Politics

By Daniella Diaz and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois who has been a strong critic of former President Donald Trump, announced in a video Friday morning he is not running for reelection. “I also remember during that campaign saying that if I ever thought it was time to move on

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden arrived at the Vatican on Friday to meet Pope Francis, he brought with him 10 of his closest advisers — including his doctor. A spot in the official presidential delegation to visit the Vatican is always a highly sought position. Presidents typically bring along both policy aides

By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden gave Pope Francis a deeply personal challenge coin during his trip to the Vatican on Friday, marking the gift with a moment of light-heartedness that nods to a long tradition in the US military. In video footage provided by Vatican Television, the two men were

By Kate Bennett, CNN Six months after the death of their son Beau in 2015, Jill Biden and then-Vice President Joe Biden could not bear the thought of going to Nantucket, Massachusetts, for the traditional Biden family Thanksgiving. It would have been — she wrote in her 2019 memoir, “Where the Light Enters” — “like

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The US Postal Service has agreed to provide the Democratic Party of Virginia with a daily report detailing how it has handled election-related mail as part of a lawsuit Democrats filed against the federal agency alleging that thousands of absentee ballots and applications from general registrars failed to be processed and

By Isaac Dovere, CNN Barack Obama is headed to next week’s big climate conference in Glasgow to try and convince the world that America is more about Joe Biden than Donald Trump. At least when it comes to fighting climate change. And at least when you judge the country as a whole and not just

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday met with Italy’s President and Prime Minister in Rome on the first day of his second major foreign trip since taking office. Biden first held a bilateral meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at Quirinale Palace, and then met with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi at

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could broaden gun rights nationwide and transform how the Second Amendment is interpreted in the United States. On the surface, the dispute involves whether a New York law that restricts individuals from carrying concealed handguns

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday admitted that his administration was “clumsy” in its handling of the deal that deprived France of billions in defense contracts. The comment came during a closely watched meeting with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Rome, meant to repair fractured ties after a rift over an

By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN The world’s most powerful Catholics — President Joe Biden and Pope Francis — held 90 minutes of talks Friday in a session that blended the official and personal sides of the most devout US leader in decades. After, Biden said Francis had told him he was pleased he

By Liz Stark, CNN The US Department of Education filed a complaint Thursday against Florida’s Education Department for its decision to reduce funding for certain school districts amid an ongoing battle over school mask mandate policies. The federal department alleged in the complaint filed with its Office of Administrative Law Judges that Florida’s Education Department