Judge rejects Proud Boys’ First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case
A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges.
US and Russia to talk Ukraine and security issues next month
US and Russian officials have agreed to sit down for security talks on January 10, a spokesman for the National Security Council confirmed Tuesday.
January 6 committee eyes interim report by summer 2022
The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot is working toward a goal of releasing an interim report with initial findings by the summer, a committee aide told CNN, and that a final report would follow in fall 2022.
Justice Department boosts funds to cities to battle rise in crime
The Justice Department is closing out the year with a surge in grants for public safety programs in cities across the country, including many grappling with a dramatic rise in violent crime.
Biden signs annual defense bill
President Joe Biden signed the vital National Defense Authorization Act military funding bill, passed earlier this month by Congress, into law Monday morning.
Candace Owens tries to explain away Trump’s truthful vaccine remark
Conservative commentator Candace Owens spoke to her followers and tried to explain away former President Trump touting the effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccines.
Two lawmakers say their bipartisan friendship a model for overcoming ‘toxic’ year in Washington
Two Michigan lawmakers from opposite sides of the aisle came together to urge the importance of unity and kindness after a "toxic" year in Washington and across the country.
Biden to address governors as Covid caseloads soar
President Joe Biden will confer with the nation's governors on Monday as a wave of Covid-19, driven by the heavily transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, crashes across the country and drives caseloads to record levels in areas of the Northeast.
Trump and the January 6 committee are now locked in a full-on confrontation
Nearly a year after his failed coup attempt, Donald Trump's habit of putting his own political gain over truth is playing out again as the ex-commander-in-chief and his associates seek to delay and defy the House select committee probing the January 6 insurrection.
Insurrection, inauguration and Covid: The top political stories of 2021
CNN's Jim Acosta takes a look back at the largest political stories from 2021.