Politics

By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent President Joe Biden will announce Monday morning that former Massachusetts Rep. Joe Kennedy III will serve as the US envoy to Northern Ireland, according to a source with knowledge. CNN reported last week that Kennedy would be named to the post, which was has been vacant since

By Tierney Sneed The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is set to make announcements at its final public meeting on Monday about criminal referrals to the Justice Department. So what is a criminal referral? A referral represents a recommendation that the Justice Department investigate and look at charging the individuals in

By Paul LeBlanc and Daniella Diaz, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that President Joe Biden should ask for an extension of Title 42, a public health authority that was invoked under former President Donald Trump and allows officials to expel migrants encountered at the US-Mexico border. “I understand that the president needs to

By Daniella Diaz and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Retiring Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey offered a pointed closing message for his fellow Republican colleagues on Sunday, saying that former President Donald Trump’s hold on the party is “waning.” “I have heard from many, many formerly very pro-Trump voters that they think it’s time for our party to

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Texas will consider adding a new election police force. Ohio has moved forward on photo ID requirements for voting. And Georgia could overhaul its controversial general-election runoff system. Two years after the 2020 election and the pandemic put a spotlight on how elections are run, legislators around the country are signaling

By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Roughly two dozen former leaders of the US military — including retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former Supreme Allied commander of NATO and several former commanders in Afghanistan — sent a letter to US congressional leaders Saturday evening urging them to act quickly

By Gregory Clary, CNN Donald Trump has weighed in on the contentious battle confronting GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid to be the chamber’s next speaker, with the former president calling on his supporters in Congress to halt their opposition tactics against McCarthy and stop “playing a very dangerous game.” “Look, I think this:

By Sara Murray, CNN A special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia is winding down its work, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Atlanta-area special grand jury has largely finished hearing witness testimony and has already begun writing its final

By Katie Lobosco, CNN A bridge in Pittsburgh that collapsed in January, hours before President Joe Biden was scheduled to visit the city to tout his landmark infrastructure funding law, is expected to reopen by the end of December. The Fern Hollow Bridge may reopen to traffic before Christmas if installation of railings, lighting and

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Tennessee man already facing charges in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was arrested for allegedly planning to kill FBI agents, including those who had been investigating him, the Justice Department announced Friday. Edward Kelley, who was previously charged with assaulting an officer during the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by several Republican-led states to keep the so-called Title 42 rule in force, after a district court struck the controversial Trump-era border policy down. The new ruling from the DC Circuit US Court of Appeals sets the stage for the case to

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is expected to name former congressman Joe Kennedy III as his special envoy to Northern Ireland for economic affairs, according to two people familiar with the plans, installing a member of one of the United States’ most famous political families to the post at a critical moment for