The White House is laying down the groundwork ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris' first trip abroad as the lead on diplomatic efforts in Central America, hoping to finalize its strategy to take on the root causes of migration before she lands, multiple sources told CNN.
Former President Donald Trump has spent his first five months away from Washington surrounded by a generously paid group of staffers, at least one of whom received a $32,000 raise over their White House salary, according to Freedom of Information Act records obtained by CNN.
Miquelle West was 10 when she learned the harsh realities about the criminal justice system as her mother was handed two life sentences plus 50 years in a federal lockup for a conspiracy drugs case that was connected to a murder.
A mix of fines and warnings were handed down to a group of House Republicans on Tuesday who had defied the chamber's mask mandate on the House floor, a Capitol official told CNN.
Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis homeowner who catapulted into national headlines last summer after video surfaced on social media showing him and his wife, Patricia, pointing guns at demonstrators, is running as a Republican for US Senate in Missouri, he announced Tuesday.
The fate of an independent commission to investigate the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol will soon rest in the hands of Senate Republicans, many of whom are already signaling they may block the bill from moving forward with arguments that a commission isn't necessary.
House Rules Chairman Jim McGovern on Tuesday ripped Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as "weak and cowardly" for opposing an inquiry to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Less than a week after Rep. Liz Cheney was ousted from her leadership position for her opposition to Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election, House Republicans are mired in yet another fight over Trump -- this time whether to move forward with a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Auditors hired by the Arizona state Senate backtracked Tuesday from claims that a key database had been deleted from Maricopa County's elections servers -- admitting in a hearing held by the Senate Republicans overseeing the audit that the data is intact and they'd been looking the wrong way.
Sen. Ted Cruz is facing renewed backlash from users on Twitter after sharing a news alert from a local Texas station promoting the return of flights to Cancun.
The Biden administration has decided against sanctioning the company in charge of building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite strongly opposing the project, according to two sources familiar with the decision, signaling that it is prioritizing unity with allies over concerns about a potential geopolitical threat.
The State Department said Tuesday that it will now grant US citizenship to children born abroad to parents who used artificial reproductive technology, including surrogacy, notifying Congress and diplomatic posts of the change to longstanding policy.
It's not every day an American president gets to speed down a driving course in an electric pick-up truck trailed by Secret Service. But on Tuesday, President Joe Biden did just that.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he was opposed to a bipartisan agreement struck last week that would create an independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday prohibiting state governmental entities such as counties, public school districts, public health authorities and government officials from requiring mask wearing.
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