National Politics

By Fredreka Schouten and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — As Republicans get ready for a second presidential debate, some of the party’s major donors are cringing at the size of the field likely to appear onstage and are increasingly fretting that former President Donald Trump’s lead in the polls is growing harder to overcome. And

By Marshall Cohen Atlanta (CNN) — Fulton County prosecutors pushed back against what they called “borderline offensive” claims that their 2020 election subversion case was fueled by anti-Donald Trump bias at a court hearing Wednesday for three indicted fake GOP electors. “That’s an accusation that, 100%, the state rejects,” prosecutor Anna Cross said, adding that

By Donald Judd and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The White House issued a stark warning Wednesday that a looming government shutdown could threaten crucial federal programs, blasting “extreme House Republicans” as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on a funding plan. “While President Biden has been in New York this week showcasing America’s global

By Jedd Rosche and Christopher Hickey, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is overseeing one of the narrowest congressional majorities in decades – tied with two other time periods for the fifth-smallest majority in US history, according to the Pew Research Center. With control of 221 seats, McCarthy’s party controls just 9 more seats than Democrats’

By Jeremy Herb and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland forcefully rebuked congressional Republicans who have accused the Justice Department of political bias as he opened a contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Wednesday. “I am not the president’s lawyer,” Garland said in his opening statement. “I will also add

By Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate’s gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol.

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — All hope is not dead for Donald Trump’s Republican rivals, but anyone seeking to emerge as a genuine challenger must soon begin to coalesce opposition to the ex-president to slow his chase toward a third straight GOP nomination. A new CNN/SSRS poll showing the ex-president’s big lead

CNN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A Danish artist received $76,000 from a museum to create two works of art, but instead submitted blank canvases entitled “Take the Money and Run.” The bold move has reignited debate about the value of conceptual art after a court ruled this week that the artist must return

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to share his peace plans publicly if the former US president has a way to end the war between Ukraine and Russia – but the Ukrainian president cautioned in an interview Tuesday that any peace plan where Ukraine gives up territory would be unacceptable.

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, plans to plead not guilty to federal gun charges, he said in a court filing Tuesday. He is also asking for his initial court appearance to be held remotely. In a letter to Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke, attorney Abbe Lowell said Hunter Biden

By Arlette Saenz (CNN) — Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and White House senior adviser Gene Sperling are no longer deploying to Detroit this week, a White House official said, and instead will engage with United Auto Workers leadership and the automakers from Washington, DC. Sperling and Su had previously planned on traveling to Detroit

By Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday that the state will now automatically register eligible Pennsylvanians to vote when they obtain or renew identification cards and driver licenses. “I’m committed to ensuring free and fair elections that allow every eligible voter to make their voice heard,” the Democratic governor said

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Some swing district Republican lawmakers are signaling they could cross the aisle and work with Democrats to try to avert or shorten a looming government shutdown, as the House GOP conference struggles to coalesce around a negotiated spending bill of their own that would fund the government for a

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US military aid and training for Ukrainian forces could be disrupted in the event of a US government shutdown, a Pentagon spokesperson warned on Tuesday. The Pentagon will still be able to access equipment from its own stockpiles, which is where the majority of equipment sent

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Apoorva Ramaswamy, wife of Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, said she does not regret taking the Covid-19 vaccine, breaking with her husband on a central issue of the biotech entrepreneur’s outsider campaign thus far. Ramaswamy, a throat cancer surgeon at Ohio State University, told NBC News that said she

By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are still struggling to reach consensus on a plan to fund the government, with lawmakers going back-and-forth over the issue and leadership forced to delay a planned procedural vote as they work to find agreement within their ranks. GOP leaders

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ outlook on national politics is best summarized as “dismal,” according to a wide-ranging new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. “Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government,” the report’s authors write. “But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Ray Epps, who became the focus of right-wing conspiracy theories that law enforcement coerced Trump supporters into storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been charged with a single misdemeanor related to the riot. Federal prosecutors filed the charge – disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds

By Annie Grayer and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — New testimony from a number of FBI and Internal Revenue Service officials casts doubt on key claims from an IRS whistleblower who alleges there was political interference in the federal criminal investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes. According to transcripts provided to CNN, several FBI and

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are taking their next official steps in their impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden by preparing a hearing and subpoenas to members of the Biden family, as well as scheduling the first hearing in the investigation for September 28. A committee spokesperson told CNN that the hearing