Politics

CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans and Attorney General Merrick Garland clashed Wednesday at a testy hearing that offered a preview of the coming Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden focused on allegations surrounding his son, Hunter Biden. Judiciary Committee Republicans peppered Garland with questions about the Justice Department investigation into

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan made false claims in his opening remarks at a Wednesday hearing at which Jordan and other Republicans pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Justice Department’s handling of investigations into former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. Here

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — A high-ranking Internal Revenue Service official has disputed claims by a whistleblower whose allegations about political interference into the Hunter Biden tax investigation are central to House Republican impeachment inquiries against President Joe Biden. In closed-door testimony obtained by CNN, IRS Director of Field Operations Michael Batdorf told

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge has denied Hunter Biden’s request to appear virtually for his first court hearing in the federal gun case against him and set his arraignment for October 3. The initial court appearance and arraignment for President Joe Biden’s son will be before Magistrate Judge Christopher J.

By Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy, facing growing unrest in the GOP conference, is moving on a new plan to keep the government open for another month – but he is again encountering resistance from conservative hardliners who are threatening to derail the effort and oust him

By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has revealed parts of her trial strategy for the Georgia election subversion case in a new court filing Wednesday that identified some of her key witnesses. Pro-Donald Trump lawyer Lin Wood is a “witness for the state” in the Georgia

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is launching a new outreach campaign to help LGBTQ service members who feel they “suffered an error or injustice” before the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy to correct their military records. “For decades, our LGBTQ+ service members were forced to hide or were prevented

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday announced new competitive grants totaling $4.6 billion that states, cities and tribes can apply for to reduce the planet-warming pollution that is fueling the climate crisis. The Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program, which will be managed through the Environmental Protection Agency, is a second

CNN By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the five Americans freed this week from Iranian detention were released with “purely humanitarian motives.” “There was an opportunity for this exchange to take place. And this exchange was, as I said, prompted by purely humanitarian motives, and I do think that the

By Morgan Rimmer and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Nearly every Senate Republican signed a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday asking him to continue enforcing the Senate’s previous, more formal unwritten dress code. Axios reported earlier this week that Schumer recently asked the Senate sergeant-at-arms to no longer enforce the

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said the five Americans freed this week from Iranian detention were released with “purely humanitarian motives.” “There was an opportunity for this exchange to take place. And this exchange was, as I said, prompted by purely humanitarian motives, and I do think that the accomplishment

By Ella Nilsen and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration will launch the first-ever American Climate Corps Wednesday, the White House said, a workforce training and service initiative aimed at preparing American youth for jobs in clean energy and climate resilience. “The American Climate Corps, just in its first year of recruitment,

By Betsy Klein and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — US President Joe Biden extended a delayed invitation to Washington to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday as they leaned into their four-decade friendship and highlighted areas of common ground Wednesday, but also discussed the issues that have divided them at a long-anticipated meeting in

By Steve Contorno, Kit Maher and Jessica Dean, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shared a vision for America’s energy sector, leading with a pledge to unravel President Joe Biden’s ongoing efforts to fight climate change while dismissing threats from intensifying weather events as “fear tactics.” Speaking in Midland, Texas, the Republican

By Daniel Strauss, Kate Sullivan and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is shifting gears as the Iowa caucuses draw closer, taking a more active approach to campaigning in the Hawkeye State in order to quash any possibility that one of his primary rivals could catch up to him there. At the same time,

By Fredreka Schouten and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — As Republicans get ready for a second presidential debate, some of the party’s major donors are cringing at the size of the field likely to appear onstage and are increasingly fretting that former President Donald Trump’s lead in the polls is growing harder to overcome. And

By Marshall Cohen Atlanta (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors pushed back against what they called “borderline offensive” claims that their 2020 election subversion case was fueled by anti-Donald Trump bias at a court hearing Wednesday for three indicted fake GOP electors. “That’s an accusation that, 100%, the state rejects,” prosecutor Anna Cross said, adding that

By Donald Judd and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The White House issued a stark warning Wednesday that a looming government shutdown could threaten crucial federal programs, blasting “extreme House Republicans” as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on a funding plan. “While President Biden has been in New York this week showcasing America’s global

By Jedd Rosche and Christopher Hickey, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is overseeing one of the narrowest congressional majorities in decades – tied with two other time periods for the fifth-smallest majority in US history, according to the Pew Research Center. With control of 221 seats, McCarthy’s party controls just 9 more seats than Democrats’

By Jeremy Herb and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias as he opened a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday. “I am not the president’s lawyer,” Garland said in his opening statement. “I will also add