CNN's Harry Enten explains why Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's election to the US Senate from deep red West Virginia makes him one of the most powerful members of Congress.

Chuck Hagel, former Republican senator and defense secretary under former President Barack Obama, talks to CNN's Jim Acosta about former President Donald's Trump's scrutiny of President Joe Biden's timeline for withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan.

On CNN's State of the Union with Dana Bash, National security adviser Jake Sullivan responds to criticism from Democrats over the Biden administration's mixed messages on rolling back Trump-era limits on refugees.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells CNN's Dana Bash that President Biden believes the United States accomplished its goal of degrading Al Qaeda and that the time is right to leave Afghanistan.

Democratic Rep. Karen Bass of California tells CNN's Dana Bash that she's concerned what might happen in Minneapolis if former police officer Derek Chauvin isn't convicted of murdering George Floyd.