National Politics

By Abby Phillip and Joanna Suarez, CNN Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is petite, soft-spoken and rarely heard from on the national stage. But on August 2, when Kansans shocked the nation by voting to preserve a right to abortion in the state’s constitution, Kelly’s statement on the vote read like a new blueprint for Democrats

By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama will travel to Atlanta and Detroit for campaign events in the final weeks of the midterm elections. The Democratic Party of Georgia said in a statement Saturday that Obama will campaign with Democratic candidates on October 28. It was unclear which Democrats the former President would stump

By Maeve Reston, CNN Betsy Johnson casts herself as the candidate for Oregon governor who will speak for voters who are “fed up” with homeless encampments and trash-strewn streets and tired of watching Republicans and Democrats “fight like two cats in a sack.” The former Democratic state senator, now running as an independent, likes to

By Kylie Atwood, CNN The United States has drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution that would support the deployment of a rapid action force to Haiti immediately as the country faces widespread crises, a US official has confirmed. The effort appears to be an about-face for the Biden administration after a US official said

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Biden administration authorized an additional $725 million dollars in security aid for Ukraine Friday, as the country recovers from Russia’s recent barrage of missile attacks on civilian targets. The Presidential Drawdown includes “munitions, arms and equipment from US Department of Defense inventories,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a

By Eric Bradner and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Gov. Tony Evers of Wisconsin and his Republican challenger, Tim Michels, clashed in a debate Friday night over the swing state’s election administration, as Michels vowed to sign into law a series of restrictive voting measures that the incumbent has vetoed. The stylistic differences between the two

By Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN When Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker met to debate in the already contentious Georgia Senate race, all the focus was on how personal allegations against Walker would roil the first — and likely only — debate in the campaign. Walker continued to deny allegations that

By Boris Sanchez, CNN What first appeared as statistical noise is now becoming clearer: Historically left-leaning Latino voters are shifting toward the GOP, with the potential to swing major races come November’s midterm elections. And with razor-thin margins determining control of Congress, Hispanic communities where Donald Trump unexpectedly made gains in 2020 are coming into

By Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday he was “stunned” by how Iranians have reacted to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, saying the nation has been “awakened” by the women-led protests and won’t be quieted for “a long, long time.” While visiting Irvine Valley Community College in California, Biden made brief comments

By Clare Foran, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has held a series of public hearings in an effort to shed new light on the events of that day and how former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election incited a mob of his supporters

By Jessica Schneider and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Justice Department officially appealed the appointment of the special master, who is overseeing the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago estate, in a brief filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. The Justice Department centered their brief on sweeping criticism