Politics

By Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US imposed new sanctions related to the contested Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Monday. The State Department reported to Congress that it has designated a vessel and a “Russian-linked entity” called Transadria Ltd. that is linked to the controversial pipeline that was

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Monday said that President Joe Biden intends to run for reelection in 2024, following a recent report indicating that the commander in chief and his staff are attempting to assuage concerns about his future political prospects. When White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked aboard Air

By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot issued a new round of subpoenas on Monday to five of former President Donald Trump’s allies directly involved in planning “Stop the Steal” rallies, including longtime Republican operative Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

By Maegan Vazquez and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon to hold a “Friendsgiving” celebration with military service members and their families. “I want to thank not only the warriors, I want to thank your family because they stand and wait,”

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Women in Texas who have been blocked from exercising their constitutional right to obtain an abortion for almost three months had reason to expect Monday that the Supreme Court was poised to rule on challenges to the state restrictions. That’s because, last week, the court announced that

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A federal judge took aim at former President Donald Trump on Monday for lying about voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election, saying that former Vice President Al Gore had a better standing to challenge the 2000 election results but that he was “a man” and walked away.

By Betsy Klein, CNN It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the nation’s capital. First lady Jill Biden kicked off the evergreen annual process of decking the White House halls on Monday afternoon when she received the official 2021 White House Christmas tree. The 18-and-a-half-foot Fraser fir hails from Peak Farms of Jefferson,

By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee is keeping the pressure on the FBI and the Justice Department Inspector General to take additional actions to address the mishandling of the FBI’s probe of Larry Nassar. On Monday, the committee made public a letter a bipartisan group of senators sent to FBI Director Chris Wray,

By Sara Murray and Michael Warren, CNN Laurie Snell — the estranged wife of Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Sean Parnell — was awarded primary physical custody and sole legal custody of the couple’s three children, according to a judge’s order that was made public Monday. The decision comes amid a contentious divorce and custody proceedings

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Cases are going up. Hospitalizations are too. Depending on where you live, mask mandates are either being dropped or enacted. Vaccines are more available than ever, but hesitancy remains a real problem. Experimental drugs are showing promise as well, yet regulatory approval takes time. It’s a confusing time in the coronavirus

By Gregory Krieg and Lauren del Valle, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least a dozen women, “was not fully transparent” about the number of nursing home residents who died as a result of Covid-19 and, in new independent findings, used taxpayer resources to help write and promote his 2020 book