National Politics

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the contempt-of-Congress conviction of Steve Bannon, the ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump who was found guilty after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee. Bannon’s conviction — and now, the DC Circuit’s

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the contempt-of-Congress conviction of Steve Bannon, the ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump who was found guilty after failing to comply with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee. Bannon’s conviction — and now, the DC Circuit’s affirmation

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Henry Cuellar’s former campaign manager and another political operative have agreed to plead guilty to federal crimes and are cooperating with the Justice Department’s prosecution of the Texas Democrat, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. Mina Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former campaign manager and former chief of staff, and Florencio “Lencho” Rendon, a political consultant and businessman from

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers continued their attack on the credibility of Stormy Daniels for several hours on Thursday, with defense attorney Susan Necheles accusing the adult film star of making up the story of having sex with Trump to make money. Daniels

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers continued their attack on the credibility of Stormy Daniels for several hours on Thursday, with defense attorney Susan Necheles accusing the adult film star of making up the story of having sex with Trump to make money. Daniels

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence officials are watching closely to see if the United States’ support for Ukraine will lead the Russian government to take more risks in potentially interfering in the 2024 presidential election, a senior FBI official told reporters Thursday. FBI officials are concerned that the war in Ukraine – and President Joe Biden’s reliable

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Judge Juan Merchan called out former President Donald Trump’s defense team during their motion for a mistrial Thursday afternoon, telling them there were many times they could have objected to Stormy Daniels’ testimony, but did not. For the second time this week, Merchan

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers continued their attack on the credibility of Stormy Daniels for several hours on Thursday, with defense attorney Susan Necheles accusing the adult film star of making up the story of having sex with Trump to make money. Daniels pushed

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Desperately needed humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza will at least for the next few days remain sitting off the coast of Gaza on an American Navy cargo ship, as the US continues to face obstacles to getting the floating pier it has constructed in place

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s decision this week to make public his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons did not come easily or lightly. It came after multiple rounds of phone

By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he’s against government limits on abortion at the federal or state level, backing legal abortions through the entire gestational period while arguing the state should not play a role in determining abortion access. In a podcast interview with

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday detailed the medical abnormality he experienced in 2010 that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died, marking his first public explanation of the incident. Kennedy said he recalls experiencing “brain fog” and “having

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s latest attempts to throw out his federal gun case were rejected in back-to-back rulings Thursday, teeing up a high-stakes criminal trial next month in Delaware. The president’s son had asked the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss the charges by overturning prior decisions from the trial judge

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a man who claimed he had copyrighted music decades ago that was later used in a 2008 single by the rapper Flo Rida. The Flo Rida track “In the Ayer” incorporated elements of “Jam the Box,” created in the 1980s by Tony

By Ted Barrett, Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate voted on Thursday to pass a major federal aviation bill ahead of a key Friday deadline. The bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill would renew authority for the agency for the next five years and aims to improve aviation safety, enhance protections

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Western intelligence believes Russia is seeking to exploit what it sees as a “window of opportunity” to further step up air and ground attacks on Ukraine to take advantage of the time it will take new weapons and ammunition from the newly passed US military aid package to arrive in significant quantities,

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan, an American detained in Russia, expressed renewed optimism about US efforts to secure his release in a call with CNN on Wednesday, but acknowledged “a bit of a concern” that the recent arrest of a US soldier in Russia could complicate matters. Whelan, who has been detained

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, was selected by the Florida GOP as an at-large delegate for Florida at the Republican National Convention, according to a list of delegates obtained by CNN. Barron, who turned 18 in March, joins several other family members – Donald Trump Jr.,

KLKN, CNN By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the stage at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, last month, a team of his campaign staffers and volunteers organized hundreds of attendees through an assembly line of government forms, ID checks and color-coded wristbands. The bureaucratic

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Racine, Wisconsin (CNN) — President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah.