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By Marshall Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The US attorney who in 2020 vetted unverified claims from an FBI informant about alleged Ukrainian bribes paid to the Bidens recently testified to House lawmakers that he found some of the material credible enough to pass the tip along to the prosecutor leading the Hunter

By Daniel Strauss, Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — GOP 2024 presidential candidates traveling to the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference are facing a unique challenge this year: how to distinguish themselves from former President Donald Trump on their support and approach to defending Israel as the country’s war

By Alayna Treene, Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Kristen Holmes, CNN Washington (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows has been walking a tightrope, trying to strike a careful balance of complying with federal investigators who are using his testimony to prosecute Trump, while not crossing any red lines that would jeopardize his influential

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff met on Friday morning with family members of Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel, some of whom are believed to be held hostage by Hamas. The roughly hour-and-a-half meeting was held at the US State Department and led

By Kevin Liptak and Khalil Abdallah, CNN Washington (CNN) — Muslim-American leaders told President Joe Biden in a small private meeting Thursday he and his administration needed to show more empathy toward Palestinian lives and pushed back on his comment this week casting doubt on civilian death figures in Gaza provided by the health ministry

By Nicki Brown, CNN Washington (CNN) — Rep. George Santos pleaded not guilty in federal court Friday to 10 charges alleging he stole donors’ identities and ran up thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges on their credit cards, among other offenses. The New York Republican’s attorney Joseph Murray entered the not guilty plea on behalf of his client. US District Judge Joanna

By Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN New York (CNN) — Ivanka Trump must testify at her father’s New York civil fraud trial, the judge overseeing the case ruled on Friday. New York Judge Arthur Engoron denied a motion from Ivanka Trump’s attorneys to quash a subpoena for her testimony, though he said her testimony

CNN By Arit John, Eva McKend and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips formally launched his presidential campaign Friday and filed to run in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, kicking off his long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. Surrounded by a small crowd of supporters, staff and curious bystanders outside the New Hampshire

CNN, WGME, WFXT By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Maine Rep. Jared Golden – one of the rare House Democrats to oppose many gun safety measures championed by his party – came out in support of an assault weapons ban on Thursday, the day after shootings in his hometown of Lewiston left at least

By Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration announced new steps Friday to ensure access to affordable housing, launching a slew of resources to convert high-vacancy commercial buildings to residential use. The effort is an attempt to address what the administration says is a dearth of much-needed, affordably priced, conveniently located and energy-efficient

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) – While the weekslong speaker fight consumed public attention, the House Republican-led committees leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden continued to work behind the scenes, holding a string of highly anticipated closed-door interviews and receiving more bank records from Hunter and James Biden. But now that Speaker Mike

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday evening that he is not sure if Florida’s red flag law is effective in removing guns from dangerous people and he wouldn’t sign one – or any gun safety measure – if elected president. Instead, in response to Wednesday’s mass shooting

CNN By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The statement said the facilities

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith withdrew a subpoena seeking information from former President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign this week, a source familiar told CNN. This is the second withdrawn subpoena related to Smith’s investigation into fundraising practices following the 2020 election. Earlier this month, Smith withdrew a subpoena seeking records from

By Arit John, Eva McKend and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips formally launched his presidential campaign Friday and filed to run in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, kicking off his long-shot challenge to President Joe Biden. Surrounded by a small crowd of supporters, staff and curious bystanders outside the New Hampshire State

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Maine Rep. Jared Golden – one of the rare House Democrats to oppose many gun safety measures championed by his party – came out in support of an assault weapons ban on Thursday, the day after shootings in his hometown of Lewiston left at least 18 dead and

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday with global tensions extremely high as the Israel-Hamas war continues and the US seeks to avoid it spreading to the wider Middle East. In brief remarks welcoming Wang to the State Department, Blinken said he

By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US carried out airstrikes targeting two facilities linked to Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria on Thursday, according to a statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, following a series of drone and rocket attacks against US forces in the region. The US assessed that the airstrikes

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder on Thursday ended his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump. “As I look at the path forward, and after careful consideration and consultation with my campaign team, I have made the difficult decision to

CNN By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a US Air Force B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea on Tuesday, according to the US military. The Chinese pilot “flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed, flying

By Lauren Fox and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) – Senate Democrats are eyeing a new plan to try and work around GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s holds on military promotions, which would require a temporary change in rules that would allow them to approve hundreds of military nominations en bloc, a source familiar with these conversations told

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A Chinese fighter jet came within 10 feet of a US Air Force B-52 bomber flying over the South China Sea on Tuesday, according to the US military. The Chinese pilot “flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed, flying below,

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 900 US troops have been deployed or are deploying to the Middle East amid heightened tensions in the region after a series of attacks on coalition bases that resulted in minor injuries for almost two dozen troops. “These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders,

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bob Graham, former United States senator and Democratic governor of Florida. Personal Birth date: November 9, 1936 Birth place: Coral Gables, Florida Birth name: Daniel Robert Graham Father: Ernest “Cap” Graham, Florida state senator, dairy farmer and cattle rancher Mother: Hilda (Simmons) Graham,

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing those boundaries following the 2020 census. The ruling by US District Judge Steve Jones could result in Democrats securing an

By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) – Herbert “Bertie” Bowman, the longest-serving African-American congressional staffer in history who worked on Capitol Hill for more than 60 years, died Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. He was 92. According to his autobiography “Step by Step,” at 13, Bowman imagined Washington, DC could offer him a different

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Two cargo planes recently orchestrated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to carry supplies into Israel also contained drones, body armor and helmets for the war-ready country, CNN has learned. The Israeli government procured the equipment and asked the state of Florida for help transporting it overseas, a source with

By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron on Thursday defended his $10,000 sanction against Donald Trump after the former president violated the gag order barring public comments about members of the judge’s staff, rejecting another appeal by Trump’s attorneys to drop the fine. Before trial testimony began Thursday morning, Trump’s attorney Chris Kise asked

By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Mike Johnson swiftly ascended to the speakership with unanimous support from his party. Now comes the hard part. A largely inexperienced and untested leader, Johnson has to immediately confront a number of pressing legislative challenges and the deep scars within his bitterly divided party

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The liberal coalition that drove Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in 2020 is fraying under the weight of the escalating Israeli military strikes aimed at Hamas inside the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating. Though Democrats are largely united in their support for abortion and

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection bid in Kentucky has emerged as a critical test of how the fight over abortion rights will shape the political landscape ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The Democratic incumbent’s focus on abortion rights – in a Republican-leaning state where abortions are outlawed in

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged a federal judge on Wednesday to reinstate the gag order she issued on Donald Trump in the former president’s 2020 election subversion criminal case, citing his social media posts railing against a potential trial witness: Trump’s former chief of staff. US District Judge

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The American Civil Liberties Union and its Washington, DC, chapter filed an amicus brief in support of Donald Trump on Wednesday, arguing that the gag order against the former president in his federal election subversion case is unconstitutional. The brief contends that the order issued by Judge Tanya Chutkan

By Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration unveiled on Wednesday a $56 billion domestic spending request that would funnel billions of dollars into disaster response, child care, national security, aid for lower-income Americans and other programs. The supplemental funding request comes a week after the White House asked Congress for $105 billion

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to repay a “significant” portion of a $267,230 loan from a friend that allowed him to buy a luxury motorcoach in 1999, according to a memo issued Wednesday by Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee. But hours after the report appeared

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge has rejected another attempt by former President Donald Trump to throw out a lawsuit seeking to block him from the 2024 presidential ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” The ruling Wednesday from Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace clears the way for an unprecedented trial to begin

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron wanted to hear directly from Donald Trump. After Trump earlier Wednesday had apparently spoken about Engoron’s law clerk – in violation of the judge’s gag order – Engoron briefly paused the New York civil fraud trial testimony and said he was “going

By Donald Judd and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Wednesday shared a guest list ahead of the state dinner in honor of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, which included Australian performers Vance Joy and Kid Laroi, and actor John Leguizamo. It also included North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, President Joe

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron wanted to hear directly from Donald Trump. After Trump earlier Wednesday had apparently spoken about Engoron’s law clerk – in violation of the judge’s gag order – Engoron briefly paused the New York civil fraud trial testimony and said he was “going

By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron wanted to hear directly from Donald Trump. After Trump earlier Wednesday had apparently spoken about Engoron’s law clerk – in violation of the judge’s gag order – Engoron briefly paused the New York civil fraud trial testimony and said he was “going to

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a New York Democrat, pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor charge for falsely triggering a fire alarm in a House office building. Bowman struck a deal with the Washington, DC, Attorney General’s office, in which he pleaded guilty to the single misdemeanor offense. According to the terms

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court rejected an emergency bid Wednesday to block a multibillion-dollar agreement between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to offer online sports betting throughout the state. The court’s order means that sports betting could soon be available in Florida, although other pending legal challenges in state courts

By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — When President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted the Louisiana State University Tigers’ women’s basketball team at the White House this spring to celebrate their NCAA championship, he gave a passing shout-out to members of the Louisiana delegation seated in

By Jeremy Herb, CNN New York (CNN) — An apparent backtrack by Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen threw the New York civil fraud trial into more chaos Wednesday afternoon. Cohen gave combative testimony in the face of cross-examination by two Trump attorneys on Wednesday, after he had implicated Trump the day prior for

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — A judge hearing Donald Trump’s New York fraud trial spent Wednesday wrestling with a quandary the political world long ago failed to answer: how to constrain the ex-president’s fury, tantrums and impulse to break all the rules. And on an extraordinary day in court in which he

By Christopher Hickey and Alberto Mier, CNN Rep. Mike Johnson on Wednesday landed the job of House speaker without losing any Republican votes – a feat that until now seemed out of reach. It’s been more than three weeks since the House voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. And despite the threat of

By Fredreka Schouten and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday approved a new congressional map that could help their party pick up at least three US House seats in next year’s elections. The map, approved a week after it was first unveiled, could help Republicans retain –

By Zachary Cohen, Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) – Fulton County prosecutors have discussed potential plea deals with at least six additional co-defendants charged alongside Donald Trump for attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election, multiple sources tell CNN. The strategy by District Attorney Fani Willis’ office is clear: get as many co-defendants

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson. The pilots will train with the 162nd Wing of the Arizona Air National Guard, a unit that specializes in training international partners on the fourth-generation fighter jet. The training is expected to

By Andrew Kaczynski and Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s. In editorials that ran in his local Shreveport, Louisiana, paper, The Times, Johnson called homosexuality a “inherently unnatural”

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Pamela Brown, CNN Washington (CNN) — US authorities have begun a new effort to target fundraising and other forms of support for Hamas, including any tentacles the terrorist group has into the United States, current and former US officials tell CNN. The move is part of a broader reassessment ongoing in

By Michael Conte and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 to advance the nomination of Jack Lew to be the US ambassador to Israel, according to a person in the room during the vote, despite Republican opposition over Lew’s involvement with the nuclear deal with Iran when he served in the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Food insecurity among families with children rose significantly last year after falling markedly in 2021, according to a US Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday. Children were food insecure at times in 3.3 million households with kids during 2022, an increase of 1 million families from the prior year,

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A total of 21 US service members reported “minor injuries” as a result of drone and rocket attacks on coalition military bases in Iraq and Syria last week, according to the Pentagon. “Between Oct. 17-18 (ET), 21 US personnel received minor injuries due to drone attacks

CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 US military personnel sustained minor injuries from drone and rocket attacks on coalition military bases in Iraq and Syria on October 18, defense officials told CNN on Wednesday. One of the officials said that four personnel sustained minor injuries from an attack

By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led House elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the new House speaker on Wednesday – a major leadership change that comes three weeks after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy. Johnson, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and

CNN By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Sam Fossum, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led House elected Rep. Mike Johnson as the new House speaker on Wednesday – a major leadership change that comes three weeks after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy. Johnson, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump

By Sarah Dewberry and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday that he’s suing the Biden administration for allegedly cutting concertina wire at the US-Mexico border. Federal agents, the Republican said in the lawsuit, implemented a policy in late September that saw to the destruction of the wiring, which he

By Ali Main and Ethan Cohen (CNN) — President Joe Biden will not file for New Hampshire’s Democratic primary because he is “obligated” to comply with the Democratic National Committee’s delegate selection rules, his campaign manager informed the state party in a letter obtained by CNN. Under a Biden-backed plan approved by the DNC earlier

CNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House GOP picked Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest speaker nominee Tuesday evening, though the Louisiana Republican so far lacks the 217 votes needed to win the gavel – the latest sign that Republicans

By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen said he had a “heck of a reunion” Tuesday with his former boss Donald Trump when he testified against the former president at his New York civil fraud trial. With Trump sitting feet away, Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann, MJ Lee and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — American military officials are trying to steer Israel away from the type of brutal, urban combat the US engaged in against insurgents during the Iraq War, in an effort to keep the Israelis from getting bogged down in bloody, house-by-house

CNN By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was granted immunity by special counsel Jack Smith and has met with federal prosecutors multiple times in their investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to a report from ABC News. Meadows told

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Michael Whitaker to a five-year term running the Federal Aviation Administration. Whitaker is a former Obama-era deputy FAA administrator, and said at his confirmation hearing earlier this month that his past “time at FAA gives me some real advantage” taking the top job. Most

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, was granted immunity by special counsel Jack Smith and has met with federal prosecutors multiple times in their investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to a report from ABC News. Meadows told investigators

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Florida’s attorney general on Tuesday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a law that a federal court judge says amounts to a crackdown on drag shows to go back into effect while legal challenges play out. Attorney General Ashley Moody said the law –

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that while “the United States does not seek conflict with Iran,” it will act to defend itself “swiftly and decisively” against attacks by Iran or its proxies, and called on United Nations member states to urge Iran not to become directly involved

By Pamela Brown and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Intelligence shared with the United States suggests a small cell of Hamas operatives planning the deadly surprise attack on Israel communicated via a network of hardwired phones built into the network of tunnels underneath Gaza over a period of two years, according to two sources familiar

By Kit Maher and Steve Contorno, CNN Epping, New Hampshire (CNN) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday defended his record standing up for Florida’s Jewish community after a Republican lawmaker in his home state flipped his endorsement to former President Donald Trump and accused the governor of failing to address antisemitism. Rep. Randy Fine, the

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Tom Emmer, the House majority whip who withdrew his bid for the speakership after it was thrown into immediate jeopardy Tuesday afternoon, has tried to balance an at-times moderate voting record while trying to appeal to the Donald Trump-aligned base of the Republican Party. The move

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falsely claimed last week that “no pro-lifer has ever argued” that a woman should be jailed for getting an abortion. DeSantis made the claim while criticizing a rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and US ambassador to

By Alta Spells and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The Georgia State Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in a ruling Tuesday morning. The ruling reverses a lower court’s decision to void certain sections of the LIFE Act because it was enacted prior to the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision one year ago

By MJ Lee, Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Talks to secure the release of a large number of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are ongoing, two sources familiar with the matter and one western diplomat familiar with the discussions told CNN, but the negotiations are being complicated by

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors – the third guilty plea in the past week. At an unscheduled hearing in Atlanta, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Trump campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty Tuesday in the Georgia election subversion case and will cooperate with Fulton County prosecutors – the third guilty plea in the past week. At an unscheduled hearing in Atlanta, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a slew of court filings late Monday, attorneys for Donald Trump filed several motions asking the judge overseeing the election subversion case in Washington, DC, to dismiss the charges against the former president on grounds that, among other things, they violate his First Amendment rights and are the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for nearly five years, pressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a phone call in August to ensure that he is not left behind again, Whelan told CNN. “I told him point blank that leaving me here the first

By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen was once one of Donald Trump’s most loyal allies. But after going to jail for tax crimes and lying to Congress, Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” became a star witness against his former boss, testifying before Congress about the hush-money payments he

By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House GOP picked Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest speaker nominee Tuesday evening, though the Louisiana Republican so far lacks the 217 votes needed to win the gavel – the latest sign that Republicans are

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a campaign speech Monday in New Hampshire. Trump falsely claimed that the United States had no terrorist attacks during his presidency. He falsely claimed that Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley had initially proposed “to flood” the US with

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in a campaign speech Monday in New Hampshire. Trump falsely claimed that the United States had no terrorist attacks during his presidency. He falsely claimed that Republican presidential rival Nikki Haley had initially proposed “to flood” the US with refugees

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Washington, DC, later this week, senior administration officials said Monday ahead of a potential meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in California next month. Wang will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security Adviser Jake Sullivan during

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tom Emmer, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, baselessly said there were “questionable” practices in the 2020 presidential election. Later, Emmer signed an amicus brief in support of a last-ditch Texas lawsuit seeking to throw out the results in key

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday became the latest notable figure to pull back from Harvard after student groups there signed a statement blaming Israel for the deadly attacks by Hamas earlier this month. In a post on X, the Republican shared a letter he sent to Harvard

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday to a charge alleging he conspired to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. The New Jersey Democrat personally entered his plea before district Judge Sidney H. Stein. Menendez, his wife Nadine Arslanian Menendez, and three other co-defendants were

By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US has intelligence that Iranian-backed militia groups are planning to ramp up attacks against US forces in the Middle East, as Iran seeks to capitalize on the backlash in the region to US support for Israel, according to multiple US

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. The reports from The

By MJ Lee, Senior White House correspondent (CNN) — Jon Donenberg – a key architect of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s signature policy initiatives including her plan to cancel student loan debt – will join President Joe Biden’s National Economic Council as a deputy director, sources told CNN. Donenberg is poised to enter the top ranks of

By Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — As the search for a speaker continues, some House Republicans are already casting doubt over the future of the administration’s $105 billion security supplemental request for aid to Ukraine, Israel, the southern border and Taiwan, a major issue that any future speaker will have to contend with. A

By Isabelle D’Antonio, Jack Forrest and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — A crowded field of Republicans are vying to earn the support of their conference to wield the gavel, throwing the chamber into even more uncertainty after three weeks without a speaker. The conference is searching for a new speaker nominee after Rep. Jim Jordan

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. The reports from The New

By Jack Forrest and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The high-stakes race for the House speakership entered a new phase Tuesday evening, with a slate of more Republicans vying for the gavel after Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer withdrew his bid just hours after winning the GOP conference’s nomination. The party is under intensifying pressure

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — House speaker candidate Tom Emmer, the GOP whip, has moved to lock in support across the ideological and geographic spectrum in the conference, giving him what many House Republicans believe is an advantage heading into a secret-ballot election to nominate their candidate Tuesday, according to Republican