National Politics

CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration. According to a notice posted to the Federal Register

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Naval Academy was sued Thursday over its use of race in its admissions practices by the same anti-affirmative action group whose lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina led the Supreme Court to declare race-based admissions policies unlawful earlier this year. In a 28-page

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday froze a lower court ruling that blocked the Biden administration from regulating so-called ghost guns after a controversial ruling from a district court judge in Texas. Alito, who has jurisdiction over the lower court involved in the case,

By Annie Grayer and Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department has directed an FBI special agent not to testify before the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee in a dispute over the agent’s request to have both his personal lawyer and a Justice Department attorney present during his deposition, a source familiar with the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A notorious cybercriminal group is still active and attempting to conduct ransomware attacks despite an FBI attempt to sabotage the group’s operations in August, cybersecurity researchers said Thursday. The hackers have in the last two months sent a flurry of malicious emails written in English, Italian and German in

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Missouri asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to revive its controversial law that prohibits local law enforcement from helping federal officials enforce certain federal gun laws. The Second Amendment Preservation Act imposes up to $50,000 in penalties for assisting with the enforcement of federal laws

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — Senate Democrats rejected Thursday an offer from by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow to supply the Judiciary Committee with some information related to the travel and luxury vacations he gifted to Justice Clarence Thomas over the past five years. In a letter signed by the committee’s

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration will restart deporting Venezuelans directly to Venezuela in an attempt to curb the record influx of crossings at the US-Mexico border, according to senior administration officials, marking a major shift in policy. Venezuelans who cross the US-Mexico border unlawfully and lack a legal basis to remain

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker of the House Friday. In a post on Truth Social shortly after midnight, Trump said Jordan “will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!” Trump’s

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump has asked the federal judge overseeing special counsel Jack Smith’s election interference case to dismiss the criminal charges, arguing he has immunity because he was president at the time and also was acquitted by the US Senate after his impeachment. Thursday’s filing

By Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio met Thursday with the business-minded Main Street Caucus, according to a source familiar, as the House Judiciary chairman works to win over the more centrist-leaning members in his party as part of his campaign to be the next House speaker. Jordan is among

By Gregory Krieg, Mark Morales and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former campaign treasurer for New York Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by committing one or more federal offenses. Nancy Marks, a veteran GOP operative, oversaw the campaign’s finances for the Long Island

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of major media organizations on Thursday asked the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election subversion case for permission to broadcast his trial, arguing the historic nature of the case warrants an exception to a strict rule prohibiting cameras in courtrooms. CNN and more than a dozen

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US F-16 fighter jet shot down an armed Turkish drone in northeast Syria that was operating near US military personnel and Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, officials familiar with the incident told CNN. The US assessed the armed drone posed a potential threat and issued more

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has once again asked to delay the trial in the classified documents case against him in Florida until after the 2024 elections, citing issues over access to classified material in the case. The filing late Wednesday is at least the second explicit

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Progressive scholar Cornel West announced Thursday he will run as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, abandoning his campaign for the Green Party’s nomination amid criticism from some leading leftists. West, in a video posted to social media, again promised to “break the grip of the duopoly

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the 2020 presidential debates. June 26, 2019 Event Type: Democratic DebateLocation: Miami, FloridaHosts: NBC News, MSNBC and TelemundoModerators: José Diaz-Balart, Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Rachel Maddow and Chuck ToddParticipants: Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke,

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats in next year’s elections. The action by the three-judge panel – along with the outcomes of several other closely

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered on the front steps of San Francisco City Hall Thursday to remember the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein at a funeral service. Political leaders celebrated the life of the longtime California senator, who died last week at 90, at the afternoon memorial, highlighting her character and her legacy

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its