Politics

By Devan Cole, CNN The year 2021 marked by an innumerable number of rules tied to the coronavirus pandemic. As Americans navigated government and private sector mandates about masking and vaccinations, elected leaders also worked to change other aspects of everyday life, enacting laws that affect everything from public school curriculum to legal recreational pot.

By Clare Foran and Annie Grayer, CNN Congress has a lengthy to-do list that lawmakers will have to tackle when they return to Washington for the new year after the holiday season. Democrats, who control the White House and hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate, are under growing pressure to deliver on promises

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will return to the White House from an abbreviated winter break facing a set of hurdles that will test his political, diplomatic and management skills at a trying moment for his presidency. The raging pandemic, a crisis with Russia and uncertainty surrounding his prized domestic priorities all await

By Alanne Orjoux and Devan Cole, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday delivered his first speech since taking office earlier in the day, declaring the city “will not be controlled by crisis” as it grapples with a surge of Covid-19 cases nearly two years into the pandemic. “We have lived through two

By Geneva Sands, CNN Federal officials are warning that “threat actors” may take advantage of the upcoming anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, though there are currently no specific or credible threats, according to an intelligence assessment issued Thursday to state and local officials. “We assess that threat actors will try

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts stressed the importance of the judiciary’s institutional independence Friday in an annual report that comes as the Supreme Court is considering some of the most important issues of the day, and critics are seeking to dilute the court’s conservative majority. Roberts did not

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, announced Friday she tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. “After experiencing Covid-like symptoms, this morning I received a positive, breakthrough Covid-19 test result,” Pressley said in a statement. “Thankfully, my symptoms are relatively mild, and I am grateful to be fully vaccinated

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, several days after Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease an unremitting military crisis on Ukraine’s border. Biden, a White House official said, “plans to speak by phone with President Zelensky of Ukraine on Sunday to reaffirm US

By Melanie Zanona Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee deleted a tweet Friday morning that spread disinformation about Covid-19 booster shots. The false tweet from the House Judiciary Committee Republicans’ official account, which was posted Thursday afternoon, read: “If the booster shots work, why don’t they work?” The tweet received a wave of backlash before

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Workers in 21 states will see a rise in the minimum wage in the new year. As 2022 begins, some states will enact pay bumps ranging from cents to dollars per hour. Many of the increases will go into effect on Saturday, but New York’s is set to begin on Friday.

By Kelly Mena, CNN South Dakota lawmakers voted on Wednesday to broaden their examination of the state attorney general’s killing of a man in a fatal collision last year. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg killed a pedestrian while driving in September 2020. Ravnsborg initially told police he had hit a deer but discovered 55-year-old Joseph Boever’s

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced a slate of events around the US Capitol next week to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the January 6 insurrection. “These events are intended as an observance of reflection, remembrance and recommitment, in a spirit of unity, patriotism and prayerfulness,” Pelosi said in a

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Both the House of Representatives and the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny former President Donald Trump’s attempt to keep secret more than 700 pages of records that pertain to January 6. RELATED: Why the new legal attack from Trump allies against the