Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill
December 11, 2022 at 16:16
But far from the spotlight is a woman who helped make all that happen: Louisa Terrell. As the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Terrell, 53, leads a team that is the president’s collective eyes and ears in Congress. In fact, when we...
How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter
December 10, 2022 at 17:24
The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. Sinema’s interests...
CNN Poll: Views of the state of the country are slightly improved, but Americans' economic concerns remain
December 09, 2022 at 11:03
CNN —Americans’ views of the state of the nation have bounced back slightly since earlier this year, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, but public perception of the economy remains grim. Nearly half of Americans say they’re financially worse off than t...
Inside Biden's agonizing decision to take a deal that freed Brittney Griner but left Paul Whelan in Russia
December 09, 2022 at 09:25
“The choice was bringing Brittney Griner home right now, or bringing no one home right now,” one senior administration official said. With winter approaching at the penal colony where Griner was being held, Biden faced a singularly presidential decision. We...
January 6 committee considers criminal referrals for at least 4 others besides Trump
December 09, 2022 at 02:07
CNN —The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is considering criminal referrals for at least four individuals in addition to former President Donald Trump, multiple sources told CNN. The panel is weighing criminal referrals...
In pictures: WNBA Star Brittney Griner
December 08, 2022 at 17:12
Brittney Griner, a WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, December 8. She was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a source familiar...
Viktor Bout: Russian arms dealer known as the 'Merchant of Death' swapped for Brittney Griner
December 08, 2022 at 13:12
CNN —Brittney Griner’s freedom ultimately hinged on the release of a convicted Russian arms dealer whose life story inspired a Hollywood film. On Thursday, a source told CNN that the US basketball star had been released from Russian detention in a prisoner...
'Trump obsession is very bad': Senate Republicans confront their problems after poor election showing
December 08, 2022 at 10:01
Many argued that the party establishment must take a heavier hand in the 2024 election cycle and root out unelectable Republicans even if they’re backed by Trump. Others said the GOP needs to embrace early voting and wholly reject Trump’s demagoguery of mai...
In Warnock's win, White House sees capstone validation that big legislative wins broke through
December 07, 2022 at 23:03
CNN —As White House officials reflected on the final Democratic victory of a history-defying midterm election cycle, one constant has been a sense of validation. Even Democrats, like Warnock, who sought to distance themselves from Biden and his sagging appr...
5 takeaways from Georgia's Senate runoff
December 07, 2022 at 12:25
Since November 2020, Warnock has been the leading vote-getter in four consecutive Georgia Senate elections. But because of state law requiring statewide candidates to get a majority to win a general election, Warnock had to double the feat in both his 2020...
Trump faces yet another reckoning in Georgia
December 06, 2022 at 05:05
CNN —Donald Trump is 0-for-an awful lot in Georgia since 2016. On Tuesday, Trump’s run of Georgia futility could continue unless Heisman Trophy-winning ex-Georgia running back Herschel Walker can drag the MAGA banner over the line. The Georgia Senate runoff...
Sky-high Black turnout fueled Warnock's previous win. Will Georgia do it again?
December 05, 2022 at 16:54
Community leaders and political observers say the Black vote has consistently played a pivotal role in high-stakes races for Democrats, including in 2021, when Warnock defeated then-Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a runoff. Black voters likely to cast a ballot are n...
Paul Pelosi attends Kennedy Center Honors in first public appearance since attack
December 05, 2022 at 03:58
CNN —Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, made his first public appearance on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors after being brutally attacked in late October. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and husband Paul Pelosi attend the 45th Kennedy Ce...
How Donald Trump is helping Raphael Warnock in Georgia
December 04, 2022 at 16:03
Brian Kemp cruised to reelection, while his preferred Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, was forced into a runoff with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. To understand the Trump impact on Georgia, take a look at the CNN/SSRS poll of the Senate runoff released...
What we know about Georgia voters ahead of Senate runoff
December 03, 2022 at 18:34
Black voters have made up nearly a third of the early electorate so far, while more than a quarter of voters so far are under 50. Georgians had only five mandatory days of early voting this year, compared with three weeks during the last runoff and for last...
Democrats vote to move forward with Biden plan to put South Carolina first on 2024 primary calendar
December 03, 2022 at 00:03
President Joe Biden this week asked DNC leaders to adopt this early state lineup, which strips Iowa of its first-in-the-nation status. The DNC rules panel proposed that the 2024 presidential calendar schedule South Carolina’s primary on February 3, Nevada a...
In pictures: Biden hosts Macron for state dinner
December 02, 2022 at 02:07
US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, as they arrive for a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, December 1. Produced by CNN Digital's Photo TeamPresi...
Mar-a-Lago documents: Takeaways from the ruling rebuking Donald Trump and the appointment of a special master
December 02, 2022 at 00:58
He was appointed by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee in Florida who was instructed by the appeals court Thursday to dismiss the case. The 11th Circuit rebuked Cannon for getting involved in the first placeThe appeals court was critical of...
Americans have low expectations for the next Congress, new poll finds
December 01, 2022 at 23:03
CNN —Most Americans don’t expect Washington to accomplish much in the next two years, a new poll finds. At the same time, another new survey finds a broad public consensus in support of some congressional actions – particularly to lower the costs of prescri...
Federal judge orders former top lawyers in Trump's White House to testify in criminal grand jury probe
December 01, 2022 at 22:01
CNN —A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort to overturn the 202...