Politics

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump appeared to defend the threats made against then-Vice President Mike Pence during the January 6 insurrection in a new audio recording released Friday. “Well, the people were very angry,” Trump can be heard telling ABC News’ Jonathan Karl during a taped interview for Karl’s

By Daniella Diaz and Alex Rogers, CNN GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced her bid Friday for reelection in a race that’s sure to be tough for the moderate Republican who has been a strong critic of former President Donald Trump. “I’m running for reelection,” she said in a video released by her campaign.

By Casey Tolan, CNN Photographs by Barrett Emke for CNN Leavenworth Detention Center seems like a prime example of why President Joe Biden wants to close private prisons: So far this year, the federally contracted jail has been the site of multiple stabbings and a fatal beating. Former guards say drugs and weapons are common

By Alex Rogers, CNN House Democrats introduced a resolution Friday to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar for posting a photoshopped anime video to his Twitter and Instagram accounts showing him appearing to kill Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking President Joe Biden. The House Democrats said Wednesday that “violence against women in politics is

By Simone Pathe, CNN “A lot happens in a year.” It’s a favorite phrase for politicos who don’t like the way the winds are blowing. A year ago, it was Republicans saying that. Democrats had just celebrated winning the White House and holding the House, albeit with a slimmer majority than anyone had expected. (Securing

By Kevin Liptak and Matt Egan, CNN Soaring inflation has become a political liability for President Joe Biden, who has shifted his public message to acknowledging the problem and commiserating with Americans over higher prices. On Wednesday, a government report showed a key measure of inflation climbed to a level not seen since June 1982.

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter It’s not just Republican-led states and private businesses that are racing to court to challenge the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandate. Labor unions are also filing legal challenges, arguing in some instances that the mandate doesn’t go far enough to protect workers. The legal filings from the

By Maeve Reston, CNN Republicans seeking to energize their core voters and appeal beyond their base to others concerned about the fragile economic recovery are turning to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates. With more than 70% of adult Americans now fully vaccinated, Republicans are advocating for a slender minority of Americans as they champion the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Representatives from the United States, Russia, China, and Pakistan met on Thursday to discuss Afghanistan amid the deepening humanitarian crisis on the ground and months after the Taliban seized power. The representatives of those four countries — known as the extended troika — also “met with senior Taliban representatives on the

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Fiona Hill, one of former President Donald Trump’s top Russia advisers, blasted the former President Thursday, saying he has opened up “the possibility for every single election outcome to be contested,” and suggesting her criticism could make her a “dissident.” “I think it’s worth speaking out, you know, for myself, you