Politics

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced plans to create a new political action committee dedicated to helping “elect the right people to office.” He also revealed plans to form an organization focused on gun violence issues. The eight-minute video, in which Cuomo speaks straight to the camera, is

By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US scrambled an F-15 jet to shoot down an Iranian drone that appeared to be heading towards US forces in Erbil, Iraq, on Wednesday, a US official told CNN. US forces launched the jet after tracking dozens of Iranian short range ballistic missiles headed for Kurdish positions

By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the National Archives, who came under GOP scrutiny after the FBI’s search for government records at former President Donald Trump’s Florida home, deadlocked in a party-line committee vote Wednesday. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee voted 7-7 on the nomination

By Zachary Cohen, CNN The Georgia State Elections Board revealed Wednesday that the board has asked the FBI to participate in an ongoing criminal investigation into the voting system breach in Coffee County because of similarities between what happened there and incidents in other states. “The conduct in Coffee County is similar to conduct in

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked if a congresswoman who died last month was present at a White House food insecurity conference. At the event, the White House’s first hunger conference since 1969, Biden took a moment during his remarks to credit a list of bipartisan elected officials. All of the

By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN US officials believe that the likelihood Russian President Vladimir Putin will use a tactical nuclear weapon in his struggling war in Ukraine is perhaps the highest it has been since Russia invaded in February — but is still not probable, multiple officials familiar with the latest intelligence

By Sonia Moghe, CNN The Justice Department has reached a $13 million settlement with a mortgage lender for discriminating against communities of color in three counties in New Jersey. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the Civil Rights Division’s settlement with Lakeland Bank will create a $12 million subsidy fund and the bank will be

By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday will hold his second closed-door meeting with his senior economic team in less than a week, marking a notable increase in tempo as global markets are rattled by a mix of soaring inflation, Europe’s energy crisis and China’s downturn. White House economic officials have also closely

By Betsy Klein and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday warned Florida residents to heed precautions and listen to officials as the “incredibly dangerous” Hurricane Ian barrels toward the Sunshine State. “This storm is incredibly dangerous, to state the obvious. It’s life-threatening. You should obey all warnings and directions from emergency officials. Don’t

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Last year, the Biden administration temporarily expanded eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program — but borrowers must apply for a waiver by October 31 in order to take advantage of the benefit. The PSLF waiver is separate from the one-time student loan forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced in

By MJ Lee, CNN White House correspondent Eligible individuals who did not receive the monkeypox vaccine were around 14 times likelier to become infected with the virus than those who were vaccinated, according to federal government data posted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That figure reflects the first wave of authoritative

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US Embassy in Moscow issued a security alert overnight that again urged US citizens to leave Russia immediately while there are still options for departing the country. The alert comes in the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for partial mobilization of Russian men to fight in his war

By Jeremy Herb, CNN Then-President Donald Trump nearly fired his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner from the White House via tweet, according to a new book from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. Trump raised the prospect of firing Ivanka Trump and Kushner, who were both senior White House aides, during meetings with

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The US warned several European allies over the summer, including Germany, that the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines could face threats and even be attacked, according to two people familiar with the intelligence and the warnings. The warnings were based on US intelligence assessments, but they