National Politics

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro rejected a plea offer from the Justice Department, prosecutors said in court on Friday. The deal would have allowed Navarro to plead guilty to one of two contempt of Congress charges for not cooperating with the House’s ongoing January 6

By Phil Mattingly, CNN Soaring gas prices may have been the driving factor behind President Joe Biden’s decision to visit Saudi Arabia, but the American effort to secure increased oil production will be more diplomatic than overt pressure, according to US officials. The approach will reflect the realities of a relationship that has been under

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Stephen Breyer — who retired from active service at the Supreme Court last month — will return to Harvard Law School to teach seminars and to continue to write books, the school said Friday. Breyer announced his retirement last January, clearing the way for President Joe

By Fredreka Schouten West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s long-standing financial ties to the coal industry face scrutiny after sources familiar with high-level negotiations told CNN he would not support the climate provisions of his party’s proposed economic package. The senator has not yet issued a public statement about his opposition, though his spokesperson said Thursday

By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said the US insists on a “full and transparent accounting” of the killing of veteran Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military operation in the West Bank. The US determined earlier this month that gunfire

By Kara Scannell, CNN The depositions of former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump set to take place next week have been temporarily delayed due to the death of Ivana Trump, the New York attorney general’s office said. “In light of the passing of Ivana Trump yesterday, we received a request from

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Friday passed a pair of bills aimed at protecting access to abortion at the federal level in the wake of the Supreme Court’s momentous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The House took up the bills in an effort to counter the

By Kate Sullivan, Betsy Klein and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday indicated to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that he believes the Crown Prince was to blame for the 2018 killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, even as Biden announced several new areas of cooperation aimed at reshaping US-Saudi relations. The

By Betsy Klein, Ella Nilsen, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN President Joe Biden vowed Friday to take “strong executive action” in response to moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin torpedoing his party’s efforts toward writing sweeping climate action and tax legislation. “If the Senate will not move to tackle the climate crisis and strengthen our

By Michael Warren, CNN Despite a political climate that favors the Republican Party nationally and in Georgia, some in the GOP are expressing concern the must-win Senate race in the Peach State is in danger of slipping away, thanks to nominee Herschel Walker‘s liabilities as a candidate — and a campaign that has failed so

By Jeremy Herb, Ellie Kaufman and Kylie Atwood, CNN A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that patterns of violent acts by Russian forces in Ukraine meet the qualification of crimes against humanity, detailing horrific actions by Russian forces including the discovery of torture chambers at a summer camp

By Holmes Lybrand and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, one of two GOP members of the House select committee investigating January 6, told the Wall Street Journal that the panel is considering asking former President Donald Trump to testify and may request a written interview with former Vice President Mike Pence or

By Eric Bradner, Jeremy Harlan and Stella Chan, CNN A Colorado judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of Tina Peters, the indicted Mesa County clerk and leading election denier who lost last month’s Republican primary for secretary of state. District Judge Matthew Barrett issued the no-bond warrant, granting District Attorney Dan Rubinstein’s request, after Peters