Politics

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Tina Peters, the embattled county clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, said Monday she is running for secretary of state. “Colorado deserves a secretary of state who will stand up to the Biden administration that wants to run our country into the ground with nationalized elections,” Peters, a Republican, said in a

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s long-time accounting firm informed the Trump Organization last week that it should no longer rely on nearly 10 years’ worth of financial statements and that they would no longer be their accountants, citing a conflict of interest. “We have come to this conclusion based, in part, upon

By Devan Cole, Paul Murphy and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, was the target of a shooting Monday morning at his campaign headquarters, authorities said. Democrat Craig Greenberg was the target of the shooting in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Chief Erika Shields said, adding that

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The vast majority of critical minerals and rare earth elements that help power electric vehicles and wind turbines come from mining operations overseas. But a new initiative spearheaded by the US Department of Energy is looking for ways to extract them from fossil fuel waste. The Energy Department plans to build

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Personal Birth date: February 26, 1958 Birth place: St. Paul, Minnesota Birth name: Timothy Michael Kaine Father: Albert Alexander Kaine Jr., ironworker Mother: Mary Kathleen (Burns) Kaine, teacher Marriage: Anne Holton (1984-present) Children: Nat, Woody and Annella Education:

By Katelyn Polantz and Chandelis Duster, CNN A conservative lawyer who worked with then-President Donald Trump has turned over thousands of pages of emails to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection but is withholding thousands of others, according to a court filing Sunday. John Eastman, a law professor who helped craft Trump’s

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Monday marks four years since the deadly shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland, Florida, and the nation remains plagued by the gun violence that the students-turned-activists who were in the building that day pledged to fight. In honor of the anniversary, those activists are hoping to pile

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN For Houston-area retiree Pam Gaskin, voting is a ritual that starts every January when she completes her application for an absentee mail ballot. This year, the 74-year-old printed the application on January 3, filled it out and mailed it to her local election office. Days later, a rejection letter arrived: The

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed a new law that will overhaul the US Postal Service’s finances and allow the agency to modernize its service. The Postal Service Reform Act, which enjoyed a rare wave of bipartisan support in the House and Senate, bolsters an agency that is “as essential as

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday endorsed Jessica Cisneros’ bid to unseat Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, as early voting in the state begins ahead of the March 1 primary election. Cisneros, 28, fell narrowly short of defeating Cuellar in a 2020 primary decided by fewer than 3,000 votes. Cuellar, who

By Phil Mattingly, CNN A senior member of President Joe Biden’s communications team is set to leave in the coming weeks, a rare departure for a West Wing that has had limited staff turnover up this point. Mariel Saez, the White House director of broadcast media, will leave government for the private sector after serving