How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. Sinema’s interests...

In pictures: WNBA Star Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner, a WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, December 8. She was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a source familiar...

5 takeaways from Georgia's Senate runoff

Since November 2020, Warnock has been the leading vote-getter in four consecutive Georgia Senate elections. But because of state law requiring statewide candidates to get a majority to win a general election, Warnock had to double the feat in both his 2020...

Trump faces yet another reckoning in Georgia

CNN —Donald Trump is 0-for-an awful lot in Georgia since 2016. On Tuesday, Trump’s run of Georgia futility could continue unless Heisman Trophy-winning ex-Georgia running back Herschel Walker can drag the MAGA banner over the line. The Georgia Senate runoff...

How Donald Trump is helping Raphael Warnock in Georgia

Brian Kemp cruised to reelection, while his preferred Senate candidate, Herschel Walker, was forced into a runoff with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. To understand the Trump impact on Georgia, take a look at the CNN/SSRS poll of the Senate runoff released...

What we know about Georgia voters ahead of Senate runoff

Black voters have made up nearly a third of the early electorate so far, while more than a quarter of voters so far are under 50. Georgians had only five mandatory days of early voting this year, compared with three weeks during the last runoff and for last...

In pictures: Biden hosts Macron for state dinner

US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, as they arrive for a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, December 1. Produced by CNN Digital's Photo TeamPresi...

Americans have low expectations for the next Congress, new poll finds

CNN —Most Americans don’t expect Washington to accomplish much in the next two years, a new poll finds. At the same time, another new survey finds a broad public consensus in support of some congressional actions – particularly to lower the costs of prescri...