Politics

By Jamie Gangel, Ariane de Vogue and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has come to an agreement with Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to be interviewed by the panel in the coming weeks, according to a source close to the committee.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress passed a bill Wednesday that would allow divorced couples to separate their consolidated federal student loan debt, potentially making some of them eligible for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The bill now heads to Biden’s desk for his signature, after the Senate approved the bill in June. The

By Donie O’Sullivan, Gabby Orr and Kristen Holmes, CNN Supporters of QAnon on former President Donald Trump‘s social media platform have celebrated what they see as his renewed embrace of the conspiracy theory over the past week after he shared a meme that was viewed as one of his most brazen nods to QAnon yet.

By Ariella Phillips, Kaanita Iyer and Curt Devine, CNN New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday filed a civil fraud lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, three of his children and his business. In more than 200 pages, the lawsuit alleges that the defendants were involved in an expansive fraud lasting over a decade

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN A Michigan candidate for the US House backed by former President Donald Trump once railed against giving women the right to vote, arguing that America has “suffered” since women’s suffrage. John Gibbs, who defeated in the primary an incumbent Republican who had voted to impeach Trump, also made comments in the

By Tami Luhby, CNN The US will provide another $2.9 billion in additional funding to combat global food insecurity, President Joe Biden announced at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. World hunger is expected to rise this year, in part because Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further disrupted supply chains and increased food prices

By Alex Rogers and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate ratified an international climate treaty to phase out hydrofluorocarbons — potent greenhouse gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration. The vote was 69-27, with more than half of Republican senators objecting. In 2016, the United Nations struck an agreement known as the Kigali Amendment to the

By Kate Sullivan, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Wednesday joined a host of high-profile Washington figures honoring Queen Elizabeth II at a memorial service at Washington’s National Cathedral. The British Embassy co-hosted the service to honor Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. The service featured the UK’s national anthem, “God Save the

By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House Democrats have struck a deal on a long-stalled package of public safety and policing bills, lawmakers and aides told CNN, paving the way for a Thursday vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer affirmed to reporters the vote will be scheduled for Thursday, and Rep. Joyce Beatty, the

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration announced Wednesday that starting early next year, the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba, will resume full immigrant visa processing for the first time since 2017, as border officials contend with an increasing number of Cubans at the US southern border. The move is part of a concerted effort

By Kylie Atwood and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN Two American veterans and five British citizens who had been held by Russian-backed forces for months have been released as part of the prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that was brokered by Saudi Arabia. Family members of Americans Alexander John-Robert Drueke and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, who

By Gregory Krieg, CNN New York state Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil fraud lawsuit on Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, three of his children and a pair of business associates, capping more than three years of investigation into the Trump Organization. The probe came to a head recently when Trump — who