National Politics

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A mental health startup exposed the personal data of as many as 3.1 million people online. In some cases, possibly sensitive information on mental health treatment was leaked, according to a company statement and a Department of Health and Human services filing. Cerebral, a California-based firm that connects people suffering from

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US Air Force unveiled a new color scheme for the new Air Force One jets under construction on Friday, doing away with the darker red, white, and blue chosen by former President Donald Trump and opting for a modernized version of the classic design of the president’s aircraft. The color

By Haley Britzky, CNN Incidents of sexual assault at US military service academies were at the highest rate on record in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to a new report released on Friday. There was an 18% increase in reported sexual assaults across the three academies in 2021-2022 compared to the the 2017-2018 academic year,

By Kara Scannell, Devan Cole and Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN A yearslong probe into a hush money scheme involving former President Donald Trump and adult film star Stormy Daniels has led to him being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his alleged role in the scheme, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The

By Holmes Lybrand A Washington, DC, federal jury will continue deliberations on Monday in the conspiracy trial against six people affiliated with the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group for their alleged actions on January 6, 2021. Prosecutors and defense counsel concluded their closing arguments on Friday, after which jurors debated for about 30 minutes before

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Michigan man has been charged with unlawfully owning several firearms after federal agents uncovered online death threats he allegedly made against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden. Randall Robert Berka II faces one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person. He has not yet

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is lobbying virtually everyone he sees at the hospital for his release and is acting like his usual self, according to a senior adviser who has spent much of the past two days with him. Josh Holmes, a top McConnell political adviser, told

By Betsy Klein, CNN One of the key forces behind messaging the Biden White House’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is set to step down from his role. Kevin Munoz, the assistant White House press secretary tasked with handling Covid-19 and other critical public health issues, will depart later this month, CNN has learned. Munoz’s

By Fredreka Schouten and Nicky Robertson, CNN Embattled Rep. George Santos on Friday said he was “innocent” of an allegation that he had orchestrated a credit card skimming operation in 2017 in Seattle that led to the guilty plea and deportation of a Brazilian man. “Innocent,” the New York Republican told reporters on Capitol Hill.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the 2024 presidential candidates and key dates in their campaigns. Republican Candidates Donald Trump – 45th president of the United StatesPrimary Campaign Committee – Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc.Website – https://www.donaldjtrump.com/November 15, 2022 – Trump announces that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024,

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US intelligence community believes that individuals with ties to Russian intelligence are planning to stage protests in Moldova to try to foment a manufactured insurrection against the Moldovan government, with the ultimate goal of seeing a more pro-Russia administration installed there, White House officials said Friday. The US believes that

By MJ Lee and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden touted a hotter-than-expected February jobs number on Friday as a sign that his agenda is working, even as the Federal Reserve considers increasing its pace of interest rate hikes in the coming weeks as a part of its ongoing efforts to tame inflation. The US

By Steve Contorno, Jeff Zeleny and Kit Maher, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made his first appearance in Iowa on Friday, an unmistakable flirtation for a top-tier Republican presidential contender that brings his expected bid for the White House a step closer to reality. Though DeSantis doesn’t plan to make a formal announcement on his

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Russia has been capturing some of the US and NATO-provided weapons and equipment left on the battlefield in Ukraine and sending them to Iran, where the US believes Tehran will try to reverse-engineer the systems, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Over the last year, US, NATO and other

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden hoped to ease a serious source of tension with Europe when he met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House on Friday. The dispute is technical but highly contentious. It comes at a moment — a year into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine —