Year: 2022

By Katie Lobosco, CNN West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin recently released a proposal that intends to streamline the federal permitting process for energy projects, as well as fast-track a pipeline that would impact his home state. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to add the legislative text to a short-term spending bill that must pass

By Jason Morris, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced on Friday that his office is replacing the voting equipment in Coffee County following “unauthorized access” of its election system after the 2020 presidential election. The election equipment is being replaced “following the unauthorized access to the equipment that former Coffee County election officials

By Maegan Vazquez, Phil Mattingly and Sam Fossum, CNN A growing number of White House officials are publicly criticizing David Malpass, the Trump-appointed World Bank President, after he caught flak for dodging a question about climate change. Malpass has faced calls to resign after appearing on a panel during which he did not directly answer

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN An alarming trend is emerging in south Florida where officials are seeing a rising number of migrants, primarily Haitians and Cubans, journeying to US shores on makeshift boats. US Coast Guard crews have intercepted more than 6,000 Cubans since last October, according to the agency, the most in a fiscal year

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The intelligence community is restarting work on both the classification review and the so-called damage assessment related to former President Donald Trump’s storage of classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago residence and resort, according to a statement of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The ODNI had temporarily paused

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the process of impeachment, a misconduct charge that leads to a trial to determine whether a public official is guilty of abuse of power or other offenses. A conviction leads to removal from office. Process in the United States Article I of the Constitution gives the House of

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi “had a direct and honest exchange on matters related to Taiwan” Friday, a US senior administration official said. The two diplomats met for nearly 90 minutes in New York, and their conversation primarily focused on Taiwan, the official said.

By Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday criticized Republicans and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s proposed midterm agenda, describing the plan as a “thin series of policy goals” in his latest campaign speech. Biden’s speech is part of a broader, ramped up effort by the President and the Democratic Party

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Prosecutors have recommended against charging Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz in a federal sex-trafficking investigation, according to a source familiar with the matter. The recommendation comes in part because prosecutors have questions over whether the central witnesses in the long-running investigation would be perceived as credible before a jury,