Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren express their frustration with the debt ceiling deal
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Thursday. It's now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline.
Race has emerged as a central issue, and a delicate one, in the 2024 presidential contest as the Republican Party fields one of its most racially diverse group of primary candidates ever.
The U.S. Senate is now taking up the compromise bill to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. The House overwhelmingly passed the measure on Wednesday, but there are some grumblings in the Senate. Natalie Brand reports.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off his first visit to New Hampshire as a declared presidential candidate as former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail in Iowa, marking the first time both were pitching themselves before voters.
CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman reacts to news that federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump speaking about a classified document pertaining to a potential attack on Iran that he held onto after his presidency.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks after the passage of his debt ceiling deal
Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.
Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his widely expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa next week.
Lawmakers who want tougher standards for evacuating aircraft in an emergency have criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for what they consider unrealistic simulations, and now they are calling for a do-over of tests.
Jessica Dean in Iowa follows Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on the presidential campaign trail, as he accuses Donald Trump of abandoning "America First" principles.
Natalie Brand reports on members of the House of Representatives preparing to vote on the White House debt ceiling deal (5-31-2023)
Utah Republican Chris Stewart is resigning from his seat in the narrowly divided U.S. House of Representatives, saying he is retiring due to his wife's health.
Ron DeSantis began his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday with a four-stop Iowa blitz.
Rep. Chris Stewart to retire due to his wife's health
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis kicked off his campaign in Iowa, where he pledged to take on Washington elites and do more for Americans than his GOP rival Donald Trump.
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making Minnesota the 23rd state to legalize the substance for adults.
When Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina launched his campaign for the White House last week, the notoriously prickly former President Donald Trump welcomed his new competitor with open arms.
President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the White House and congressional leaders work to ensure its passage this week in time to lift the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a disastrous U.S. default. B…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked strenuously Tuesday to sell fellow Republicans on the debt ceiling and budget deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden and win approval in time to avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.
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One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case. One didn’t. The difference shows how difficult forging consensus over even small steps on ethics can be at the Supreme Court, which faces calls to adopt an ethics code.
Allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have launched a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2024 race.
The White House and Republican congressional leaders geared up lobbying campaigns Monday to win approval of a deal to avert a U.S. default as environmentalists, defense hawks and conservative hard-liners condemned concessions.
Scott McFarland reports on criticism leveled from both sides of the aisle against debt limit bill (5-29-2023)
Eight Republican-led states this year left an interstate cooperative that seeks to maintain accurate voter registration rolls, and three more may join them — a move that election security experts say is fueled by conspiracy theories.
Donald Trump and his team have long believed the more candidates who enter the Republican primary contest, the better for Trump. And the field is growing by the day.