National Politics

By Kate Bennett, CNN This summer has not been an easy one for President Joe Biden, and no one feels that more than Jill Biden. His polling numbers are bleak, Democrats fret about the midterms, critics attack his advanced age, and then — on top of everything — he caught Covid-19, keeping him from the

By Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US officials believe Russia is preparing to falsify evidence to blame Ukrainian forces for last week’s deadly blast at the Olenivka prison ahead of visits to the site by outside parties. An administration official told CNN they expect Russia will falsify evidence, blame Ukrainian forces, and even have

By Kara Scannell, Sonia Moghe and Amya Henry, CNN Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. sat for depositions as part of the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances after months of fighting in court, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Ivanka Trump’s behind-closed-doors deposition took place Wednesday and Trump

By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted on Wednesday to approve a resolution to ratify membership for Sweden and Finland in NATO, a historic vote aimed at strengthening the defense bloc amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. NATO formalized its invitation to Sweden and Finland to join the alliance at the end of

By Michael Warren and Eva McKend, CNN Herschel Walker, the Republican Senate nominee from Georgia, said this week that he has accepted an invitation to debate his Democratic rival, Sen. Raphael Warnock, in October. Speaking to Fox’s Sean Hannity on Tuesday night, Walker said he has agreed to a televised debate in Savannah, Warnock’s hometown.

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent A US Air Force brigadier general has been named as the new Pentagon press secretary by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. CNN reported Wednesday that Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder was set to be appointed, according to an administration official and a senior defense official familiar with the matter.

By Dan Merica, CNN It isn’t often that Democrats look to deep-red Kansas for resounding affirmation. But on Tuesday night, when Kansans overwhelmingly voted to keep protections for abortion rights in their state constitution, that is exactly what happened. The size and scope of the result were a shock to even the most optimistic Democrats.

By Melanie Zanona and Clare Foran, CNN Indiana Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski has died in a car accident that also killed two of Walorski’s staffers, House Republican leaders announced Wednesday. The news came as a major shock on Capitol Hill and immediately sparked an outpouring of grief and remembrances from lawmakers and aides who paid

By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Republican senators and the business community are mounting a full-court press on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to sink — or substantially change — the Democrats’ economic package, arguing in private conversations that the new tax increases would hurt companies in her home state of Arizona. And in a private

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Vulnerabilities in software that TV and radio networks around the country use to transmit emergency alerts could allow a hacker to broadcast fake messages over the alert system, a Federal Emergency Management Agency official tells CNN. A cybersecurity researcher provided FEMA with “compelling evidence to suggest certain unpatched and unsecured EAS

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court said Wednesday that it would hear two major cases concerning race-based affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina on October 31, setting the stage for a landmark opinion that could gut precedent that allows colleges to consider a student’s race when

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign into law two major pieces of legislation on boosting US semiconductor production and expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits next week at the White House. The passage of the two bills were big wins for the President, who has

By Kacey Cherry and Devan Cole, CNN Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and driving with .08% blood alcohol level or higher causing injury. His lawyer, Amanda Bevins, appeared on his behalf at an arraignment in Napa County Superior