Politics

By Haley Talbot and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he was not in talks with the Justice Department to strike a plea deal after he was indicted on 13 federal fraud and money laundering charges in May. The freshman congressman, whose astonishing pattern of lies and

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — It would take the Senate approximately 700 hours of floor time to individually process and vote on hundreds of military officers whose promotions are being blocked by Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Congressional Research Service concluded in a memo released on Tuesday. The number of pending nominations has

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — For a few fleeting months in 2021, it looked like President Joe Biden was making great strides in his promise to even the playing field for more Americans. In mid-March of that year, Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act that provided big stimulus checks, more aid

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 election cycle is projected to be the most expensive to date, with anticipated ad spending of $10.2 billion across all platforms. In a new report, the ad tracking firm AdImpact said the election cycle covering the years 2023 and 2024 “will be the most expensive political cycle

By Shawna Mizelle and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — As much as $135 billion in fraudulent Covid-19 pandemic unemployment insurance claims were likely paid out, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Government Accountability Office. The whopping figure, which equates to as much as 15% of total unemployment benefits distributed during the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon pledged to use offensive cyber operations to “frustrate” and “disrupt” foreign powers and criminals that threaten US interests in a new military strategy document released Tuesday that warns of China’s aims to dominate cyberspace. The Department of Defense’s new cyber strategy – shaped by a close study

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Trump Organization said it sold its lease for a New York golf course with sweeping views of Manhattan to Bally’s Corporation, ending several years of controversy. “While we had no prior intention of selling this trophy asset, Bally’s Corporation stepped in and made us an exceptional offer,” said

By Ariane de Vogue and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency bid from Republican election officials in a Pennsylvania county to freeze sanctions related to a dispute about voting equipment and the 2020 election. The case involves actions taken by two of three Fulton County, Pennsylvania, Commissioners –

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic candidate in a competitive Virginia House district denounced reports that she and her husband had performed sexual acts on a pornographic livestreaming website, describing the sharing of those videos as “the worst gutter politics.” The existence of the sexually explicit videos, first reported by The Washington Post

By Casey Gannon (CNN) — Owen Shroyer, a right-wing conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host, was sentenced to 60 days in jail on Tuesday for his involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Shroyer pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining on restricted grounds in June 2023. He did

By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ effort to avoid a state court prosecution in the Fulton County 2020 election subversion case hits a key inflection point this week, with two federal courts poised to act quickly on his latest appeals. Meadows was dealt a significant court loss

By Jasmine Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday made her first public remarks at the White House in more than six years, marking her first open press event at the executive mansion since former President Donald Trump defeated her in the 2016 election. “This is such a great honor

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is calling on his committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, even as they have yet to prove allegations he directly profited off his son’s foreign business deals. The move

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The share of Americans, particularly children, in poverty rose significantly last year, in large part because Congress did not renew a Covid-19 pandemic enhancement to the child tax credit, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Some 12.4% of children were in poverty last year, up from a record

By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — A liberal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Minnesota, the second major lawsuit in two weeks that hopes to invoke the 14th Amendment’s arcane “insurrectionist ban.” The cases are seen as legal long shots. Trump denies wrongdoing and has

By Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — More than 60 Senate and House Democrats are pressing President Joe Biden to leverage “the full power of the executive branch” to combat gun violence in a new letter calling for a number of immediate actions to make the process of purchasing firearms safer and hold firearms dealers accountable.

CNN By Arlette Saenz (CNN) — Eight new-technology companies – including Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir and Salesforce – are making voluntary commitments on artificial intelligence, a senior Biden administration official told CNN, as the White House looks to safeguard development of the emerging technology while working toward more comprehensive regulation. The agreements, which will be