Politics

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN As French President Emmanuel Macron arrived at the Arc de Triomphe for a national televised Armistice Day Ceremony, Vice President Kamala Harris — donning the traditional bleuet de France honoring veterans — waited to greet him. As they clasped arms, the chummy chemistry that had begun to emerge between the pair

By Daniel Dale A video of a maskless woman having a tantrum on an airplane — threatening to call the police because she is being forced to sit next to a man she presumes is unvaccinated — has gone extraordinarily viral on social media. One TikTok post of the video, which was filmed from the

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the House select committee investigating January 6, said Friday that he hopes a federal grand jury’s indictment of Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress “sends a chilling message” to anyone considering not cooperating with the panel. “I think it sends a really important

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, concerns over inflation and unreliable supply chains forced the Biden administration to step up its efforts on two fronts particularly important to Americans, according to a new CNN Poll. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump and his allies continued to try to block the January 6 committee’s progress. Monday CNN

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Jessica Schneider, Evan Perez, Paula Reid and Zachary Cohen, CNN A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced Friday. Attorney General Merrick Garland had been under tremendous political pressure to indict Bannon since the House referred the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday that he plans to appoint an official from outside his administration to oversee implementation of the large infrastructure bill he intends to sign on Monday. After spending months wrangling votes to pass the $1.2 trillion public works package, the President is turning his attention to ensuring

By Allie Malloy and Kate Sullivan, CNN White House press secretary Jen Psaki returned to the White House briefing room Friday for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, telling reporters she completed a 10-day quarantine and received a negative Covid-19 test on Thursday. “It’s great to be back with all of you, although

By Holmes Lybrand A January 6 defendant pleaded guilty on Friday to bringing Molotov cocktails and an unlicensed gun to Capitol Hill on the day of the insurrection. Vietnam veteran and Alabama resident Lonnie Leroy Coffman’s actions that day remain some of the most unsettling to come out of the investigations into the Capitol riot.

By Steve Contorno, CNN The fate of a South Florida congressional district will likely be decided Friday by a handful of overseas and military ballots after a manual recount left the race too close to call. Businesswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick appears to hold a single-digit lead over Broward County Commissioner Dale Holness in the Democratic primary

By Jamie Gumbrecht and Jessica Small, CNN The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released to CNN on Friday new evidence showing how US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials were pressured by Trump administration officials to alter scientific guidance and prevented from communicating directly with the public. In new excerpts of transcribed

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration sanctioned Eritrea’s military and its sole political party for their involvement in the ongoing crisis in northern Ethiopia as Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern that about “the potential for Ethiopia to implode.” These are the first sanctions imposed under a new executive order signed by President