National Politics

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Only 43 of the more than 8,000 US service members who were discharged from the military for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 have sought to rejoin eight months after the vaccine mandate was officially repealed, according to data provided by the military branches. Many Republicans argued that the

By Nicki Brown and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the case against Sen. Bob Menendez, his wife and three others set a trial date for May 6 – less than a month before the New Jersey senate primary. During a hearing on Monday, prosecutors said the investigation that resulted in the

By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump showed up at a Manhattan courtroom for the opening day of the New York civil case against him and his namesake company attacking the judge in the case and the New York attorney general at every possible moment. Trump’s appearance

By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden appeared to suggest over the weekend that Democrats had reached a new deal with embattled House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Ukraine aid – a major omission from a funding bill that managed to avert a government shutdown. “We just made one about Ukraine.

By Kaanita Iyer and Ariane de Vogue, CNN (CNN) — The United States Postal Service on Monday released its postage stamp honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a feminist icon who served for years as the senior-most member of the court’s liberal wing. The USPS announced last year that it would feature

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Laphonza Butler, the woman selected by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, is a longtime union leader and abortion rights advocate, who also will be the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress. The appointment fulfills Newsom’s pledge to appoint a Black woman

By Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday moved to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top House leadership post, offering a motion to vacate the chair on the House floor – a rare procedural move that can be used to force a vote to remove the

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump showed up at a Manhattan courtroom for the opening day of the New York civil case against him and his namesake company attacking the judge in the case and the New York attorney general at every possible moment. Trump’s

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal from an anti-abortion group known for releasing secretly recorded footage of abortion providers, leaving in place a lower court ruling that went in favor of Planned Parenthood. The anti-abortion group had argued that

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Border Patrol apprehended more than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border unlawfully in September, according to a Homeland Security official, marking the highest total this year and underscoring the ongoing challenges for the Biden administration amid mass migration in the region. Federal authorities are grappling with a new

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman’s request to undo a ruling that allowed the House January 6 select committee to access emails he said were shielded by attorney-client privilege. Eastman had asked the Supreme Court to reverse

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will not take up a longshot challenge to Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president because of his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The case was brought by John Anthony Castro, a little-known candidate

By Paula Reid and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office has issued a subpoena to former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik to testify in the first trial later this month in the case stemming from election subversion plots in Georgia, according to his lawyer. But Kerik’s lawyer, Tim Parlatore,

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of borrowers are required to make their monthly student loan payment for the first time in three-plus years in October, but there are several repayment plans available that could make the transition easier. Borrowers will be on the same payment plan they were before the pandemic pause

CNN By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of borrowers are required to make their monthly student loan payment for the first time in three-plus years in October, but there are several repayment plans available that could make the transition easier. Borrowers will be on the same payment plan they were before the pandemic

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump arrived in a New York courtroom Monday for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump Organization executives. Opening statements in the civil trial over inflated assets in fraudulent financial statements come less

CNN, POOL, WCBS, GETTY, AP IMAGES, NBC, “THE APPRENTICE”, NY ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, Getty/AP Images, NBC/”The Apprentice” By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump arrived in a New York courtroom Monday for the start of the civil fraud trial against him, his eldest sons, their companies and Trump

CNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats. One idea moderate Republicans are proposing to

CNN By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s allies are scrambling to head off a right-wing revolt to oust the California Republican from his job and turning to the constituency that now suddenly holds the cards: House Democrats. One idea moderate Republicans are proposing to

By Kyung Lah and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat, his office confirmed Sunday evening. Butler will become the first out Black lesbian to join Congress, according to Newsom. She will also be