Politics

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday temporarily transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy for one hour and 25 minutes, according to the White House. The nation’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president broke yet another barrier when she

By Kaitlan Collins, Betsy Klein, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden underwent his annual physical Friday morning at Walter Reed Medical Center, his first such appointment since he was inaugurated as the oldest first-term president in US history. Afterward, his physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a memo Biden “remains fit for

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats have voted to pass President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion social safety net expansion legislation, a victory for the party even as the legislation faces a tough road ahead in the Senate. The final tally was 220 to 213. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine

By Lauren del Valle A report detailing the findings of an impeachment investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to be released to the public in the coming days, according to three members of the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee. Members on Thursday and Friday reviewed the 45-page report detailing findings

By Manu Raju, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN The two top leaders in the Senate have opened discussions to find a way out of a looming debt crisis, a sharp departure from the standoff a month ago that took the United States to the brink of a first-ever default. With Republicans buoyed by their

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Rep. Paul Gosar just one day after the House passed a resolution censuring the Arizona Republican and stripping his committee assignments. “Congressman Paul Gosar has been a loyal supporter of our America First agenda, and even more importantly, the USA. Paul is a Congressman

By Ryan Nobles and Devan Cole, CNN Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s leadership style on Thursday, suggesting that if Republicans win control of the House next year, the party should install former President Donald Trump as its next speaker. “They’re not skating to where the puck

By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Members of the House committee investigating January 6 said on Thursday that many of the questions they have for former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows have nothing to do with then-President Donald Trump — suggesting that the panel is still open to discussing the

By Gabby Orr, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were “lots of problems” with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address. “Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it’s very painful to watch.

By Steve Contorno Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed what he called “the strongest piece of legislation that’s been enacted anywhere in the country” in opposition to coronavirus vaccination mandates on workers. Flanked by Republican legislative leaders, DeSantis officially made Florida the first state with a law that imposes fines on businesses and

By Jasmine Wright, Donald Judd, Maegan Vazquez and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’ communications director, Ashley Etienne, is leaving the Biden administration to pursue “other opportunities,” a White House official tells CNN. “Ashley is a valued member of the vice president’s team, who has worked tirelessly to advance the goals of this administration,”

By Marshall Cohen, CNN When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia. The central allegations, that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to