Senate passed the measure last month. It allows the families