National Politics

By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Despite its Trump-loving crowd, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference became a venue this week for top Republicans to set themselves apart from each other and, in some cases, from the former President as they sharply condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Federal political committees spent more than $1.4 million at Donald Trump’s businesses last year, a new tally shows — underscoring one way the former President continues to personally benefit from his time in the White House. Five political committees associated with Trump accounted for the biggest share of spending, sending about

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Ukrainian staff of the US Embassy in Kyiv are asking the State Department for urgent help as their country comes under attack by Russia. In a letter sent Thursday to Department leadership, the locally employed staff asked for “immediate answer and action” on issues like evacuating the country and securing visas to the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court is transforming the law in America, rolling back a half century of constitutional rights, from abortion to voter protections. It would seem the six-justice conservative engine could not be daunted by a single change in the three-justice liberal wing. Yet by virtue

By Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US will impose sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the White House announced Friday. The Russian leader will become the highest-profile target in the effort to impose costs on the Russian economy and Putin’s inner circle in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European

By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot tells CNN it will issue a subpoena to compel testimony from Kimberly Guilfoyle after she ended a virtual interview on Friday. Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr. and worked on his

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As President Joe Biden rifled through binders filled with pages of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s qualifications as a part of his decision-making process, he also focused on something as valuable as her sparkling resume: her life story. Biden, a man who often harkens back to his own

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter As President Joe Biden rifled through binders filled with pages of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s qualifications as a part of his decision-making process, he also focused on something as valuable as her sparkling resume: her life story. Biden, a man who often harkens back to his own

By Jake Tapper, Ariane de Vogue, Jeff Zeleny, Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday, setting in motion a historic confirmation process for the first Black woman to sit on the highest court in the nation. “Today, as we watch freedom and liberty