National Politics

By Betsy Klein, Arlette Saenz, Nikki Carvajal, Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is fit for duty, his doctor reported Wednesday following the president’s annual physical, in what is expected to be the last update on Biden’s health before November’s election. Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a memo there

By Betsy Klein and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden convenes a joint session of Congress, his Cabinet, military leaders and Supreme Court justices for his highly anticipated State of the Union address next week, it’s possible that the government could be partially shut down – and barreling toward a full shutdown.

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Wednesday aimed at curbing foreign governments’ ability to buy Americans’ sensitive personal information such as heath and geolocation data, according to senior US officials. The move marks a rare policy effort to address a longstanding US national security concern: the

By Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden has been the focus of Republicans in Congress since they won the majority over a year ago. Now, they finally get their chance to interrogate President Joe Biden’s son about his foreign business dealings. Hunter Biden is appearing behind closed doors before the House Oversight and

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — For Michael Cargill, the thorny dispute over bump stocks is only partly about the controversial devices themselves. It’s also about what Cargill views as government overreach. “It’s the principle of it,” said the 54-year-old Texas gun store owner who six years ago sued over a federal ban on the

By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day. Biden’s victory

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day. Biden’s

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day. Biden’s

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump won their respective primaries in Michigan on Tuesday, but a glance under the hood of the results reveals serious concerns for both campaigns as they pivot to a likely November rematch that is looking more volatile by the day. Biden’s

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A California federal judge has scheduled a late April jury trial for the former FBI informant charged with lying about President Joe Biden’s family and their alleged dealings in Ukraine, according to the court docket. The trial for Alexander Smirnov is scheduled to begin on April 23 in Los

By Holmes Lybrand and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The judge presiding over the Mar-a-Lago documents case on Tuesday denied efforts by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to view the classified records they allegedly moved around the former president’s Florida residence for him. The men, political aide Walt Nauta and property staffer Carlos De Oliveira, wanted to view the classified records to prepare

By Kyle Blaine, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan court has affirmed the removal of Kristina Karamo as the state’s Republican Party chair, in a move that could settle a bitter leadership dispute just days before the party’s convention this weekend. In a preliminary injunction issued Tuesday, Kent County Circuit Court Judge J. Joseph Rossi said Karamo

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that the US House of Representatives violated the Constitution in how it used proxy voting to pass a major spending bill in late 2022. US District Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled that the House violated the Constitution’s Quorum Clause when it did not have

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — If the Democratic voters of Michigan – and a handful of other swing states – are feeling uncommitted in November, Joe Biden could lose reelection. Tuesday’s primary – in which tens of thousands of Democratic primary votes cast protest ballots over the president’s support for Israel –

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties’ primaries in Michigan on Tuesday. Biden overcame an activist-led push to lodge protest votes over his response to Israel’s war with Hamas, although the effort was at roughly 13% of the vote shortly after midnight. Biden is barreling toward

CNN, POOL, SENATE TV, HOUSE TV By Clare Foran, Michael Williams and Nikki Carvajal, CNN The meeting President Joe Biden held with four top congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday was “one of the most intense I’ve ever encountered,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters, as leaders in two branches of government

By Haley Britzky and Adrienne Winston, CNN (CNN) — The Naval Criminal Investigative Services is investigating an incident allegedly involving two US Marines based in Washington, DC, according to a statement from Marine Barracks Washington, following reports of racial slurs written in a University of Maryland resident hall. The two Marines — Lance Cpls. Sergio Delgado,

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams called for drastic changes to the city’s sanctuary policies, marking the first time he publicly endorses a shift that could put undocumented immigrants who are accused of a crime in the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in New York. “I don’t

CNN Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Georgia Judge Scott McAfee continued his run of Solomonic decisions in his ruling rejecting the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the case accusing former President Donald Trump and a group of his associates of election interference in the

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia lawyer who had been billed as a star witness in the effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not deliver damaging testimony Tuesday on her romantic relationship with prosecutor Nathan Wade. Instead, the lawyer, Terrence Bradley, said