Homes of McConnell and Pelosi are vandalized
By Chuck Johnston, Jamie Crawford, Elizabeth Joseph and Cara-Lynn Clarkson, CNN The homes of the two highest-ranking members of Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — have been…
Larry King has been hospitalized with Covid-19
By Dakin Andone and Brad Parks, CNN Legendary talk show host and former CNN interviewer Larry King has Covid-19, according to a source close to the family.
Bitcoin soars past $33,000, its highest ever
By Shannon Liao, CNN Business Bitcoin has been flirting with the $30,000 mark for weeks, and finally passed that record-setting level Saturday. The virtual currency is now valued at above $33,000, an all-time high.
Nearly a dozen Republican senators announce plans to vote against counting electoral votes
By Jake Tapper, Lauren Fox and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Nearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is expected to…
Delayed AG pick raises pressure on Biden to field a diverse leadership team at Justice Department
By Jessica Schneider and Christina Carrega, CNN The longer that President-elect Joe Biden takes to select his pick for US attorney general, the more pressure builds on him to staff his Justice Department with a diverse…
Staying Apart, Together: Tiny, manageable resolutions for 2021
2021 is not the year for major New Year’s resolutions. After the year we’ve had, let’s not be too hard on ourselves.
'Everything is at stake': How abortion became a key issue in the Georgia Senate runoffs
By Caroline Kelly, CNN Both opponents and supporters of abortion rights are investing heavily in the Georgia Senate runoff election next week, underscoring in their get-out-the-vote and fundraising efforts the crucial…
The Sunrise Movement is an early winner in the Biden transition. Now comes the hard part.
By Gregory Krieg, CNN The Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the formative days of President-elect Joe Biden's…
Concern mounts over government cyber agency's struggle to respond to hack fallout
By Zachary Cohen, Vivian Salama and Brian Fung, CNN With Microsoft acknowledging for the first time this past week that suspected Russian hackers behind a massive government security breach also gained access to its source…
These are the volunteers who drove across the country to register voters in the Georgia runoff
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN It took one text from a friend to convince Graco Hernandez to drive thousands of miles to help in Georgia's election.