National Politics

By Phil Mattingly, CNN The OPEC+ decision to dramatically cut its oil output targets has left the White House grappling with a complex — and potentially damaging — mix of geopolitical and domestic challenges with few easy answers. President Joe Biden now faces the reality that an already complex and tenuous bilateral relationship with Saudi

By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN US forces killed two top ISIS leaders in an airstrike in northern Syria on Thursday, according to two defense officials, one day after a US raid killed an ISIS smuggler. The strike killed Abu ‘Ala, one of the top five ISIS leaders and the deputy leader of ISIS

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Election skeptics who are their state’s Republican nominees for secretary of state have outraised their Democratic rivals in two races viewed as competitive by political handicappers — in the key presidential battleground of Arizona and in Indiana — according to a new analysis from a nonprofit watchdog group shared first with

By Whitney Wild and Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a minor car accident earlier this week, the Secret Service said Thursday, and the agency now says her vehicle struck a curb after initially reporting mechanical failure. “During a protective movement Monday, a vehicle in a motorcade had a minor overcorrection

By Dan Merica, CNN Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman raised $22 million in the third quarter of 2022, according to the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor’s campaign, overshadowing what his Republican opponent, Mehmet Oz, said he raised over the same period. The Pennsylvania contest to replace retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey represents one of Democrats’ best chances

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy will be swiftly confronted in a Republican majority with a politically dicey proposition gaining steam within his conference: Launching impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden’s top official in charge of the southern border. Senior Republicans and a number of McCarthy allies are signaling

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is unveiling a series of reports on Thursday detailing agencies’ progress in steeling federal government facilities, programs and operations in the face of climate change. The progress reports come a year after more than 20 agencies released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the

By Ashley Killough, CNN A federal judge who quashed subpoenas for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to testify in an abortion rights lawsuit is now reversing course and ordering the state’s top law enforcement official to provide testimony. Paxton made headlines last week when he allegedly fled his home while a process server attempted to

By Maeve Reston, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney told Arizona voters on Wednesday that they will play a critical role in “ensuring the future functioning of our constitutional republic” — warning that election deniers like GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem could put the republic at risk. The three-term

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Among the items seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were clemency requests, health care documents, IRS forms and paperwork that appears to be related to the 2020 election, according to a Justice Department list made public this week. The collection also included apparent communications about former President

By Jeff Zeleny and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. Mike Lee stepped in line behind Donald Trump. Evan McMullin crossed it. In fewer than five weeks, the Utah Senate race will determine which of those decisions proved to be the wiser course for a conservative seeking elected office. Lee, a two-term incumbent Republican, is facing an

By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As she vies to become Arizona’s next governor, Kari Lake has told supporters they can call her “Trump in a dress any day.” She has courted female voters by describing herself as a “Mama Bear” compelled to run by her anger about Covid-19 restrictions. And she warns drug

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Kylie Atwood, CNN As many as three dozen current and former CIA officers have gone to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees over the past year to raise concerns that a CIA task force has been soft-pedaling its investigation into a mysterious illness impacting agency officers and diplomats known colloquially as “Havana Syndrome,”