National Politics

By Dan Merica and Kyung Lah, CNN Republicans across the country are trying to shift or paper over their more conservative positions on abortion, signaling some of the party’s nominees believe they need to moderate those positions as they pivot from primaries to the general election. Their evolving rhetoric comes two months after the Supreme

By Donald Judd, CNN First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after a rebound case and will return to the Washington, DC, area on Tuesday, communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement Monday. Biden had tested positive for a rebound case last week after first testing positive on August 15 while vacationing

By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN The intelligence community has been working with the FBI since mid-May to examine some of the classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in order to determine their level of classification, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. This document-by-document review has allowed the

By Jamie Gangel and Whitney Wild, CNN US Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato left the Secret Service on Monday, a significant departure two months after explosive testimony by a former White House aide, who alleged Ornato had told her then-President Donald Trump was irate upon learning his security detail wouldn’t take him to the

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his website following his primary win that included the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, along with a section arguing the country would be better off if Trump was still the president.

By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Thursday for a primetime speech on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation” in front of Independence Hall, the White House said Monday. The speech will come a week after the President returned to the campaign trail with a fiery speech

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN About $4 million in federal funding intended for housing assistance in Kentucky was stolen after someone directed that money to a private bank account, officials of the City of Lexington said. Lexington officials discovered the theft late last week when the intended recipient of the funds, the nonprofit Community Action Council,

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a “special master” to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month. The decision is a significant victory for the former President but brings new complications to the Department of Justice’s closely watched investigation into the White

By Zachary Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN The National Archives and Records Administration says it has received both threats and praise from members of the public for its role in the ongoing dispute over Donald Trump‘s handling of sensitive government records after he left office, including messages accusing employees of corruption and conspiring against the

By Holmes Lybrand Joshua Pruitt, the Proud Boy who nearly came face-to-face with then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during the attack of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to four years and seven months behind bars for his role in obstructing the certification of the electoral college vote that day. “You were

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Yeshiva University filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to block a court order requiring the New York university to recognize a “Pride Alliance” LGBTQ student club. In court papers, the school says that “As a deeply religious Jewish university, Yeshiva cannot comply

By Sara Murray, CNN A judge has denied Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s attempt to quash a subpoena for his testimony before a special grand jury but agreed to delay Kemp’s appearance until after November’s midterm election. Kemp, who was subpoenaed to testify as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ criminal investigation into the

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Families of 9/11 victims are asking New York City Mayor Eric Adams to rescind approval of a Saudi-funded golf tournament scheduled to reportedly take place at a Donald Trump-owned golf course in New York in October. The Aramco Team Series women’s golf tournament in question is scheduled to take place in

By Kara Scannell The Justice Department has identified “a limited set of materials” from its search of documents taken from Mar-a-Lago that potentially contain material covered by attorney-client privilege and is in the process of addressing privilege disputes, it said in a court filing Monday. Justice officials also confirmed that US intelligence officials are reviewing

By Jason Morris, Sara Murray and Nick Valencia, CNN The Fulton County District Attorney’s office slammed GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham’s “extreme position” to have his subpoena quashed, saying he should be required to testify before the special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, according

By Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent Ukrainian forces have begun “shaping” operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN. Shaping operations are standard military practice prior to an offensive and involve striking weapons systems, command and control, ammunition depots