Politics

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, sworn in for a second term Sunday, called the sentencing last week of two men convicted of plotting to kidnap her “just,” while urging both parties to confront threats and violent rhetoric. “Whether it is someone harassing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or Congressman Fred

By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN Time is running out for Kevin McCarthy. Four days before the House speaker vote, when his critics were still noncommittal about their support for his speakership bid, even after the California Republican had offered a number of key concessions — including making it easier to oust the sitting

By Sara Murray, Annie Grayer and Tierney Sneed, CNN The House January 6 committee on Sunday released another wave of witness interview transcripts. The new release is part of a steady stream of transcript drops from the House select committee in recent days, complementing the release of its sweeping 845-page report. The latest transcript drop

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Josh Shapiro had a massive spending advantage and a weak Republican opponent, but the incoming Pennsylvania governor thinks Democrats should still take note of how he made voters see his fight-for-the-little-guy speeches as more than just talk — and racked up the party’s biggest margin in any swing-state race of 2022.

By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy outlined some of the concessions that he has agreed to in his campaign for speaker on a Sunday evening conference call — including making it easier to topple the speaker, according to multiple GOP sources on the call. But McCarthy could not say

By Kevin Liptak and Jack Forrest, CNN Outgoing Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday he fears for the future of the country if former President Donald Trump isn’t charged with a crime related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, though he believes the Justice Department will “do the right thing.” “If

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Delia Ramirez walks toward the microphone determined to make her message heard. “It is time — it is past time that we deliver on the promise that we have made to our Dreamers,” she says. On a crisp morning in early December, Ramirez is standing steps away from the US

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN As President Joe Biden scored several legislative wins last year, voters across the country headed to the polls in November to decide on local measures. The passage of several of those measures will lead to new state laws this year. And Americans in 2023 will also feel the impact of several

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Chief Justice John Roberts urged continued vigilance for the safety of judges and justices in an annual report published Saturday, after a tumultuous year at the US Supreme Court. “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear,” Roberts wrote. While drawing attention to judicial security,

By Arlette Saenz, CNN President Joe Biden mourned the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, saying in a statement Saturday that the late pontiff “will be remembered as a renowned theologian, with a lifetime of devotion to the Church, guided by his principles and faith.” Benedict died Saturday at the age of 95 in a

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Over the course of a half-century interviewing American presidents, Barbara Walters interviewed the most powerful men in the world about their regrets, their mothers, their marriages — even their sleeping arrangements with their wives. “Double bed,” Jimmy Carter told the newswoman in 1976. “Always have.” Perhaps like no one else in

By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Kate Sullivan, Holmes Lybrand and Sara Murray, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, on Friday released another wave of witness interview transcripts. The new drop, which complements the panel’s sweeping 845-page report and is among a steady stream of transcripts released over the past week, includes interviews