Politics

By Kate Bennett, CNN First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday afternoon made a trip to Columbia, South Carolina, which had not been announced publicly ahead of time, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Charles B. Jackson, the senior pastor of Brookland Baptist Church. The attendance of the first lady was spurred by

By Aaron Pellish and Jeremy Herb, CNN Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, the man behind the “Steele Dossier” that claimed Russian officials held compromising information on former President Donald Trump, defended the claims made in the dossier in his first on-camera interview since it was revealed in 2017. In a clip from an ABC

By Maeve Reston, CNN The damage from the recent California oil spill has so far been less disastrous than initially feared, but it has thrust the issue of offshore oil drilling on the West Coast into some of the most hotly contested US House races in the country. The spill created a plume that threatened

By Devan Cole, CNN Comedian Jon Stewart reflected on the state of American politics on Sunday, warning that although the country’s democratic system is under threat, Americans “still have time” to preserve it. “It’s bracing sometimes to hear the reality of people’s lives in other countries as — it’s not to say that warning signs

By Alex Marquardt and Sonnet Swire, CNN One of the largest evacuation flights departed Kabul on Sunday with an unknown number of Americans on board and is on its way to Doha, a senior Qatari government official tells CNN. The ninth evacuation flight from Afghanistan since August 31 is carrying 353 evacuees, including faculty, staff,

By CNN Former President Bill Clinton has been released from a California hospital after being treated for an infection that spread to his bloodstream. Clinton walked out arm-in-arm with his wife and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before greeting hospital staff and giving a thumbs-up when asked how he was feeling. University of California

By Chandelis Duster and Daniella Diaz, CNN A Republican on the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol on Sunday did not rule out issuing a subpoena for former President Donald Trump as it seeks to obtain information from his allies. “I don’t know. I think if I had that answer

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Much of the US Supreme Court’s business occurs in private, as the nine justices meet alone around a rectangular table in a small oak-paneled room. The results of some of those internal deliberations become public when rulings in cases, fully briefed and openly argued, are

By Tami Luhby, Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, CNN For President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats, the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill was a chance to fulfill their longstanding dreams of expanding health care coverage. The proposed package includes broadening Medicare to provide dental, vision and hearing benefits, expanding Medicaid in the 12 states that

By Kim Berryman, Jamie Gangel and Natasha Chen, CNN Former President Bill Clinton will remain at University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, for at least one more night, and is expected to be discharged Sunday, his spokesperson Angel Ureña said in a statement Saturday on Twitter. Clinton “continued to make excellent progress,”

By Fredreka Schouten Four Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach or convict former President Donald Trump over his role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol outraised the candidates he has endorsed to oust them, new campaign filings show. Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington and Fred Upton

By Sarah Fortinsky An assistant to the US House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms has been arrested and charged with 10 felony counts related to the possession of child pornography, according to court records filed Wednesday. Stefan Bieret, 41, is allegedly the owner of a DropBox account that contained images of child sexual abuse material, according to

By Dan Merica and Eva McKend, CNN Terry McAuliffe did not mince words about what he needed from Virginia voters on Friday night. “We need Democrats to step up, get energized and bring this one home for us,” he implored the audience in Henrico County. “People are counting on you.” Although the Democratic gubernatorial nominee