National Politics

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Twenty years ago, as Supreme Court justices were deciding cases that tested college affirmative action, a ban on same-sex relations and a “three-strikes” law that put convicts in prison for life, their elite young law clerks were growing agitated and divided. Some conservative clerks stopped eating lunch with their liberal counterparts

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — As a Ukraine aid package continues to stall in the US Congress, America and its allies are assessing what they describe as the potentially debilitating impact on Ukraine’s defense and longer-term prospects of losing the war, multiple US and European officials told CNN. “There is no guarantee of success

By Michael Williams and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said Friday that there will be a transition to another phase of the war that is focused on “more precise ways” of targeting Hamas leadership. “There will be a transition to another phase of this war, one

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Keene, New Hampshire (CNN) — Nikki Haley is trying to break the highest glass ceiling in politics, but you won’t hear her say so – at least not directly. She does, however, offer fleeting glimpses at the historic nature of her Republican presidential campaign. “There are no saints in DC right

CNN By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Keene, New Hampshire (CNN) — Nikki Haley is trying to break the highest glass ceiling in politics, but you won’t hear her say so – at least not directly. She does, however, offer fleeting glimpses at the historic nature of her Republican presidential campaign. “There are no saints in DC

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office was sentenced to just over four years in prison for working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch after leaving the government. Charles McGonigal, a 22-year veteran of the FBI, pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to violate US

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A series of CNN town halls with Republican presidential contenders — though months apart — offered windows into some of the themes that have dominated the party’s 2024 primary from its outset and that continue to play central roles just weeks before the first votes are cast. Five top-polling

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York Republicans have nominated Nassau County legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip in the special election to succeed recently expelled GOP Rep. George Santos in the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Pilip, an Israeli immigrant who was born in Ethiopia and served in the Israel Defense Forces, will face former Democratic Rep. Tom

By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Thursday that the chamber will continue to work next week to allow more time for bipartisan talks in the hope of reaching a deal to pass an emergency aid package with assistance for Ukraine, Israel and other priorities – and said

By Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy embarked on a farewell tour this week as he prepares to leave Congress at the end of this year, commemorating his 16-year career with floor speeches, a party and even a photo line. After the vote series on Thursday – McCarthy’s

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Dennis Hastert, former Republican speaker of the House. Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison in a hush money case that revealed he was being accused of sexually abusing young boys while he was a teacher in Illinois. Personal Birth date:

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Starting next year, federal candidates can more easily use campaign funds to pay themselves salaries, under a rule approved Thursday by federal election regulators. The change, which the Federal Election Commission approved 5-1, is aimed at helping ensure that Americans of modest means can afford to mount campaigns for

CNN By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole calls the rolling hills of southwest Iowa her happy place, where time with the grazing cows is her way to relax and reset. “I’ll just sit here with my cows and take a breath, and everything goes back to the way it should be.”

By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole calls the rolling hills of southwest Iowa her happy place, where time with the grazing cows is her way to relax and reset. “I’ll just sit here with my cows and take a breath, and everything goes back to the way it should be.” Cattle

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — A New York appellate court rejected Donald Trump’s challenge of the gag order in his civil fraud trial Thursday. Trump’s attorneys petitioned the court over the gag order that bars him and the attorneys from speaking publicly about Judge Arthur Engoron’s court staff. In rejecting the challenge

By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Thursday to pass a critical defense policy bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the policy agenda and authorizes funding for the Department of Defense annually. The bill will next be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The Senate passed the bill

By Jake Tapper and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Navy officer Lt. Ridge Alkonis, who was jailed in Japan for negligent driving that resulted in the death of two people, has been booked into a federal prison in Los Angeles following his transfer to the US, according to a family spokesperson and the Federal

By Annie Grayer, CNN Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is introducing a new resolution with a bipartisan group of senators to condemn Hamas’ use of sexual violence and rape as a weapon of war against the people of Israel, according to a copy of the resolution shared first with CNN. The Senate-led resolution,

By Alayna Treene and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Saturday, a day after a Colorado court rejected efforts to ban him from the state’s 2024 ballot. While the Colorado judge ruled Friday that Trump “engaged in an insurrection,” she found that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. “Today,

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is leaving the Justice Department after three years overseeing some of the administration’s most contentious legal issues ranging from protecting abortion rights to criminal and police reform efforts, according to the department. Gupta is the first woman of color and first civil rights