National Politics

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN Midterm primary season continues Tuesday with elections in four states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont. In addition to a high-profile US Senate race in Wisconsin and gubernatorial contests in all four states, there are a number of US House primaries to watch as Democrats fight to defend their

By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN Top congressional Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Attorney General Merrick Garland to “preserve

By Dan Merica, CNN Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democratic Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes are political opposites. But as the two prepare for what could become one of the most closely watched Senate races of the 2022 cycle, they are leveling similar attacks to define each other: Casting their opponent as too extreme and

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Primaries in the Upper Midwest on Tuesday will set the stage for two major governor’s races, as Republicans in Wisconsin and Minnesota select their nominees to take on those states’ Democratic incumbents in November. Minnesota is also set to fill a House seat after former GOP

By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a bill aimed at boosting American chip manufacturing as he kicked off a victory lap to celebrate a string of wins in Washington. The CHIPS and Science Act will invest more than $200 billion over the next five years in

By Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Katelyn Polantz, Sara Murray, Evan Perez, Gabby Orr and Dan Berman, CNN The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there, three people

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Vermont’s designation as the only state to never send a woman to Congress is poised to be dashed in November, with state Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint and Lt. Gov. Molly Gray leading the Democratic primary for the state’s at-large House seat. The winner of Tuesday’s contest will be the

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A US Navy team recovered a military jet from a depth of 9,500 feet in the Mediterranean Sea on August 3 after the aircraft had blown overboard during “unexpected heavy weather” in July, a release from US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said. The jet was aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an

By Alex Rogers, CNN A group affiliated with retiring Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger launched a “nonpartisan training program” on Monday for people interested in running for public office or volunteering as election workers. Keep Country First Policy Action, the nonprofit group, created the “Country First Academy” to focus on those especially interested in serving

By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Susie Wiles was searching for her next act when Donald Trump came knocking last spring. Plotting a comeback after his supporters violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was proving to be tougher than the former President had anticipated, and he needed someone to whip his

By Zachary Cohen and Sara Murray, CNN Doug Mastriano, the Trump-endorsed GOP nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is expected to appear virtually on Tuesday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection but might not end up answering any questions due to a dispute over his testimony, a source familiar with

By Kara Scannell US authorities have obtained a warrant to seize a Russian oligarch’s private plane, valued at over $90 million, for violating US sanctions for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Airbus A319-100 aircraft, authorities say, is owned by Andrei Skoch, a member of Russia’s State Duma and a billionaire who made his fortune through