Politics

By Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election, marking the most significant response by Congress to former President Donald Trump’s relentless pressure campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The proposal still needs to be

By Eric Bradner and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Glenn Ivey, former Prince George’s County state’s attorney, will win the Democratic nomination in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District, CNN projects, defeating former Rep. Donna Edwards, who previously represented the district. The race for the Democratic nomination in the deep-blue district — currently held by Rep. Anthony Brown, who

By Gabby Orr and Melanie Zanona, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence is no longer keeping his cards close, telegraphing in several high-profile moves this week that he is actively exploring a 2024 presidential bid and working to gain a foothold in Trump-fatigued corners of the Republican Party. These speeches and appearances undoubtedly reflect the

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Guantanamo detainee Khalid Ahmed Qasim has been cleared for release from the US detention facility in Cuba after being held for 20 years without a trial, according to documents from the Department of Defense. Qasim, a Yemeni national, was taken into custody in December 2001 and transferred to the Guantanamo prison

By Jason Morris and Sara Murray, CNN A New York judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to testify next month as a witness before the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury that’s investigating Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine the 2020 election. Giuliani, who is Trump’s former lawyer, was subpoenaed earlier this month. The order to appear on

By Devan Cole, Paul LeBlanc and Jason Carroll, CNN Ivana Trump, a longtime businessperson and an ex-wife of former President Donald Trump, was mourned Wednesday in New York. Funeral goers gathered at St. Vincent Ferrer Roman Catholic Church to remember the noted socialite. Former President Trump entered the church through a side entrance, and their

By Alex Rogers, CNN Arizona Republican Blake Masters, who earned Donald Trump’s endorsement for the Senate race by embracing the former President’s lies that he won the 2020 election, has turned to questioning whether the 2022 midterm election will be legitimate, as he tries to lock up support among the party faithful ahead of next

By Devan Cole, CNN Americans’ approval of the Supreme Court has fallen again, according to a new poll released Wednesday, with just 38% of the country saying it approves of the nation’s highest court after it overturned Roe v. Wade — a dramatic shift in public opinion from one year ago. The Marquette Law School

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden escalated his warnings about climate change Wednesday, calling it a “clear and present danger” as he previewed a slate of executive actions meant to combat a crisis whose effects are bearing down on a wide swath of the country. Speaking under beating sun at a defunct coal power

By Jamie Gangel, CNN The Secret Service was only able to provide a single text exchange to the DHS inspector general who had requested a month’s worth of records for 24 Secret Service personnel, according to a letter to the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, whose details were first reported by CNN. The

By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Army is now projecting that for the next two years it will massively fail to recruit as many troops as it hoped, falling short by nearly 40,000 new recruits, according to the latest estimates and testimony from the Army’s second highest leader. “We’ve got unprecedented challenges

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN The new communications director for the Republican Senate nominee in Nevada — a key state that could determine control in Washington — marched to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, with two members of the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers including one who was later charged with sedition and

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The contempt of Congress trial against Steve Bannon got underway in earnest on Tuesday with opening statements and the first witness testimony after a failed last-minute effort from the Trump ally‘s team to delay the trial. The simple case that prosecutors wish to put on was evident in