Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched a new political group on Tuesday aimed at supporting conservative candidates ahead of the midterm elections and with his sights set on the 2024 presidential election. Champion American Values PAC (CAVPAC) will “protect American values and to help Republicans take back majorities” in the House of Representatives, the
Continue Reading The White House on Tuesday announced a government-wide strategy to combat domestic terrorism after completing a sweeping assessment of the threat posed by domestic violent extremism following the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol. The strategy focuses on providing a national framework for the US government and partners to share information related to domestic
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WASHINGTON, DC — A group of Democratic senators, led by U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, sent a letter to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services demanding an explanation on processing delays for applications related to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on the day of the program’s ninth anniversary, CNN has learned.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden arrives in Geneva on Tuesday ahead of lengthy and contentious talks with Vladimir Putin, the capstone on a European tour designed to show western solidarity ahead of the momentous summit. Biden has spent the past week consulting fellow leaders, national security aides and political advisers, reading through extensive preparation materials and thinking
Continue Reading The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee plans to invest $10 million in voter protection efforts ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, committee operatives told CNN on Tuesday, highlighting the concern top Democrats have about how restrictive voting laws in Republican-controlled states could impact elections. The new program — named “Defend the Vote” — will be a
Continue Reading The top two Senate Republican leaders were split Monday over the need for Congress to investigate secret Trump-era Justice Department subpoenas to two Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee, both frequent critics of the former President. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defended the right of the Justice Department to carry out sensitive leak investigations
Continue Reading A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking classified information to the media has been released from prison to a halfway house after nearly four years of incarceration, her lawyer confirmed to CNN on Monday. The former contractor, Reality Winner, was accused of taking a report about a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack from
Continue Reading Arizona’s problem-plagued audit has finished its hand recount of most of the 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County last November, with just braille ballots and those that had to be duplicated because they were damaged left to count, an audit spokesman said Monday. Randy Pullen, a spokesman for the audit commissioned by state Senate
Continue Reading The FBI has warned lawmakers that online QAnon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as “digital soldiers” to taking action in the real world following the January 6 US Capitol attack. The shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracy’s more militant followers that
Continue Reading Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s penchant for spreading false claims and misinformation shows no signs of stopping after a week in which he touted falsehoods related to both the January 6 Capitol riot and Covid-19. The senator faced online punishment Friday after making false claims over treatments for Covid-19 and, over the weekend, downplayed the
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is using time away from summit meetings on his European tour this week for intense preparations ahead of his talks with Vladimir Putin, according to officials, as he works to avoid the pitfalls his predecessors faced in showdowns with the Russian leader. Most of his formal meetings this week have started after
Continue Reading More than 1.2 million Americans had signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage on the federal exchange through the end of May, the Biden administration announced Monday. Another 331,000 would-be enrollees were found to be eligible for other assistance and redirected to Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But the pace of plan selections
Continue Reading The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the President’s most closely watched judicial nominees. The vote was 53-44. Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Continue Reading The FBI has warned lawmakers that online QAnon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as “digital soldiers” to taking action in the real world following the January 6 US Capitol attack. The shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracy’s more militant followers that
Continue Reading The House is voting this week on a bill to repeal the 2002 US war authorization in Iraq, with Democrats hopeful that the White House’s backing will give them newfound momentum to finally revoke the nearly 20-year-old authorization. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget on Monday issued a statement supporting the House’s legislation,
Continue Reading NATO leaders meeting in Brussels on Monday largely backed President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official present for the talks, as the US President made his first trip to the alliance’s headquarters since taking office. Biden arrived at the gathering with a vow to reaffirm the United
Continue Reading John Demers, the Trump-appointed head of the Justice Department’s national security division, is leaving at the end of the month as planned, a person briefed on the matter told CNN Monday. The national security division plays a large role in leak investigations and was involved in the records seizures that have become public involving members
Continue Reading The Justice Department will “strengthen” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Monday, following reports that the previous administration seized the records of journalists, members of Congress and their families. Over the last few weeks, it was revealed that during the previous administration the phone records from journalists with
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WASHINGTON, DC — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has terminated the Trump-era office that focused on victims of crimes linked to undocumented immigrants, another move the Biden administration has taken to distance itself from President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. ICE announced on Friday that it was shuttering the Victim of Immigration Crime Engagement office and replacing
Continue Reading Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that if his party regains the majority in 2022 it’s “highly unlikely” he would let President Joe Biden confirm a Supreme Court vacancy if one opened up in 2024, and was non-committal when asked about an opening at the end of 2023. “I think in the middle
Continue Reading The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN. The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety
Continue Reading Judge Amy Berman Jackson is allowing the Justice Department to keep secret part of a key memo to then-Attorney General William Barr from his top advisers in March 2019 that backed his decision not to charge then-President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice. This Barr memo, and Jackson’s recent commentary on it, have reignited criticism
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging California’s electoral process in another instance of the high court shying away from election-related disputes. The case, brought by comedian Paul Rodriguez, Rocky Chavez, League of United Latin American Citizens and California League of United Latin American Citizens, sought for the high court to consider whether
Continue Reading The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act sentencing reform law. The vote was 9-0. At issue in the case is whether low-level crack-cocaine offenders who were convicted before Congress changed sentencing guidelines in 2010 are eligible for lower sentences
Continue Reading Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the President’s most closely watched judicial nominees, is on track to be confirmed by the Senate on Monday evening. The vote would elevate Jackson from the US District Court for the District of Columbia
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off for several months a case that could end nationwide practices that have boosted the admission of Black and Latino students for decades. The high court issued an order asking the Biden Department of
Continue Reading President Joe Biden has arrived at his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a military alliance his predecessor viewed with disdain. “I want to make it clear: NATO is critically important for US interests in and of itself. If there weren’t one, we’d have to
Continue Reading Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically sensitive question during her first foreign trip, seeing the misstep as part of a broader pattern of messaging challenges that have dogged her since her presidential campaign. This time, though, the interview came after
Continue Reading US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings nationwide. He notes the biggest challenges include aging school buildings and ventilation, adequate transportation, and ensuring overall equity and access to education, according to a memo Cardona sent President Biden’s Chief of
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a military alliance his predecessor viewed with disdain. The NATO summit comes as Biden looks to reassert American leadership on the world stage and strengthen global partnerships during his first
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