National Politics

By Betsy Klein, Lauren Fox, Ella Nilsen and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — On the day President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection, he convened his senior team at the White House, asking for a plan to “run through the tape” in his final six months in office, implementing key laws and cementing foreign policy, chief of

By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Tierney Sneed and Danny Freeman, CNN Pittsburgh (CNN) — A cumbersome pre-election voting option in the largest battleground state caused frustration, long lines and claims of voter suppression earlier this week. As former President Donald Trump and his proxies urged voters to cast their ballots early this election – an abrupt change

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — The United States that Donald Trump describes in his rally speeches would be pretty bad if it actually existed. Schools secretly sending children for gender-affirming surgeries without parental consent. Towns and even cities conquered by illegal immigrants. Pervasive election fraud. The highest inflation of all time. Presiding over

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Jennifer Lopez, campaigning with Kamala Harris on Thursday in Nevada, said Donald Trump’s campaign had offended “every Latino in this country” with his Sunday rally at Madison Square Garden, where a comedian mocked Puerto Rico. The pop star and actress’ comments at Harris’ rally in Las Vegas came as

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said former Rep. Liz Cheney is a “war hawk” who should be fired upon, as he raged against one of his most prominent intra-party critics while campaigning Thursday night in Arizona. “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels

By Jason Morris, Paul P. Murphy and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday said the state had been targeted by election disinformation, pointing to a viral video of alleged voter fraud that he suggested could be the result of foreign meddling. The original video, which emerged on the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Basketball superstar LeBron James threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid Thursday evening, emphasizing that “the choice is clear” just days ahead of Election Day. Sharing a video with clips of offensive remarks from former President Donald Trump, the Los Angeles Lakers player said in a

CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children are incentivized to identify as transgender to gain admission to elite colleges. “Think about the incentives,” Vance told prominent podcast host Joe Rogan. “If you are a, you know,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Calling Vice President Kamala Harris “a liar,” former President Donald Trump claimed that he never wanted to terminate the Affordable Care Act – an accusation Harris has repeatedly levied against him on the campaign trail. “Lyin’ Kamala is giving a News Conference now, saying that I want to end

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance suggested in an interview that aired Thursday that White upper- and middle-class children are incentivized to identify as transgender to gain admission to elite colleges. “Think about the incentives,” Vance told prominent podcast host Joe Rogan. “If you are a, you know, middle-class

By Jennifer Hansler and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — As many as 8,000 North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region and are expected to enter combat against Ukraine in the coming days, top US officials announced Thursday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and their South Korean counterparts

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — It started with a bronze replica of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk on the National Mall in Washington, DC – topped with a basketball-sized poop. Now, anti-Trump statues are popping up in more US cities. The latest appeared in Philadelphia’s Maja Park Wednesday morning, where someone positioned a roughly eight-foot statue of

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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Four years ago, Georgia was at the center of attempts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn his election loss. Officials from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, down to individual poll workers faced an onslaught of attacks, including harassment, physical threats and legal action. This

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — Missouri voters this election will decide whether to effectively undo their state’s near-total abortion ban – one of the nation’s strictest – with a ballot measure that aims to write reproductive freedoms into the state’s constitution. It is one of 10 states voting on constitutional amendments to protect reproductive rights

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The co-chair of the Trump-Vance transition team on Wednesday night endorsed vaccine conspiracy theories pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and suggested the activist and Trump ally would be given federal data in order to check vaccines’ safety if former President Donald Trump is elected. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has established a clear advantage in the race for the White House in two key Southern battleground states, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. Likely voters in Georgia divide 48% for Trump

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — American officials remain doubtful a final diplomatic push in the Middle East this week will result in a pause in fighting in Gaza before Tuesday’s US presidential election, according to people familiar with the thinking, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waits to see who the next American president

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — California voters will decide this election whether to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, which would be the highest in the US. The ballot measure, known as Proposition 32, calls for raising the threshold to $17 for the rest of 2024 and then to $18 in

CNN By Curt Devine, Casey Tolan and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Before Election Day has even arrived, the “Stop the Steal” movement has reemerged in force, with some of the same activists who tried to overturn former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss outlining a step-by-step guide to undermine the results if he falls short