Politics

By Gregory Krieg, Jeff Zeleny and Dan Merica, CNN Another primary day, another test of the force of former President Donald Trump‘s grip on the Republican Party. On Tuesday, a proxy battle over the governor’s office in Nebraska will be decided between a candidate backed by the state’s top Republican, term-limited Gov. Pete Ricketts, and

By Tami Luhby, CNN States are expected to receive a total of more than $100 billion in extra federal Medicaid funds to help them get through the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released Tuesday. That’s more than double what they are projected to spend on the growth in Medicaid enrollees. The

By Dan Merica and Jeff Simon, CNN If Rep. Alex Mooney wants voters in West Virginia to know one thing about his campaign, it’s that he — not his Republican primary opponent, Rep. David McKinley — is the candidate backed by former President Donald Trump. And Tuesday’s incumbent-on-incumbent primary in a deep red state that

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slightly nudged the door open last week when he said “it’s possible” the GOP could move to ban abortion nationwide. Republicans on Monday quickly shut it. “I don’t think it’s really an appropriate topic for Congress to be passing a national

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Eighteen national media outlets led by CNN are asking a court to make public secret court filings in former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ lawsuit against the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. The House’s ongoing standoff with Meadows has

By Allie Malloy, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration is “working around the clock” to address the baby formula shortage, as manufacturers say they’re producing at full capacity and making as much formula as they can — but it’s still not enough to meet current

By Sam Fossum, CNN The US will temporarily lift Trump-era tariffs on Ukrainian steel for a period of one year in a move aimed at helping the Ukrainian economy and sending a message of support as the country continues to resist Russia’s ongoing invasion. “For steel mills to continue as an economic lifeline for the

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday signed a bill into law aimed at streamlining the process for getting military assistance to Ukraine as Russia continues its invasion. In an Oval Office signing ceremony for the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act on Monday afternoon, Biden said, “The atrocities that the Russians are engaging

By Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up its warnings of a potential fall and winter surge should Congress fail to pass additional Covid-19 supplemental funding, warning of effects to the production of updated vaccines, as well as other potential consequences to testing and treatments. The warning comes as scientists

By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice has tested positive for Covid-19, she announced Monday, becoming the latest high-ranking Biden administration official to contract the coronavirus. Rice said she last saw President Joe Biden five days before her diagnosis but was masked and is not considered a close

By Jasmine Wright and Kate Sullivan, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris has hired White House staffer Erin Wilson to become her new deputy chief of staff, a White House official told CNN on Monday, amid the latest personnel shakeup in the vice president’s office. Wilson is slated to start May 31 and will replace Michael