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By Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — One of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her top deputy on the case aren’t being truthful about the details of their relationship. Mike Roman’s defense attorney plans to

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been arrested in Nigeria and Malta as US authorities launched a crackdown on a prolific global cybercrime network known for stealing and selling data from Americans and small businesses, the US Justice Department said Friday. FBI agents in Boston seized computer servers used by the group

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information has reignited controversy over special counsels and their investigative reports, which are designed to publicly disclose findings – including negative ones – even if prosecutors decline to bring charges. Attorney General Merrick Garland received Hur’s final

By Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a fight over keeping the identity of witnesses protected in the criminal document mishandling case against Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith this week detailed myriad threats against prosecutors, judges and other witnesses. One threat against a witness has prompted a federal investigation, the special counsel’s office

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is running for US Senate this year, providing Republicans with a strong candidate in their bid to flip a seat in a deep-blue state. “I am running for the United States Senate – not to

CNN By Betsy Klein, Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Friday did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A female CIA trainee who claims she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at CIA headquarters in 2022 and is now suing the agency alleging intimidation has been fired, her lawyer said on Thursday. In an email sent to House Intelligence Committee staff, who have been hearing testimony

By Aaron Pellish and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee filed a Federal Election Commisison complaint against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign on Friday, alleging illegal coordination with an outside group supporting his White House bid. In a letter to the FEC, the DNC wrote that the group backing Kennedy, American

By Betsy Klein, Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be redacted. “I don’t

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing to replace the chair of the Republican National Committee with North Carolina’s party leader who promoted 2020 presidential election lies and supported using the courts to overturn the results. Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North Carolina

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is running for US Senate this year, providing Republicans with a strong candidate in their bid to flip a seat in a deep-blue state. “I am running for the United States Senate – not to serve

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Minutes after the special counsel report landed on Thursday afternoon, House Democrats stood and cheered for President Joe Biden as he used their annual retreat as the latest chance to make a forceful case for four more years on the job. By the time they took their

By Shania Shelton and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale announced Friday that he had filed for Senate in Montana, setting up a contentious primary against national Republicans’ preferred pick to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale, a member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus who lost to Tester in

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate is working to pass a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel, but it may be days until a final vote as GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is using arcane and complex chamber rules to slow down the process

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Varlin Higbee traveled more than two hours from his Lincoln County, Nevada, home to see Donald Trump in person last month, but when he arrived at the former president’s Las Vegas rally, he was stopped at the door. Despite carrying a VIP invite from the Trump campaign, Higbee, the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Soon after John Roberts took his seat at the center of the Supreme Court bench on Thursday, the cadence of the justices’ questioning suggested the chief justice would have an easy majority, if not unanimity, to reverse a Colorado ruling that blocked Donald Trump from the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Thrust into an election year that had already been defined in part by voters’ concerns over the president’s age and fitness for office, special counsel Robert Hur’s report amounted to a legal victory but a political landmine for President Joe Biden. The president’s outrage on Thursday night made

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden gave a press conference Thursday night after the release of a report from special counsel Robert Hur, who announced that Biden would not face charges over his handling of classified information from prior to his presidency. Biden was combative, forcefully rejecting Hur’s claims that he has a poor

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — When senior national security officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in December to prepare for the 2024 election, they faced a pair of stark, simulated scenarios that tested the limits of any federal response to election-related chaos, four people familiar with the meeting told CNN. What

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates. The former president has now won all three Republican contests so far — adding

By Samantha Waldenberg and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden released a memo Thursday highlighting the standards foreign governments that receive US military aid must adhere to, according to the White House. Under the memo, the secretary of state must “obtain certain credible and reliable written assurances from foreign governments receiving defense articles,”

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Biden late Thursday offered one of his sharpest rebukes to date of Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, saying the operation to go after Hamas had been “over the top.” He also voiced optimism that a deal currently being brokered pairing the release of hostages with a prolonged

By Gregory Krieg and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Democratic former Rep. Tom Suozzi and Republican Nassau County legislator Mazi Pilip squared off Thursday night in the first and only debate of their race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos – a heated affair that underscored the contest’s national stakes. Santos himself was largely

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Minutes after the special counsel report landed on Thursday afternoon, House Democrats stood and cheered for President Joe Biden as he used their annual retreat as the latest chance to make a forceful case for four more years on the job. By the time they took

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden forcefully rejected the suggestion that he had trouble remembering when his son, Beau, had died, as special counsel Robert Hur claimed in his scathing report released Thursday. “How in the hell dare he raise that,” a visibly angry Biden said Thursday night from the Diplomatic Reception

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Some Arab American leaders signaled clear discontent with what they heard from Biden administration officials in Michigan Thursday after meetings meant to address a key constituency’s frustration with US policy around the Israel-Hamas war. Administration officials met with the Michigan leaders in an attempt to quell uproar from

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge formally ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, endorsing the jury’s verdict from the defamation trial last month. The judgment was made in a one-page order on Thursday. The issuance of the judgment takes Carroll one step closer to obtaining her award,

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday did not charge President Joe Biden with a crime, but it painted a picture of a forgetful commander in chief who failed to properly protect highly sensitive classified information – a

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday did not charge President Joe Biden with a crime, but it painted a picture of a forgetful commander in chief who failed to properly protect highly sensitive classified information – a

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Top lawmakers from Estonia, Iceland, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden left meetings in Washington Thursday concerned and frustrated about a lack of urgency from their American colleagues about the need to support Ukraine. The Nordic-Baltic delegation, comprised of the chairs of each of the country’s parliamentary foreign affairs committees, has

By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report released Thursday did not charge President Joe Biden with a crime, but it painted a picture of a forgetful commander in chief who failed to properly protect highly sensitive classified information – a depiction

By CNN staff (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur released a searing report Thursday that concluded President Joe Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified military and national security information but will not face charges after a year long investigation into his handling of classified documents. Read the full report below. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News

CNN By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified information has reignited controversy over special counsels and their investigative reports, which are designed to publicly disclose findings – including negative ones – even if prosecutors decline to bring charges. Attorney General Merrick Garland received Hur’s

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates. The former president has now won all three Republican contests so far — adding the

By Gabe Cohen, Jennifer Hansler and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — Two American citizens were detained by the Israel Defense Forces during a raid of a home in Gaza early Thursday morning local time, according to a family member in the United States. Hashem Alagha, 20, and Borak Alagha, 18, were among a group of

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The judge overseeing the New York attorney general’s fraud case against Donald Trump defended his questioning of a potential guilty plea by a long-time ally of Trump, saying allegations that he is not impartial are “getting old.” The exchange is the latest in a long-running case fraught with tension

By Evan Perez, Paula Reid and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur’s interview of President Joe Biden is a sign that the classified documents investigation is nearing conclusion after casting a wide net that included dozens of witnesses during the ten-month long probe, multiple sources told CNN. The White House announced

By Haley Talbot, CNN House Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the first woman to hold that position, announced Thursday she is not seeking reelection, the latest establishment Republican to make public their plans to leave Congress. “After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided the time has come to serve the people of Eastern

CNN By John Fritze, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot, potentially by a wide margin. During more than two hours of arguments, Chief Justice John

CNN Opinion by Steve Vladeck (CNN) — Thursday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court were ostensibly about the meaning of a long-dormant section of the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which disqualifies from future federal office those who’ve engaged in insurrection after swearing an oath to the Constitution. But the justices spent remarkably little time actually analyzing that

CNN By John Fritze, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot, potentially by a wide margin. During more than two hours of arguments, Chief Justice John

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump lied Thursday that Nancy Pelosi caused the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, making a claim that has no basis in reality. He also repeated a previous false claim that the rioters had “no guns.” And he continued to omit critical context

By Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, has been ordered to report to prison after a judge denied Navarro’s effort to stay out of prison while he appeals the conviction. Navarro was sentenced by

CNN By John Fritze, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot, potentially by a wide margin. During more than two hours of arguments, Chief Justice John

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information on the leaders of a notorious ransomware group accused of extorting more than $100 million from hospitals, schools and other victims in the US around the world. The State Department also offered $5 million for information

By John Fritze, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot, potentially by a wide margin. During more than two hours of arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Questions about President Joe Biden’s age and fitness for office are not going away, even as the 81-year-old president juggles multiple high-stakes international and domestic crises simultaneously and criss-crosses the country to make his case to voters for another term in the White House. Two verbal slip-ups in

By Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate on Thursday voted to advance a $95.3 billion foreign aid package that provides assistance for Israel and Ukraine after Republicans blocked a broader bill that included border security measures earlier this week – but a debate over amendments continues to slow down

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson has informed several Republicans on Thursday morning that he will not endorse Rep. Matt Rosendale for a US Senate race in Montana after all, according to two sources familiar. Johnson talked to one senator, as well as a congressman, about his plans. The reversal

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Norma Anderson had already earned her spot in the Colorado history books before becoming the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit seeking to disqualify Donald Trump from office. The standoff against Trump is one final chapter in the 91-year-old’s storied political career, which includes stints as the first-ever woman majority leader

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday in a historic challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot, thrusting the high court into a raucous election as it threatens to abruptly end the former president’s campaign for a second term. Not since the court decided Bush v. Gore after the

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House announced Thursday it will work with all the major American sports leagues in unique new partnerships meant to underscore the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition. The new partnerships are a part of the White House’s Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities, which was

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Author Marianne Williamson has announced she is suspending her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I appreciate greatly all the incredible people who accompanied me on our political journey over the last ten months. While the level of our failure is obvious to all, a level of success is

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office and lawyers for Donald Trump agree on one thing: they want the judge overseeing the former president’s civil fraud trial to issue his decision despite a possible perjury deal involving former Trump lieutenant Allen Weisselberg. Last week, CNN and other news organizations reported that

By Kylie Atwood, Jeff Zeleny, Arit John and Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — A day after losing to “none of these candidates” in Nevada’s non-binding primary, Nikki Haley urged supporters in California, one of several Super Tuesday states she plans to compete in next month, to stick with her. “If you will stay with us

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is convening nine Democratic governors at her home in Washington, DC, on Saturday for a meeting about the 2024 campaign, several people involved with the event told CNN. This will be the latest gut check for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, which has been facing

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate voted on Wednesday to take the first step toward debating a major foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine and Israel without border security provisions, but a key test vote looms ahead and it is unclear if that will succeed. The Senate is expected

By Paula Reid and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Robert Hur has concluded his yearlong investigation into possible mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to President Joe Biden, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a letter to lawmakers on Wednesday. Garland said that Hur has submitted his report and that the

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Chaos has been a common theme for the 118th Congress. But this week, lawmakers took the drama to new heights, as Republicans in both chambers sank two top GOP priorities – impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and securing the southern border – serving up

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has declined the traditional pre-Super Bowl interview for the second year in a row. Some analysts are questioning the media strategy, considering it would offer him the chance to speak directly to the country’s largest assembled live audience ahead of the 2024 election. Here’s what

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Chaos has been a common theme for the 118th Congress. But this week, lawmakers took the drama to new heights, as Republicans in both chambers sank two top GOP priorities – impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and securing the southern border – serving up a

By Zachary Cohen, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is asking a superior court to reject subpoenas for her and several staff members to testify at a hearing next week where they could face questions about her relationship with her top deputy, characterizing the attempt to dismiss

By Casey Tolan, Donie O’Sullivan and Jeff Winter, CNN Arlington, Texas (CNN) — The mystery of an AI-generated robocall imitating President Joe Biden’s voice – which election security officials fear signals a new frontier in the disinformation battle ahead of the 2024 presidential election – has been traced back by authorities to a nondescript strip mall

By Kevin Liptak, CNN New York City (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday gave his clearest sign yet that his reelection strategy will hinge on making this fall’s vote a referendum on Donald Trump. As he traversed New York City for a series of fundraisers, Biden labeled his predecessor — and likeliest rival this

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll saying the former president’s arguments had no “merit” and are “entirely pointless.” Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump’s motions from the bench during the civil trial and said a written

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — A US military strike on Wednesday in Baghdad killed a Kataib Hezbollah commander who was responsible for attacks on American forces in the region, according to US Central Command. The attack, on Wednesday evening local time, was carried out by a

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit will balloon from $1.6 trillion this fiscal year to $2.6 trillion in fiscal year 2034, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office outlook released Wednesday. A major reason for the widening gap between revenue and spending: a spike in net interest payments on the federal

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Cybercriminals extorted a record $1.1 billion in ransom payments from victim organizations around the world last year despite US government efforts to cut off their money flows, crypto-tracking firm Chainalysis said in a report released Wednesday. The surge in ransom payments, which nearly doubled the $567 million by

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday in the historic efforts to disqualify former President Donald Trump from office because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The case revolves around the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” a relic of the Civil War that hasn’t been

By Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is outlining how he intends to fight the classified documents case against him in Florida, including by claiming presidential immunity, despite a significant defeat on that issue in the election subversion case in Washington, DC. In a filing Tuesday, Trump’s attorneys

By Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein, Dianne Gallagher and Khalil Abdallah, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senior Biden administration officials are expected to meet with members of the Arab American and Muslim community in Michigan on Thursday, four sources familiar with planning told CNN. The senior officials represent some of Biden’s most trusted advisers and policymakers. A

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Chinese hackers behind a campaign to infiltrate transportation hubs and other critical American infrastructure have had access to some of their targets’ computer networks for “at least five years,” according to a new report by US and allied security agencies obtained by CNN. The campaign is part of a

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — The political eyes of the world are on Nevada this week for the state’s Democratic and Republican nominating contests. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley suffered an embarrassing defeat in the state’s nonbinding GOP primary Tuesday. But in the contests that award delegates, President Joe Biden easily won the

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN Senate Republicans blocked a major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine and Israel in a key vote on Wednesday amid a torrent of attacks on the bill by former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans. The failed procedural

By Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands out among her eight Supreme Court colleagues for one key reason: She’s had to weigh in on more legal questions related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol than the other jurists on the bench. Jackson, while serving

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — For Donald Trump, the fate of a presidential campaign will hang in the balance when the Supreme Court meets Thursday to hear a politically fraught challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot. For Chief Justice John Roberts, it is at least in part a legacy that will be on

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the response from Hamas on a deal to free the remaining hostages and reach a sustained pause in fighting in Gaza “creates space for agreement to be reached,” despite containing what he called “some clear nonstarters.” “We will work at that relentlessly

CNN By Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has offered to leave her position following the South Carolina primary later this month to allow former President Donald Trump to install his own party chair, two party advisers told CNN. She has also discussed those plans with Trump, according

By Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has offered to leave her position following the South Carolina primary later this month to allow former President Donald Trump to install his own party chair, two party advisers told CNN. She has also discussed those plans with Trump, according to

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The defeat is a setback for Republican leadership, which alleged that the agency leader committed “high crimes and misdemeanors,” including “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and allegedly making

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Once Mike Johnson’s speakership was merely implausible. Now it looks incompetent. The rookie Republican leader – already struggling to wield a tiny, extreme and malfunctioning majority – suffered a spectacular embarrassment on Tuesday night in a failed vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The drama

By Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — After turning several recent trials and court hearings into campaign stops, Donald Trump is not expected to be in the room when the highest court in the land takes up the question of his ballot eligibility, sources familiar with the planning tell CNN. On

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — When news broke last week that the Republican National Committee had its worst fundraising year in a decade, Donald Trump and his advisers were deeply alarmed. They began laying plans to send a clear message that things needed to change as the former president inches closer to

CNN By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The failure of a bipartisan border deal reached by senators this weekend appears set to hand President Joe Biden an issue that he can wield against former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers on the campaign trail. Biden on Tuesday promised to blame Republicans in Congress directly

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court justices will hear arguments this week related to the 2024 presidential election. We’re here to answer your questions about what’s going on. It’s one of several cases that the court, a third of which was nominated to the bench by former President Donald Trump, may ultimately

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The failure of a bipartisan border deal reached by senators this weekend appears set to hand President Joe Biden an issue that he can wield against former President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers on the campaign trail. Biden on Tuesday promised to blame Republicans in Congress directly for

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A diplomatic security officer with the State Department has been charged with four misdemeanors for allegedly breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to newly unsealed court documents. The man, Kevin Alstrup, is accused of walking through the Capitol building for about 28 minutes during the riot

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Republican opposition continued to grow Tuesday against a $118 billion bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package ahead of a key vote in the Senate. The bill is now on track to fail, as GOP infighting threatens to steamroll any congressional response to the border

By Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — Hamas has replied to a proposal aimed at the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and a sustained cessation in fighting, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday. “I would like to inform

CNN By John King, CNN Pawleys Island, South Carolina (CNN) — Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. Then she visited a small ice cream shop for sale near the spectacular coast of this barrier island town. Rendulic cashed in her 401(k) to buy it, and left Erie,

By John King, CNN Pawleys Island, South Carolina (CNN) — Joy Rendulic was hesitant when her husband first suggested a move to South Carolina. Then she visited a small ice cream shop for sale near the spectacular coast of this barrier island town. Rendulic cashed in her 401(k) to buy it, and left Erie, Pennsylvania,

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN The House on Tuesday failed to pass a standalone package for $17.6 billion in Israel aid amid opposition from both Republicans and Democratic leaders. Because of resistance among members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, House Speaker Mike Johnson had been forced to bring up the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Even though the economy is growing, the job market remains strong and inflation is down, many Americans aren’t feeling it. Let us know your views about the economy and your personal finances. You could be included in a future story. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a

CNN Opinion by Joshua A. Douglas (CNN) — The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a thorough, unanimous decision declaring that former President Donald Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for his alleged role in seeking to undermine the 2020 election. As expected, Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to block

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of people will soon ring in the Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, as we say goodbye to the Year of Rabbit and fly into the Year of the Dragon. According to tradition, a big cleanup should be carried out in homes today to eliminate

By CNN staff (CNN) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. Read the ruling from the three-judge panel here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights

By Devan Cole, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The ruling is a major blow to Trump’s key defense thus far in

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — By many metrics, the US economy is humming along. The jobs market is robust; consumers are spending again; and inflation has eased to a three-year low. That has prompted President Joe Biden to repeatedly ask his advisers: Why then are so many Americans still not feeling great about

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will lose Nevada’s nonbinding Republican primary to “none of these candidates,” an embarrassing defeat in a contest that did not feature former President Donald Trump on the ballot. The outcome likely reflects many GOP voters’ preference for Trump in a state that gives them