Politics

By Sam Fossum and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday announced a new program to repair and replace the nation’s bridges through funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law that passed Congress in November. “My bipartisan infrastructure law includes the largest investment in our nation’s bridges since the creation of the Interstate Highway System.

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court on Thursday undermined the Biden administration’s effort to stop the spread of Covid-19 among workers and, equally important, revealed how much conservative justices want the federal government out of American life. Justices on the right-wing expressed concerns of US agencies regulating “the

By Whitney Wild and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Six weeks after a grand jury indicted former US Capitol Police Officer Michael Riley on obstruction of justice charges, the Capitol Police Board thanked him for his 26-year service in a glowing farewell letter it now says was sent in error. “Please accept our congratulations on your retirement

By Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN In the minutes after North Korea launched a ballistic missile around 7:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the US command responsible for protecting the American homeland from airborne threats raced to determine whether the missile might be capable of striking the United States — and

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Two senators from different sides of the aisle have both introduced similar bills that would ban lawmakers and their families from buying and selling stocks while in office. Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia introduced a bill this week with fellow Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona called the Ban Congressional

By Tara Subramaniam President Biden’s efforts to remove the Senate filibuster in order to address voting rights was dealt another blow Thursday when Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she would not back off her position to uphold the current filibuster rules. Currently, 60 votes are needed to prevent a filibuster. The change in question,

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot has issued four subpoenas to giant social media conglomerates after the panel said the companies provided “inadequate responses” to its initial request for documents and information over the summer. The subpoenas were sent to Meta, the parent