Politics

By Nicky Robertson, CNN Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday by the state GOP for “for lack of fidelity to Republican principles and priorities,” the party announced. The Texas Republican Party took issue with several House votes and stances by the second-term congressman, including his vote for the Respect for Marriage Act,

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Oversight Chairman James Comer announced that his panel will hold a hearing next Friday to spotlight the Treasury Department’s failure to provide bank activity reports for President Joe Biden‘s son Hunter, presidential brother James Biden and several Biden family associates and their related companies. The bank activity reports in the

By Kate Sullivan, CNN Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in an address before key GOP donors Saturday took aim at her own political party for enabling what she describes as excessive government spending, according to a copy of her speech obtained by CNN. At a private retreat in Palm Beach, Florida, hosted by the conservative

By Paula Reid, Kaitlan Collins, Jamie Gangel, Zachary Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to block former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking to a grand jury about certain matters covered by executive privilege as part of the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election

By Shania Shelton, CNN Author Marianne Williamson formally announced Saturday that she’s running for president in 2024, her second bid for the White House following an unsuccessful campaign in 2020. Her announcement likely sets up the first — albeit long-shot — Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden, who has long said he intends to

By Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday sent FBI Director Christopher Wray a letter requesting interviews with 16 bureau employees, whose testimony he said is “vital for carrying out our oversight.” The Ohio Republican, who is seeking to prove that the federal government has been “weaponized”

By Daniel Dale, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Maryland. And the members of Congress, former government officials and conservative personalities who spoke at the conference on Thursday and Friday made false claims about a variety of topics. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio uttered two false claims about President Joe Biden. Rep.

By Devan Cole, CNN A coalition of 16 Democratic attorneys general criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his administration’s request to public colleges in the state for information about students receiving gender-affirming care, saying it intimidates physicians and could have a chilling effect on students seeking the care. The coalition, led by New York Attorney

By Jeremy Harlan and Gregory Krieg, CNN Tina Peters — the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and her state’s most prominent 2020 election denier — was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor obstruction of a government operation, according to Mesa County’s court clerk. Peters was acquitted of obstructing a peace officer, Mesa County Court Clerk

By Casey Gannon, CNN A New York man who assaulted former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol pleaded guilty on Friday to several felony charges. Thomas Sibick, 37, pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding of an officer and two counts of theft. On

By Allie Malloy and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden’s doctor said Friday that a lesion removed from the president’s chest last month was basal cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer. Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that the lesion was removed and biopsied. “As

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A former US Army soldier was sentenced to 45 years in prison for his role in plotting to kill fellow service members at a US military base in Turkey. Part of a neo-Nazi, pro-jihadist group known as the Order of the Nine Angles (O9A), Ethan Melzer, now 24, provided sensitive details

By Devan Cole, CNN Individuals eligible for President Joe Biden’s pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession can now begin applying for a “certificate of proof” showing that they have been officially forgiven for their crime, the Justice Department announced Friday. The online application, which is run through the Office of the