National Politics

By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN Waterford Township, Michigan (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to the Wolverine State on Saturday with both the Republican presidential race and this crucial 2024 battleground altered considerably since his last visit some five months ago. Then, Trump swooped in for a rally centered on

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has started making a fictional claim about the political past of Nikki Haley, his remaining opponent for the Republican presidential nomination. On social media last week and at a campaign rally last weekend in South Carolina, where Haley served as governor from 2011 to

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Kristin Fisher and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Russia is trying to develop a nuclear space weapon that would destroy satellites by creating a massive energy wave when detonated, potentially crippling a vast swath of the commercial and government satellites that the world below depends on to talk on cell phones, pay bills, and surf the internet, according to three

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has subpoenaed his ex-girlfriend who was a key witness in the federal investigation into the Florida lawmaker, according to her lawyer Tim Jansen. She is scheduled to testify, via a video call, on February 29, and Jansen said she will invoke the Fifth

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for defaming

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden tried to downplay the importance of an FBI informant whose claims they once championed after he was charged with fabricating foreign bribery allegations involving the president and his son. Special counsel David Weiss charged the FBI informant, Alexander Smirnov, with lying to the FBI and creating false

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for

By CNN Staff (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay nearly $355 million in a ruling in the New York civil fraud case. The former president has also been barred from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation or other legal entity in the state for three

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Civil lawsuits seeking to hold Donald Trump accountable for the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack can move forward after the former president declined to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether he is shielded by presidential immunity. A federal appeals court in December cleared the way for three lawsuits brought against Trump

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The law clerk Donald Trump accused of “co-judging” his civil fraud trial is running for her own seat in Manhattan civil court in the upcoming November elections. Allison Greenfield was a frequent point of contention for Trump’s legal team – even costing Trump thousands in fines for violating

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday thrust fresh urgency into the roiling debate in Washington over how forcefully to counter Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, a question of wide-ranging consequence on which President Joe Biden and his likely opponent Donald Trump have adopted diametrically opposed positions.

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday criticized the House for taking a two-week break amid a heated push for additional funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia. After addressing reports of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday, Biden was asked by reporters whether there was any

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday defended his record on the border, saying his impeachment by House Republicans has no basis in fact or law and he has no plans to slow down his work. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour at the Munich Security Conference, his

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The announcement of Alexey Navalny’s death on Friday thrust fresh urgency into the roiling debate in Washington over how forcefully to counter Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, a question of wide-ranging consequence on which President Joe Biden and his likely opponent Donald Trump have adopted diametrically opposed positions. The

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he will not mount a 2024 campaign for president. “I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” the retiring Democratic senator said in a speech at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Manchin

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A small group of bipartisan House lawmakers has unveiled their own plan to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and crack down on illegal crossings at the southern border, an effort to put additional pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to act on Ukraine aid even as House lawmakers recess