Politics

By Kevin Liptak, Donald Judd and Nectar Gan, CNN President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington. The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don’t reflect a

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN Last summer, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was nervous about Herschel Walker, seeing stories about the rookie candidate’s turbulent past and fearful that an unvetted and untested Republican could implode in the heat of the biggest Senate race in the country. But not long after he suggested to

By Eric Bradner and Michael Warren, CNN Republican voters in Georgia’s primary on Tuesday could move the party — at least temporarily — out from under former President Donald Trump’s shadow. Gov. Brian Kemp, the Republican whom Trump has targeted over his refusal to embrace the lie that widespread fraud cost the former President the

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Sunday he’s been released from the hospital after suffering a “minor stroke” last week. “It’s great to be back home after a long week. I’m grateful for the generous outpouring of support from everyone and the dedicated care I received from the team at GW,” the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday said the thirteen nations joining his long-sought economic plan for Asia were “signing up to work toward an economic vision that will deliver for all people on Earth.” The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is Biden’s attempt at engaging a region coming increasingly under the influence of China.

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Six weeks postpartum, Rochelle Garza was on the frontlines of an abortion rights rally in Dallas. “I will be damned if my daughter grows up in a state where she cannot control her own body,” the Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general said into a megaphone. Abortion rights had already been

By Jeremy Herb and Dianne Gallagher, CNN While Donald Trump has maintained a laser focus this primary season on ousting those Republicans who crossed him over the 2020 election — especially in Georgia on Tuesday — the Republican effort to elevate proponents of dubious election fraud allegations in the government runs deeper than the former

By Tierney Sneed The 5th Circuit is at it again. The federal appeals court that has been under fire for its handling of abortion rights, immigration and so-called social media “censorship” handed down on Wednesday a ruling that — if adopted nationwide — could upend the way that federal agencies for decades have enforced the

By Dan Merica, CNN Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee for the commonwealth’s open Senate seat, was released from a hospital Sunday nine days after he checked in and was found to have suffered a stroke. Fetterman won his Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday while in the hospital in Lancaster and underwent a

By Devan Cole, CNN Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban should be “revisited” to provide exceptions for instances of rape or incest should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the state’s Republican governor said Sunday. “While it’s still life in the womb, life of the unborn, the conception was under criminal circumstances, either incest or rape.

By Polo Sandoval and Samantha Beech, CNN A shipment of 35 tons of baby formula has arrived Sunday in Indianapolis on a US military aircraft from Germany to address a nationwide shortage. The prescription formula will be distributed to areas around the country where there is the most acute need, a Biden administration official earlier

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Trevor Reed, in his first television interview since returning to the United States after being imprisoned in Russia, recounted the background and horrifying conditions of his detention as well as the prisoner swap that ended a nearly three-year ordeal for him and his family. Reed told Jake Tapper in the CNN

By Clare Foran, CNN A competitive primary for a Georgia House seat has locked two Democratic members of Congress — Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux — in a tough fight for reelection. The matchup comes after Georgia’s Republican-controlled state legislature redrew congressional maps. Now, two Democrats viewed by many in the party as rising stars

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Before President Joe Biden concluded a visit to South Korea on Sunday, he offered a brief message to the nuclear-armed dictator to the north, who US officials believe could be preparing for a provocation during the US leader’s visit to Asia. “Hello,” Biden said when asked his message for Kim Jong