Politics

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday. “Under the advice of my counsel and for all of the above reasons, I declined to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to

By Ethan Cohen and Gregory Krieg, CNN Republican Brad Finstad will win the special election in Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, holding the seat for the GOP, CNN projects. Voters in the current version of southern Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District were voting on a replacement to fill the seat of the late Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a

By Eric Bradner, CNN Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar survived a primary challenge Tuesday, CNN projected — but barely, and the narrow result could encourage critics of the progressive “squad” member to try again in two years. Omar, who is running for a third term in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, held off a primary challenge from

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Donald Trump on Tuesday once again showcased his control over the GOP’s open primaries, as the former President’s chosen candidate won Wisconsin‘s Republican primary for governor over a rival backed by former Vice President Mike Pence and much of the party’s establishment in the battleground state.

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Becca Balint will win the Democratic primary for Vermont’s lone House seat, CNN projects, putting her on a path to become the first woman to represent the state in Congress. Vermont is the only state in the country that has never had a woman in its congressional delegation. Balint, a former

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues. “During the last several weeks, Russian officials conducted training in Iran as part of the agreement for UAV

By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Whitney Wild, CNN Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that the FBI had seized his cell phone. “This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone,” he said in part in a statement. The search is connected

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Donald Trump’s chosen candidate for governor in Wisconsin will win the GOP nomination, CNN projects, underscoring the former President’s clout among Republican primary voters in the latest contest in which he and former Vice President Mike Pence were on opposite sides — and the first since the FBI search of Trump’s

By Pamela Brown, Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The search of Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida came after authorities believed that the former President or his team had not returned all the documents and other materials that were property of the government, according to a person familiar with the matter. Authorities believed the

By Gabby Orr, Melanie Zanona, Kristen Holmes and Michael Warren, CNN Top Republicans who have spent months trying to dissuade Donald Trump from announcing another presidential campaign before the midterms are coming around to the idea, after an unprecedented search of the former President’s Mar-a-Lago property by federal investigators on Monday lit up the GOP

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN “Lock and load,” was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI. Other posts were more explicit, “I’m just going to say it. [Attorney General Merrick] Garland

By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Tuesday largely declined to answer questions on the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, instead emphasizing President Joe Biden’s belief in the independence of the Justice Department. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing on Tuesday that Biden

By Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN Rudy Giuliani was ordered by an Atlanta-area judge Tuesday to appear in person on August 17 in front of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia. Lawyers