Politics

By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will “at some point” meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, as the two countries work to reset normal relations amid what has been an extremely tumultuous and tense year in the relationship. “We will, I hope, soon

By Andrew Millman and Shawna Mizelle, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Sunday that he is “seriously considering” a bid for Senate and expects to announce a decision before July 4. “I have not decided,” Raskin told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” when asked if he would seek

By CNN staff (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley will participate in a CNN town hall on Sunday as the field of hopefuls vying for the party’s 2024 nomination continues to grow. Haley, who served almost two years as US ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump, entered the GOP nominating contest

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley entered the Republican primary in February with a call for “generational change.” But her message has largely been drowned out by former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who are dueling for support from the GOP’s right-wing base. On Sunday night,

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A significant part of Jimmy Carter’s legacy hasn’t gotten much attention, even amid the recent outpouring of tributes to the 39th US president after he entered hospice care. These steps Carter took during his presidency are still shaping the United States, decades after he left office. But they

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A 66-year-old veteran from New Hampshire is accused of calling in a threat on the life of a sitting US senator, saying he was angry over “important entitlement programs for veterans.” Brian Landry is charged with threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a United States official in connection with

By Eric Bradner and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — The entire field of 2024 Republican candidates and likely contenders – minus the front-runner – descended on Iowa on Saturday for a fundraiser for veterans that featured a motorcycle ride and a barbecue as they mingled with politically plugged-in voters in the first state on the

By Jeremy Diamond and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden sat behind the Resolute Desk in his first evening Oval Office address with a clear purpose: to deliver the final word. A bipartisan bill to avert the crisis that loomed over Washington for most of the year so far was in hand. And

By Shania Shelton, Pierre Meilhan and Etant Dupain, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Friday that the US had sanctioned former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe for the alleged misuse of tens of millions of dollars. In a statement, Blinken said the designation for his involvement in significant corruption would render Lamothe,

By Evan Perez and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service implemented tougher disciplinary measures after preliminary findings from an internal investigation found agents missed an intruder at national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s home in part because they were using their personal phones, people briefed on the matter said. Secret Service Director Kimberly

By Jack Forrest (CNN) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for most minors in the state, making Texas the largest state in the US to place restrictions on transgender youth’s access to critical care. Senate Bill 14 bars health care providers from providing gender transition surgeries,

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office is seeking information from two firms that were hired by the Trump campaign with investigating claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election, according to sources familiar with the matter. Investigators in Georgia, who have been probing Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts

By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is seeking for the judge overseeing his criminal case in New York to recuse himself from it, the latest bid by the former president to try to undercut the case now set for trial next year. In a court filing made public Friday,

By Kaitlan Collins, Paula Reid and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself, two sources tell CNN. Prosecutors

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Behind the scattershot criticism Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has levied at former President Donald Trump since entering the 2024 race is an unmistakable message to Republican voters: The Trump years weren’t as great as you remember. It’s not a message Iowa voter Mark Skaff wants to hear. “I would’ve

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is scheduled to bring an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will shed light on an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national to Capitol Hill on Monday for House Oversight Chair James Comer and ranking

By Rebekah Riess and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge who was presiding over the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts case against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday disqualified himself from further participation in the case, citing a third-degree relative with stocks in the company, according to the order on disqualification. Chief Judge

By Kyung Lah and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates, who faced threats for his management of the 2022 midterms and 2020 presidential election in Arizona, said Thursday he will not run for reelection. “Today, I am announcing that I will not run for re-election to the Maricopa

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Army veteran was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Oath Keepers’ sprawling plot to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, which culminated in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol.

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist who launched his 2024 presidential bid earlier this year, discussed the importance of a democratic election and critiqued the Democratic National Committee over the push to change the presidential nominating calendar in a Thursday address to the New Hampshire

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed financial sanctions and visa restrictions in response to the ongoing violence in Sudan. The announcement of the sanctions comes a day after the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced it was walking away from talks with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following numerous

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An Oath Keeper who acted as part of a security detail on January 6 for Roger Stone before rushing to join the riot at the Capitol was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday for seditious conspiracy. Roberto Minuta, who prosecutors described as one

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials accused of plotting assassinations abroad, including against former national security adviser John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Thursday’s sanctions target Mohammad Reza Ansari, an official with a unit of the IRGC-Qods

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a cement mixing company that seeks to bypass federal labor law and sue a union in state court for the destruction of property caused by striking workers. The court said the dispute could continue in state court

By Clare Foran, Nicky Robertson and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a bill late Thursday evening to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, averting a first-ever US default just days ahead of the deadline. The House earlier this week already passed the measure, which can now be sent to

By Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in February made a bold prediction about the GOP and the debt ceiling, asserting: “We don’t believe they have a plan that can pass with Republican votes in the House.” He later insisted that the White House would not

By Jeremy Diamond, Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona, Phil Mattingly, Arlette Saenz and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden ended the month of May the same way he began it: with a phone call to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. His first call invited McCarthy to the first in a series of meetings to negotiate

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that nine days of negotiations with state Senate Republican leadership in an attempt to end the longest walkout by lawmakers in state history had reached an impasse, according to a statement from her office. “Today, the Senate Republican walkout is entering its fifth

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon forced an Air Force base in Nevada to cancel a drag show at the start of Pride Month that had already been approved, according to three officials familiar with the situation. The drag show at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada was scheduled for June 1 and

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Hitting the campaign trail in Iowa on Wednesday for the first time as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis road tested new policy ideas for handling student debt and boosting military morale. In Salix, Iowa, DeSantis said universities should have to pick up the tab

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — A new oral history project focused on former President Barack Obama’s administration was released on Wednesday, with the first installment centering on climate. The project consists of work completed by Incite, an interdisciplinary social science research institute at Columbia University, since 2019. The work from the past four years

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A hospital in Idaho has been diverting ambulances to other hospitals for more than 24 hours because of a cyberattack, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Wednesday in the latest example of a hacking incident complicating health care in the US. The cyberattack took place on Monday and

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans defended their broadening of work requirements for safety net programs in the debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, saying it would help people escape poverty and assist employers looking to hire. In a call with reporters, the representatives also challenged the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the package,

By Nicki Brown and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — All charges have been dropped against a US Secret Service employee and driver for former first lady Michelle Obama who was charged with criminal harassment and witness intimidation, according to his attorney. Douglas Vines was arraigned in Massachusetts in October 2022 after a woman claimed he

By Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Two Senate Democrats want the Biden administration to take another look at whether airplane seats are too cramped. The pressure – in the form of legislation from Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Tammy Baldwin – would require the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct new airplane cabin evacuation tests with more

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin’s monthslong effort to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline – a project that will pipe methane gas across parts of West Virginia and Virginia – is likely to prevail in the bipartisan debt ceiling deal, angering environmental groups and some Democratic lawmakers. Manchin helped secure a

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to pass a bill to suspend the nation’s debt limit through January 1, 2025, as lawmakers race to prevent a catastrophic default. The bill will next need to be passed by the Senate before it

By Kate Grise, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he “had nothing to do with” a poem recently being moved from an elementary school library to a middle school library. “This is some book of poems. I never heard of it. I had nothing to do with any of this, but

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An American living abroad was arrested last week on a charge of threatening US senators and political groups over the number of unsolicited political emails he was receiving, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Eric Charles Welton, who has lived in Thailand for more than a decade,

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — There will be “significant costs for US diplomacy” if Congress doesn’t renew a controversial intelligence program gathering communications data that is set to expire this year, a senior State Department official said Tuesday, adding that US diplomats have used the program to monitor Russian atrocities in Ukraine. The program,

By Karl de Vries and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady of the United States and wife of former President Jimmy Carter, has dementia, the Carter Center announced on Tuesday. “The Carter family is sharing that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at