National Politics

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her first written opinion as a Supreme Court justice, said she would have sided with an inmate who argued that Ohio suppressed evidence that might have helped him at trial. The full court declined to take up appeal brought by Davel Chinn, who

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the appeal of a man from Louisiana who says he was denied the right to a fair trial when prosecutors called the assistant district attorney — who presented the case to the grand jury — to the witness

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal from an Air Force veteran who had challenged the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to deny him certain disability benefits. The court’s decision to stay out of the dispute sidesteps a fresh challenge to

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought by a military widow who wants to sue the government because she says her husband’s death was the result of exposure to toxic and contaminated water at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base. Carol Clendening says

By Dan Merica, CNN No Senate race in the country has received as much money and attention as the hotly contested and at-times divisive contest between Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. And with over one million ballots already cast and Election Day just hours away, the reason is clear: Republican Sen.

By Fredreka Schouten and Shawna Mizelle, CNN An election official in Philadelphia on Monday said that 3,400 mail-in ballots at risk of being rejected because of incorrect information, missing dates or missing secrecy envelopes “creates a really unfair disenfranchisement to thousands of voters.” Philadelphia City Commissioners’ Chairwoman Lisa Deeley initially sounded the alarm about the

By Simone Pathe, CNN The race for control of the 50-50 Senate has come down to the wire, with Democrats trying to hold a legislative line of defense as the prospect of a politically divided Washington grows increasingly likely. Even as the odds of House Democrats keeping their majority worsen — with the party spending

By MJ Lee and Jeremy Diamond, CNN On Election Day Eve, President Joe Biden will headline a political rally in Maryland where Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore looks poised to become the state’s first Black governor. That final campaign swing before Election Day comes after Biden spent the weekend in New York stumping for Democratic

By Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN. Photographs by Tamir Kalifa for CNN. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities as McCarthy will be forced to

By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Scores of pre-election lawsuits have been filed in battleground states ahead of Tuesday’s election, signaling the possibility of even more high-stakes and contentious court fights as voting wraps up and local officials start counting ballots. Much of the current litigation focuses on the processes surrounding how votes are

By Stephen Collinson, CNN Republicans are increasingly bullish on winning big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as they slam Democrats over raging inflation and crime while President Joe Biden seeks a late reprieve by warning that GOP election deniers could destroy democracy. The GOP has considerable momentum in its bid to win back the House of