National Politics

By Gregory Krieg, Sabrina Souza and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — For more than four weeks, Sen. Bob Menendez has been a mostly peripheral figure at his bribery and corruption trial. On Monday, at federal court in Lower Manhattan, the New Jersey Democrat became the main character. Prosecutors’ star witness, businessman Jose Uribe, told the

CNN By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the jury

CNN By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son. Special counsel David Weiss’ prosecutors urged the

By Kyung Lah and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani was processed in Phoenix on Monday, weeks after pleading not guilty in Arizona to charges of allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Donald Trump’s former attorney was given 30 days to appear and get his mug shot and fingerprints taken, according to a

By Kristen Holmes and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump completed his pre-sentencing interview with the New York City Department of Probation on Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, a source familiar with the proceedings told CNN. “Earlier today, President Trump completed a routine interview with [the] New York Probation Office.

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden engages in the fight of his political life in a campaign focused on democracy and the rule of law, the most intimate details of his family’s ongoing personal tragedies have been publicly dissected in a courtroom over the last week. Hunter Biden’s struggles with addiction

By Curt Devine and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — US Department of Veterans Affairs officials have eliminated frontline jobs for staffers who provide care to veterans, even though agency leaders previously declared such positions would largely be protected from cuts, according to a CNN review of documents and interviews with more than 20 VA employees and job

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview published Monday, criticized a suggestion made last week by Republican Rep. Byron Donalds that Black families were “together” during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation. Politico reports that the vice president called up the outlet to weigh in on former President Donald

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from Facebook that is tied to how the social media platform disclosed the Cambridge Analytica data breach to investors. Long after the breach became known to leadership, the suit alleges, Facebook continued to mention the possible harm from a major

By Kate Sullivan and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed retired Army captain Sam Brown for Senate ahead of the Nevada GOP primary this week. “Sam Brown is a FEARLESS AMERICAN PATRIOT, a Purple Heart Recipient, who has proven he has the ‘PURE GRIT’ and COURAGE to take on our Enemies,

By Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken and Audrey Ash, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard Academy official says top leaders directed her to lie to sexual assault victims and Congress, making her an unwitting accomplice in a cover-up of decades of abuse. As a result, Shannon Norenberg says she’s resigning from her role as the

By Michelle Shen, Sam Fossum and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday pushed back on criticism of President Joe Biden’s new executive action restricting asylum while calling on Congress to take action on the border. “It’s early, the signs are positive. Our personnel have done an extraordinary job in

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — US officials are racing against the clock to finalize an agreement that could provide some $50 billion in loans to Ukraine using profits from frozen Russian assets – a top priority ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with G7 leaders in Italy this week – but the seven nations

By Kaitlan Collins, John Miller, Alayna Treene and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled for a pre-sentencing hearing with a probation officer Monday after his hush money trial conviction last month, according to a Trump campaign official and two sources familiar with the matter. The interview will be virtual

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — As the second week of the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden begins Monday, the main question looming over the day’s proceedings is whether the defense will call the president’s son to testify, a gamble in almost any trial. “We are down to that last decision,” defense attorney Abbe

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — As the second week of the federal gun trial against Hunter Biden begins Monday, the main question looming over the day’s proceedings is whether the defense will call the president’s son to testify, a gamble in almost any trial. “We are down to that last decision,” defense attorney

By Betsy Klein, CNN Paris, France (CNN) — President Joe Biden warned against a streak of “semi-isolationism” in the US as he stressed the importance of alliances during a symbolic visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery on Sunday, honoring the thousands of Americans who died in World War I at a site former President Donald

By Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump proposed eliminating taxes on tips at a Sunday campaign rally in Las Vegas as he looks to win over voters in a critical swing state that has a sizable number of service industry workers. The proposal — which came at the presumptive GOP nominee’s

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said an “enduring ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas is “the only credible path forward” after an Israeli hostage rescue mission that Gazan officials say killed at least 274 people. “The best way to get all of the hostages home and to protect