Politics

By Haley Britzky and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department approved potential weapons sales to Israel totaling roughly $20 billion on Tuesday, including an anticipated sale of up to 50 F-15 fighter jets valued at more than $18 billion. The F-15 sale is believed to be the biggest weapons package for Israel and was announced alongside approved potential sales of

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, defended his military record during remarks in Los Angeles on Tuesday, saying he is “damn proud” of his service in the Army National Guard. Speaking to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union convention, Walz addressed attacks

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz once praised a cleric and leader in the Muslim community who has spread antisemitic content on Facebook, according to video newly revealed by the Washington Examiner. The video features Walz, who was chosen last week to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, speaking at an event

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s first public event planned since his exit from the 2024 race last month marked a cause close to home: Announcing a major financial award from the cancer-curing policy arm he created in the wake of his son Beau Biden’s death. The “Cancer Moonshot” program, founded while Biden

CNN By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union on Tuesday filed federal labor charges against former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk for threatening to intimidate workers who go on strike. During Trump’s interview on X Monday night with Musk, who is also the principal owner of the social

CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance is doing very well financially for someone who just turned 40, new federal disclosures reveal. The Ohio senator, whom former President Donald Trump chose as his running mate last month, has roughly between $4 million and $11 million in assets to his

By Allison Gordon, Daniel Medina, Curt Devine and Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities. That’s why, he said, he invested in AppHarvest, a startup that promised a

CNN By Jalen Beckford, CNN (CNN) — Former Los Angeles city councilman and California state Sen. Nate Holden said Friday that he was with former President Donald Trump in the helicopter ride that made an emergency landing, despite Trump saying it was former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. “Willie is the short Black guy living in

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual bombardment of false claims – at least 20 in all – during a Monday conversation with billionaire supporter Elon Musk, which aired on Musk’s social media platform, X. Most of the falsehoods uttered by the Republican presidential nominee were claims that

By Rashard Rose and Owen Dahlkmap, CNN (CNN) — Voters in Missouri and Arizona will decide whether to enshrine abortion protections in their state constitutions this November after proposed amendments qualified this week to appear on the states’ ballots. Missouri voters will consider a statewide constitutional amendment that would “establish a right to make decisions

By Adrienne Winston, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers are investigating a break-in late Sunday at former President Donald Trump’s campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said it was called around 9 p.m. Sunday for a burglary at the office, which is being leased by the Trump campaign and also operates

CNN By Kate Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk hosted a friendly conversation Monday on X after their interview was delayed by more than 40 minutes due to technical difficulties. The delay of the high-profile interview was the Trump campaign’s

By Associated Press (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters has been found guilty by a jury on most charges in a breach of her county’s election computer system. Peters was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge ruled Monday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ballot-access petition in the state is invalid, delivering the first major blow to the independent presidential candidate’s bid for nationwide ballot access. New York Supreme Court Justice Christina Ryba accepted the arguments made by Democratic voters and supported

By Tami Luhby and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — With the presidential campaign heating up, both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making a play for service and hospitality workers’ votes by promising to eliminate taxes on tips. But the move likely wouldn’t help many tipped workers, largely because a sizable

By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of longtime Republican and Trump operative Roger Stone, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The hackers

By Kate Sullivan and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — A super PAC aligned with former President Donald Trump’s campaign says it will spend $100 million on ads between now and Labor Day as Trump looks to recapture momentum that has faltered since Democrats coalesced around Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee. As part of the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States will resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Monday, ending a suspension put in place at the beginning of the Biden administration over concerns about human rights violations in the war in Yemen. “As part of this policy, our administration froze the sale

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US will not restrict military aid to an Israeli Defense Forces unit accused of committing violations of human rights against Palestinians in the West Bank after determining the violations were “effectively remediated,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement obtained by CNN on Monday. The decision