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By Andrew Kaczynski and Curt Devine, CNN (CNN) — Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, voiced support for revisiting Supreme Court decisions that struck down restrictions on the use of contraception, barred bans on gay sex and legalized same sex marriages, according to a CNN review of his prior public statements. On a

By Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing the Fulton County election racketeering case declined Tuesday to send one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants to jail over recent social media posts and other comments he made targeting witnesses. Judge Scott McAfee said that while the defendant, Harrison Floyd, made “technical

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals in a 14th Amendment challenge to former President Donald Trump’s candidacy and scheduled oral arguments for December 6. Trump’s team and the group trying to remove him from the Colorado ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” appealed different

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It was kind of funny when whoever posts Instagram photos for Joe Biden celebrated the president’s birthday this week with an image of Biden smiling in front of a cake with a bonfire of candles – presumably 81 – on top of it. “Turns out on

By John King, CNN Detroit, Michigan (CNN) — Midterms are over and finals are just ahead in a semester that included a big new experiment for Wayne State sophomore Maya Siegmann: “I joined the breakdancing club.” “I’m learning a new skill,” Siegmann said with a smile. “That kind of shocks people a little bit. Unexpected. But it’s

By Lauren Fox and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden made an urgent plea over the weekend for US support to bolster Ukraine and Israel at a time of war, saying the world faces “an inflection point” that could set the course for the next generation. But on Capitol Hill, the prospects of

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Staring down another frigid winter and desperate to keep the lights on, Ukraine’s power grid operator has surreptitiously imported custom-built equipment designed to withstand Russian electronic warfare attacks with the help of US officials, CNN has learned. Engineers at US tech giant Cisco spent weeks building and stress-testing the new gear in

By Melanie Zanona and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump Monday night at Mar-a-Lago, according to a GOP source familiar with the meeting. Johnson was at Mar-a-Lago for a fundraiser for GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida, according to two Trump advisers. Johnson and Trump met briefly, the

By Holmes Lybrand and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — A Utah man was arrested after allegedly making threats against a pro-Palestinian group in the US, the Justice Department announced Monday. Court records say Kevin Buchanan of Tooele, Utah, called a Palestinian rights group in Washington, DC, and left multiple threatening voicemails, saying: “We know who you are,

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act – likely setting up another Supreme Court showdown over one of the nation’s landmark civil rights laws. In a ruling that springs from an Arkansas redistricting case, the 8th US Circuit

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The first presidential debate is set for mid-September 2024, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday, setting up the earliest ever start to the presidential debate schedule. The bipartisan commission, which has sponsored every general election presidential debate since its founding in 1987, will host three next year, with

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House – and President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign – are eager to promote dropping prices on everything from gas to the cost of turkey this Thanksgiving as they look to convince skeptical Americans that the president’s policies are paying off for their pocketbooks. White House chief

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a key tool used to enforce the Voting Rights Act – possibly setting up another Supreme Court showdown over one of the nation’s landmark civil rights laws. In a ruling that springs from an Arkansas redistricting case, the 8th US Circuit

By Clare Foran and Molly English, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Tony Cardenas of California won’t seek reelection in 2024. Cardenas’ district, California’s 29th, is in the San Fernando Valley and is solidly blue. The congressman has represented the Los Angeles County district since 2013. The move makes Cardenas the latest in a string of

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited Kyiv on Monday, in a surprise trip to Ukraine to reemphasize the US’ support for the embattled country amid other pressing challenges abroad. “The message that I bring you today, Mr. President, is the United States of America is with you,” Austin

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Liberty arrived at the White House seeking justice. President Joe Biden presided over the annual White House Thanksgiving tradition of the turkey pardon Monday, sparing Liberty, a 42.5-pound turkey, and Bell, 42.1 pounds, in a brief respite from the global crises facing his administration. Liberty and Bell were roasted

By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is marking his 81st birthday milestone Monday with a low-key family celebration as he braces for a strenuous election year ahead. But even as the first family keeps the celebrations muted and out-of-sight, the moment nevertheless highlights his greatest campaign liability – his advanced

By Alex Marquardt and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — A recent draft of a possible deal to secure the release of hostages that Hamas is holding in Gaza proposes a four- to five-day pause in fighting for the initial release of 50 hostages, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN. An agreement has yet to

CNN By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to the Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side

CNN By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to The Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side

CNN, WXIA By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to The Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Sunday refused to directly condemn Elon Musk for publicly endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists. The Florida governor first told CNN’s Jake Tapper he did not see the comment, which Musk responded to on X Wednesday, but said Musk has

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is marking his 81st birthday milestone Monday with a low-key family celebration as he braces for a strenuous election year ahead. But even as the first family keeps the celebrations muted and out-of-sight, the moment nevertheless highlights his greatest campaign liability – his

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will test the limits of his free speech rights Monday when he argues to a Washington, DC, appeals court that a gag order placed on him in his federal election subversion criminal case is not constitutionally sound. The high-stakes hearing before the US DC Circuit

By Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Gary Peters already had what seemed like an impossible task: Holding Democrats’ razor-thin Senate majority while defending twice as many incumbents as Republicans – all with limited pick-up opportunities and with two Democrats at risk in states former President Donald Trump won in 2020. Then, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced

By Priscilla Alvarez and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Negotiations to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas are close and the disagreements among parties have narrowed amid intensive talks, deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday. “We think that we are closer than we have been perhaps at any point since these negotiations began

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden tends to brush off bad polls and insist that there are eight that show him beating Donald Trump for every two that show him losing. Vice President Kamala Harris, confronted with those same polls, is much less dismissive. “We’re going to have to earn our reelect, there’s no

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday visited Texas near the US-Mexico border as he escalates his anti-immigrant rhetoric and campaigns on hard-line immigration policy proposals. During the visit, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination received the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “We need Donald J. Trump

By Aileen Graef, Priscilla Alvarez and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called for a stop to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank in an op-ed published Saturday, signaling that the US is prepared to issue visa bans, and again committed to pursuing a state for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. “This much is

By Alayna Treene and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Saturday, a day after a Colorado court rejected efforts to ban him from the state’s 2024 ballot. While the Colorado judge ruled Friday that Trump “engaged in an insurrection,” she found that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. “Today,

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is setting up a legal defense fund as the FBI and the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York continue a wide-ranging public corruption investigation into his 2021 campaign. Unlike typical campaign donation accounts, the fund will be monitored by

By Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team wrapped up the first week of his defense case in the New York civil fraud trial as it continues to build the former president’s defense around experts who offered a different interpretation of the rules the attorney general says Trump and his business

CNN Analysis by Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Friday said she did not agree with former President Donald Trump’s recent remark referring to his political opponents as “vermin.” “The reality is I don’t agree with that statement any more than I agree when he said Hezbollah was smart,

By Veronica Stracqualursi and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — GOP presidential candidates Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy shared their wives’ experiences with miscarriages at the Family Leader Thanksgiving forum on Friday. “Unfortunately, we lost that first baby,” DeSantis said, describing how he and his wife, Casey, struggled to grow their family. “And it

CNN Analysis by Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump “engaged in an insurrection” on January 6, 2021, but rejected an attempt to remove him from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, finding that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. The major decision issued Friday by Colorado

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The families of two Americans detained in Afghanistan hope to ratchet up pressure on the Biden administration to do more to get their loved ones home after more than a year. Ryan Corbett and Mahmood Shah Habibi were both detained in Afghanistan in August 2022, a year after the

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors want the Georgia election subversion trial of Donald Trump and his co-defendants to begin on August 5, 2024, directly in the middle of the presidential election campaign. “This proposed trial date balances potential delays from Defendant Trump’s other criminal trials in sister sovereigns and the other

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will publicly release all Capitol Hill security footage from January 6, 2021, that does not contain sensitive information, in a move to please his right-wing members. GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has led the charge in pushing party leadership – beginning with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has entered hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. “She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family. The Carter family continues to ask for privacy and remains grateful for the outpouring of love and

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is sharpening his attacks against former President Donald Trump – in public and, even more so, in private – as recent polls show warning signs for the Democrat in their possible rematch next fall. Biden personally wanted to speak out this week after Trump

By Alex Marquardt, Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has demanded that Israel stop flying surveillance drones over Gaza as part of its request that Israel pause its military operations in exchange for freeing hostages held by the terrorist group, according to two Israeli officials and a third source familiar with the

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s likely Democratic primary voters still mostly plan to vote for President Joe Biden, even though his name won’t appear on their primary ballots in January, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. And most of those likely Democratic

By Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican, introduced a resolution Friday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos of New York from Congress, one day after the Ethics Committee released a damning report on its investigation into Santos. Lawmakers are expected to address the resolution at

By Alayna Treene, Veronica Stracqualursi and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Three Republican presidential candidates gathered Friday at a proverbial Thanksgiving dinner in Iowa for a “family discussion” that falls in the middle of an increasingly contentious primary. Shoulder-to-shoulder, rather than separated by podiums on a debate stage, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and

By Jalen Beckford and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the stopgap spending bill into law, averting a shutdown for now and setting up a contentious fight over funding in the new year. The measure, which passed both chambers with bipartisan support in a major victory for House Speaker Mike

By Rene Marsh and Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education has launched investigations into seven schools, including Cornell University, Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania, after receiving complaints about alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia. The investigations include five antisemitism cases and two Islamophobia cases. They are the first investigations of this kind by

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — A massive operation to detain and deport undocumented immigrants. A purge of the federal workforce of anyone deemed disloyal. Wielding the power of federal law enforcement against political enemies. As he seeks a return to the Oval Office, former President Donald Trump and his allies have promised a sweeping

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Florida law that limits drag shows in the state will remain blocked, the Supreme Court said Thursday, dealing a blow to a key initiative championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Florida had asked the high court to narrow a lower court’s injunction that stopped the law from

By Ben Finley and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Nevada’s attorney general is investigating individuals who acted as fake electors in the state following the 2020 election, a source close to the investigation told CNN. As part of the plot, six Republicans signed false Electoral College certificates in December 2020 for then-President Donald Trump, who

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court judge on Thursday temporarily lifted the gag order placed on Donald Trump and his attorneys in his civil fraud trial following an emergency hearing. Associate Justice David Friedman of the First Judicial Department ruled from the bench. In a written order, the judge said:

By Jeffrey Kopp, Veronica Miracle and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A jury has found David DePape guilty on two counts in the violent attack on Paul Pelosi, the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, last year in the couple’s San Francisco home. DePape was convicted in federal court of one count of

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man who attacked Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, apartment complex earlier this year was sentenced on Thursday to 27 months in prison. Kendrid Hamlin pleaded guilty in June to three counts, including assaulting a member of Congress as well as assaulting two law enforcement officers. During

CNN By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump maintains a significant lead among likely voters in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has moved ahead of Trump’s other rivals and holds second place, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur is not expected to charge anyone in connection with the mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to President Joe Biden, two sources close to the investigation told CNN. Hur and his team are compiling a detailed report on their year-long probe that is

By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors urged a judge to reject Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss criminal charges related to a hush money payment, saying the former president is trying to use his political power to evade accountability. Prosecutors also said while investigating the hush money case this year that they gleaned new information

By Fredreka Schouten, Annie Grayer, Kristin Wilson and Marshall Cohen, CNN The House Ethics Committee released a scathing report Thursday about embattled New York Rep. George Santos, finding evidence he broke federal laws, stole from his campaign and delivered a “constant series of lies” to voters and donors on his way to winning a US

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan said Thursday that he will not seek re-election next year, citing his recent battle with cancer. “There are times in all our lives that make you reassess your own future and path. For me, being diagnosed with cancer earlier

By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s racketeering case over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia has issued a protective order on sensitive discovery materials in the case. In his order, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote that a protective order was

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Tim Scott’s loss appears to be Nikki Haley’s gain. Several of Scott’s financial backers have quickly pivoted to Haley in the days since the South Carolina senator ended his bid for the White House, as Haley jockeys with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to become the alternative to former President Donald Trump,

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump maintains a significant lead among likely voters in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has moved ahead of Trump’s other rivals and holds second place, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of

By Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. George Santos said Thursday he would not seek reelection next year after the House Ethics Committee’s investigation concluded there is “substantial evidence” that he used campaign funds for personal purposes. “I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will

CNN By Haley Talbot, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest, a Mississippi Republican, introduced a resolution Friday to expel GOP Rep. George Santos of New York from Congress, one day after the Ethics Committee released a damning report on its investigation into Santos. Lawmakers are expected to address the resolution

By Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. George Santos announced he will not seek reelection to the House next year, following the Ethics Committee’s release of a long-awaited report on Thursday, which concluded that there is “substantial evidence” that the New York congressman used campaign funds for personal purposes.

By CNN staff (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee on Thursday released its report on its investigation into Republican Rep. George Santos of New York. Read the House committee’s report here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Republican Senators Tommy Tuberville and Mike Lee maintained the Alabama Republican’s hold on military nominations despite a group of Republican senators who attempted to push through nominations when they returned to the Senate floor in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Sens. Dan Sullivan, Joni Ernst, Lindsay Graham and

CNN By Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement clashed with protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday night, the latest eruption of tensions across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House

By Daniel Strauss and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Less than three months ago, Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was gaining traction in the polls, backed by a populist outsider message and an attention-grabbing performance at the first primary debate. Today, the Ohio entrepreneur is still stuck in the single digits in a thinning GOP primary pack.

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Ginger Goepper only spoke to Ron DeSantis for 15 seconds in the summer of 2018, but the environmental advocate managed to secure an on-camera pledge from the Republican to ban fracking in Florida if he became governor. He kept that promise after he won. More than five years later, Goepper was “shocked” and “irritated”

By Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement clashed with protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war outside of the Washington headquarters of the Democratic National Committee Wednesday night, the latest eruption of tensions across the country over the Israel-Hamas war. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority

CNN By Donald Judd, CNN Woodside, California (CNN) — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he still believes Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator, even as the two leaders made progress in their relationship during a meeting outside San Francisco. “Well, look, he’s a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Closing arguments wrapped up Wednesday in Donald Trump’s disqualification trial in Colorado, paving the way for a state judge to decide by the end of this week whether the former president is barred from office under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace is expected to

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Wednesday wouldn’t rule out a departure from the Democratic Party, saying he’s never considered himself “a Washington Democrat” as he weighs a potential presidential run. “I’ve never considered myself a Washington Democrat. I’ve been a very independent person,” Manchin told CNN’s Kaitlan

By Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to endorse Donald Trump on Sunday, during an anticipated visit from the former president to the border city of McAllen, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The endorsement would be a major boon to the Trump campaign, especially

By Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday to jail Harrison Floyd, who is charged in the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia, because of his alleged “effort to intimidate codefendants and witnesses,” according to court filings. This is the first time Fulton County District Attorney Fani

By Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN GOP Rep. Michael Guest, the chairman of the House Ethics Committee, told CNN that there would not be a recommendation on whether to expel Rep. George Santos from the House in the panel’s long-awaited report on his conduct. The decision to avoid an explicit recommendation could make it

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani plans to testify in his own defense at an upcoming civil trial over how much he must pay two women he defamed in Georgia while spreading disinformation about the 2020 election. Giuliani’s disclosure that he planned to take the stand in the Washington, DC, courtroom at the

By Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee said Wednesday that he plans to bar the public release of “sensitive” evidence in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and over a dozen others after key video evidence was leaked earlier this week.

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s humanitarian agency will resume food assistance to Ethiopia next month after suspending it earlier this year, the agency’s spokesperson announced Tuesday. In June, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) suspended the aid nationwide after determining “that a widespread and coordinated campaign is diverting food assistance from the

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire will hold its “first-in-the-nation” presidential primary on January 23 next year, putting the state at odds with national Democrats and President Joe Biden, who will not be on the primary ballot. New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan made the announcement Wednesday at the statehouse in Concord. “We

By David Wright and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Eugene Vindman, the twin brother of retired US Army Col. Alexander Vindman – one of the high-profile witnesses during former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment – is set to announce plans to run for Congress, according to a source familiar with his plans. Vindman will be

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US warship shot down a drone that is believed to have originated from Yemen in the Red Sea on Wednesday, according to two US officials. The USS Thomas Hudner, an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, engaged a drone that originated from Yemen on Wednesday and was heading

By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Senate on Wednesday passed a stopgap bill to keep the government open, averting a shutdown for now while setting up a contentious fight over funding in the new year. The bill was approved by the House on Tuesday and will now be sent

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s latest slate of judicial nominations includes a New York-based litigator who would be the first Muslim American to serve on any federal appeals court, the White House announced Wednesday. The nomination of Adeel Mangi to the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals underscores Biden’s stated goal

By Kara Scannell and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden is asking a federal judge for permission to subpoena former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General Bill Barr and other Justice Department officials in his criminal gun case. “Mr. Biden seeks specific information from three former DOJ officials and the former President that goes

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill that would make it a new state crime for entering Texas illegally and gives local law enforcement the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the United States, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy announced Wednesday she was entering her state’s Democratic Senate primary, kicking off what could be a fierce intraparty contest against indicted incumbent Bob Menendez, who has yet to say whether he’s running for reelection, and progressive Rep. Andy Kim, with the potential for other

CNN, WSB By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — As Kerry Singleton looks ahead to the next presidential election, he’s thinking back to the excitement he felt when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited the historic grounds of Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College. “I remember the energy that was here on

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — As Kerry Singleton looks ahead to the next presidential election, he’s thinking back to the excitement he felt when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited the historic grounds of Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College. “I remember the energy that was here on campus that

CNN, WSB By Mary Kay Mallonee and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Fani Willis on Tuesday said she expects a trial in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies would be ongoing during the 2024 election and may not conclude until early 2025. “I believe in that

By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Woodside, California (CNN) — US President Joe Biden emerged Wednesday from four hours of talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping confident the fraught US-China relationship was improving, touting agreements on curbing fentanyl production and restoring military communication while still acknowledging that deep strains remain. Biden said he and

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday told campaign donors that his likely 2024 opponent Donald Trump was using language similar to the Nazis and would use his presidency for “revenge and retribution” if elected to another term. “There’s a lot of reasons to be against Donald Trump,” Biden told donors

By Aaron Pellish and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday said she would push for social media users to identify by their legal names online, drawing pushback from her GOP rivals Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. “Every person on social media should be verified by their name. It’s a

By Mary Kay Mallonee and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Fani Willis on Tuesday said she expects a trial in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump and his allies would be ongoing during the 2024 election and may not conclude until early 2025. “I believe in that case there

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to avoid a government shutdown by relying on Democratic votes will not cost him the gavel, despite it being the exact same strategy that got Kevin McCarthy the boot, according to interviews with over a dozen members from across the House Republican

By Morgan Rimmer and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president, becoming the highest-ranking Republican so far to back the former president’s 2024 bid. “I’m all in for President Trump, I expect he’ll be our nominee, and he’s going to win it, and we have

CNN By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN San Francisco (CNN) — US officials encountered a remarkable – even unprecedented – level of concern from their Beijing counterparts over how Chinese President Xi Jinping would be treated during his brief visit to the United States this week, people familiar with the matter said. Over months