Skip to content Skip to Content

Politics

Capitol Hill data breach more ‘extensive’ than previously known

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A sweeping cybersecurity breach of congressional members’ private information was more extensive than previously known and affects not only House lawmakers and their staff but also Senate employees. The Senate sergeant-at-arms alerted Senate staff about the breach Thursday in an email obtained by CNN. The compromised data is “extensive,” and includes

Continue Reading

NY prosecutors invite Trump to testify in hush money investigation; decision on charges could come soon

By Kara Scannell, Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN Manhattan prosecutors have invited former President Donald Trump to appear before the grand jury investigating his alleged role in a hush money payment scheme and cover-up, a person familiar with the matter said, indicating a decision on charging Trump may come soon. Potential defendants in New

Continue Reading

New York governor and attorney general ask major pharmacies to commit to dispensing abortion pill in state

By Nicki Brown and Jack Forrest, CNN New York’s governor and attorney general on Thursday called on major pharmacy chains Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS to commit to dispensing prescribed medication abortion in the state, both in pharmacy locations and through mail orders. “Even as access to this medication is under threat elsewhere for political

Continue Reading

Oklahoma GOP senator tells union leader ‘shut your mouth’ in heated exchange over union intimidation

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee.

Continue Reading

US military leaders push back at Republican assertions force is being politicized in congressional hearing

By Haley Britzky, CNN Senior enlisted US military leaders pushed back against Republican lawmakers’ assertions on Thursday that the force is being politicized by what Republicans called “woke” initiatives that the lawmakers claim are hurting recruitment and distracting from the military’s mission. In response to questioning at a congressional hearing from Republican Rep. Mike Waltz,

Continue Reading

Prosecutors mistakenly turn over potentially FBI classified material to Proud Boys on trial

By Holmes Lybrand and Casey Gannon, CNN Federal prosecutors accidentally turned over documents that could have included classified information to members of the far-right Proud Boys who are on trial for seditious conspiracy, including more than 1,000 internal messages between FBI agents. On Thursday, Judge Timothy Kelly gave the FBI more time to review the

Continue Reading

Judge orders former Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over emails from his private account said to be White House records

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has ordered former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to turn over to the US government certain emails from his time at the White House, granting the Justice Department a victory in a civil lawsuit the department brought against the ex-trade adviser. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said that

Continue Reading

Oklahoma GOP senator tells union leader ‘shut your mouth’ in heated exchange over union intimidation

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee.

Continue Reading

Parents of sailor who died by suicide urge Pentagon to implement mental health measure named in his honor that became law over a year ago

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN More than a year after Congress signed into law a bill meant to help service members struggling with severe mental health problems, the Pentagon still has not issued guidance to the services to put the bill into practice. “We hear the rhetoric all the time, but we need

Continue Reading