National Politics

By Haley Britzky, Way Mullery and Amy O’Kruk, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US has strengthened its military posture consistently in the Middle East over the last year following the breakout of the war between Israel and Hamas, with tensions increasing further in the days after Israel launched its operation against Hezbollah. Twice this year, US forces in the region have

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — A spokesperson for second gentleman Doug Emhoff denied claims made in a tabloid report that he assaulted a former girlfriend in 2012. The Daily Mail on Wednesday reported Emhoff allegedly struck an ex-girlfriend while the two were leaving an event at the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2012,

By John Fritze and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday let stand Biden administration rules that would cut emissions of the planet-warming gas methane as well as mercury in a rare win for an environmental regulation pending before the conservative high court. The rulings don’t uphold the methane and mercury rules but

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — A new television ad from former President Donald Trump’s campaign deletes key words from two separate quotes to deceptively attack Vice President Kamala Harris. The ad, which Trump also posted on social media on Wednesday, targets Harris on tax policy. Three components of the 30-second spot are dishonest:

By Tierney Sneed and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels. The high court on Friday granted the request by Smith & Wesson and other gun manufacturers to review a federal

By Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US and South Korea have reached a tentative new five-year cost-sharing agreement for US forces based in South Korea, US and South Korean authorities announced Friday, in a deal that would safeguard the long-running alliance ahead of a potential victory by former President Donald Trump in November.

By Sara Murray, Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The roadmap laid out by the Justice Department in court this week for how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election feels eerily familiar to many election officials and voting rights advocates who are gearing up for November. In

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama plans to commence a 27-day campaign sprint for Vice President Kamala Harris next week in Pennsylvania, an adviser to the Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign said, hoping his star power among Democrats can help propel her to the office he once held. Openly concerned about Democratic complacency and acutely

CNN By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs.

By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah Minneapolis (CNN) — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A

By Steve Contorno and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — When absentee ballots first landed on doorsteps in Michigan last month, so did Paul Hudson, a Grand Rapids lawyer and a Republican running to represent the area in Congress. Armed with an app that told him where likely voters lived and which houses might be swayed,

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attempt to unravel American democracy to stay in power four years ago is suddenly back at the epicenter of another election — weeks before the ex-president could pull off a stunning White House comeback. Special counsel Jack Smith and former Rep. Liz Cheney have thrust

CNN By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Bozeman, Montana (CNN) — Tim Sheehy stumped behind closed doors earlier this week here with a crowd of supporters eager to make him the GOP’s Senate majority maker. But the 38-year-old political novice was also eager not to be seen outside those doors. Sheehy and his campaign

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned that “election-related grievances,” such as a belief in voter fraud, could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol,

By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Bozeman, Montana (CNN) — Tim Sheehy stumped behind closed doors earlier this week here with a crowd of supporters eager to make him the GOP’s Senate majority maker. But the 38-year-old political novice was also eager not to be seen outside those doors. Sheehy and his campaign have

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is targeting red and rural counties in the final sprint to Election Day, according to campaign aides, with her appearance in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday just part of a strategy to compete everywhere and narrow Donald Trump’s margins in those counties. “We got to

By Danny Freeman, Camila DeChalus and Nicki Brown, CNN Reading, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Fresh off his vice presidential debate, Tim Walz arrived Wednesday evening at a Puerto Rican-owned restaurant here in southeast Pennsylvania to speak with Latino voters. “This thing’s gonna come down to our ‘blue wall’ states, come down to Pennsylvania,” the Minnesota governor

By Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot and Eric Bradner, CNN Washington (CNN) — New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler acknowledged that he darkened his face as part of a Michael Jackson Halloween costume, which he called an “homage,” after The New York Times reported Thursday that he wore blackface as a college student in 2006. “Obviously

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, seeking to capitalize politically on the devastation from Hurricane Helene, falsely claimed in a social media post on Thursday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “are universally being given POOR GRADES for the way that they are handling the Hurricane, especially

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — One month until voters head to the polls, the Justice Department is caught in a thorny intersection of election-year politics and continuing the work of the nation’s top law enforcement agency – trying to maintain its reputation for impartiality while also continuing to pursue the prosecution of Donald Trump,