Category: Politics

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Incoming GOP rep vows to support only McCarthy for Speaker Incoming Republican Congressman-elect Mike Lawler of New York tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that “I am confident that Kevin McCarthy will have the 218 votes on January 3 to become Speaker.” 06:43 – Source: CNN Stories worth watching 16 videos Incoming GOP rep vows to support…

GOP Strategist: If we nominate Trump, Biden will probably win re-election On CNN’s State of the Union, Jake Tapper speaks to Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, Republican strategist Scott Jennings, Democratic strategist Karen Finney, and CNN Political Commentator Jonah Goldberg about the upcoming Georgia Senate runoff election and the newly proposed Democratic primary schedule that…

Washington CNN  —  Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said Sunday that “of course” the Buckeye State was still a swing state, brushing off concerns about a 2024 reelection bid after Republican J.D. Vance won the state’s other Senate seat last month. “I’m not worried. … I know it’s a challenge always, but I’m going…

CNN  —  House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats met behind closed…

CNN  —  A superior court judge in Georgia has ordered Cobb County to extend its deadline for accepting absentee ballots in the US Senate runoff after a lawsuit claimed that numerous voters who had applied for absentee ballots had not received them. The suit, brought by the Southern Poverty Law Center and ACLU, cited specific…

CNN  —  Lawyers for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio revealed in court Friday that they plan to argue during their December seditious conspiracy trial that the far-right extremist group was in touch with law enforcement about their plans to rally in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. Tarrio spoke with Metropolitan Police Lt. Shane Lamond…

In pictures: Biden hosts Macron for state dinner 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 on Thursday, December 1. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Updated 11:54 PM EST, Fri December 2, 2022 Produced by…

Washington CNN  —  The Biden administration is seriously considering an asylum proposal that would bar migrants from seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border if they could have received refuge in another country they passed through, mirroring Trump-era asylum limits, according to two sources familiar with discussions. Officials are bracing for an influx of migrants trying…

CNN  —  Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia, was able to call home Friday after more than a week without contact with his family, his brother David said. Paul was also able to speak with the US Embassy in Moscow and informed them he had returned to his normal penal colony from a prison…