National Politics

CNN By Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday depicted himself on social media as a globe-trotting freedom fighter – tweeting at world leaders, traveling to Ukraine to support its war effort, and professing his willingness to

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — Joe Biden’s national security advisers have no imminent plans to present the president with an updated proposal in the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire negotiations, two senior administration officials told CNN – the latest indication that talks to end the conflict have seriously stalled. Some US officials had indicated in

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump publicly recounted Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt against him in detail for the first time, praising US Secret Service, other law enforcement and the witness who took a photo of the suspect’s car that helped lead to his apprehension. “I was playing golf with some of my friends, it was

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — JD Vance on Monday blamed liberal rhetoric for the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump over the weekend. “I know it’s popular on a lot of corners of the left to say that we have a both sides problem. And I’m not going to say we’re always

By Zachary Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former White House chief of staff, failed to convince a judge that his criminal case related to the 2020 election in Arizona should be moved to federal court, which could have made it easier to have the charges dismissed. Meadows similarly failed

By Kayla Tausche and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden worked to shore up support among key constituencies during separate events Monday, an example of their strategic attempt to divide and conquer the campaign trail with the race to November heating up. In battleground Pennsylvania, a must-win

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed for Egypt on Tuesday but his visit to the region will notably omit a stop in Israel, amid rising doubts that a ceasefire and hostage deal can be agreed to before President Joe Biden leaves office. This is the first time

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — US officials on Monday touted another month of low border crossings, citing recent executive action curbing asylum access at the US southern border, even as former President Donald Trump levels campaign attacks over the Biden administration’s handling of border security. Immigration and border security remain among the top issues for

By Isabelle Chapman, Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday depicted himself on social media as a globe-trotting freedom fighter – tweeting at world leaders, traveling to Ukraine to support its war effort, and professing his willingness to die

By Ashley Killough, CNN (CNN) — A district court judge in San Antonio ruled against the Texas attorney general’s attempt to stop one of the state’s biggest counties from mailing voter registration applications to a large number of unregistered voters. Judge Antonia Arteaga on Monday dismissed a temporary restraining order and a temporary injunction filed

By Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The second apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump in as many months is raising new alarms about whether the Secret Service can adequately protect the former president or whether more needs to be done to bolster the security of the Republican presidential candidate even though

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and his children unveiled a new cryptocurrency business Monday in a virtual address from his Mar-a-Lago estate, the latest venture that stands to benefit the former president as he seeks another four years in the Oval Office. Details on the new business, which will be called World

By Aaron Pellish and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Monday it is investigating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allegedly decapitating a dead whale carcass and transporting it home two decades ago. On Saturday, Kennedy said at a campaign event in Arizona he received a letter from the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military completed its withdrawal from Niger on Sunday, US Africa Command announced in a news release. “This process began on May 19 following the mutual establishment of withdrawal conditions and continued with the withdrawal of US forces and assets from Air Base 101 in Niamey on July 7,

By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Michael Williams and Devan Cole, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, may have been lying in wait for nearly 12 hours along the tree line at Trump’s golf club, authorities said in a criminal

By Gregory Krieg, Mark Morales and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is unraveling. Late Saturday night, the mayor abruptly announced the resignation of his top lawyer and most ardent public defender. Days earlier, his police commissioner stepped down under pressure as a quartet of federal probes targeting numerous

By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson is once again facing a major challenge as he navigates a government funding fight while under pressure from an extremely narrow majority in the House and former President Donald Trump. Congress is up against a shutdown deadline at the end of the month,

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Washington and Seoul may strike a cost-sharing agreement for US forces based in South Korea before the end of the year — even though the current agreement does not expire until the end of 2025 — as both sides feel a sense of urgency to get a new deal solidified before the possibility of

By Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman, Daniel Medina, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Scott Glover, Audrey Ash and Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — A 58-year-old man detained Sunday in connection with an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Florida is a self-employed affordable housing builder in Hawaii who went on social media to weigh in on