Politics

By Jeremy Herb and Pamela Brown, CNN Members of the January 6 committee are working on potential legislation to tighten the process of certifying a presidential election in an effort to eliminate contentious avenues that spurred the January 6 riot, sources tell CNN. The legislation would give the committee a focus on developing a law

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A jury in Washington state awarded $17.3 million in back pay to immigrants who were denied the minimum wage while working at a detention center, according to Adam Berger, an attorney representing the detainees. The immigrants who would be eligible for the award, which was announced Friday, worked at the Northwest

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former President Donald Trump participated in the controversial “Tomahawk chop” at Game 4 of the World Series in Atlanta on Saturday night. The chop, a stadium-wide chant and longtime tradition at Braves games, has been under renewed scrutiny as part of a national discussion about racism and racial imagery in professional

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A lawyer for then-President Donald Trump blamed Mike Pence for causing the violence at the US Capitol on January 6 with his refusal to block Congress’ certification of the 2020 election results — as the riot was occurring and the then-vice president hid from the mob who had breached the building,

By Dan Merica and Eric Bradner, CNN Donald Trump may not physically be in Virginia for the commonwealth’s critical off-year elections. But to Glenn Youngkin‘s most ardent supporters, the way their candidate has kept Trump at a distance will all be worth it if he wins on Tuesday. Trump, despite not traveling to Virginia to

By Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal has risen quickly in the ranks of Washington to become a powerful progressive leader on Capitol Hill since first winning her House seat in 2016. Democrats control extremely narrow majorities in Congress, a dynamic that has empowered moderates as well as progressives and the two factions have

By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and three of his European allies said in a joint statement on Saturday that they’re sure that the Iran nuclear deal can be restored despite talks stalling out over the summer. In a joint statement that came following a discussion between Biden, United Kingdom Prime

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN John Eastman, a conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump’s legal team, said in a radio interview in early January that then-Vice President Mike Pence had the power to throw the 2020 presidential election to the House of Representatives, saying it depended on whether Pence had “courage and

By Tierney Sneed and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN A Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade could bring abortion bans to as many as half the states in the country already poised to prohibit the procedure. Such a move would also have knock-on effects on the primarily blue states that would maintain access to abortion.

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday stopped to take selfies with first responders and medical personnel who joined Group of 20 world leaders on stage following their traditional “family photo.” This weekend’s summit in Rome marks the first time the group has been able to meet in person since the start of

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Specifics about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to keep secret the support from his White House for overturning his loss of the 2020 election were revealed in late-night court filings that detail more than 700 pages of handwritten notes, draft documents and daily logs his top advisers

By Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s first day at the Group of 20 Summit began Saturday with the President achieving one of his core objectives for the global conference — an endorsement of a 15% global minimum tax from world leaders. The tax is a chief priority of Biden’s that the