The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN's lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this two-hour long weekd

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Tyre Nichols’ mother calls for justice ahead of the release of the video which is being described as

Tyre Nichols is the latest high-profile case of police brutality to result in murder charges. Five f

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A lawyer for Mike Pence found approximately a dozen classified documents at the former VP's Indiana

36 mass shootings already in 2023 in the United States and we are not even a full month into the yea

The U.S. tries to push Germany to give some Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine while holding back the Americ

The fight over the debt ceiling could cause a global economic crisis including higher mortgage and c

A helicopter crashes outside of a kindergarten in the suburbs of Kyiv and a Ukrainian cabinet minist

One city, four homes, each one shot at. Police say a candidate who lost his election in New Mexico t

Turns out the White House did not keep a visitors log for guests at President Biden’s private Wilmin

The White House's refusal to answer questions is not going to stop the questions from mounting. Why

Attorney General Merrick Garland has named former Trump U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel

The FAA is trying to get flights back on track after a pilot notification system failed causing thou

The House GOP passes a bill to roll back $80 billion in funding for the IRS. Rep. Mike Johnson of th

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy scrambles to ensure support for a new rules package. Plus, a college ar

It is day four of the standoff over the House speakership and for the first time this week there are

In what is now the longest speaker contest in 164 years, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has suffered his 10th d

The House has adjourned after Rep. Kevin McCarthy fails on his sixth attempt to win a majority of vo

For the first time since 1923, the vote for House speaker has gone to multiple ballots leaving Rep.

Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker comes down to the wire and a group of Republican hard l