By Evan Perez, Ryan Nobles and Gloria Borger, CNN The Department of Justice has informed the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection that it will not indict two former Trump White House officials found in contempt by the committee. According to a source familiar with the notification, US Attorney Matt Graves notified
Continue Reading By Dan Merica, CNN John Fetterman’s cardiologist said Friday that the Democratic Senate candidate suffers from both atrial fibrillation and cardiomyopathy, issuing a statement that provides more insight into what caused the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor’s stroke in May. Dr. Ramesh Chandra said he first saw Fetterman in 2017, when he reported having swollen feet. He
Continue Reading By Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political Analyst For Bennie Thompson, the invasion of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was a significant moment of déjà vu. From his perch in the House gallery above the chamber that day, he couldn’t quite tell what was going on, until his wife phoned him to let him
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN Staring down the prospect of an extended stalemate in Ukraine, the US and its allies are placing a renewed emphasis on the need for a negotiated settlement to end the war as the conflict grinds into its 100th day with no clear victory
Continue Reading By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr and Jeremy Herb, CNN Staring down the prospect of an extended stalemate in Ukraine, the US and its allies are placing a renewed emphasis on the need for a negotiated settlement to end the war as the conflict grinds into its 100th day with no clear victory
Continue Reading By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Capitol Police on Friday charged a retired New York police officer with unlawful possession of high-capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition, according to the agency. Officers arrested Jerome Felipe of Michigan around 5 a.m. ET Friday, the agency said. Felipe had parked his 2017 Dodge Challenger near the Capitol and
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said they made one phone call to most of his former executive assistants in their effort to try to contact them as part of the New York attorney general’s investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances. To keep Trump out of civil contempt for failing to comply
Continue Reading By Chandelis Duster, CNN Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on Friday told CNN there is “no question” an economic “hurricane” is possible. Asked if the Biden administration agrees with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s recent headline-making prediction of a hurricane, Walsh said, “We have to continue to move forward a step at a time here to
Continue Reading By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked state funding for a new Tampa Bay Rays training facility partly because the baseball team spoke out against gun violence in the wake of back-to-back gun-related massacres in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, a source familiar with the internal conversations told CNN. DeSantis on Thursday
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday brushed off economic warnings from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as he touted May’s jobs report, saying the nation is likely to see more moderate gains as his administration struggles to get a handle on high inflation. The President argued the
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to meet his Chinese counterpart for the first time during a trip to Singapore for a major defense summit next week, a senior defense official said Friday. The date and time for the meeting between Austin and Chinese Minister of National Defense General Wei
Continue Reading By Evan Perez, Paula Reid, Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee’s investigation. During a court appearance in Washington, DC, on Friday, Navarro said that he
Continue Reading By Daniel Dale Michigan’s Republican primary for governor has been marred by a scandal over fake signatures on five candidates’ nomination petitions. Now a new campaign ad from Kevin Rinke, a businessman who is not among the five candidates facing disqualification, begins with a false claim about voter fraud and Democrats. “Why is it that
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz, Betsy Klein and Brenda Goodman, CNN The infant formula shortage has affected millions of families across the country and left the Biden administration scrambling to figure out what went wrong after clear miscommunication and mishandling by the US Food and Drug Administration. President Joe Biden conceded Wednesday he didn’t understand how big
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse, CNN New York state lawmakers passed several bills on Thursday to tighten state gun laws, including a bill that would raise the minimum age to 21 to buy a semiautomatic rifle. Lawmakers also passed a bill that would ban civilians from purchasing bullet-resistant vests, unless the individuals worked in law enforcement or
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Kara Scannell and Paula Reid, CNN Several close allies of Steve Bannon have been subpoenaed to testify before a New York state grand jury investigating his fundraising for a private border wall effort, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN. The subpoenas were sent to several witnesses in recent weeks, requiring them
Continue Reading By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden tried to turn a string of horrific mass shootings into momentum Thursday night, imploring 10 Republican senators to join Democrats on some — any — new gun-related legislation. The speech, which compared dead American children to US casualties in war, came on a night when fellow Democrats
Continue Reading By CNN President Joe Biden delivered remarks Thursday from the White House on gun violence in America in the wake of several mass shootings. Read his speech as released by the White House below: On Memorial Day this past Monday, Jill and I visited Arlington National Cemetery. As we entered those hallowed grounds, we saw
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws — including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase — as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on Capitol
Continue Reading By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden tried to turn a string of horrific mass shootings into momentum Thursday night, imploring 10 Republican senators to join Democrats on some — any — new gun-related legislation. The speech, which compared dead American children to US casualties in war, came on a night when fellow Democrats
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