This year’s tax season is critical to the debt ceiling debate. Here’s why.
Just how much longer the federal government can keep paying its bills on time and in full depends greatly on…
McCarthy makes plea for Republicans to back debt ceiling plan
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling…
Lawmakers return to Washington as debt limit crisis and other key issues loom
Lawmakers face a lengthy to-do list as they return to the Capitol after a two-week recess to confront a series…
Media organizations sue for Capitol Hill surveillance tapes that McCarthy gave to Fox News
Nine national media organizations, including CNN, are suing for access to Capitol Hill surveillance tapes of January 6, 2021, that…
Early struggles of new House Republican majority raise anxiety over high-stakes fights to come
As House Republicans prepared to pass a parental rights bill -- a signature plank of their governing agenda -- GOP…
April 5, 2023 The latest on Trump’s historic indictment
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony criminal charges of falsifying business records Tuesday in a historic…
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met…
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California in a highly anticipated event. CNN's Fareed…
Taiwan President Tsai and Speaker McCarthy set to meet
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set for a highly anticipated meeting in California on…
Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud
The charges are not publicly known at this time. Trump will likely be arraigned early next week, his defense attorney…
A tense exchange on Capitol Hill that perfectly captures America’s divide on guns
It took just two minutes to encapsulate America's hopeless estrangement on guns.