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Rep. Jim Jordan

Pelosi just made an unprecedented move. Here’s why

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pulling his five Republican members selected to join the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 insurrection, following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to reject two of McCarthy’s picks, a source with direct knowledge confirmed to CNN. CNN’s Melanie Zanona explains Pelosi’s decision.

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Rep. Jim Jordan

McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks

By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN House Republicans balked at participating in the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 insurrection on Wednesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of the five Republicans House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had tapped for the panel. Pelosi’s decision to reject the two Republicans — and McCarthy’s

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A Canadian border station is pictured at the US/Canada border in Lansdowne

US extends Covid-19 travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico through August 21

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions for the US northern and southern borders until August 21. The US has been limiting non-essential travel along both borders since the start of the pandemic and extending those restrictions on a monthly basis. The restrictions don’t apply to cross-border trade, US citizens

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An election worker shows ballots to representatives for President Donald Trump during the presidential recount vote for Dane County on November 20

Personal threats, election lies and punishing new laws rattle election officials, raising fears of a mass exodus

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Maribeth Witzel-Behl had run elections in Madison, Wisconsin, for 15 years when the 2020 election arrived, bringing challenges like no other: a global pandemic, a crushing workload, lawsuits and a recount. Then the threats started. Wisconsin rules require the initials of the municipal clerk to appear on absentee ballots, but during

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US President Joe Biden walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on July 13. Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges to the federal bench as they counter Republican efforts to reshape the bench over the previous four years.

Biden and Schumer working fast to confirm judges and counter Trump’s reshaping of the federal bench

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and the Democrat-led Senate are working quickly to appoint judges from a broad range of backgrounds to the federal bench as they counter Republican efforts to reshape the bench over the previous four years. The push comes after former President Donald Trump, working with then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch

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An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital jobs in the State Department is creating hurdles for the Biden administration and hindering US diplomacy

Ted Cruz is blocking diplomats from being confirmed, and it has nothing to do with their qualifications

By Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN An extraordinary effort by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to block nominees from being confirmed to vital jobs in the State Department is creating hurdles for the Biden administration and hindering US diplomacy, according to Democrats and Republicans who spoke to CNN. The Biden administration — with

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about voting rights at the National Constitution Center on July 13

How to watch the Biden CNN town hall

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio, just over six months after taking office. The town hall comes as the White House grapples with a new surge in Covid-19 cases, which has led to increasing rates of hospitalizations and deaths. The Delta variant, which

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The illegal foreign lobbying charges brought against Tom Barrack on July 20 punctuate a winding business and political career defined by his unique staying power in former President Donald Trump's constantly shifting orbit of advisers.

California businessman indicted on lobbying charges has counted Trump among his ‘closest friends’

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The illegal foreign lobbying charges brought against Tom Barrack on Tuesday punctuate a winding business and political career defined by his unique staying power in former President Donald Trump’s constantly shifting orbit of advisers. A Southern California businessman and a former chairman of Trump’s inaugural committee, Barrack is charged in a

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