National Politics

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — The political consultant behind a robocall that used artificial intelligence to impersonate President Joe Biden pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the first six charges he faces in New Hampshire, according to a court spokesperson. Steven Kramer, who worked for Rep. Dean Phillips’ longshot Democratic primary campaign against Biden, previously admitted that he

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright lying,”

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A former neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday disputed his account of a neighborhood spat that led to the hoisting of an upside-down US flag on his property in Virginia, saying that his timeline of what happened is wrong. “At best, he’s mistaken, but at worst, he’s just outright

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Republican who is seen as a potential running mate for Donald Trump, is defending himself amid Democratic criticism of comments he’d made Tuesday suggesting that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Donalds’ comments, which come as Trump’s campaign seeks to

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The third day of the Hunter Biden trial saw his ex-wife and an ex-girlfriend testify in vivid detail about his drug addiction. Also introduced as evidence Wednesday was the gun Biden bought in October 2018 that’s at the center of the charges against him. The salesman who

CNN By Dan Berman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon is again ripping up the court schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months even further down the road. Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Trump’s

By Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal corruption trial continued Wednesday with an FBI special agent reading text messages from a New Jersey businessman who is alleged to have made payments on a Mercedes-Benz convertible for the senator’s wife. FBI special agent Rachel Graves combed through countless text messages

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new

By John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official

By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris CNN (CNN) — A Georgia appeals court has halted the election subversion conspiracy case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants – a massive victory for the former president seeking to push further legal issues until 2025 if he can’t beat them altogether. The new order

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led committees leading an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden on Wednesday referred the president’s son and brother to the Department of Justice, recommending they be charged with making false statements to Congress during their respective closed-door interviews earlier this year. The Republican committee chairmen laid out their case

By Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Vetting materials have been sent to several candidates under consideration to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate, according to a person familiar with the process, as the quest to round out the 2024 Republican ticket heats up ahead of next month’s national party convention. North Dakota

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has nominated the current US ambassador to NATO to one of the top positions at the State Department. Biden announced on Wednesday his intent to nominate Julianne Smith to serve as the undersecretary of state for political affairs – a key diplomatic post

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Herring Father: Donald Herring, salesman and maintenance man Mother: Pauline (Reed) Herring, department store worker Marriages: Bruce Mann (July

By Katie Bo Lillis and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US and its closest intelligence partners are warning that China has intensified a campaign to recruit former Western military pilots and other service members to train its own aviators, according to a joint bulletin released by the nations on Wednesday. Beijing has for years

By Kate Sullivan and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is again suggesting he would try to prosecute his political opponents if he’s elected to a second term as he rails against his criminal conviction in New York. “Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have

By Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s leading super PACs told donors it raised nearly $70 million in May and shared plans to spend $100 million this summer in key battleground states, according to a copy of a memo sent Tuesday and obtained by CNN. Taylor Budowich, the CEO

By Oren Liebermann and Gawon Bae, CNN (CNN) — The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday in the first live munitions drop over South Korea in seven years as part of joint air exercises between the two countries, the US and South Korea said Wednesday. As part of the

By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff, Kelly Magsamen, is stepping down at the end of the month, Austin said in a statement on Wednesday. Magsamen was most recently at the center of Austin’s secretive hospitalization which drew criticism from lawmakers; officials said at the