By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department on Monday charged the head of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, and four other leaders with seditious conspiracy in the January 6 US Capitol attack, escalating the criminal case against the far-right extremist group. These are the most aggressive charges brought by the Justice Department
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A US judge approved the seizure of two of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich‘s private planes, valued at more than $400 million, for violating US export and sanctions laws. The planes, a Gulfstream and a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is believed to be one of the most expensive private planes in the
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN A US judge approved the seizure of two of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich‘s private planes, valued at more than $400 million, for violating US export and sanctions laws. The planes, a Gulfstream and a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, which is believed to be one of the most expensive private planes in the
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought to it by a Missouri Republican Senate candidate and his wife, who were seeking review of the professional disciplinary action they faced, as lawyers, for pointing guns at racial justice protestors demonstrating outside their St. Louis home. There were
Continue Reading By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia voiced his support Monday for raising the age to 21 for purchasing semi-automatic weapons and questioned why individuals need to own high-powered AR-15-style weapons, putting him at odds with Republicans who are resisting imposing any restrictions on access to firearms. “I never
Continue Reading By Adam Pourahmadi and Jeremy Herb, CNN Iran is only a few weeks away from having a “significant quantity of enriched uranium,” the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Director General Rafael Grossi said on Monday. “Having a significant quantity does not mean having a bomb,” Grossi told a press conference following the start of the quarterly
Continue Reading By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought to it by a Missouri Republican Senate candidate and his wife, who were seeking review of the professional disciplinary action they faced, as lawyers, for pointing guns at racial justice protestors demonstrating outside their St. Louis home. There were
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, Ana Cucalon and Mia Alberti, CNN Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he won’t be attending the Summit of the Americas, hosted later on this week by the United States, due to the exclusion of several countries in the region. Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans. James Goldston — the former president of ABC News
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris made a late May call to Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro with a subtle nudge that would neatly encapsulate her fraught task of addressing the root causes of migration to the southern border. From her West Wing office, she received an update on the Central
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden authorized the Defense Production Act to spur US manufacturing of solar and several other forms of clean energy, the White House announced Monday. Biden authorized the Energy Department to use the DPA to speed up domestic manufacturing of solar panel components, energy-efficient heat pumps, building insulation, electric transformers
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN California’s nonpartisan redistricting commission bucked the national trend last year by creating a new congressional map with at least eight competitive seats, offering pickup opportunities to both Democrats and Republicans vying for control of the US House. Tuesday’s House primaries in California will serve as an early test of strength for
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN In an attempt to mobilize voters around the climate crisis, six climate advocacy groups are readying for the midterms with an arsenal of $100 million — the first coordinated spending of its kind. In a difficult political year for Democrats, the climate groups are forming the new Climate Votes Project, shared
Continue Reading By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is working with a former ABC News television executive to help produce their upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar with the committee’s plans. James Goldston — the former president of ABC News
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN More than 500 days removed from the violent attack on the US Capitol, the committee investigating it is ready to show its work. The House select committee will hold its first public hearing this week, on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET. Sources told CNN this hearing will be a broad
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN Rep. Liz Cheney, one of just two Republicans on the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, has asserted that the attack was part of an “extremely well-organized” conspiracy. The Wyoming lawmaker’s comments to CBS “Sunday Morning” come before the panel is set to hold its first
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky and Chandelis Duster, CNN Former President Donald Trump endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress on Saturday, calling him “an outstanding Representative for the people of California, and a strong and fearless Leader of the House Republican Conference.” The endorsement comes nearly two months after the release of
Continue Reading By Sarah Fortinsky Democratic Rep. David Cicilline said Saturday “disturbing” new evidence would be presented at the upcoming January 6 committee hearings, stressing the significance of this process. “This is our democracy. This was the greatest assault on American democracy in my lifetime. The world is watching to see how we respond to this,” the
Continue Reading By Celina Gore, CNN When Army Capt. John Raaen, Jr. reached the shores of Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, it was already a scene of chaos. D-Day was the first day of combat for the 22-year-old from Fort Benning, Georgia, who followed in his father’s footsteps into the military. It was
Continue Reading By Matthew Hoye and Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman said Sunday he no longer considers himself to be a Republican, telling Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” “I think the party left me some time ago.” Riggleman, who worked as a technical adviser for the House select committee investigating the
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