Politics

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia for more than five years, told CNN Tuesday that opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s death in Russian prison last month is “extremely worrying” for him. “I can’t say too much for obvious reasons, but one thing I will say is that if they can get

By Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — In a longshot bid, former President Donald Trump is asking the judge overseeing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against him to significantly reduce the $83.3 million jury award or grant a new trial. Trump argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan wrongly prohibited him from defending himself during his

CNN By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will leave the Senate at the end of her term this year, a move that will shake up the battle for control of the chamber in November and remove a key player who has been central

By Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorneys in the sprawling Georgia election subversion and racketeering case against Donald Trump and allies are asking a judge to allow additional evidence in their efforts to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office from prosecuting the case. Judge Scott

By Manu Raju, Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona independent, announced Tuesday she will leave the Senate at the end of her term this year, a move that will shake up the battle for control of the chamber in November and remove a key player who has been central to

By Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education imposed a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, a Christian college located in Virginia, over violations of a campus safety law, officials said Tuesday. The Department of Education said it was the largest fine ever imposed for violating the Clery Act, which requires colleges

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Top State Department official Victoria Nuland will retire in the coming weeks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday. Nuland departs her role as undersecretary of state for political affairs – where she played a key role in the US response to the war in Ukraine – as funding

By Christopher Hickey, CNN (CNN) — At one point or another, voters in 42 different states have cast ballots in a presidential primary or caucus on a Super Tuesday. Sixteen of those states are holding elections today — the most since 2008, when two dozen states held contests on that year’s Super Tuesday. Super Tuesday

By Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that part of Florida’s anti-“woke” law infringes on the free speech rights of employers. “The government cannot favor some viewpoints over others without inviting First Amendment scrutiny,” the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling Monday. The Individual

By Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The beginning of the end of the 2024 presidential primaries starts Tuesday, when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to all but clinch a rematch of their 2020 contest eight months ahead of the November general election. There will be contests in

CNN By Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot, continued proposing ways to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, according to texts and emails made public Monday as part of a lawsuit.

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An Air Force employee has been charged with sharing classified information on a foreign dating website after prosecutors say he sent sensitive information about Russia’s war in Ukraine to a person who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine. Prosecutors say 63-year-old David Franklin Slater, a retired Army

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota’s Republican presidential caucuses, CNN projects, claiming one final boost before the campaign expands to 15 states on Super Tuesday. It is the former president’s third straight primary victory in the state. He ran unopposed in 2020 after defeating Texas Sen. Ted

CNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. She chastised her colleagues on the right for breaking significant – and in her mind unnecessary – ground

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. She chastised her colleagues on the right for breaking significant – and in her mind unnecessary – ground in the

CNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett packed two very different messages into her one-page opinion on Monday as the Supreme Court declared states could not toss former President Donald Trump off the ballot. She chastised her colleagues on the right for breaking significant – and in her mind unnecessary – ground

By Marshall Cohen and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot, continued proposing ways to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, according to texts and emails made public Monday as part of a lawsuit. The

CNN By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — As former President Donald Trump gears up for a costly general election campaign with President Joe Biden and faces staggering legal expenses of his own, his campaign is actively working to keep costs in check. Senior adviser Susie Wiles has privately joked that the campaign staff

By John Fritze and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily froze enforcement of Texas’ controversial immigration law that allows state law enforcement to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. Justice Samuel Alito issued the administrative hold, which will block the law from taking effect until

By Ethan Cohen, Amy O’Kruk and Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — She’s won just a single contest so far – the primary in Washington, DC – but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley still thinks she has a role to play in the Republican primary. Haley told NBC she would stay in the race

By Manu Raju, CNN Senate GOP Whip John Thune announced Monday that he is running for Republican leader, setting up a contested battle in the first major shakeup at the top of the Senate GOP hierarchy in nearly two decades. Thune, speaking to Keloland News in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, said that he wants to

By Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant has been subpoenaed to appear before a Georgia state Senate committee hearing on Wednesday as it investigates the actions of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Merchant confirmed to CNN that she had been subpoenaed for the hearing, which will

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — The ruling by Alabama’s state Supreme Court on IVF has set off alarm bells across the country that the issue may be swept up in the war over abortion rights unleashed by the US Supreme Court 2022 Roe v. Wade reversal. Almost every state has a version of

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that former President Donald Trump could not be removed from the ballot in Colorado or any other state – a sweeping and historic ruling that brushed aside a lawsuit claiming that he disqualified himself from office because of his actions

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media pleaded guilty on Monday to willfully retaining and disseminating national defense information. Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to all six counts he faced under the Espionage Act during a

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee has accused the super PAC backing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign of committing additional campaign finance violations on Monday, a further escalation of Democrats’ efforts to diminish Kennedy’s independent White House bid. The DNC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that

CNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment. The

By CNN staff (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment. Read the opinion here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News

By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist clause” included in the 14th Amendment. The opinion

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg admitted on Monday to testifying falsely to the New York attorney general about his knowledge of the size of Donald Trump’s apartment triplex and how the value of that apartment was inflated on Trump’s financial statements for

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Some voters in North Carolina and Alabama are selecting US House candidates Tuesday in contests dramatically reshaped by congressional redistricting in recent months. In North Carolina – where members of the Republican-controlled General Assembly drew a congressional map last fall that heavily favors their party – the GOP is

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — With access that millions of Americans have to preventive care at stake, a conservative federal appeals court on Monday picked apart how the Biden administration has tried to maneuver around the latest significant challenge to Obamacare. The case concerns the Affordable Care Act provision that mandates

By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — The first down-ballot primaries of the year on Super Tuesday are likely to be even more consequential than the day’s presidential contests, which are unlikely to change the trajectory of the Democratic and Republican races. On the ballot Tuesday are primaries for US Senate and governor, but it’s the

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — As former President Donald Trump gears up for a costly general election campaign with President Joe Biden and faces staggering legal expenses of his own, his campaign is actively working to keep costs in check. Senior adviser Susie Wiles has privately joked that the campaign staff call

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington, DC, after three days of voting in the party’s only capital polling location – a downtown hotel. Haley’s victory – her first of the primary – comes on the eve of what is expected to be a decisive

CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday forcefully called for more humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying that people in the region are “starving” in the face of “inhumane” conditions and urging Israel to do more in one of the strongest pushes by a US

By Priscilla Alvarez, Betsy Klein and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday forcefully called for more humanitarian aid into Gaza, saying that people in the region are “starving” in the face of “inhumane” conditions and urging Israel to do more in one of the strongest pushes by a US official

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Top lawmakers unveiled a finalized package of six government funding bills Sunday evening, kicking off a race against the clock to pass the measure ahead of a shutdown deadline at the end of the week. The release of the package – which is backed

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court granted a temporary stay of a lower court’s decision to block the enforcement of a controversial Texas immigration law, paving the way for it to go into effect this week if the Supreme Court doesn’t intervene. Last week, a federal judge in Austin, Texas, blocked

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A defining week in politics will clarify the choice Americans will face in November in a fateful and unprecedented election that is already testing long-held interpretations of the Constitution and the powers of the presidency. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push in Colorado to throw

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court may hand down at least one opinion on Monday, according to a new post on the court’s website. The announcement is certain to drive speculation that the justices are prepared to decide whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to appear on Colorado’s presidential ballot. The

By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested Sunday that Donald Trump “stay out” of the race for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s successor, calling it a “lose-lose situation.” “My advice to President Trump, which President Trump is his own man – he’s going to make his decision, and he does a good

By Camila DeChalus and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas pushed back Sunday on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent remarks that President Joe Biden should use more executive authority to take action on the southern border. “He couldn’t be more wrong,” Mayorkas said of the Republican governor in an interview with

CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Will it end in fire or ice? Texas is still coping with the record-setting Smokehouse Creek Fire which has burned more than 1 million acres, while parts of Northern California were buried this weekend under a raging blizzard. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to

By Aileen Graef and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said Sunday that the killing of innocent people in Gaza “has to stop” and that the United States needs to focus on securing a ceasefire and, eventually, an end to the conflict. “This killing

CNN By Aileen Graef and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, said Sunday that the killing of innocent people in Gaza “has to stop” and that the United States needs to focus on securing a ceasefire and, eventually, an end to the conflict. “This

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won the Republican presidential primary in Washington, DC, after three days of voting in the party’s only capital polling location – a downtown hotel. Haley’s victory – her first of the primary – comes on the eve of what is expected to be a

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley suggested she’s no longer bound by a Republican National Committee pledge to support the eventual nominee, saying that she’ll “make the decision I want to make” when asked whether she would endorse Donald Trump if he secures the nomination. “I mean, at the time

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — In the Republican corner: a right-wing firebrand with a loyal following to match the loathing of partisan rivals. For the Democrats: a moderate with a diverse coalition of support, promising to safeguard democracy and what remains of state abortion protections. The race to become the next governor of North

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Four years after he became the Democratic face of Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, California Rep. Adam Schiff has become the front-runner for a new role: US senator. Ahead of the state’s open primary Tuesday, Schiff has maintained a small but steady lead in the polls, raised the most

By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson swiftly derailed the Senate’s bipartisan aid package for Ukraine, but he’s left the door open to a new proposal emerging in the House. Behind the scenes, Johnson has met privately with House Republicans who have been trying to build support for a new bipartisan foreign aid package that includes

By Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — From the Ambien and Dramamine in millions of bathroom medicine cabinets, to the sugar substitute that makes diet sodas sweet, to the first-ever birth control pill, some of America’s most common medicines and supplements can be traced back to the G.D. Searle pharmaceutical company. Now, more than a century

By Eric Bradner and Daniel Strauss, CNN Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump won all 39 delegates at stake at a Michigan Republican convention Saturday, as officials there sought to move past a leadership battle that has split the state party into rival factions. The party chairman, former Ambassador and Congressman Pete

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Saturday that E. Jean Carroll can’t have it both ways in arguing that he was rich enough for the jury to award her $83.3 million in damages in her defamation trial but now saying he shouldn’t be permitted to delay posting bond because he hasn’t provided evidence

CNN By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden isn’t holding back as her role in her husband’s reelection campaign comes into sharper focus. Though the first lady has offered critiques of Republicans and former President Donald Trump in the past, her remarks at an Atlanta event

By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden isn’t holding back as her role in her husband’s reelection campaign comes into sharper focus. Though the first lady has offered critiques of Republicans and former President Donald Trump in the past, her remarks at an Atlanta event Friday

By Priscilla Alvarez, Samantha Waldenberg and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Israelis have “basically accepted” a six-week ceasefire proposal in Gaza, a senior Biden administration official told reporters Saturday. A second phase would be worked out over those six weeks “to build something more enduring.” The six-week ceasefire would allow for the release of

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — With days to go before its previously announced mid-March deadline of finalizing plans for a third party presidential ticket, No Labels still doesn’t have a candidate or a clear plan — even as it looks to take swings at President Joe Biden that its own officials acknowledge are more potent than accurate. And major potential recruits

By Oren Liebermann and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Jordan air-dropped humanitarian aid into Gaza, US Central Command said Saturday, one day after President Joe Biden asserted the US would pull out “every stop” to get more aid into the besieged coastal enclave. The combined operation by the US Air Force

By Eric Bradner and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Republicans are gathering for their state convention Saturday in Grand Rapids — but also in Battle Creek and Houghton Lake, and potentially in Detroit, too. A months-long Michigan Republican Party leadership battle has spilled into the party’s process of awarding its presidential delegates, with angry

By Steve Contorno and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Raleigh, North Carolina (CNN) — Donald Trump and Republican rival Nikki Haley may have dueling rallies planned for Saturday in North Carolina, but the former president’s appearance will provide an early window into his longer-term strategy beyond the state’s Super Tuesday primary. Of all the states voting Tuesday, North Carolina stands

By Katie Bo Lillis and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Commercial fishermen off the coast of Alaska have found what officials are concerned could be another spy balloon and are bringing it to shore with them, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. FBI agents will meet the fishing vessel when it comes into

By Megan Trimble, Josh Campbell and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers in Oregon have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make possession of a small amount of certain drugs a misdemeanor in the state, moving to re-criminalize substances like fentanyl roughly three years after the state became the first in the nation to de-criminalize the possession and

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden exited the White House residence Friday evening to head to Camp David for the weekend, he was holding a hardcover copy of a newly released book: “Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict.” The book, written by William Ury and published

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Friday sought to delay one of his criminal trials until after the November election and disqualify the district attorney prosecuting another case against the former president, in a split screen that underscored how

By Devan Cole and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump spent the first half of 2024 juggling a busy court and campaign schedule as he defended himself in several criminal cases while also vying for a second term in the White House. After a seven-week trial this spring in Trump’s New York hush money

By Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz, Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys on Friday sought to delay one of his criminal trials until after the November election and disqualify the district attorney prosecuting another case against the former president, in a split screen that underscored how all

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Medicare’s historic drug price negotiation program has survived its first court challenge by a drugmaker. A federal district court judge in Delaware on Friday rejected AstraZeneca’s claims that the negotiation program was unconstitutional and deprived the pharmaceutical company of its protected property interest. AstraZeneca’s Farxiga drug, which treats chronic

By Annie Grayer, CNN James Biden walked lawmakers through the process of receiving two interest free loans from his brother Joe Biden, who at the time was a private citizen, and how he paid those loans back, according to a transcript of the interview shared publicly Friday. Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into the president have questioned

By Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Ongoing talks to reach a ceasefire agreement to halt the fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza by Ramadan appear to still be on track, even after more than 100 Palestinians were killed on Thursday as they tried to access food in Gaza City, according to officials familiar with the discussions.

By Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap bill into law to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. Congress had been confronting a pair of shutdown deadlines on Friday and March 8. To provide additional time for full-year funding bills to be finalized and passed, the stopgap measure

By Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The United States will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip. Speaking in the Oval Office,

By Arlette Saenz, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with his senior advisers at Camp David in the coming days to fine tune and rehearse his State of the Union address, a high-stakes moment as he looks to convince voters to give him a second

By Afia Barrie, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been charged after they allegedly dumped a “fine red powder” over the US Constitution’s display case at the National Archives, the Justice Department announced Friday. Donald Zepeda, 35, and Jackson Green, 27, were charged with felony destruction of government property, according to a department news release.

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey businessman who was indicted alongside New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has pleaded guilty to charges related to the bribery scheme and is cooperating with federal prosecutors in the ongoing investigation. Jose Uribe, who was indicted in the corruption scheme alongside the senator, his wife Nadine

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two hearings Friday, one in Georgia and the other in Florida, could hold significant implications for former President Donald Trump and the criminal charges he faces for his actions around the 2020 election and retaining classified information after leaving office. In Georgia,

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The winery worker who first told CNN that he witnessed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pay cash when she visited Napa Valley with special prosecutor Nathan Wade in 2023 is offering to testify, according to a court filing from prosecutors late Thursday, ahead of closing arguments in the

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump delivered back-to-back Thursday speeches at different Texas locations near the border with Mexico. Biden’s speech, largely delivered from a prepared text, was highly factual. Biden devoted much of the address to an accurate description of various provisions of the bipartisan border

By Jeremy Herb, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN Hunter Biden unequivocally denied that his father was ever involved in his business dealings or took any government actions on his behalf during a roughly six-hour deposition Wednesday where President Joe Biden’s son frequently clashed with the Republicans questioning him. House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry

CNN By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. But their extraordinary dual visits to Texas showed that the likely 2024 general election rivals could not be further apart on how to obtain that goal. In

CNN By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. But their extraordinary dual visits to Texas showed that the likely 2024 general election rivals could not be further apart on how to obtain that goal. In

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his political opponent Donald Trump both agree: The situation along the US-Mexico border needs to change. But their extraordinary dual visits to Texas showed that the likely 2024 general election rivals could not be further apart on how to obtain that goal. In a

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Thursday it would delay part of its signature climate plan to slash planet-warming pollution from the power sector. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would carve existing gas plants out of a proposed regulation to cut emissions from power plants. The EPA will move forward

By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will likely produce thousands of words when it decides this year whether former President Donald Trump may claim immunity from special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion charges. But for now, court watchers are stuck parsing the first 29. That’s how many words the court used

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Manuel Rocha, the former US ambassador to Bolivia accused of acting as a secret foreign agent of Cuba, said in court Thursday that he plans to plead guilty to charges, according to his court docket. Rocha, 73, is charged with several counts, including acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government, wire fraud

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith and attorneys for Donald Trump proposed moving the trial in the classified documents case against the former president later into the summer. Smith said in court filings Thursday that he believes that Trump and his two co-defendants, political aide Walt

By CNN Staff House Republicans conducting the impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden released on Thursday afternoon a transcript of their closed-door deposition with Hunter Biden conducted the day before. Read the transcript as provided by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents online, is expected to plead guilty to federal charges on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors in Boston asked for a so-called Rule 11 hearing –

By Melanie Zanona and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has decided to seek reelection after announcing earlier this month that he was planning to retire, according to a GOP source close to the Tennessee Republican. The quick reversal comes after Green received encouragement

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — E. Jean Carroll said Donald Trump should not be given more time to post the $83.3 million she was awarded in her defamation trial against the former president, telling the judge that Trump is the “least trustworthy of borrowers.” On Friday, Trump asked the judge overseeing the defamation case

By Kristin Wilson and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address, according to the House speaker’s office. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that Britt will deliver the response on March 7, shortly after