Politics

By Ethan Cohen and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal court blocked a newly drawn Alabama congressional map on Tuesday because it didn’t create a second majority-Black district as the Supreme Court had ordered earlier this year. In a unanimous decision from a three-judge panel, which had overseen the case before it reached the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is nominating former US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as his ambassador to Israel at a fraught moment in US-Israel ties. Lew, who also served as chief of staff during the Obama administration, will likely face a tough confirmation battle as Republicans seek to challenge Biden’s policies

By Haley Britzky, Shawna Mizelle and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN Washington (CNN) — The three US military service secretaries went on the offensive against Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his ongoing hold on senior military nominations in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, saying he is aiding communist and autocratic regimes, and being used by

By Shania Shelton and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former White House aide Gabe Amo will win the Democratic special election primary for Rhode Island’s 1st District, CNN projects, likely setting him up to be the first Black person to represent the state in Congress. Amo, the son of Ghanaian and Liberian immigrants, will be

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is still pursuing his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election a month after indicting Donald Trump for orchestrating a broad conspiracy to remain in power, a widening of the probe that raises the possibility others could still face

By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren’t typically aligned on many issues. But they were kindred spirits in a recent phone call on one key priority: boosting pay for wildland firefighters. “Of course he gets it. One hundred percent,” Sinema, an independent from Arizona,

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t until after Army Capt. Larry Taylor had picked up four of his fellow soldiers during a raging firefight in Vietnam – the men clinging onto the outside of his helicopter, as there wasn’t room inside – that he realized he had to figure out where to take

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A jury was seated Tuesday in former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro’s criminal contempt of Congress trial, marking the start of what’s expected to be a speedy trial for the one-time aide to former President Donald Trump. Over the course of more than seven hours,

By Zachary Cohen and Paula Reid, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith is still pursuing his investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election a month after indicting Donald Trump for orchestrating a broad conspiracy to remain in power, a widening of the probe that raises the possibility others could still face legal

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By Mary Kay Mallonee and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House said. President Joe Biden has tested negative. The diagnosis has upended the first lady’s plans to begin teaching the fall semester at Northern Virginia Community College on

CNN By Kylie Atwood, Nectar Gan and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin for discussions on a potential deal to supply Moscow with weapons for its war on Ukraine, according to the US government. The National Security Council warned Monday that

By Kylie Atwood, Nectar Gan and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin for discussions on a potential deal to supply Moscow with weapons for its war on Ukraine, according to the US government. The National Security Council warned Monday that arms

By Eric Bradner and Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — The impeachment trial of Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who faces accusations of repeatedly abusing his office to help a donor, is set to begin Tuesday in the state Senate. Paxton, a firebrand conservative Republican who has aligned himself with former President Donald Trump and

By Kyle Feldscher, Nikki Carvajal, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday threw numerous verbal jabs at his predecessor in a Labor Day speech, aiming to use his administration’s record as a way to undermine the inroads Donald Trump has made into a core part of Biden’s political coalition.

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Wisconsin Republicans, after a string of losses in hotly contested statewide races, are taking steps toward sidelining the state’s nonpartisan elections chief and undercutting the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court. Their actions – an escalation of bitter, partisan feuds that have rankled the state government in

By Shawna Mizelle and Andrew Millman, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Nancy Mace has a warning for her party about some efforts to restrict abortion without exceptions – and how it could affect moderate House Republicans on whom their narrow majority depends. “I think they’re walking the plank,” the South Carolina Republican told CNN’s Dana