Politics

By Manu Raju and Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Tuesday that he will place a hold on “every single civilian nominee” for the State and Defense Departments unless Secretary Antony Blinken and Secretary Lloyd Austin resign from their posts, citing their roles in overseeing the US’ chaotic exit from Afghanistan. The Missouri

By Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN Republicans are digging in on their promise to vote against increasing the debt ceiling, lining up in defiance even as Democrats look for ways to pick off votes by attaching the measure to a must-pass spending bill. When lawmakers return to Washington next week, they’ll be met with

By Claudia Dominguez and Andy Rose, CNN Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced in a statement Tuesday that the state is suing President Joe Biden “and other officials in his administration” over the new coronavirus vaccine mandates Biden announced last week. “Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced his office (AGO) is suing President Biden and other

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN California’s recall election played out along established partisan lines, according to a California exit poll conducted for CNN and other news networks by Edison Research, with voters’ views on Gov. Gavin Newsom closely tied to their broader political views. In a state as blue as California, that was enough for Newsom

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN In their new book “Peril,” journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa explore the opening months of Joe Biden’s presidency, including how Biden was hellbent not to let the military stop him from withdrawing from Afghanistan and how Donald Trump’s shadow hangs over the Biden presidency. The

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN ‘Succession’ star Alan Ruck was among the volunteer drivers in President Joe Biden’s motorcade during his trip to California on Monday. The actor drove a press van in the motorcade, according to the White House press pool. CNN has reached out to Ruck’s publicist and the White House for comment. Ruck

By Christina Carrega, CNN A Miami nurse has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill Vice President Kamala Harris, the Justice Department announced. Niviane Petit Phelps, 39, pleaded guilty on Friday to a six-count indictment, including charges of threats against the vice president. Phelps is scheduled for sentencing on November 19. She faces up to five

By Jessica Dean, Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not rule out including raising the nation’s borrowing limit in the Democrats’ massive economic plan which is currently being written. “We are discussing all of the options with the President and Speaker Pelosi,” Schumer said when asked if including the

By Marshall Cohen, CNN The man who was caught with a machete and bayonet-style knife near the Democratic Party headquarters was formally charged Tuesday, as more details emerge of his White supremacist ideology. US Capitol Police said they found Donald Craighead with the two weapons in his truck on Monday, and that the vehicle was

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced federal computer fraud charges against three men who allegedly helped build a hacking program for the United Arab Emirates government. Marc Baier, Ryan Adams and Daniel Gericke — all former US intelligence or military operatives — are accused of using computer exploits to break

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN In their new book “Peril,” Bob Woodward and Robert Costa document how top Republicans struggled to manage Donald Trump’s exit from the White House while also trying to convince him to help the party down the road. Filled with scenes of backbiting, temper tantrums, and expletive-filled

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will urge world leaders to collectively commit to vaccinating 70% of the world’s population against Covid-19 within a year, an ambitious goal he is expected to unveil during a summit gathering to discuss the pandemic next week. Draft targets distributed by the United States to potential summit participants

By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Four US military branches have set deadlines for when active-duty, reserve and National Guard service members must be vaccinated against Covid-19. The deadlines set by the services follow Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s announcement at the end of August that all US military service members must be vaccinated

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Just eight days after the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump was so determined to end the war in Afghanistan during his presidency that he secretly signed a memo to withdraw all troops by January 15, 2021, according to a new book, “Peril,” from journalists Bob Woodward

By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration plans to release most of a controversial $300 million tranche of aid for Egypt, with less than half of it being temporarily held back and conditioned on meeting human rights conditions despite concerns about the country’s record. Egypt is due to receive $170 million outright while the remaining

By Rachel Janfaza, CNN It’s Election Day in California, where voters are deciding the recall fate of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The ballot features two questions. The first question asks voters whether or not to recall Newsom. The second gives voters a choice between more than 40 candidates about who should replace him, if he