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RFK Jr. teases major announcement amid speculation he will make independent or third-party run

By Aaron Pellish (CNN) — Environmental lawyer and 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday teased a “major announcement” in upcoming weeks amid speculation he is considering dropping his bid to primary President Joe Biden as a Democrat and instead running for president as an independent or on a third-party ticket. “I want

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IRS contractor charged with stealing Donald Trump’s tax returns, which were leaked to press

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official. A source familiar with the matter told CNN that official is former President Donald Trump. The man, 38-year-old Charles Edward Littlejohn, worked

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Trump-era DOJ official and fake electors can’t move Georgia election charges to federal court, judge rules

By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Trump-era Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark cannot move his Georgia election subversion case from state to federal court, a judge ruled Friday. The ruling from US District Judge Steve Jones is the latest blow to the Georgia defendants who are trying to move their state prosecutions into the federal system,

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Trump sues former British spy behind controversial Russia dossier

By Jonny Hallam, Kristen Holmes and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is suing retired British intelligence officer Christopher Steele over the controversial dossier he compiled which shook Washington with its unverified and salacious allegations about Trump. The lawsuit – which brings a data protection claim against Steele and his business, Orbis

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The last government shutdown was the longest in more than 40 years. Here are all the recent shutdowns in one chart.

By Christopher Hickey, CNN Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson may have averted a government shutdown this week, but Congress has teed up another shutdown threat in the new year with funding deadlines looming on January 19 and February 2 in 2024. The last government shutdown, from December 22, 2018 to January 25, 2019, lasted 35 days

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Kevin McCarthy critics weigh push to oust him but lack candidate who can win majority vote

By Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Conservative hardliners have started to float potential alternative candidates should House Speaker Kevin McCarthy be ousted, as internal frustration with the California Republican has grown, according to four GOP sources familiar with the conversations. But the rebels still have not coalesced around

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Senior West Wing staff learning to do tasks typically done by junior aides as White House braces for shutdown

By MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The White House is continuing to brace for a possible government shutdown this weekend, including making preparations for many junior personnel being furloughed starting on October 1. Some senior West Wing staff in recent days have been learning how to perform tasks that would typically be

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Donald Trump tells judge he will not try to move his Georgia election subversion case to federal court

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will not attempt to move the criminal charges brought against him by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to federal court, his lawyers revealed in a court filing Thursday. The move comes as a surprise, as Trump was largely expected

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Exclusive: DHS investigating whether floor plans and other security information were exposed in ransomware attack on contractor

By Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Senior Department of Homeland Security officials are working to determine whether a ransomware attack on government contractor Johnson Controls International has compromised sensitive physical security information such as DHS floor plans, according to internal DHS correspondence reviewed by CNN. Johnson Controls, a major manufacturer of alarm

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Takeaways from President Biden’s first impeachment hearing by House Oversight panel

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans kicked off their first impeachment inquiry hearing Thursday laying out the allegations they will pursue against President Joe Biden, though their expert witnesses acknowledged Republicans don’t yet have the evidence to prove the accusation they’re leveling. Thursday’s hearing in the House

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Biden previews 2024 message by warning that Trump’s movement is a threat to American democracy

CNN By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden issued blunt new warnings about ongoing existential threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump and asking voters to prioritize the health of American institutions.

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US issues stark warning about China’s information efforts

By Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department issued a striking warning in a report on Thursday accusing the Chinese government of expanding efforts to control information, disseminate propaganda and disinformation that promotes “digital authoritarianism” in China and around the world. “President Xi has significantly expanded PRC efforts to shape

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Takeaways from President Biden’s first impeachment hearing by House Oversight panel

By Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans kicked off their first impeachment inquiry hearing Thursday laying out the allegations they will pursue against President Joe Biden, though their expert witnesses acknowledged Republicans don’t yet have the evidence to prove the accusation they’re leveling. Thursday’s hearing in the House Oversight

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Polls: The last time a presidential front-runner had this much of a primary lead, he became the nominee

By Christopher Hickey, CNN It’s been six presidential elections since a nonincumbent front-runner at this point in the primary cycle had a national polling lead larger than Donald Trump’s right now. That candidate, George W. Bush, would go on to handily become the Republican nominee in 2000. As the 2024 GOP candidates emerge from their

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Biden previews 2024 message by warning that Trump’s movement is a threat to American democracy

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden issued blunt new warnings about ongoing existential threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump and asking voters to prioritize the health of American institutions. “There’s

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Opinion: The GOP debate’s biggest losers

CNN Opinion by CNN contributors (CNN) — CNN Opinion asked political contributors to weigh in on the second Republican presidential debate of the 2024 season. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own. Jeff Yang: The funniest moments on stage were all unintentional Human civilization has given us a few great unanswerable questions, such

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Senate unanimously passes formal dress code

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous consent. This comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chose to stop enforcing the unwritten requirement, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman’s casual dress became a

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House Republicans release more than 700 pages of internal IRS documents from whistleblowers in Hunter Biden probe

By Annie Grayer, Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Documents released Wednesday by House Republicans shed new light on how two IRS agents who investigated Hunter Biden felt like they hit roadblocks whenever President Joe Biden’s name came up in the criminal probe. However, some of the documents also show that senior

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Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects Trump’s demand that she recuse herself from federal 2020 election subversion case

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former president’s team to remove her from the case.  In her 20-page ruling on Wednesday, Judge Tanya Chutkan spells out her approach to

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Biden approves emergency declaration in Louisiana for saltwater intrusion that threatens New Orleans

By Ella Nilsen and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration for Louisiana, the White House announced Wednesday, as the state battles saltwater intrusion along the Mississippi River that is contaminating drinking water and threatening water infrastructure. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards requested the declaration on Monday for four parishes:

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Biden launches first anti-Trump ad, hitting Trump’s labor record ahead of Michigan visit

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is out with a new ad slamming Donald Trump’s record with autoworkers ahead of Trump’s visit to the battleground state of Michigan, underscoring how critical working-class voters will be in the upcoming presidential election, as the country gears up for a potential Trump-Biden rematch in

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2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG’s claim they’re ‘brainwashed’

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election. Attorneys for fake electors Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost on

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Booker joins growing number of Senate Democrats calling for Menendez to resign amid federal indictment

CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Gregory Krieg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The political walls are closing in on Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was

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Donald Trump once backed 2012 privatization plans for Medicare, despite attacks on key 2024 rival for the same position

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has called his 2024 opponent Ron DeSantis a “wheelchair over the cliff kind of guy” for supporting then-Rep. Paul Ryan’s 2012 plans to partially privatize Medicare but a review of Trump’s comments by CNN’s KFile show that he supported the same plan

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