National Politics

By Shawna Mizelle and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted Friday to pass a controversial bill that aims to increase so-called parental rights in the classroom, as House Republicans spotlight an issue that has emerged as a key party priority. The Senate is not expected to take up the bill and Democrats have criticized it

By Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Evan Corcoran, Donald Trump’s primary defense attorney, appeared Friday before a federal grand jury in Washington, where he was expected to answer questions in the classified documents probe that the former president unsuccessfully fought to hold back. His appearance before the grand jury has the potential

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN As he gears up for a likely reelection campaign, President Joe Biden on Tuesday will kick off a three-week tour to highlight the impact of his signature legislative accomplishments as the impacts of those laws begin to be felt around the country, according to a White House official. The “Invest in

By Sara Murray, CNN Timothy Parlatore, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he testified before a grand jury investigating classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago for several hours in December 2022 about additional searches for classified documents at Trump properties. “I chose to go in there because I felt that it was

By Manu Raju and Jack Forrest, CNN The Senate Ethics Committee reprimanded Sen. Lindsey Graham Thursday for soliciting campaign contributions five times during a media interview in a Capitol office building in violation of Senate rules. The bipartisan committee sent a public letter admonishing the South Carolina Republican for soliciting donations to Herschel Walker‘s campaign

By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell and Paula Reid, CNN The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump is not concluding this week, with questions swirling over how close the grand jury is to bringing an indictment — or if it actually will at all. While there’s been radio silence from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin

By Devan Cole, CNN Four cisgender women from Connecticut are urging a federal appeals court to give them another shot at their challenge to the state’s trans-inclusive sports policy after it agreed earlier this year to reconsider whether the former high school athletes had the legal right to bring the suit. A three-judge panel of

By Jennifer Hansler and Christian Sierra, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday the State Department is facing an “unprecedented demand” for passports, and has increased staffing and resources to deal with it. Blinken said the current wait time for a regular passport is “about ten to thirteen weeks, and for an expedited

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Republican Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul gave Secretary of State Antony Blinken a deadline of Monday afternoon to turn over a key document related to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan or face a subpoena for the file. The demand for the dissent cable sent by US diplomats

By Maxime Tamsett, Pamela Kirkland and Jack Forrest, CNN Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill Thursday to ban certain gender-affirming care for minors, joining a growing number of GOP-led states looking to restrict the treatments across the country. Senate Bill 140 will bar licensed medical professionals in Georgia from providing patients under the

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after a federal judge ridiculed the idea she was “a little girl.” Riley Williams was convicted in November of several