National Politics

By Kristen Holmes and Tierney Sneed, CNN Communications between adult-film star Stormy Daniels and an attorney who is now representing former President Donald Trump have been turned over to the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Daniels’ lawyer told CNN. The exchanges — said to date back to 2018, when Daniels was seeking representation — raise the

By Oren Liebermann and Jim Sciutto, CNN The US is flying surveillance drones farther south above the Black Sea after a Russian jet collided with a US drone last week, according to two US officials. The drone flights have remained in international airspace, but since the collision between one of the Russian jets and the

By Sara Murray, Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department has convinced a federal judge that former President Donald Trump used one of his defense attorneys in furtherance of a crime or fraud related to the existence of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The finding — part

By Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court on Wednesday delved into the complexities of federal trademark law in a case concerning a poop-themed dog toy that resembles a Jack Daniel’s bottle, at times erupting into laughter as the justices explored how much protection should be given to parodists that rip off trademarks they don’t own.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A California man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a journalist who was trying to report on his organization, the Justice Department said. Nicholas Welker, who also goes by “King ov Wrath” and “ilovehate5150,” was the leader of the Feuerkrieg Division — a White supremacist group that prosecutors said

By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN The two candidates battling for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court clashed Tuesday over the state’s 1849 abortion ban in their lone debate, underscoring the high stakes of an election that could decide the issue in one of the nation’s most important swing states. Former Justice Daniel Kelly,

By Amy Simonson and Zoe Sottile, CNN Idaho lawmakers approved a bill Monday that would allow execution by firing squad, according to the legislature’s website. State Rep. Bruce D. Skaug confirmed the move in a statement to CNN. “H186 has now passed the Idaho Senate and House with a veto proof majority,” Skaug wrote in

By Raja Razek and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Missouri’s Republican attorney general is seeking to implement an emergency regulation to restrict gender-affirming care for minors. “Because gender transition interventions are experimental, the regulation clarifies that state law already prohibits performing experimental procedures in the absence of specific guardrails,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN US Patriot missile defense systems and Abram tanks are set to be deployed to Ukraine faster than originally planned, US defense officials said on Tuesday. A group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers will complete their training on the systems at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the coming days, the defense

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has provided a public accounting of his firm’s work at the Supreme Court that began five years ago with security at justices’ homes, for their travels and in courtroom operations, confirming CNN’s exclusive reporting related to Chertoff’s endorsement of the court’s

By Oren Liebermann and Kevin Liptak, CNN The US will dramatically accelerate the time it takes to ship Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending older M1-A1 models of America’s main battle tank instead of the more modern version of the tank, according to two US officials. The switch will allow the tanks to arrive as

By Mostafa Salem and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was arrested for tweets critical of the kingdom, Almadi’s son, Ibrahim, told CNN. Almadi was released at 2 a.m. local time on Tuesday and is currently in Riyadh under a travel

By Ella Nilsen and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday officially designated a new national monument in Southern Nevada while speaking at a conservation event at the Interior Department. At more than 506,000 acres, the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is one of the largest tracts of land to come under federal protection

By Jack Forrest, CNN Officials in New York and Washington are taking preemptive security measures in case a potential indictment of former President Donald Trump leads to widespread protests. In New York City — where a grand jury has been meeting as part of the investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged role in a scheme to