Biden briefed by US delegation that traveled to Haiti
By Betsy Klein, CNN The interagency US delegation to Haiti briefed President Joe Biden on Monday morning after they returned from Port-au-Prince,…
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Assassination plunges Haiti into political chaos. What’s next?
The assassination of Haiti’s President has left the country with a power vacuum. Two men claim to be the legitimate Prime Minister, the parliament is…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from CPAC’s summer gathering in Texas
By Eric Bradner, CNN The Conservative Political Action Conference’s summer gathering in Dallas over the weekend showcased the hold former…
Continue Reading Katie Porter responds to scuffle that broke out at her California town hall event
By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Rep. Katie Porter of California responded to a scuffle that broke out at an event she held in her district on Sunday…
Continue Reading Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dies at 93
By Chandelis Duster, CNN Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards, a Democrat who served four terms as governor and nearly 10 years in federal prison for…
Continue Reading Biden administration took steps to ‘off-board’ fired Social Security chief, administration official says
By Arlette Saenz The Biden administration has worked to off-board the fired commissioner of the Social Security Administration who said he would…
Continue Reading Biden calls on Cuban regime to ‘hear their people and serve their needs’ amid rare protests
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday expressed support for the Cuban people amid rare protests in the country over a lack of freedoms…
Continue Reading Fact check: Untethered to reality, Trump lies over and over about the 2020 election at CPAC
By Daniel Dale He’s still repeating his favorite old lies, those eternal chestnuts about the size of the trade deficit with China and the…
Continue Reading Fact check: Progressive pundits falsely claim Rep. Lauren Boebert got a Paycheck Protection Program loan
By Daniel Dale, CNN Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican known for her right-wing views, gave a Saturday speech in which she expressed vehement…
Continue Reading Biden administration urging state and local governments to use Covid relief funding to address uptick in violent crime
By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House is encouraging state and local governments to use funding from the Covid relief package passed earlier this year…
Continue Reading Eric Adams on Democrats’ ‘misplaced’ priorities on gun violence
New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams tells CNN’s Jake Tapper he thinks Democrats are too focused on mass shootings and not enough on addressing…
Continue Reading New child tax credit payments start this week. Here’s how the IRS is trying to make sure the neediest families don’t miss out
By Tami Luhby, CNN Melinda Williams, a married mother of five, didn’t think her family qualified for the child tax credit since they…
Continue Reading Top US general in Afghanistan steps down as US military withdrawal from the country nears completion
By Barbara Starr, Kylie Atwood, Sandi Sidhu and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The top US general in Afghanistan stepped down on Monday as the United…
Continue Reading Rep. Thompson: Insurrection investigation will go ‘as long as it takes’
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson speaks with congressional correspondent Lauren Fox on the nature of the Capitol…
Continue Reading ‘We’ll do this work as long as it takes’: Thompson readies for political fight leading Jan. 6 investigation
By Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson avoids making too many…
Continue Reading Schumer and Pelosi face leadership test as infrastructure push kicks into high gear
By Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN Democrats will face a critical month on infrastructure in July as they reckon with deep schisms in their ranks and…
Continue Reading Trump airs post-election grievances in CPAC address
Former President Donald Trump played his greatest hits during an address to attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas.…
Continue Reading Trump wins the CPAC straw poll in Texas as attendees clamor for him to run again
DALLAS, Texas — Former President Donald Trump bathed in the adulation of an adoring crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference…
Continue Reading CPAC crowd cheers missing vaccination goal. Hear Fauci’s response
Dr. Anthony Fauci calls the reaction by the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Committee to a conservative author’s comments about the US…
Continue Reading Kristi Noem criticizes GOP governors who enacted Covid-19 mandates while accusing some of rewriting their history
By Maeve Reston, CNN South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem questioned the grit and instinct of fellow GOP governors who enacted Covid-19 measures like mask…
Continue Reading Kinzinger slams GOP colleagues for invoking Nazi-era imagery to criticize Covid vaccination efforts
By Daniella Diaz and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger slammed his GOP colleagues, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene…
Continue Reading Kinzinger wants GOP to call out ‘clown politicians’ playing on vaccine fears
When asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper about his Republican colleagues’ outrage at President Biden’s call for door-to-door vaccine outreach, Rep. Adam…
Continue Reading Adams says Democratic lawmakers ‘misplaced’ priorities on efforts to curb gun violence
By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York City Democratic Mayoral candidate Eric Adams on Sunday criticized Democrat lawmakers efforts to curb gun violence…
Continue Reading Fauci says Americans who are fully vaccinated do not need booster shots at this time
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that the US…
Continue Reading Fauci: Vaccine booster isn’t needed now, but that could change
Dr. Anthony Fauci says that according to the data the FDA and CDC have, Americans don’t need a booster shot for the Covid-19 vaccine, but they are…
Continue Reading Texas man who waited ‘over six hours’ last Super Tuesday to vote now faces illegal voting charges
By Ed Lavandera, Chris Boyette and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A Texas man who told CNN he waited for “a lit bit over six hours” at a…
Continue Reading US Treasury Secretary Yellen urges G20 leaders to step up vaccine-sharing support
By Chandelis Duster, CNN US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday urged G20 leaders to step up vaccine-sharing support as the Delta coronavirus…
Continue Reading Concerns about unreported child abuse loom large despite easing Covid restrictions
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Family welfare experts for months have looked to the easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions as the turning point that would…
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Beto among hundreds of Texans who lined up at state Capitol to testify on voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas — Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke was among hundreds of Texans who lined up at the state Capitol on Saturday for their first…
Continue Reading CNN spoke with Trump supporter at CPAC who knows Biden won
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan spoke with supporters of former President Donald Trump while covering the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas,…
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