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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization is in talks to potentially plead guilty to a perjury charge related to a civil investigation into the real estate company’s finances, people familiar with the matter said. Allen Weisselberg, the former CFO, is in negotiations with the Manhattan district

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday slammed Donald Trump and allied groups for spending more than $50 million of political contributors’ money on the former president’s legal expenses, calling the outlay “unconscionable” and arguing that Trump’s thin campaign schedule was the result of a cash crunch. “It

By Jennifer Hansler, and Khalil Abdallah, CNN (CNN) — A number of Palestinian-Americans refused to attend a roundtable meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday to discuss the situation in Gaza in protest against the Biden administration’s ongoing support for Israel’s offensive in the war-torn strip – a military campaign that has exacted a massive humanitarian toll. “We do

By Clare Foran, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN A sweeping tax bill that passed the House in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote on Wednesday is swiftly running into obstacles in the Senate, throwing into uncertainty the fate of a major piece of legislation that would expand the child tax credit and restore key business tax

By Paula Reid, CNN The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to an ex-girlfriend who was a key witness in the federal investigation into the Florida lawmaker, according to a source familiar with the ethics probe. The outreach, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that the GOP-led committee’s

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — With presidential primaries underway and a 2020 general election rematch seemingly the most likely outcome, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows former President Donald Trump narrowly ahead of President Joe Biden in what’s shaping up to be a close contest nationally. The poll highlights voters’ conflicted feelings about

By Zahid Mahmood and Marshall Cohen, CNN LONDON (CNN) — A London judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s lawsuit against retired British spy Christopher Steele over his controversial 2016 dossier that contained unverified and salacious allegations about Trump’s ties to Russia. A judge from the London High Court dismissed the data privacy lawsuit against Steele and his company,

By MJ Lee and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign has a message for impatient Democrats who want to see his campaign build out its operations in the battleground states more visibly and with greater urgency. That message: Don’t expect us to be Barack Obama. The Biden reelection campaign is rejecting the political organizing model

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Capitol Police announced Thursday that no charges will be filed over the filming of a sex video in a Senate hearing room in December, saying there was no evidence of a crime being committed. “For now, we are closing the investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding a sex video

CNN By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted he mishandled communication around his treatment for prostate cancer and apologized to his colleagues and the American public in his first news conference since returning to work. “I want to be crystal clear: We did not handle

By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak, Michael Williams, Nikki Carvajal and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order targeting violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank whom he has said have undermined stability in the area, a US official and source familiar with the matter told CNN. The new directive,

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday admitted he mishandled communication around his treatment for prostate cancer and apologized to his colleagues and the American public in his first news conference since returning to work. “I want to be crystal clear: We did not handle this

CNN By Curt Devine, Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election. And if that wasn’t bad enough, his voice

By Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday sought to capitalize on last week’s high-profile endorsement from the United Auto Workers, heading to Michigan to meet with members of the union as he battles Donald Trump for their votes. Biden narrowly won Michigan in 2020, and

By Curt Devine, Donie O’Sullivan and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election. And if that wasn’t bad enough, his voice could

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has no plans to step down from the Georgia election subversion case over allegations she’s having an affair with her lead prosecutor, a decision driven in part over concern that her departure would effectively end the case against Donald Trump and his multiple

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Liberal groups hoping to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are turning to a surprising source as they make their case to the Supreme Court: the late Justice Antonin Scalia and several of the court’s

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Let the negotiating begin! The Biden administration is sending its initial offers to the drugmakers participating in the historic first round of Medicare drug price negotiations on Thursday. The move kicks off six months of discussions between the manufacturers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It comes

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright, Steve Contorno and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden entered the election year with an early financial edge over Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, new filings show – a bright spot for an incumbent with low approval ratings who is girding for a bruising general election rematch with his

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Communications Commission is seeking to make AI-generated robocalls illegal. The agency’s announcement comes after a recent robocall with an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden targeted thousands of New Hampshire voters and as US officials brace for artificial intelligence to make it easier to spread disinformation in

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — US officials believe there are signs that Iranian leadership is nervous about some of the actions of its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence, as attacks from militia groups threaten to disrupt the global economy and significantly up the risk of direct confrontation with the

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Two of Donald Trump’s political action committees spent nearly $29 million combined on legal fees during the last six months of 2023, new filings show, underscoring the financial costs of the former president’s mounting legal troubles. It’s an expense the front-runner for the GOP’s presidential nomination

CNN By Eric Bradner, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is certain to win Nevada’s Republican presidential delegates — but some voters who want to back the former president are confused about why they can’t find him on their ballots. It’s the result of a dueling 2024 system in which the

By Sam Fossum, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Republican Rep. Richard McCormick of Georgia admitted Wednesday to doing pull-ups while with his staff at the top of the US Capitol Dome, insisting his actions were safe and that the story has been “overblown.” “I’m saying I did pull-ups on some metal structure,” McCormick told CNN,

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Colorado’s top election official told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they should keep Donald Trump off her state’s 2024 ballot because he is an “ineligible insurrectionist,” and she forcefully defended the process that led to his disqualification. Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat and staunch Trump critic,

By Clare Foran, Tami Luhby, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted on Wednesday evening to pass a $78 billion bipartisan tax package that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and restore a number of business tax benefits. The bill will next go to the Senate. House Speaker Mike Johnson currently oversees a

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — John Podesta, a senior White House adviser focused on clean energy and climate, will take over as US climate diplomat after John Kerry steps down this spring, according to a source familiar with the move. Podesta is a longtime Democratic strategist, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid and the

CNN By Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US believes an umbrella group of militants called Islamic Resistance in Iraq was behind the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American service members, the White House said Wednesday, its first formal attribution for the incident. “We believe that the attack in

By Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tussling over the union vote. Biden, who is meeting with the United Auto Workers in Michigan on Thursday, finds himself trying to fend off Trump’s overtures to a traditionally Democratic constituency. Trump is meeting up with the Teamsters in Washington on Wednesday. Trump’s

By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials told CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship. In the past, these missiles have

By Kevin Liptak and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US believes an umbrella group of militants called Islamic Resistance in Iraq was behind the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American service members, the White House said Wednesday, its first formal attribution for the incident. “We believe that the attack in Jordan

CNN, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL|@REALDONALDTRUMP By Clare Foran, Priscilla Alvarez and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson railed against the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal Wednesday during his first floor speech as speaker, intensifying the clash between the two chambers as he continues to lay the groundwork for the House to reject the deal even though

By Clare Foran, Priscilla Alvarez and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson railed against the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal Wednesday during his first floor speech as speaker, intensifying the clash between the two chambers as he continues to lay the groundwork for the House to reject the deal even though final text of an

By Tami Luhby, CNN The House passed on Wednesday a $78 billion bipartisan tax package that would temporarily expand the child tax credit and restore a number of business tax benefits. The bill now moves to the Senate, but its fate there remains uncertain. Overall, the deal would not have much of an impact on the federal

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday warned that Chinese hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm” to the US. “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when

By Nick Valencia, Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her lead prosecutor in the Georgia election subversion case, Nathan Wade, have been subpoenaed to testify at a hearing next month on allegations they were engaged in an improper romantic relationship, according to documents obtained by CNN.

CNN By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley offered her sharpest criticism to date of former President Donald Trump in an interview on “The Breakfast Club,” saying he’s “just toxic” and that he lacks “moral clarity.” Haley, in a pre-taped interview with Charlamagne tha God that aired Wednesday morning, was asked

By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley offered her sharpest criticism to date of former President Donald Trump in an interview on “The Breakfast Club,” saying he’s “just toxic” and that he lacks “moral clarity.” Haley, in a pre-taped interview with Charlamagne tha God that aired Wednesday morning, was asked how

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Bill Frist, heart and lung transplant surgeon and former Senate majority leader. Personal Birth date: February 22, 1952 Birth place: Nashville, Tennessee Birth name: William Harrison Frist Father: Thomas Frist Sr., physician Mother: Dorothy (Cate) Frist Marriages: Tracy (Roberts) Frist (2015-present); Karyn

By Nikki Carvajal, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, next month, roughly a year after a train derailment there caused an environmental disaster, a White House official said Wednesday. Biden is expected to highlight the federal government’s response to the disaster

By Eric Bradner, Kyung Lah and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is certain to win Nevada’s Republican presidential delegates — but some voters who want to back the former president are confused about why they can’t find him on their ballots. It’s the result of a dueling 2024 system in which the Silver

By Gregory Krieg and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump Wednesday met with Teamsters union leaders and members in Washington as his campaign tries to drive a wedge between President Joe Biden and one of his most loyal constituencies: organized labor. Trump has made appealing to union members, a traditionally Democratic voting bloc, a key part of

By Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats are doing what three months ago might have seemed unthinkable for the party in an election year: preparing to go on offense on border security. After months of migrant surges at the US southern border and a barrage of GOP attacks against the president and his administration

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday warned that Chinese hackers are preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm” to the US. “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate, Jean Carnahan, died Tuesday after a brief illness, according to a statement from her family. She was 90. “Mom passed peacefully after a long and rich life. She was a fearless trailblazer.  She was brilliant, creative, compassionate and dedicated

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has gone on a media blitz in recent days, detailing how she would respond to the deadly weekend drone attack in Jordan if she were commander-in-chief – an approach that holds up her foreign policy experience in stark contrast to former President Donald Trump.

By Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Nathan Wade, the embattled special prosecutor in Donald Trump’s sprawling Georgia election interference case, has settled a dispute in his divorce – a day ahead of a scheduled hearing where he was expected to be asked about an alleged affair that has become a sticking point in the former president’s

By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — New York state Judge Arthur Engoron has the future of Donald Trump’s business empire in his hands – and we may learn that fate Friday. After a contentious 11-week trial, Engoron is poised to rule how much money Trump and his co-defendants owe for fraud as well as whether

CNN By Whitney Wild, Jamie Gangel and Haley Talbot, CNN The Justice Department is investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri for misuse of funds, a senior congressional source with knowledge and a source familiar with the probe told CNN, after the DOJ subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms Monday for documents related to the matter.

By Jeff Zeleny and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The preeminent super PAC helping to reinforce President Joe Biden’s reelection bid has reserved $250 million in television and digital advertising in top battleground states in hopes of carrying the message from the Democratic convention in August through Election Day. The super PAC, Future Forward, is working

By Avery Lotz, CNN Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday said he regretted authoring blog posts years ago that pushed unfounded conspiracy theories about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The New York Democrat, who was censured by the House last year after triggering a fire alarm despite there being no emergency, wrote in a statement Tuesday that

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colleges won’t start receiving students’ financial aid data from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, until the first half of March – more than a month later than expected. The delay, announced by the Department of Education Tuesday, is likely to frustrate students who

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — US policy in the Middle East can no longer be described as an attempt to stop the Israel-Gaza conflict from triggering a bigger regional war. That hope died weeks ago. The critical task now for President Joe Biden — as he mulls retaliation over the deaths of

CNN By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson privately told House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal has “no way forward,” according to lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting Tuesday – the latest blow to a major national security package intended to unlock critical aid to Ukraine as former President

By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson privately told House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal has “no way forward,” according to lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting Tuesday – the latest blow to a major national security package intended to unlock critical aid to Ukraine as former President Donald

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Illinois State Board of Elections voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss a challenge to former President Donald Trump’s candidacy, but the decision is not expected to be the final word in the matter, with an appeal all but assured. The panel voted 8-0 on a bipartisan basis to

By Annie Grayer, CNN GOP Rep. Russell Fry of South Carolina led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing a bill on Tuesday to create a federal law that would help survivors of human trafficking expunge their criminal records for crimes committed as a direct result of being a victim, according to a copy of

By Sean Lyngaas and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that China would not interfere in the 2024 US presidential election when the two men met in November — an assurance reiterated by the Chinese foreign minister to Biden’s national security adviser this past weekend, two people familiar with the

By Betsy Klein, Michael Williams and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden told reporters Tuesday he has made a decision about the US response to the drone strike that killed three US service members and injured dozens in Jordan. Asked by CNN’s Arlette Saenz whether he has decided how to respond, Biden

By Kristen Holmes, Fredreka Schouten and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — With two primary season wins in his pocket, former President Donald Trump is ramping up efforts to bring potential megadonors into the campaign fold with personal calls, motorcade rides and meals at his Mar-a-Lago private club, a source familiar with the endeavor told CNN.

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A group of 19 predominantly Democratic lawmakers is calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to provide answers about why he bypassed Congress last month to approve arms sales to Israel. “It is essential for Congress to be able to conduct oversight of these arms transfers and determine whether

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A former conservative federal appellate judge is urging the Supreme Court to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, arguing the ex-president’s effort to cling to power after his 2020 election loss was “broader” than South Carolina’s secession from the US that triggered the Civil War. “Mr. Trump tried to prevent

By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno and Betsy Klein, CNN As far as presidents go, the Palm Beach region is the domain of the former White House occupant Donald Trump. But for a few hours Tuesday, it was President Joe Biden’s motorcade zipping through the wealthy South Florida enclave as the Democrat looks to line his campaign

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans voted early Wednesday to advance their impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, moving closer to taking the rare step of impeaching a Cabinet official. The move sets up a vote on the articles by the full House of Representatives, though the date of that vote

By Sean Lyngaas and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Justice Department have used a court order to address vulnerabilities in thousands of internet-connected devices that are at the center of a Chinese hacking campaign targeting sensitive US critical infrastructure, two US officials and a third source familiar with the matter told CNN.

By Melanie Zanona and Tami Luhby, CNN House GOP leaders are moving forward with a $78 billion bipartisan tax package even as some Republicans express reservations over the deal, which includes an expansion of the popular child tax credit — a top Democratic priority. Speaker Mike Johnson said at a private event on Monday that the bill – which

By Whitney Wild, Jamie Gangel and Haley Talbot, CNN The Justice Department is investigating Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri for misuse of funds, a senior congressional source with knowledge and a source familiar with the probe told CNN, after the DOJ subpoenaed the House Sergeant at Arms Monday for documents related to the matter. Separately,

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to undergo back surgery on Saturday and delegate his duties for a time during the procedure, according to a Justice Department spokesperson. The procedure is minimally invasive, department spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa said in a statement, and Garland, 71, is likely

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor opened up on Monday about the “frustration” she said she experiences daily as the high court’s conservative supermajority continues to move the country further to the right. “I live in frustration. And as you heard, every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and

By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US’ response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed and wounded US service members on Sunday is likely to be more powerful than previous American retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials told CNN, though the Pentagon and White House are

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A former conservative federal appellate judge is urging the Supreme Court to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, arguing the ex-president’s effort to cling to power after his 2020 election loss was “broader” than South Carolina’s secession from the US that triggered the Civil War. “Mr. Trump tried to prevent the

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The leader of an Iranian criminal network that targets dissidents, along with two Canadian nationals, including a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, have been charged with plotting to murder two people who fled Iran and lived in Maryland, federal prosecutors announced Monday. The three men named in the

CNN By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The three US soldiers killed in the drone attack on a US military outpost in Jordan were identified Monday as Sgt. William Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Specialist Kennedy Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia; and Specialist Breonna Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, according to the Defense Department.

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The three US soldiers killed in the drone attack on a US military outpost in Jordan were identified Monday as Sgt. William Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Specialist Kennedy Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia; and Specialist Breonna Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, according to the Defense Department. They

CNN By Kristina Sgueglia and Karl de Vries, CNN (CNN) — E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist to whom a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages last week as part of a defamation trial against Donald Trump, said on CNN Monday that the court proceedings were little more than a “campaign stop” for the

By Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A broad framework for a hostage release and potential ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel was agreed to among negotiators in Paris this weekend, according to an official familiar with the talks. While there is a basic framework that negotiators feel they can move

CNN, PLANET LABS PBC, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, SOCIAL MEDIA By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The drone that killed three US Army soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan on Sunday approached the US military outpost, Tower 22, around the same time an American drone was returning to the base,

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The drone that killed three US Army soldiers and wounded dozens more in Jordan on Sunday approached the US military outpost, Tower 22, around the same time an American drone was returning to the base, which led to uncertainty over whether it was hostile

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man who stole and leaked former President Donald Trump and thousands of others’ tax records has been sentenced to five years in prison. In October, Charles Littlejohn, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized disclosures of income tax returns. According to his plea agreement, he stole Trump’s

By Kristina Sgueglia and Karl de Vries, CNN (CNN) — E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist to whom a jury awarded $83.3 million in damages last week as part of a defamation trial against Donald Trump, said on CNN Monday that the court proceedings were little more than a “campaign stop” for the former

By Colin McCullough, CNN (CNN) — The Oklahoma Republican Party approved a resolution over the weekend condemning and censuring Sen. James Lankford, the state’s senior senator, for his role in the ongoing bipartisan border negotiations in Congress. Oklahoma Republicans accuse Lankford of “playing fast and loose” with Democrats on border policy and that he puts

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson is overseeing one of the smallest House majorities in history as Congress confronts upcoming battles over government funding and contentious fights over immigration and impeachment. Republicans currently control just 219 seats while Democrats control 213 after Ohio GOP Rep. Bill Johnson resigned from Congress earlier this

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — As Americans prepare to file their 2023 federal tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service is getting ready to take on one of its biggest challenges: Digitizing all of its paper. Even though the vast majority of people file their federal tax returns electronically, the IRS still receives millions

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The deaths of three American troops in a drone attack Sunday has thrust the United States deeper into the Middle East conflict and lent fresh urgency to efforts at securing the release of hostages in Gaza in exchange for a prolonged halt in the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

CNN By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism after suggesting some pro-Palestinian protesters are “connected to Russia.” “We have to think about what we’re doing, and what we have to do is try to stop the suffering in Gaza … but for them to call for a ceasefire

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism after suggesting some pro-Palestinian protesters are “connected to Russia.” “We have to think about what we’re doing, and what we have to do is try to stop the suffering in Gaza … but for them to call for a ceasefire is

By Betsy Klein and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — President Joe Biden brought his presidential bully pulpit to the pulpit of St. John Baptist Church on Sunday, quoting scripture and heralding the promise of the Black American church as he tries to convince a core constituency that he is worthy of their

CNN By Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman told CNN he plans to try to force a vote this week to prevent indicted Sen. Bob Menendez from receiving classified briefings if that isn’t dealt with internally as the two men trade barbs over the bribery and fraud charges facing the

By Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman told CNN he plans to try to force a vote this week to prevent indicted Sen. Bob Menendez from receiving classified briefings if that isn’t dealt with internally as the two men trade barbs over the bribery and fraud charges facing the New

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he “absolutely” can see himself as president. Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or a Donald Trump conviction could give him an opening to run as an independent this year. In public, during stops in states such as New Hampshire,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — When an Arctic blast hit Massachusetts earlier this month, the phones started ringing more frequently at Citizens for Citizens. Desperate residents in the southeastern part of the state needed help with their mounting energy bills. But the nonprofit group had to tell many of the callers that it could

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump engaged in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol but should stay on the ballot in Illinois, a retired judge told the state election board, which is set to vote Tuesday on his recommendation. Retired state judge Clark Erickson — a Republican — issued the recommendation

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Sunday said that while she doesn’t need to beat former President Donald Trump in her home state’s Republican presidential primary next month, the results need to be better for her than they were in New Hampshire. “I don’t think it necessarily has