National Politics

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Hickenlooper, former governor of Colorado and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: February 7, 1952 Birth place: Narberth, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. Father: John Hickenlooper Sr., a steel mill executive Mother: Anne (Morris) MacDonald Marriages: Robin

By Arit John, CNN Rochester, New Hampshire (CNN) — Bonnie Cote never considered voting for anyone other than former President Donald Trump. As she stood outside her hometown’s opera house, where Trump held one of his final Granite State campaign rallies earlier this week, the 33-year-old said she was “relieved” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dropped

By Priscilla Alvarez, Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Waukesha, Wisconsin (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 role came into sharp focus this week as she took direct aim at former President Donald Trump over reproductive rights, laying the groundwork for a central Democratic message in the 2024 election and unveiling a more elevated

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley vowed to remain in the Republican race, saying she’ll now

CNN Opinion By Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — Democrats should not make the mistake of underestimating former President Donald Trump. This is exactly what the party did in 2016, when former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the Democratic nominee, and there are some who currently risk repeating the error. Following Trump’s strong showing in

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is moving to assert total dominance over the Republican Party in a harbinger of the strongman rule he envisages for his possible second term, following his twin triumphs in Iowa and New Hampshire. The ex-president is trying to intimidate Nikki Haley into abandoning the GOP

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley vowed to remain in the Republican race, saying she’ll now

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley vowed to remain in the Republican race, saying she’ll now

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and the manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve full access to the drug, warning that a lower-court ruling restricting its availability “threatens profound harms” nationwide. “The loss of access to mifepristone would be damaging for women and healthcare

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The voters who turned out for New Hampshire’s GOP presidential primary on Tuesday were less staunchly conservative and less closely tied to the Republican Party than the electorate in last week’s Iowa caucuses, according to the early results of CNN’s exit poll. But even in a state less

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump made several false claims in a speech Tuesday night after CNN and other media outlets projected that he would win the Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire. CNN also watched rival candidate Nikki Haley’s Tuesday night speech in New Hampshire; Haley’s claims were either accurate or too general

By MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is preparing to make a full pivot to the general election with some of the president’s top advisers in the West Wing set to move over to the reelection campaign, as it watches former President Donald Trump’s quick

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s voters get all the attention. But it’s Joe Biden’s who may decide the general election. A historic rematch for the White House between the ex-president and the current president — which few Americans seem to relish — is coming into view given Trump’s early dominance

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump took a huge step toward winning a third consecutive Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, winning the New Hampshire primary in a one-on-one matchup with his last challenger standing, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley vowed to remain in the Republican race, saying she’ll now focus

By Michael Williams and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has won the New Hampshire primary, calming the anxieties of Democrats concerned that lagging enthusiasm over his campaign and the absence of his name from the ballot could add up to an embarrassing defeat. Those worries led Biden loyalists to launch an unofficial

By Alex Leeds Matthews and Alex Newman, CNN (CNN) — Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the second contest in the race to determine the Republican presidential nominee, features only two competitive candidates: Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ended his campaign on Sunday and endorsed Trump; Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson ended theirs

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is preparing an executive order aimed at curbing the ability of foreign governments to access sensitive personal data on Americans that could jeopardize national security, one current US official and one former US official familiar with the matter told CNN. Foreign efforts to exploit Americans’ data represent an

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The voters who turned out for New Hampshire’s GOP presidential primary on Tuesday were less staunchly conservative and less closely tied to the Republican Party than the electorate in last week’s Iowa caucuses, according to the early results of CNN’s exit poll. But even in a state less naturally

By Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement. The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq.