Voters in Milwaukee have elected Cavalier Johnson as the city's next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson, a Democrat who currently serves as the city's acting mayor, is the first African American elected to the post.
Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Gibbs said on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection and will instead retire as he expressed frustration with redistricting in his state.
The US Justice Department is charging Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, the first criminal charges against an oligarch since Russia invaded Ukraine.
A 5-4 Supreme Court reinstated a Trump-era rule Wednesday that restricts the authority of states to reject federal permits under the Clean Water Act in another ruling putting the court's emergency docket in the spotlight.
President Joe Biden declared "major war crimes" were being discovered in Ukraine as Russian forces retreat from areas around Kyiv, citing scenes of brutal, cold-blooded executions as rationale for ratcheting up US sanctions on Moscow.
The news that Elon Musk is now the single-largest holder of Twitter shares and is set to join the social media giant's board is interesting for lots (and lots) of reasons.
A group of veteran political operatives has launched a new organization to help recruit and support Republican women seeking to run for governor in 2022 and beyond, CNN has exclusively learned.
Six candidates were vying to replace former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who resigned to work for former President Donald Trump's new media and technology group. But county officials were still tallying the ballots from the district that covers portions of Fresno and Tulare counties.
The House voted Wednesday to recommend two former advisers to former President Donald Trump be referred to the Department of Justice on criminal contempt of Congress charges.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not necessarily given up on trying to capture the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, even as Russia has shifted its focus in recent days to southern and eastern Ukraine, according to US and Western officials.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly pointed to the case of a family in the state's Leon County to explain the need for a controversial new law, dubbed by critics the "Don't Say Gay" bill, that bans schools from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity, particularly to young children.
The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained a cache of emails that right-wing lawyer John Eastman had sought to keep secret.
Two Republican state lawmakers in Ohio have introduced a bill that in many ways mirrors Florida's controversial law that critics have dubbed "Don't Say Gay" legislation.
Republicans had already been agitating over the Biden administration's policies at the border -- and then in came Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Senate Republicans blocked an effort on Tuesday to take up a $10 billion Covid relief deal over demands for votes on amendments -- including one to target the Biden administration's Title 42 immigration decision -- a sign that more aid to deal with the pandemic could be delayed for weeks.
The ex-wife of Missouri Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photographs of injuries to their child in 2019 and other documentation of Greitens' alleged abuse.
The US will announce new sanctions on Russia Wednesday in coordination with Group of 7 nations and the European Union, according to an administration official.
Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger is sick and tired of what he is hearing -- and not hearing -- from some of his Republican colleagues when it comes to Russia and authoritarian ruler Vladimir Putin.
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