Politics

By Katelyn Polantz and Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — On the last day of federal court before Donald Trump takes office, the judge who presided over the president-elect’s now-dismissed criminal January 6, 2021, case told a defendant who admitted to disorderly conduct that day that he may be the last US Capitol rioter she’ll

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon suggested Friday she was not inclined to allow the Justice Department to share special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the classified documents case with Congress – at least for now. “At the end of the day, what’s the urgency of doing this right now?” Cannon asked

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday made one final push to expose what officials say is a rampant Chinese cyber-espionage campaign by identifying a company and a person allegedly behind a pair of damaging hacks aimed at senior US officials. The goal is to “impose real costs” on hackers who

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office provided a dour forecast. Even if those tax breaks are allowed to lapse at year’s end, the federal budget deficit will still climb to $2.7 trillion in a decade,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether schools may read LGBTQ+ books to elementary school students without giving parents the ability to opt their children out on religious grounds. The lawsuit over a Maryland school district’s policy landed at the Supreme Court amid raging culture war fights about

By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Clare Duffy, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump. But

By Gregory Krieg, Daniel Strauss and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday named state Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill the US Senate seat recently vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance. The governor referenced his close relationship with Husted as a factor in his decision. “I came to the

CNN By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole, Pamela Brown, Clare Duffy, Kit Maher, Evan Perez and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — TikTok on Friday said that it would turn off more than 170 million Americans’ access to the super popular video app on Sunday, unless President Joe Biden’s administration acts urgently to assure the

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A GOP-led bill to require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes is on the verge of passage in the Senate after a significant number of Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the measure in a critical vote on Friday.

By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the way to bolstering reproductive rights. It will, however, certainly draw swift legal challenges – and

CNN By Liz Brown-Kaiser and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, confirmed on Friday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign in July, shortly after his disastrous CNN debate performance. “First of all, Chuck Schumer

By Liz Brown-Kaiser and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, confirmed on Friday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign in July, shortly after his disastrous CNN debate performance. “First of all, Chuck Schumer and

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Ozempic and Wegovy, the blockbuster but costly GLP-1 drugs often used for weight loss, are among the 15 medications that will be subject to the next round of Medicare price negotiations, the Biden administration announced Friday. But how much consumers will ultimately save depends on many factors, including the

CNN By Shania Shelton and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said a key regret of his four years in office was not taking more credit — and reminding voters — of his administration’s accomplishments, including infrastructure and Covid relief spending. Biden has mused about his legacy in the final days of his

By Shania Shelton and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said a key regret of his four years in office was not taking more credit — and reminding voters — of his administration’s accomplishments, including infrastructure and Covid relief spending. Biden has mused about his legacy in the final days of his administration,

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Some rioters charged or convicted in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol are returning to Washington, DC, for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to court filings in a dozen cases and multiple sources familiar with the matter. But some federal judges also recently blocked a handful of other

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump’s team is finalizing an aggressive slate of immigration executive orders that are expected to be released only hours after the president-elect is sworn in, kicking off an immigration crackdown that will have implications for people nationwide, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. The package