Politics

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Since the 2020 presidential election, Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch have been erecting the scaffolding for a decision that could transform election practices nationwide. During oral arguments Wednesday in a North Carolina case, they reinforced their positions and appeared to find some

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Jack Forrest, CNN Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against a Florida state representative who allegedly swindled thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief loans from the Small Business Administration. State Rep. Joseph Harding obtained more than $150,000 in SBA loans by lying on his loan applications, according to a news release from

By Lauren del Valle, CNN The jury who convicted Donald Trump‘s namesake companies earlier this week was “serious” and tried to focus on the law — not the former president, one of the jurors said in an interview with CNN. Jurors saw a “culture of fraud,” at the Trump Organization, but referred to Trump as

By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Donald Trump is facing a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill, with Republican fury growing over their failure to take back the Senate and GOP leaders at odds over their strategy with the former president still maintaining a dominant hold on the party. The GOP reckoning

By Carlos Suarez, Devon M. Sayers and Florencia Trucco, CNN Former Republican Rep. David Rivera of Florida was arrested in Atlanta on Monday on federal charges that include failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the Department of Justice. The eight-count indictment alleges that Rivera and a

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Jaylen Smith graduated from high school in May. Less than a year later, the 18-year-old will be tasked with governing Earle, Arkansas, as the rural city’s newly elected mayor. Smith, a Democrat, was elected mayor of Earle — population 1,831 — on Tuesday. He defeated his opponent, Nemi Matthews, the city’s

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration’s first-ever offshore wind energy lease sale for federal waters off the West Coast generated more than $750 million, as energy companies competed for five areas that could eventually be home to massive floating wind turbines. Five companies, including Equinor and Invenergy, bid on five lease areas totaling more

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has decided to appeal a federal court decision that blocked the use of a controversial Trump-era policy allowing for the swift removal of migrants at the US-Mexico border. Last month, US District Judge Emmet Sullivan blocked the authority, known as Title 42, but agreed to a Biden administration

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was seen leaving her office Wednesday with her husband, Paul Pelosi. The pair greeted children waiting outside the speaker’s office and are attending a holiday party Wednesday for members. In October, Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer at the couple’s home in San Francisco by a

By Tami Luhby, CNN The cost of Covid-19 vaccines could quadruple if the federal government stops buying them in bulk, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The federal government has spent more than $30 billion so far on Covid-19 vaccines to promote their development and ensure that people can access them without charge, according to

By Kristen Holmes and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump was hoping for a win on Tuesday amid the slow start to his latest presidential campaign, believing a victory for his longtime friend and hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff would mitigate calls for new Republican leadership following a spate of losses for

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Federal prosecutors unsealed charges on Wednesday against Andrii Derkach, a Kremlin-linked former Ukrainian lawmaker who repeatedly promoted disinformation about then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, for an alleged scheme to launder money and purchase real estate in violation of US sanctions. In 2020, the US Treasury imposed sanctions against Derkach

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN Arguments in the Supreme Court‘s blockbuster election rules case played out for more than three hours on Wednesday as the justices examined claims from the North Carolina GOP legislature, which argues that state constitutions and state courts have little or no authority to impose limits on how