Politics

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,

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

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.

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

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent The Republican presidential race is just getting started, but Kim Schmett said he and his fellow conservatives are spending more time thinking about the end of the 2024 campaign and trying to answer one question above all. “We like him,” Schmett said. “The question is can he win?”

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden will pay his first visit to Canada since taking office later this month for talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and an address to the country’s Parliament, the White House announced Thursday. Traditionally a stop in the United States’ northern neighbor is customary in the opening months of

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Florida law passed after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that raised the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21. The 3-0 ruling from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals comes as aged-based restrictions are shaping up

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN President Joe Biden’s challenges along the southern border are spilling into his relationship with his northern partner ahead of his trip to Canada, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempts to fend off his own critics concerned about a surge of migrants. Pressure is mounting for Washington and Ottawa to finalize

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Daniel Werfel, the former acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, to lead the IRS. He was approved on a bipartisan 54-42 vote. Werfel’s confirmation to the agency comes after he was grilled by the Senate Committee on Finance last month on how he plans

By Clare Foran, CNN A powerful Senate panel held a hearing Thursday on the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle call for answers and action in the wake of the disaster. The hearing is taking place after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train on February 3 that

By Kristen Holmes, CNN Ken Cuccinelli, a former senior official in the Trump administration, officially launched a super PAC on Thursday urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024. The organization, NEVER BACK DOWN PAC, filed paperwork in late February with the Federal Election Commission and is the fourth political committee created