Category Archives: Political News

By Lydia DePillis Many businesses got a big Christmas present this year when Congress passed a tax bill. But the gift was particularly generous for one industry: Alcohol. Under a provision that origin...

By Lauren Fox, Deirdre Walsh and Phil Mattingly CNN Republicans are trying to avoid a government shutdown just days ahead of the holidays, but passing a funding bill will require the party to go it al...

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) says President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner deserves to be a target of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. [van id=R...

Take a look back at some of the major moments from Trump’s inauguration through to his big tax bill push.[van id=”politics/2017/12/19/first-year-trump-vstan-orig-bw.cnn”]

Donald Trump Jr. suggested the investigation around his father’s campaign was fueled by a conspiracy of people high up in the government who want to block the President’s agenda.[van id=&#...

Ten days after a Washington Post report claimed U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski subjected six women clerks or interns to inappropriate sexual conduct, the judge says he will R...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Donald Trump to thank him for a CIA tip that helped foil a planned ISIS-inspired terror attack in Russia. CNN’s Nic Robertson has more on the ca...

By Tami Luhby Time is running out to sign up for Obamacare for 2018. Open enrollment ends at 11:59 p.m. on December 15 for residents in the 39 states that use the federal exchange, healthcare.gov. Mor...

With voting underway, CNN’s Kaylee Hartung and the NYT’s Jonathan Martin are talking to folks on the ground in Alabama. [van id=”tv/2017/12/12/ip-kaylee-hartung-jonathan-martin.cnn&#...

[van id=”us/2017/12/11/port-authority-explosion-lc-orig.cnn”] Officials say Akayed Ullah, 27, is suspected of detonating an explosive device in an attempted terrorist attack in New York Ci...