National Politics

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Federal investigators have interviewed Republicans in Georgia about interactions with people in former President Donald Trump‘s orbit and his 2020 reelection campaign, as the Justice Department’s sprawling criminal probe into efforts to put forth alternate slates of electors to displace Joe Biden electors expands to multiple states.

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent The Justice Department won’t bring charges against two former FBI agents accused of mishandling the sex abuse inquiry of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, the third time prosecutors have reached that conclusion. In a Thursday statement, the department said that the latest decision to decline prosecution of the

By Jim Sciutto, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is preparing to step up the kind of weaponry it is offering Ukraine by sending advanced, long-range rocket systems that are now the top request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials say. The administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a

By Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been processed through a series of Russian “filtration camps” in Eastern Ukraine and sent into Russia as part of a systemized program of forced removal, according to four sources familiar with the latest Western intelligence — an estimate far

By Dan Merica and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Five Republican gubernatorial candidates will be kept off Michigan’s primary ballot for now after the state’s Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines on Thursday during consideration of whether they were ineligible due to invalid signatures. The two Republicans on the board voted “no” to uphold the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A ransomware attack has forced officials in a 345,000-person New Jersey county to switch off their computers and set up temporary Gmail accounts so the public can email key agencies such as the health, emergency and sheriff’s departments. The hacking incident in central New Jersey’s Somerset County, which began Tuesday, has

By Tierney Sneed A spate of high-profile massacres where the shooters were in their late teens comes as the federal judiciary — yanked to the right by former President Donald Trump — has shown increased hostility to gun control measures aimed at people under 21 years old. In the last year, two separate federal appellate

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House has enlisted Selena Gomez to promote mental health, with the actress and singer joining President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy in a new video aimed at raising awareness. “I don’t take my platform lightly. I’m not perfect, I’m human. I

By Gabby Orr, CNN Fixated on relitigating the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump has often argued since leaving office that Republicans cannot have a successful future — either at the ballot box or legislatively — if they turn a blind eye to the past. But this week, primary voters in Georgia appeared to

By Kara Scannell, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN Republican Reps. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona have formally objected to being subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to a source familiar with the matter. The committee subpoenaed Perry and Biggs along with House Minority Leader

By Marshall Cohen Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, on trial for allegedly lying to the FBI in a case brought by special counsel John Durham, will not testify as part of his defense, his lawyers said in court Thursday as they rested their case. The defense case featured seven witnesses over two days. This

By Kara Scannell, CNN A New York appeals court has ruled former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must sit for depositions in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization. In a four-page order, the court found that a lower court “properly rejected appellants’ arguments that the subpoenas

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Pennsylvania state Rep. Summer Lee will win the fiercely contested Democratic primary for the 12th Congressional District, CNN projected Thursday, overcoming an onslaught of outside money to narrowly defeat her moderate rival, attorney Steve Irwin. As of Thursday morning, with nearly all of the votes counted, Lee’s lead over Irwin was

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken outlined the Biden administration’s strategy towards China, seeking to refocus attention on what he called “the most serious long-term challenge to the international order.” In a lengthy speech delivered at George Washington University Thursday, the top US diplomat outlined the