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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Conservative Political Action Conference has been the venue for some of former President Donald Trump’s most dishonest speeches – lengthy, lie-filled addresses in which he has regaled friendly crowds with many of his favorite false claims. He stuck to tradition in his CPAC speech on Saturday, repeating

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s pitch to her home state’s primary voters – including arguments about her relative fitness for the presidency and her electability in November – largely failed to win over the conservative, MAGA-friendly electorate, according to the results of CNN’s exit poll for South Carolina’s Republican presidential

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The United States and the United Kingdom carried out strikes against an array of Houthi targets in Yemen, according to two US officials, marking the fourth time the international coalition has launched a combined attack on the Iran-backed rebel group. The strikes hit 18 targets across

By Kristen Holmes and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — As former President Donald Trump seeks to reshape the structure of the Republican National Committee, there are two resolutions circulating within the RNC that would potentially, if passed by members, slow the process down, according to a draft of the resolutions obtained by CNN. The first resolution would

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump suggested Friday that his criminal indictments and mug shot appeal to Black voters and claimed that “what’s happening to (him) happens to them.” “I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing. They were doing it because it’s election interference and then

CNN By Steve Contorno, Aaron Pellish and Alison Main, CNN National Harbor, Maryland (CNN) — After taking the Conservative Political Action Conference stage Friday to a crisply edited hype video, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik invoked Donald Trump about two dozen times as she heaped praise on the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. The

By Steve Contorno, Aaron Pellish and Alison Main, CNN National Harbor, Maryland (CNN) — After taking the Conservative Political Action Conference stage Friday to a crisply edited hype video, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik invoked Donald Trump about two dozen times as she heaped praise on the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. The day

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump’s immunity claims there was an unmistakable hue of urgency to the request. At the time, Smith cautioned the court against further “delay” more than a dozen times in his brief. Now, two weeks after

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign has for weeks been looking ahead to the Republican primary in South Carolina, her home state where she was twice elected governor. After losing to former President Donald Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire, then Nevada and the US Virgin Islands, Haley’s candidacy for the

By Kate Sullivan, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump suggested Friday that his criminal indictments and mug shot appeal to Black voters and claimed that “what’s happening to (him) happens to them.” “I got indicted for nothing, for something that is nothing. They were doing it because it’s election interference and then I

CNN By Daniel Strauss and Brian Rokus, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he supports women having access to in vitro fertilization in response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling and called on Alabama lawmakers to “act quickly to find an immediate solution” to keep the procedure available in the

By Eric Bradner, Aaron Pellish and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — At an influential gathering of conservatives this weekend, the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol is being treated as a rallying cry — with speakers, vendors and attendees fanning the flames of conspiracy over the events of that day. The annual Conservative

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A balloon the US was tracking across the country has now left US airspace and was likely a “hobby balloon,” NORAD said in a statement Saturday. NORAD had initially intercepted the balloon with fighter jets but ultimately continued to track it through ground-based radar systems. “After

By Casey Tolan, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — A New Orleans street magician who has no fixed address, has never voted and claims to hold a world record in fork bending might seem like an unlikely candidate to be involved in a high-tech political scandal. But on Friday, Paul Carpenter

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A Wisconsin ethics panel is recommending that local prosecutors pursue criminal charges against one of Donald Trump’s fundraising arms and several other Republican committees that it alleges violated state campaign finance law in an effort to topple a powerful lawmaker who had run afoul of the former president. The Wisconsin Ethics Commission

By Haley Britzky, Sharif Paget and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Two Mississippi National Guardsmen were killed Friday in a military helicopter crash that is under investigation, the Mississippi National Guard said in a news release. The National Guard AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed during a “routine training flight” around 2 p.m. near Booneville, Mississippi, according

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge on Friday formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $454 million, including interest, a move that will give the former president one month to post nearly half a billion dollars to appeal the fraud verdict. Judge Arthur Engoron’s signed judgment was posted to

By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday. The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom joked Friday that Nikki Haley — the onetime South Carolina governor and the last remaining major rival to Donald Trump in the GOP presidential primary — is a strong surrogate for Democrats. “I think she’s one of our better surrogates,” the Democratic governor said of

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in California said Friday that he believes defense attorneys for Alexander Smirnov may be trying to “facilitate his absconding from the United States.” Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, was released from custody by

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is struggling to stop the ongoing attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis against ships in the Red Sea and the group is continuing to fortify its weapons stockpile inside Yemen, even though the US has carried out significant strikes on the group in recent weeks, US officials told CNN. “We know

By Daniel Strauss and Brian Rokus, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he supports women having access to in vitro fertilization in response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling and called on Alabama lawmakers to “act quickly to find an immediate solution” to keep the procedure available in the state.

By Daniel Strauss and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Even though he hasn’t officially clinched the 2024 Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump has looked to reshape the structure of the national party to better suit his desires for the general election and beyond. The former president has signaled interest to closely syncing the Republican National Committee

By Zachary Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers representing the Fulton County district attorney’s office are forcefully pushing back on allegations from former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants that cellphone data suggests the relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top prosecutor in the Georgia

By Jennifer Hansler, Haley Britzky and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday declared that any expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank would be inconsistent with international law – reversing a Trump era position that broke with longstanding US policy. “It’s been longstanding US policy, under Republican and Democratic

By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN A number of congressional Republicans running in 2024 are swiftly distancing themselves from a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling seen as infringing on IVF, the latest obstacle for GOP candidates in the post-Roe era. From House to Senate races, new candidates and incumbents alike are aggressively

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips is distancing itself from a consultant who allegedly commissioned a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden during the New Hampshire primary election. “I’m disgusted that a consultant hired to assist my campaign with ballot access is alleged

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called on House Republicans to take up the bipartisan border deal, calling it the “strongest border deal the country has ever seen,” and urged governors to push Congress to move the bill. Speaking to a gathering of governors at the White House on Friday, Biden underscored

By Sam Fossum, Priscilla Alvarez, Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration imposed a fresh slate of sanctions on more than 500 targets on Friday in response to the death of Russian opposition figure and outspoken Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny and Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions on the eve of Russia’s two-year war in Ukraine mark the latest move by the administration to

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada. Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign released this week a new ad attacking former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ahead of Saturday’s South Carolina GOP primary. But instead of featuring Trump’s voice, it highlighted attacks against Haley levied by Sen. Tim Scott. The ad, which featured Trump’s most prominent surrogate

By Colin McCullough and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine to reiterate US support for the country and ratchet up pressure on House Republicans back home to pass a foreign aid bill that includes further assistance for Ukraine and Israel. Four other Democratic senators, Jack Reed of Rhode

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — As some Republicans were agonizing over the party’s disappointing 2022 midterm election performance – and occasionally laying the blame at the feet of former President Donald Trump – New York Rep. Elise Stefanik tripled down. Shortly after Election Day, Stefanik, now the fourth-ranking House Republican and a top GOP

By Betsy Klein and Tami Luhby, CNN Congress is quickly approaching a pair of government funding deadlines, with less than a week to go before a potential partial shutdown and lawmakers at an impasse with no clear plan in place to avoid it. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden met with four top congressional leaders at

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Contentious Supreme Court oral arguments this week offered a reminder that while the public focuses on the Donald Trump election cases, the court’s actions this spring will be equally consequential for an array of rules set in Washington governing American life. Supreme Court conservatives are accelerating their moves to overhaul the way

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Democrats in tight races across the country are already dreading and carefully wording their answers to the question of whether they’d campaign alongside President Joe Biden. In CNN’s conversations with two dozen candidates and campaign strategists, the level of enthusiasm was mixed. But even with the president at about 40% job approval in

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials have been scouring a trove of newly leaked documents from a Chinese tech firm for clues on how the government in Beijing allegedly uses the company in extensive hacking campaigns, multiple US cybersecurity officials familiar with the matter told CNN. The Biden administration’s study of the leak is ongoing, but private experts told CNN it offers

By Alex Marquardt, Yahya Abou-Ghazala and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Two American brothers who were detained in Gaza earlier this month by Israeli forces are being held in Ashkelon prison, a US official tells CNN. Ashkelon is in central Israel just north of the Gaza Strip. The US has renewed its request for consular

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — In four expansive filings Thursday evening, Donald Trump moved to dismiss the criminal indictment he faces for keeping classified information at his Mar-a-Lago residence, arguing that the charges, as well as the special counsel, lack legitimacy. The filings put forth an array of arguments that go to

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Carlos De Oliveira, one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents criminal case, asked a judge to dismiss the charges against him Thursday because he had “no clue” what was in the boxes he moved around Mar-a-Lago. Lawyers for De Oliveira, who was the property manager

By Gregory Krieg and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Thursday that while she personally believes a frozen embryo is a baby, she disagreed with the Alabama Supreme Court’s in vitro fertilization ruling last week and felt it may be time for the state to “go back and look

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Four mariners who were caught by Navy sailors while attempting to deliver Iranian-made missile components to the Houthis are now facing federal charges, according to a new indictment unsealed Thursday. In a nighttime operation last month, the US Navy seized ballistic missile and cruise missile components from a vessel

By Sam Fossum, Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration will impose a fresh slate of sanctions on more than 500 targets on Friday in response to the death of opposition figure Alexey Navalny and on the eve of Russia’s two-year war in Ukraine, according to a Treasury official. The sanctions

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Now that a former FBI informant’s claim about President Joe Biden having supposedly received a bribe from a Ukrainian businessman has been debunked, with ex-informant Alexander Smirnov facing federal charges for lying to the FBI, House Republicans are playing down the importance of the bribery tale to their effort

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada. Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov, the former FBI informant indicted for lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, has been re-arrested in Nevada. Though prosecutors fought to keep him behind bars, Smirnov was released by Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts in Nevada on Tuesday with several conditions, including GPS monitoring

CNN By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN A number of congressional Republicans running in 2024 are swiftly distancing themselves from a controversial Alabama Supreme Court ruling seen as infringing on IVF, the latest obstacle for GOP candidates in the post-Roe era. From House to Senate races, new candidates and incumbents alike are

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing the $355 million civil fraud case has denied Donald Trump’s request to delay the judgment for a month. Judge Arthur Engoron told lawyers for Trump and the New York attorney general of his intentions in an email sent Thursday. Once the judgment is officially entered, it will start the 30-day clock

By Kevin Liptak and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Palestinian protesters marched inside President Joe Biden’s hotel in San Francisco, reporters accompanying the president say, a rare instance of a protest breaking out at close range inside the presidential bubble. A reporter in the press pool with Biden said 20 to 30 protesters marched through

By Aaron Pellish and Haley Talbot, CNN GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said Thursday he doesn’t believe impeaching President Joe Biden is likely given House Republicans’ slim majority, but he and other conservative members will continue to push claims of Biden’s wrongdoing to force Biden to “explain this to the people that he wants

By Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden met Thursday with the wife and daughter of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, the White House said, as the president prepares to levy additional sanctions against Russia. After the meeting, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin himself will be sanctioned. “I

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Rio de Janeiro (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced the US intends to provide $200 million to the multinational security support mission in Haiti. Blinken said that funding will go to support the Haitian national police “with planning, with intelligence, with airlift capacity, communications, and medical equipment

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping set of criminal and civil enforcement actions targeting sanctioned Russian oligarchs and others accused of working to support the Kremlin and its military. The announcement, made by the Justice Department’s Task Force KleptoCapture, comes days before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

By Kit Maher and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has no intention of serving as vice president and left open the possibility of another White House run in 2028, according to three sources on a private call Wednesday with his supporters and those who volunteered to be delegates for

By John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Thursday to halt a $2.46 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an emergency request from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims who said the agreement unlawfully bars them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs. There were no noted

By Arlette Saenz and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is embracing his bully pulpit as he calls out resistance from former President Donald Trump and Republicans on Ukraine and Russia. The tactic – which is playing out mostly in off-camera fundraisers and in public events – has become more pronounced in recent days

By Shania Shelton and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called out Republicans in Congress as “the party of chaos and division” and said they are “worse” than Strom Thurmond, a former South Carolina senator who ran for president as a segregationist in 1948. “I’ve been a senator since ‘72. I’ve served with real racists. I’ve served

By Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — For three days in early 2012, as a hotly contested presidential primary consumed the Republican Party, the Conservative Political Action Conference basked in the spotlight. Thousands of conservative die-hards and hundreds of reporters descended on Washington that February for the annual gathering of the

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley’s recent comments suggest that she sees a sweet spot for her campaign as former President Donald Trump’s legal drama intensifies – and potentially results in a criminal conviction – in the coming months. “Just wait, just wait. March, April, May, June,” the former South Carolina governor said

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — An internal US Army survey illustrates the challenges the military is facing to combat extremism in the ranks even after the Pentagon made it a top priority at the beginning of the Biden administration. The internal survey, carried out last year and obtained by the Project on Government Oversight through a Freedom of Information Act

By Priscilla Alvarez and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s escalating border tactics have brought the migrant crisis to the doorsteps of Democratic-led cities and states, placing the issue at the forefront in a heated election cycle and forcing Democrats to answer to it. President Joe Biden and Abbott have sparred over

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission presented nearly 70 recommendations Thursday that the agency hopes will “further advance equity at USDA” and help resolve longstanding discriminatory practices, according to a copy of the report obtained by CNN. The commission said the changes outlined in its final report “seek

By Lauren Fox and Melanie Zanona, CNN If there is a master plan to keep the government funded through March 1, no one seems to know what it is yet on Capitol Hill. With just days until a partial government shutdown and lawmakers out on recess until next week, House Republicans are divided over the

By Adrienne Winston, CNN (CNN) — A 19-year-old Washington, DC, man and a minor have been charged in connection with a break-in last November of a US Secret Service vehicle used by the detail assigned to President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden. The Secret Service arrested Robert Kemp, 19, earlier this month and later also charged the minor. “On Feb. 7,

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US sailor who served in Japan has been accused of espionage by the US Navy and is facing a court martial on charges including communicating national defense information to a citizen of a foreign government, according to a charge sheet obtained by CNN on Wednesday. A US Naval Surface

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a crazy S.O.B.” in a fundraiser Wednesday in San Francisco, according to the pool reporters traveling with the US president. “We have a crazy S.O.B. that guy, Putin, others. And we always have to be worried about a nuclear conflict. But

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III was seen back at work for the first time since his cancer diagnosis. The monarch was filmed greeting UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a broad smile as he thanked the public for their support. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — My Pillow owner and right-wing conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell will have to pay $5 million because of a contest he initiated at one of his “cyber symposium” events after the 2020 election, a federal judge confirmed Wednesday. Robert Zeidman, a software developer, took Lindell up on a so-called “Prove

CNN By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov was initially prized by the FBI as a solid source who had relationships with corrupt foreign business and government officials, but his appeal grew when he revealed he also had connections with foreign intelligence services, according to multiple sources. The FBI’s management of Smirnov is drawing fresh

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Alexander Smirnov was initially prized by the FBI as a solid source who had relationships with corrupt foreign business and government officials, but his appeal grew when he revealed he also had connections with foreign intelligence services, according to multiple sources. The FBI’s management of Smirnov is drawing fresh scrutiny

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An alleged leader of a Japanese organized crime syndicate has been charged with attempting to sell weapons-grade nuclear materials from the leader of an ethnic insurgent group in Myanmar, according to a new indictment from the US Justice Department. Takeshi Ebisawa, an alleged leader in the yakuza who was

CNN By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Wednesday sided with the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. “I mean, I think embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley said during a pull aside interview with NBC News

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the civil fraud case to delay enforcing the $355 million judgment against him for one month. In a letter to Judge Arthur Engoron, Trump’s attorneys accuse New York Attorney General Letitia James of an “unseemly rush” to enforce the judgment by

CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump asked the judge overseeing the civil fraud case to delay enforcing the $355 million judgment against him for one month. In a letter to Judge Arthur Engoron, Trump’s attorneys accuse New York Attorney General Letitia James of an “unseemly rush” to enforce the judgment

By MJ Lee and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is racing against the clock as it attempts to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war before Ramadan next month, with senior US officials believing that the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza is the only plausible way to bring the first pause to the deadly conflict since a seven-day truce in

By Camila DeChalus and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Commander Biden, President Joe Biden’s family dog, bit US Secret Service personnel in at least 24 incidents at the White House and other locations, according to new internal USSS documents obtained by CNN. That number does not include additional incidents CNN has previously reported involving executive residence

By Priscilla Alvarez and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The White House is considering executive action to restrict migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border if they crossed illegally – a maneuver reminiscent of controversial action from the Donald Trump era and is sure to invite fierce backlash from immigration advocates and progressives. The handling of the

By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Wednesday she believes an embryo is a baby following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children and those who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. “I mean, I think embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley said during a pull-aside

By Tami Luhby and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — With a partial government shutdown looming at the end of next week, House leaders are discussing an agreement that would provide extra nutrition assistance for new moms and young children, addressing one big sticking point in the federal funding negotiations. But the possible deal is already

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Energy and former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Personal Birth date: March 4, 1950 Birth place: Paint Creek, Texas Birth name: James Richard Perry Father: Joseph Ray Perry, a farmer Mother: Amelia (Holt) Perry Marriage: Anita (Thigpen) Perry (November

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are entering a critical phase of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as a pair of high stakes interviews with the president’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, over the next two weeks could determine the fate of their flailing investigation. The closed-door interview with the president’s brother Wednesday comes as Republicans

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel David Weiss asked a California judge Wednesday to send indicted ex-FBI informant Alexander Smirnov back to jail while he awaits trial. A magistrate judge in Las Vegas released Smirnov on Tuesday, finding that even enough Smirnov posed a flight risk, he could be released under certain conditions. Those

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Days before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, former President Donald Trump’s campaign has released an ad attacking rival Nikki Haley over her supposed stance on the state’s gasoline tax when she served as governor. But the Trump ad has the same problem as previous attacks from former Republican candidates in the

By John Fritze and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservatives expressed skepticism over the Biden administration’s efforts to reduce smog and air pollution wafting across state lines during arguments Wednesday in the most significant environmental dispute at the high court this year. Three Republican-led states, industry groups and electric utilities want the

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s approval rating stands at 40%, according to a new poll released Wednesday, underscoring the public’s stagnant view of the institution as the justices grapple with cases concerning former President Donald Trump’s political and legal fates. The Marquette Law School poll findings track closely with how

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Wednesday will issue multiple cybersecurity directives aimed at shoring up vulnerabilities at US maritime ports that could be exploited by hackers and addressing security risks from Chinese-made cranes, according to senior US officials. Administration officials also plan to invest more than $20 billion over the

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Nearly 153,000 student loan borrowers currently enrolled in a new repayment plan launched by the Biden administration are expected to get an email Wednesday notifying them that their remaining federal student loan debt will be canceled, totaling about $1.2 billion. The email is expected to include a congratulatory

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are entering a critical phase of their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as a pair of high stakes interviews with the president’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, over the next two weeks could determine the fate of their flailing investigation. The closed-door interview with the president’s brother Wednesday comes as Republicans in

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s political operation has expanded its financial advantage over former President Donald Trump’s campaign as the two men hurtle toward an expected general election confrontation, new filings show. Biden’s campaign entered February with nearly $56 million cash reserves in his main

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s leadership PAC paid out more than $2.9 million to law firms last month as his legal troubles mounted and racked up an additional $1.9 million in unpaid legal bills at the end of January, according to a filing Tuesday night with federal regulators. Save

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday likened his $355 million fine for fraudulently inflating the value of his properties to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. “It is a form of Navalny,” Trump said at a Fox News town hall in South Carolina, when asked how he

CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution and

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s lawyers accused special counsel David Weiss on Tuesday of using a since-discredited bribery allegation from an FBI informant to blow up his plea deal last year. In a court filing Tuesday, attorneys for the president’s son asked a judge to force Weiss’ team to turn over

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro could be held in contempt of court if he doesn’t turn over to emails he has that are presidential records, a federal judge said on Tuesday. The Justice Department sued Navarro more than a year ago, trying to reclaim federal records