National Politics

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN Democratic Senate candidates in key battleground states continue to rake in massive amounts of campaign money as the battle for control of the chamber intensifies, according to new campaign finance reports. New filings with the Federal Election Commission also show former President Donald Trump‘s political operation continuing to

By Jeremy Herb, CNN The House January 6 committee corroborated key details involving former President Donald Trump’s heated exchange with the Secret Service when Trump was told he could not go to the Capitol — the latest in a string of shocking revelations that have come from the summer hearings with their expected high-profile conclusion

By Ella Nilsen, CNN After more than a year of painstaking negotiations, congressional Democrats on Thursday night found themselves no further on implementing their ambitious climate agenda than when President Joe Biden took office. For the second time in seven months, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia walked away from a deal to address the

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Saturday attempted to reassert US leadership in the Middle East as he met with key leaders in the region, promising his administration would stay engaged amid fears China and Russia would swiftly fill a leadership vacuum. The President said American leadership in the Middle East would focus

By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has issued a subpoena to the US Secret Service, marking the first time the panel has publicly done so for an executive branch agency. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the committee, wrote in a letter

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN A Russian delegation has visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice in the last month to examine weapons-capable drones, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan and satellite imagery obtained exclusively by CNN. Iran began showcasing the Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 drones, also known as UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice The Justice Department on Friday articulated for the first time publicly that former close advisers to ex-Presidents may be immune from congressional testimony — though that doesn’t mean Donald Trump‘s West Wing staff can avoid the House’s subpoenas related to January 6, 2021. The DOJ position means

By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House has scrapped President Joe Biden’s plans to nominate an anti-abortion Republican as a federal judge in Kentucky, citing opposition to the nomination from Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul. “In considering potential District Court nominees, the White House learned that Senator Rand Paul will not return a blue slip

By Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN A Colorado judge on Friday quashed an arrest warrant for indicted Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, a leading election denier who lost last month’s Republican primary for secretary of state, after she allegedly violated the terms of her bond. Judge Matthew Barrett had issued the no-bond warrant for Peters’ arrest on

By Andrew Millman, CNN Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, an ally of former President Donald Trump, testified behind closed doors before the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, for nearly eight hours on Friday. He entered the committee conference room a little before 10 a.m. ET and ended before 7 p.m. ET, with an

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Prosecutors want the first US Capitol rioter convicted by a jury to spend 15 years behind bars — nearly a decade longer than the most severe sentence a rioter has received so far. In a court filing Friday, the prosecutors said Guy Reffitt, a Texas father and member

By Andy Rose, CNN Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor says he is ready to welcome Republicans with open arms during the next presidential election after a GOP committee voted Friday to recommend the city as the site of the 2024 Republican National Convention. “I don’t agree with everything in the Republicans’ platform. I disagree with the party’s

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Kate Bennett, CNN Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, died of “blunt impact injuries” to the torso, New York City’s medical examiner said Friday. Trump, a longtime businessperson, died in her home in New York City on Thursday at age 73. She was the mother of Donald Jr.,

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A federal judge in New Mexico won’t step in to protect Trump attorney John Eastman’s seized cell phone from Justice Department investigators, after Eastman was searched as part of a January 6-related criminal inquiry. US District Judge Robert Brack rejected Eastman’s arguments for emergency help from the

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The Democrats’ budget reconciliation package, which contains several landmark climate and health care provisions, was signed into law by President Joe Biden Tuesday. The House passed the legislation, titled the Inflation Reduction Act, Friday after being approved by the Senate on August 7 on a party-line vote. Still,

By Daniella Diaz, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia dealt a huge blow to his party when he and his staff told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer he won’t support the climate or tax provisions of a reconciliation package the two had been negotiating for months. This comes months after the senator torpedoed

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US Navy punished more than 20 sailors for the four-day fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard as the amphibious warship sat at port in San Diego in July 2020, the Navy announced Friday. The most serious actions focused on the leadership of the warship and the fire response team.