Politics

By Kate Sullivan and Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to close the Department of Education and have state governments “run the education of our children,” pushing for a long-held Republican goal that has been endorsed by several other 2024 GOP candidates. “We’re going to end education coming

By Jeremy Herb and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview Wednesday that he never recommended a US military attack on Iran during the Trump administration, pushing back on claims made by former President Donald Trump and his White House

By Amy Simonson, CNN (CNN) — Surveillance video from a performing arts theater in Denver shows Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert being escorted out of the musical “Beetlejuice” on Sunday after “multiple complaints” from patrons. The Buell Theater surveillance video, obtained by CNN affiliate KUSA, shows officials addressing Boebert and her companion at their seats inside

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — House GOP leaders are engaged in talks with hard-right members in an urgent push to salvage their spending bill plans – but are now considering an abrupt change in strategy: Avoiding a government shutdown at month’s end. Republican leaders in the House had hoped

By Kristen Holmes and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has publicly and privately encouraged House Republicans’ push to impeach President Joe Biden ahead of their potential rematch in 2024, two sources close to the former president said. Trump has kept close tabs on the matter, the sources said – including speaking by phone

By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The FBI agent managing the team on the Hunter Biden criminal case testified to the House Judiciary Committee that US Attorney David Weiss had ultimate authority over the case, contesting testimony brought forward by whistleblowers. Thomas Sobocinski, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Baltimore

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — A federal appeals court has blocked federal prosecutors from obtaining a swath of cellphone records from a Pennsylvania Republican congressman who worked to overturn Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020, in a ruling that could have dramatic legal implications that benefit federal lawmakers. The ruling

By Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen and Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made several unproven claims Tuesday while announcing the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The Republican-led investigation will focus on “allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption” by Biden, related to his family’s overseas business

CNN, WXYZ By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is trying to walk a fine line as the clock ticks toward a looming deadline for a possible UAW strike of the Big Three automakers, keeping in direct touch with the key players engaged in the negotiations. The situation has proved

By Kayla Tausche, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is trying to walk a fine line as the clock ticks toward a looming deadline for a possible UAW strike of the Big Three automakers, finding it more complicated than other labor negotiations that have threatened his economic story. Negotiators remain

By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not run for reelection to the Senate and called for a “new generation of leaders” as he criticized both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. In a video message, Romney outlined a range of

By Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden has done little to quell his troubles in the spending showdown with House conservatives, setting up a potential clash with his right flank that could force the speaker to choose between keeping the

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., the husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, has died in a plane crash in Alaska, according to a statement from the congresswoman’s office. “He was one of those people that was obnoxiously good at everything. He had a delightful sense of humor that lightened

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will be restricted on how and when he can look at, and talk about, classified information, a judge decided Wednesday after a sealed hearing the day before. The decision appears to largely be in line with restrictions special counsel Jack

By Sara Murray and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge Steve Jones rejected a request by Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that he pause his decision to not move the Georgia election subversion case to federal court. Meadows had asked the federal judge to issue an emergency stay

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee made a personal plea to Chief Justice John Roberts to create a Supreme Court code of ethics at a closed-door conference Tuesday. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin was an invited guest to the meeting of the Judicial Conference –

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been declared wrongfully detained in Russia, is hoping to meet again with President Joe Biden to press him to do everything he can to bring her brother home. Elizabeth Whelan, who is in Washington, DC, this week for a series

By Aaron Pellish and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is focused on a new objective weeks after his standout debate performance, when he just wanted to get his name out. Now he’s looking to differentiate himself from former President Donald Trump, display his policy chops and establish himself as an authentic MAGA-aligned

By Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Jon Tester failed to fulfill multiple promises he made in a public ethics pledge during his first Senate campaign in 2006, including a vow to publicly post meetings between members of his Senate staff and lobbyists. CNN’s KFile reviewed lofty promises made by the

By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCarthy has for now lost the House speaker’s gavel in an historic moment on the heels of a showdown on Capitol Hill over government funding. The California Republican, who was up against major challenges, including tough vote math and a conservative revolt against