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By Simone Pathe and Hien An Ngo, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is making history as just the second woman to lead a major-party presidential ticket – and, notably, the first Black woman and first South Asian. But lower down the ballot, fewer women are running for office this year. After several election

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Several United States and coalition personnel were treated for minor injuries after a drone attack in Syria on Friday, a US defense official said, amid heightened tensions in the Middle East. Personnel were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation, but none were “seriously hurt,” the official said Saturday.

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday in a statement that it had been hacked. Politico reported earlier Saturday that it had received emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s campaign operation. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday in a statement that it had been hacked. Politico reported earlier Saturday that it had received emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s campaign operation. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States,

CNN By Aaron Pellish and Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “misspoke” in a newly resurfaced video from 2018 in which he said he handled assault weapons “in war,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told CNN on Saturday. Walz’s military record has been heavily scrutinized by Republicans, including GOP vice presidential nominee JD

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 Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — For Dana Bash’s full interview with JD Vance, watch “State of the Union” on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET. Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance sought to brush off his Democratic rivals’ attempts to brand him as “weird,” claiming that Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota

By Jalen Beckford, CNN (CNN) — A contractor for the Defense Department was arrested Friday and charged with mishandling classified documents, according to an FBI complaint. From May until as recently as August 7, Turkey-born electrical engineer Gokhan Gun printed over 250 documents at work, a few of which were labeled “top secret,” FBI officials

By Aaron Pellish and Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “misspoke” in a newly resurfaced video from 2018 in which he said he handled assault weapons “in war,” a Harris campaign spokesperson told CNN on Saturday. Walz’s military record has been heavily scrutinized by Republicans, including GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance,

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 San

By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Scott Glover, Holmes Lybrand and Mark Morales, CNN Butler, Pennsylvania (CNN) — One minute before former President Donald Trump’s motorcade rolled onto the site of his now infamous rally in rural Butler, Pennsylvania, a local SWAT officer stationed in a nearby building peered down from his second-floor perch and saw

CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN Minot, North Dakota (CNN) — The unassuming site with the innocuous name Oscar-6 barely protrudes from the expansive landscape only a few miles away from the Canadian border. Were it not for the barbed wire fence, the nondescript patch of land could be mistaken for an abandoned construction site a

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Minot, North Dakota (CNN) — The unassuming site with the innocuous name Oscar-6 barely protrudes from the expansive landscape only a few miles away from the Canadian border. Were it not for the barbed wire fence, the nondescript patch of land could be mistaken for an abandoned construction site a 45-minute

By Devan Cole and Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal appeals court delivered on Friday another blow to President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan, siding with Republican-led states that asked it to block further implementation of the plan until their challenge to it is resolved. The fate of the plan, known as

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch criticized the expansion of federal criminal law during remarks on Friday, telling an audience in California that Americans’ liberties are at risk “when there’s a law against everything.” “What happens to your respect for law when everybody’s a criminal?” Gorsuch said during remarks at

CNN By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump recounted a story to reporters on Thursday about being involved in a helicopter emergency landing with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. Asked by a reporter about Vice President Kamala Harris’ previous relationship with Brown and whether it helped her career trajectory, Trump said he knew Brown “very well” and told a story about

By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee to run K-12 public education in North Carolina, filmed a video after attending the January 6 riot at the US Capitol urging then-President Donald Trump to put “the Constitution to the side” and use the military to stay in power. In

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here is a look at the life of Nancy Pelosi, a US representative from California. Personal Birth date: March 26, 1940 Birth place: Baltimore, Maryland Birth name: Nancy Patricia D’Alesandro Father: Thomas D’Alesandro, Baltimore mayor and US congressman Mother: Annunciata (Lombardi) D’Alesandro Marriage: Paul F. Pelosi (1963-present) Children: Nancy, Christine,

By Natasha Bertrand, Alex Marquardt and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The US is set to provide Israel with $3.5 billion to spend on US weapons and military equipment, releasing the money months after it was appropriated by Congress as tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran, multiple officials familiar with the matter told