Politics

By Jessica Schneider, CNN The Justice Department has secured a settlement with the chemical company Chevron Phillips to make upgrades at three of its Texas petrochemical plants amid allegations that it violated the Clean Air Act and state air pollution control laws. Chevron Phillips is accused of failing to properly operate and monitor its industrial

By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of needy children have had an easier time getting free meals at school and over the summer thanks to waivers Congress authorized at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But that nourishment is now at risk. Lawmakers have not yet agreed to extend the waivers past June 30 in the

By Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives voted late Wednesday night to pass a massive government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in desperately needed aid to Ukraine as the country fights back against Russia’s deadly invasion. Congress is racing the clock ahead of a Friday deadline when government

By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Herb, CNN With continued worry that Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine could spill over into neighboring countries, the Pentagon is putting in place the military infrastructure needed to help run a war in Europe and meet President Joe Biden’s pledge to defend “every inch” of NATO territory, according

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The Department of Education said Wednesday that it has so far identified 100,000 borrowers who are eligible for student debt cancellation due to the changes the agency made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program in October. The cancellations for those people are expected to total about $6.2 billion in federal

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris is jetting to Europe Wednesday for a trip that became more complicated after one of her hosts — Poland — caught the United States by surprise with a proposal to provide its Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine. What seemed like a straightforward mission turned more fraught when

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 are heading to trial with opening statements beginning Wednesday. Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta face federal charges of conspiring to kidnap the Democratic governor. Fox, Croft and Harris face additional charges of conspiring

By Priscilla Alvarez and Ted Barrett, CNN In an unusual move, Senate Democrats on Tuesday withdrew a vote on a procedural motion to advance Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, President Joe Biden’s pick to be the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after a Republican senator raised an alleged domestic complaint against the nominee. The allegation, which

By Sonia Moghe, CNN A dual Russian-American citizen has been charged with acting as a spy in the US, according to court filings that say she ran organizations that “sought to spread Russian propaganda.” Elena Branson was charged Tuesday with acting and conspiring to act in the US illegally as an agent of the Russian