National Politics

By Christopher Hickey, CNN After being outspent by Democrats all summer, supporters of Republican candidates in the 10 most competitive Senate races have dumped more than $365 million on TV and digital ads since the beginning of September to catch up. That financial gap is being filled by the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC

By Barbara Starr and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The US Defense Department is trying to speed up the delivery of two advanced surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine as Russia has increasingly used Iranian-supplied drones that explode on impact to pummel Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. The Pentagon’s effort is just the latest evidence of a newly

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN In 2020, when Angela Lang and her team at Black Leaders Organizing for Communities encountered Milwaukee residents who were nervous about voting in person during the pandemic, they pointed to a widely available alternative: ballot drop boxes. Two years later, drop boxes are no longer an option for voters in the

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent Joe O’Dea, the Republican nominee for US Senate from Colorado, fired back at Donald Trump on Monday after the former President slammed him as a “RINO” and suggested Trump’s supporters wouldn’t vote for a “stupid” person like O’Dea. In a statement to CNN, O’Dea, the CEO of a Colorado

By CNN staff Federal student loan borrowers can now apply for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The application is available on the Department of Education’s website. Individual borrowers who make less than $125,000 a year and married couples or heads of households who make less than $250,000 annually are eligible to have up

By Marshall Cohen The jury in the trial of Trump-Russia dossier source Igor Danchenko began deliberations Monday and will decide if he lied to the FBI about where he got his information. The case was brought by special counsel John Durham, who has a lot riding on the outcome. After more than three years looking

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Polls for early voting have opened Monday in Georgia, home to a series of critical midterm races for the US Senate, US House and statewide posts from governor to secretary of state. Georgia’s new elections law allows in-person early voting for parts of the next three weeks — no fewer than

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a case asking whether those born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The court’s decision to stay out of the matter will come as a disappointment to many who wanted the justices

By Daniel Dale, CNN Democrats have spent weeks attacking Republican midterm candidates with television ads about abortion. Some of the ads have been misleading. Many of the Democratic ads accurately describe their Republican targets’ strict anti-abortion positions. But some others employ slippery phrasing and the power of insinuation to promote the impression that certain Republican

By Kate Bennett, CNN President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home in Delaware, where he met up with his wife, other family members and — if they followed usual practice — Willow the cat and Commander the dog. It’s a familiar weekly ritual. As of this point in his presidency, Biden has spent

By Dan Merica, CNN Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker defended pulling out a sheriff’s badge during Friday’s closely watched debate in Georgia, telling NBC in an interview that aired on Sunday it was “a legit,” but honorary badge from his hometown sheriff’s department. Walker had pulled out the badge during a discussion over support for