Politics

By David Wright, CNN Republicans are leveraging voter frustration with high prices to hammer Democrats in midterms campaign ads. GOP groups and campaigns up and down the ballot have produced 93 distinct TV ads mentioning inflation, spending $13 million on more than 30,000 airings from the start of 2021 through Thursday. By comparison, their Democratic

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, the latest effort by US lawmakers to inflict economic pain on the Kremlin for its unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine. The final vote was 424-8 with strong bipartisan support for the legislation,

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration sent detailed explanations to key lawmakers Wednesday evening providing an accounting of remaining funding from the Covid-19 relief package that has already been allocated, part of ongoing efforts over the past few months to make their case that there is a need for more spending. The notice comes

By Maeve Reston and Eric Bradner, CNN As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on US officials “to do more” to help his country, governors around the US are mobilizing to bolster shipments of humanitarian aid and other supplies, including at least one state sending personal protective and medical equipment it had been scrambling to acquire

By Tara Subramaniam and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department unsealed charges on Thursday against a 23-year-old Wisconsin man who allegedly told associates it was “satisfying” to assault US Capitol Police officers on January 6, 2021, and threatened to return to Washington, DC, with paintball guns that resembled an automatic rifle. Riley Kasper was arrested

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security has reinstituted its independent advisory council, nearly a year after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas dissolved the existing council, ousting a board of independent advisers that included Trump-era officials. The new council will be made up of 33 new members, including former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff,

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is preparing for the potential of mass migration to the US-Mexico border when a Trump-era pandemic emergency rule ends, according to three sources familiar with discussions. Border authorities have been relying on a public health order, known as Title 42, to turn away migrants at the US-Mexico border

By Michael Warren, CNN The Republican National Committee has narrowed down the sites for its 2024 national convention to two cities, Milwaukee and Nashville, according to two people familiar with the decision. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel traveled to Milwaukee on Wednesday for an official site visit, according to one of those people. Two other contenders,

By Nikki Carvajal and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday for their first known discussion in months, the White House said Thursday. The announcement from White House press secretary Jen Psaki comes days after a US diplomatic cable suggested China has expressed some openness to providing Russia

By Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand and Barbara Starr, CNN Last week, a drone flew more than 350 miles beyond Ukraine’s western border before crashing in Croatia, a NATO member country. The drone was carrying a bomb, Croatian officials said, and it’s still not clear whether it belonged to Ukrainian or Russian forces. Another drone recently

By Eric Bradner, CNN Michigan Republicans’ effort to get around Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vetoes and implement new voting restrictions via a petition drive is set to ramp up this weekend, with a new push to gather signatures in time to meet a late-spring deadline and make the changes ahead of November’s midterm election. As warmer

By Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s administration is discussing ways to help Ukrainian refugees join family members already living in the US by providing special pathways for their admission, according to multiple sources. Under mounting pressure to step up their efforts, Biden administration officials have been considering a range of options,