National Politics

By Jason Hanna, Kristina Sgueglia, Miguel Marquez and Carolyn Sung, CNN The roughly 50 migrants who were sent by plane to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida’s governor this week were taken to a military base Friday to receive shelter and humanitarian support, officials said. The migrants, after two days of uncertainty on the small

By Daniel Dale, CNN Republican midterm candidates around the country are running attack ads criticizing their Democratic opponents over crime and policing. But some of their September ads have been deceptive. An ad from Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deceptively sliced and diced a quote on police funding from Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke. An ad

By Manu Raju, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Daniella Diaz, CNN Nancy Pelosi sidestepped a question this week about whether she wants to continue leading House Democrats after November — but her own members are divided about whether they’d let that happen. In interviews with more than two dozen House Democrats, a consensus is emerging: If they

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Senior US officials tell CNN they are disappointed US-led sanctions haven’t had a bigger impact so far on the Russian economy and are now predicting that the harshest effects probably won’t materialize until early next year at the earliest. The hope had been that the sanctions would

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal judge in Florida dealt the Justice Department another setback in its investigation into the handling of documents from former President Donald Trump’s White House with a trio of orders Thursday night. US District Judge Aileen Cannon appointed Raymond Dearie, a Brooklyn based senior federal judge, to

By Kara Scannell and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Save America PAC has advanced former President Donald Trump’s attorney Chris Kise $3 million in an upfront payment to cover his legal fees, a person familiar with the arrangement told CNN. Kise, a former Florida solicitor general, joined Trump’s legal team last month to help the former

By Shawna Mizelle and Sonnet Swire, CNN Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday condemned Republican Rep. Clay Higgins‘ treatment of an environmental lawyer during a congressional hearing on the climate crisis. “In the four years that I’ve sat on this committee, I have never seen members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, disrespect a witness in

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House plans to allow the nomination process to play out for President Joe Biden’s pick to be the next administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Phil Washington, after his name emerged in a recent search warrant issued as part of a political corruption investigation in Los Angeles. The warrant

By CNN US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday selected federal senior Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master to review the materials seized in the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence and resort. Cannon also rejected the Justice Department’s request to revive its criminal investigation into classified documents seized at