National Politics

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Conservative groups plan to invest record sums this year to shape below-the-radar state Supreme Court races, after Republicans suffered setbacks in redistricting court battles in several key states. Among the top targets: Ohio and North Carolina, where multiple Supreme Court seats are on the ballot and justices have tossed out maps

By Kate Bennett, CNN On Monday the White House will become something it has yet to become while Joe and Jill Biden have been in residence: A party house. At 6:45 a.m. ET, the first of what will ultimately be an anticipated 30,000 guests, who won tickets via a public lottery, will pour through the

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN Senate Democrats face strong political headwinds in this year’s midterm elections, but they have maintained — and in some cases, super-charged — their fundraising in pivotal states, new campaign finance reports show. The filings, which cover the first three months of 2022, further exemplify a campaign cycle awash

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Four states moved to curtail abortion access this week, with two of them advancing their own versions of a ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — similar to the controversial Mississippi law before the US Supreme Court that’s set up a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. Here’s what

By Tami Luhby, CNN There’s still time to claim the enhanced child tax credit as well as other federal tax breaks, which could be worth hundreds — if not thousands — of dollars. But you have to submit your 2021 tax return first. This year, the filing deadline is Monday, April 18. Most eligible families

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden labeled Russia’s actions in Ukraine “genocide” this week, the response by his team looked much different than when he declared, also unplanned, that Vladimir Putin shouldn’t be in power. Both comments caught advisers off guard, appearing nowhere in his scripted remarks and going well beyond the official

By Gabby Orr and Michael Warren, CNN Donald Trump on Friday endorsed J.D. Vance in the Republican Senate primary in Ohio, halting a last-ditch effort by Vance’s opponents to prevent the former President from handing his coveted endorsement to the “Hillbilly Elegy” author. In a statement, Trump acknowledged the difficult decision he faced in choosing

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Department of Interior announced Friday it planned to resume onshore oil and gas lease sales on federal land, with a higher royalty rate for companies to pay to the federal government. The Bureau of Land Management will issue sale notices on Monday for upcoming oil and gas projects. The Biden

By Tierney Sneed and Sara Murray, CNN Steve Bannon, the onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump who has been charged with contempt of Congress, asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss his criminal case. Among the bevy of reasons Bannon provided for why his case should be dismissed: He said the congressional subpoena he

By MJ Lee and Kaitlan Collins, CNN The White House released President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ tax returns on Friday, showing that the first couple earned more than $600,000 and the second couple made over $1.6 million in 2021. The President and first lady Jill Biden paid $150,439 in federal income taxes

By Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN Campaigning for the Senate in Ohio in recent weeks, J.D. Vance has ridiculed claims that advocates of a border-wall were “racist.” But in multiple appearances in 2016, he made a similar argument to the one he is currently ridiculing — including saying that Republican electoral strategy had been