
READ: Senate leaders' short-term spending bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have cut a deal and are circulating a 79-page short-term spending bill to keep the government open past Saturday, according to a draft obtained by CNN.
2023-09-27 05:45

Menendez co-defendant Wael Hana pleads not guilty in alleged bribery scheme
Wael Hana, an alleged co-conspirator indicted in a bribery scheme with New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, pleaded not guilty and was released on bail in federal court Tuesday.
2023-09-27 04:56

Commander Biden bites another Secret Service agent, the 11th known incident
President Joe Biden's younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd.
2023-09-27 03:59

SCOTUS tells Alabama it meant what it said the first time
The Supreme Court delivered a brief but clear message to Alabama on Tuesday: When we said you defied the law, we meant it.
2023-09-27 01:19

Growing number of Senate Democrats call for Menendez to resign amid federal indictment
Sens. Tammy Baldwin, Jack Rosen and Jon Tester on Tuesday are among the latest Senate Democrats to call on their Democratic colleague, Sen. Bob Menendez, to resign in the wake of a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses.
2023-09-26 23:29

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's attempt to avoid creating a second Black majority congressional district
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency bid from Alabama, setting the stage for a new congressional map expected to include a second Black majority district to account for the state's 27% Black population.
2023-09-26 22:17

Supreme Court returns for first private meeting of the term amid even more controversy
The Supreme Court returns to Washington to face a new term and the fresh reality that critics increasingly view the court as a political body.
2023-09-26 17:53

Biden makes a historic trip to Michigan to walk the picket line to show solidarity with striking UAW -- and counter Trump
President Joe Biden is set to join members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday in Wayne County, Michigan, walking the picket line on the eve of a visit from former President Donald Trump.
2023-09-26 17:24

Biden and Trump aren't waiting for 2024 to kick off their likely White House battle
It's as if the calendar suddenly raced forward a year in the blink of an eye.
2023-09-26 12:25

This week's debate is a critical chance for Trump's rivals to make him pay for ignoring them
The candidates who will gather for the second Republican presidential debate this week face an unusual challenge: how to take on a front-runner who's not on stage and is already acting as if he's the nominee.
2023-09-26 12:24

Cassidy Hutchinson's new book reveals a Trump White House even more chaotic than previously known
In her new book "Enough," former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. President Donald Trump lashes out unpredictably and makes wild demands. Chief of staff Mark Meadows leaks classified documents to friendly right-wing media figures and burns documents. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani gropes Hutchinson inappropriately the day of the Capitol insurrection.
2023-09-26 12:22

Special master in Alabama redistricting case proposes three House maps in a closely watched voting rights fight
A court-appointed special master offered three proposals on Monday to boost the Black voting-age population in a reconfigured Alabama congressional district -- the latest development in a closely watched redistricting case with implications for control of the US House of Representatives after next year's elections.
2023-09-26 10:58