US studying how to modify powerful armed drone as Ukrainian demand grows
By Alex Marquardt, CNN As Russian forces have retreated in Ukraine’s south, the Biden administration has announced a slew of new military aid…
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Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session
Texas lawmakers won’t gavel in for the new legislative session until January, but they got their first chance to file bills Monday. By 1 p.m.,…
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By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN A new Congress won’t be sworn in until January and control of the House has not yet been…
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Kevin McCarthy seeks to assuage House Republican concerns behind closed doors ahead of leadership election
By Melanie Zanona, Gabby Orr, Alex Rogers and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to assuage House Republican concerns at a…
Continue Reading Trump tells Mar-a-Lago special master that he got to decide which White House documents were his to keep
By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump argued in a newly public court filing that a president gets to decide whether…
Continue Reading New records reveal foreign government spending at Trump’s Washington hotel
By Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN The governments of six foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab…
Continue Reading Supreme Court says House January 6 committee can get Kelli Ward’s phone and text records
By Ariane de Vogue and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for the House select committee investigating the January 6 US…
Continue Reading ‘We need to have a real discussion’: GOP leaders brace for tense talks after disappointing election results
CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House and Senate Republicans are gearing up for a tense series of closed-door meetings this week as the GOP…
Continue Reading ‘We need to have a real discussion’: GOP leaders brace for tense talks after disappointing election results
CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House and Senate Republicans are gearing up for a tense series of closed-door meetings this week as the GOP…
Continue Reading ‘We need to have a real discussion’: GOP leaders brace for tense talks after disappointing election results
CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House and Senate Republicans are gearing up for a tense series of closed-door meetings this week as the GOP…
Continue Reading CIA Director Bill Burns met with Russian counterpart Monday
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN CIA Director Bill Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart, Sergey Naryshkin, in Ankara Monday as part of an…
Continue Reading Biden and Xi sit down for high-stakes first in-person meeting as presidents
CNN By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday greeted his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in person for the first time since…
Continue Reading Congress returns for lame duck with long to-do list
By Daniella Diaz, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Lawmakers are set to return on Monday after being away for several weeks campaigning for the…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama praises Biden but stops short of full-throated 2024 endorsement
By Kate Bennett, CNN Former First Lady Michelle Obama said she thinks President Joe Biden is “doing a great job,” but stopped short of a…
Continue Reading New York Times: Trump sought tax investigations of political foes
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his onetime White House chief of staff, John Kelly, that he wanted the Internal…
Continue Reading Pence calls Trump tweet on January 6 ‘reckless’
CNN By Gregory Clary, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump’s words on social media during the January 6,…
Continue Reading Biden’s past promises for US to defend Taiwan under microscope in meeting with China’s Xi
By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden first declared that the United States had an obligation to protect Taiwan should China move on it, his…
Continue Reading ‘I’m not looking for conflict’: Biden discusses three-hour meeting with Xi
By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN President Joe Biden held a three-hour talk Monday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, their first in-person…
Continue Reading Pence calls Trump tweet on January 6 ‘reckless’
By Gregory Clary, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said former President Donald Trump’s words on social media during the January 6, 2021,…
Continue Reading Biden rides midterm validation into high-stakes meeting with Xi
CNN By Phil Mattingly, CNN Thirty-seven minutes after wrapping up a late-night gala dinner with Asian leaders — punctuated by plates of wild…
Continue Reading Biden rides midterm validation into high-stakes meeting with Xi
By Phil Mattingly, CNN Thirty-seven minutes after wrapping up a late-night gala dinner with Asian leaders — punctuated by plates of wild Mekong…
Continue Reading ‘We need to have a real discussion’: GOP leaders brace for tense talks after disappointing election results
By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House and Senate Republicans are gearing up for a tense series of closed-door meetings this week as the GOP…
Continue Reading Pelosi says ‘horrible’ GOP reaction to husband’s attack may have turned off some voters
CNN By Devan Cole, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans’ “horrible response” to the politically…
Continue Reading Pelosi says ‘horrible’ GOP reaction to husband’s attack may have turned off some voters
By Devan Cole, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Sunday that Republicans’ “horrible response” to the politically motivated…
Continue Reading Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Trump has cost the GOP the last three elections
CNN By Michelle Watson, CNN Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said Sunday that former President Donald Trump has cost the GOP the last three…
Continue Reading Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says Trump has cost the GOP the last three elections
By Michelle Watson, CNN Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said Sunday that former President Donald Trump has cost the GOP the last three…
Continue Reading Democratic gubernatorial winners in swing states have message for national party
By Devan Cole, CNN Two Democrats who won gubernatorial races in the swing states of Michigan and Pennsylvania delivered similar messages to their…
Continue Reading Pelosi says House Democrats are asking her to ‘consider’ another leadership bid
By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that members of her caucus have been asking her to “consider” running again…
Continue Reading Georgia candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman elected to state House
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Ruwa Romman remembers the sadness she felt as an 8-year-old girl sitting in the back of a school bus watching classmates point…
Continue Reading What to know about control of Congress and outstanding votes in other races
By Eric Bradner and Maeve Reston, CNN The battle for control of the House is now the biggest unanswered question of this year’s midterm…
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