National Politics

By Jennifer Hansler, Mostafa Salem, Becky Anderson and Rob Picheta, CNN Doha and Washington (CNN) — Five Americans freed from Iranian detention on Monday are on their way back to the United States after initially stopping in Doha, Qatar, according to a US official and a source familiar with the matter. The five, all of

CNN, POOL, FOX NEWS, HOUSE TV, ABC’S THIS WEEK By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to temporarily fund the government while beefing up border security – a proposal that is dead on arrival in the Senate and even faces difficulties in the House,

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team again argued on Sunday that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan should recuse herself from the 2020 election criminal case against him in Washington, DC. Trump has argued this before, and his response Sunday was expected. But the language in Trump’s legal argument used

By Melanie Zanona and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are moving ahead with a plan to temporarily fund the government while beefing up border security – a proposal that is dead on arrival in the Senate and even faces difficulties in the House, raising the likelihood of a government shutdown at the

By Daniel Dale and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker that aired Sunday on “Meet the Press” continued to make false claims around a variety of subjects including the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection. Trump blames Pelosi for January 6 Trump looked to

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, who paved the way for the undoing of federal abortion rights protections, said that some Republicans “speak very inarticulately” about the issue and have pursued “terrible” state-level restrictions that could alienate much of the country. While avoiding taking specific positions himself, Trump said in

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said that he received counsel from numerous people shortly after the 2020 election but that it was his decision to push the false claim he won the presidency and try to overturn the results. “It was my decision, but I listened to some people,”

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, who paved the way for the undoing of federal abortion rights protections, said that some Republicans “speak very inarticulately” about the issue and have pursued “terrible” state-level restrictions that could alienate much of the country. While avoiding taking specific positions himself, Trump said in an

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump acknowledged in a new interview that, despite receiving counsel from multiple people that the 2020 election was not stolen, he pushed ahead anyway with his false claims to try and overturn the results. The comments to NBC’s “Meet the Press” directly address a central premise

By Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the Defense Department appropriations bill that was paused last week before it even made it to the floor for debate will come up for a vote this week “win or lose.” “We will do that this week,” McCarthy said on Fox News,

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday intensified his attacks on his former boss, hitting former President Donald Trump over everything from his abortion messaging to comments about the war in Ukraine. “When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to govern as a conservative. For four

By Abby Baggini and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, the oldest candidate in the 2024 GOP presidential field, said there should not be an age limit for the presidency but expressed support for requiring mental competency tests for candidates. “I’m all for the tests,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker in an

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Ebony Davis and Kit Maher, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — With roughly four months until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls spent Saturday courting the state’s conservative evangelical activists, an influential voting bloc in the Hawkeye State. Nearly all the major GOP candidates spoke at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A man has been accused of entering a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday with a loaded weapon and impersonating federal enforcement. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Saturday they were called Friday afternoon to the campaign

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — US Border Patrol separated some migrant children from their parents while the families were in custody amid overcrowding in facilities, according to a Friday court filing. The filing, which is part of a years-long court case, underscores the humanitarian and logistical challenges facing the Biden administration following an increase

CNN, KTRK By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day — a time to commemorate the signing of the US Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Take a little time today to familiarize yourself with the Constitution and reflect on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

By Eric Bradner, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was acquitted in his state Senate impeachment trial, an outcome that laid bare the fierce divides within the Republican Party that controls all levers of government there. The outcome is a political victory for Paxton, a hardline

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is seeking to strengthen protections for federal workers as a host of Republican candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, make reducing and altering the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns. In a new proposed rule, the administration seeks to clarify civil service protections for

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Phil Jensen wore a bright red T-shirt with Donald Trump’s mug shot and “NEVER SURRENDER!” printed on it to the former president’s rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, last week. The longtime state legislator loved the shirt so much, he planned on giving half a dozen to his friends

By Simone Pathe, CNN Glen Allen, Virginia (CNN) — The new epicenter of America’s fight over abortion rights is Henrico County, Virginia, where candidates in bellwether state elections this fall are staking out positions that could test how both parties will try to appeal to moderate voters in 2024. “They don’t want abortion illegal,” GOP