Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed at a Friday rally that Vice President Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during her Univision town hall on Thursday. Univision itself debunked that claim on Thursday night. Trump also made a false claim that he doesn’t use teleprompters himself. In reality, Trump

By Kit Maher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance refused five times to say if he believes former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election during part of an hour-long interview with The New York Times. “Do you believe he lost the 2020 election?” host of “The Interview,” Lulu Garcia-Navarro said.

By Katie Lobosco, Gabe Cohen and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal government provides a variety of assistance programs for people impacted by disasters like the two major hurricanes, Helene and Milton, that recently hit the Southeastern US. To get access to the funding, people must submit an application to the US Federal

CNN By Gregory Krieg, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Eva McKend, CNN Pittsburgh (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Thursday admonished Black men who are hesitating to back Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling them it’s “not acceptable” to sit out this election and suggesting they might be reluctant to vote for Harris because she’s

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — At last month’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed violent migrant gangs were “taking over” Aurora, Colorado, amplifying and exaggerating a disputed rumor his supporters had spread across the internet in the days leading up to his nationally televised face-off with Kamala Harris. Now, the former president is set to

By Gregory Krieg, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Eva McKend, CNN Pittsburgh (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Thursday admonished Black men who are hesitating to back Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling them it’s “not acceptable” to sit out this election and suggesting they might be reluctant to vote for Harris because she’s a

CNN By Ali Main, CNN Detroit (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that the country would end up “like Detroit” if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, his latest jab at an urban center in a swing state that he hopes to win next month. In remarks laying out his vision for

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday attempted to walk back a comment he made earlier in the week calling for the elimination of the Electoral College, trying to align himself more closely with Vice President Kamala Harris’ position. After Walz said at a fundraiser on Tuesday he believes the

By Ali Main, CNN Detroit (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that the country would end up “like Detroit” if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected, his latest jab at an urban center in a swing state that he hopes to win next month. In remarks laying out his vision for the

By Devan Cole, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges have rejected requests to immediately reopen voter registration in Georgia and Florida as the southeast continues to grapple with significant storm damage ahead of the November election. Southern states impacted by Hurricane Helene have been facing intense pressure by voting and civil rights groups

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is on a lying spree. As Election Day draws nearer, the Republican presidential nominee has made false claim after false claim on a dizzying variety of subjects. He has both come up with new falsehoods on pressing issues, most notably the federal response to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump unveiled yet another set of targeted tax break proposals on Thursday, doling out more promises of relief as Election Day draws ever closer. Speaking before the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump promised to make the interest paid on car loans fully tax deductible, similar

By Ali Main and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that his youngest daughter, Tiffany, is pregnant. “She’s gonna have a baby. So that’s nice,” the former president said at the Detroit Economic Club in Michigan. Trump referred to his daughter as a “very exceptional young woman” and her husband,

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The judge in the federal January 6, 2021, criminal case against Donald Trump will wait at least seven days before releasing exhibits containing evidence that special counsel Jack Smith is using to argue that the former president is not immune from prosecution. Trump opposes the release of the heavily

By Michael Williams, MJ Lee and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that the federal government is rushing to help those affected by Hurricane Milton — and had a stark message for his predecessor, who has been spreading falsehoods about the federal response. Asked by reporters after his remarks at

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is rapidly spending its disaster funding as it responds to back-to-back major hurricanes Helene and Milton – coming on top of a nonstop disaster year filled with tornadoes, wildfires and floods. After getting a recent infusion of around $20 billion from Congress

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court appeared unlikely to fully reverse a judge’s ruling that would end the immigration program known as DACA, which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors. However, at a hearing Thursday in New Orleans, judges on the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals