Politics

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered a forceful speech in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania that demonstrated his escalated rhetoric against “MAGA Republicans” in Congress months before the midterm elections. During another amped up speech, Biden delivered a strong defense of the FBI amid increased threats following the agency’s search

By Kaitlan Collins, Gabby Orr, Kristen Holmes and Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump has added former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise to his legal team to represent him in the Mar-a-Lago search case, multiple sources familiar with the hire confirm to CNN. Kise begins Tuesday and will represent Trump in court in Florida

By Kate Bennett, CNN Shortly after the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home earlier this month, former President Donald Trump fumed on social media about agents rummaging through his wife’s clothing and personal items. “Just learned that agents went through the First Lady’s closets and rummaged through her clothing and personal items. Surprisingly, left area in

By Tierney Sneed and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday will file publicly in court its response to former President Donald Trump’s bid for a special master to oversee the FBI’s review of materials seized in the Mar-a-Lago search. The agency was granted permission by Judge Aileen Cannon of the Southern District of

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US assesses Russia is now in possession of weapons-capable Iranian drones that they will likely deploy on the battlefield in Ukraine, Biden administration officials tell CNN. The Russians picked up the drones from an Iranian airfield earlier this month and transported them back to Russia in cargo planes in mid-August,

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Hillary Clinton expressed support for Sanna Marin, tweeting a photo of herself dancing as the Finnish Prime Minister faces criticism over leaked footage that showed her partying with friends. “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels,” Clinton quoted former Texas Gov.

By Dan Merica and Kyung Lah, CNN Republicans across the country are trying to shift or paper over their more conservative positions on abortion, signaling some of the party’s nominees believe they need to moderate those positions as they pivot from primaries to the general election. Their evolving rhetoric comes two months after the Supreme

By Donald Judd, CNN First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 after a rebound case and will return to the Washington, DC, area on Tuesday, communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement Monday. Biden had tested positive for a rebound case last week after first testing positive on August 15 while vacationing

By Katie Bo Lillis, Evan Perez, Jamie Gangel and Zachary Cohen, CNN The intelligence community has been working with the FBI since mid-May to examine some of the classified documents taken from Mar-a-Lago in order to determine their level of classification, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. This document-by-document review has allowed the

By Jamie Gangel and Whitney Wild, CNN US Secret Service Assistant Director Tony Ornato left the Secret Service on Monday, a significant departure two months after explosive testimony by a former White House aide, who alleged Ornato had told her then-President Donald Trump was irate upon learning his security detail wouldn’t take him to the

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters removed language from his website following his primary win that included the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, along with a section arguing the country would be better off if Trump was still the president.

By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Thursday for a primetime speech on “the continued battle for the soul of the nation” in front of Independence Hall, the White House said Monday. The speech will come a week after the President returned to the campaign trail with a fiery speech

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN About $4 million in federal funding intended for housing assistance in Kentucky was stolen after someone directed that money to a private bank account, officials of the City of Lexington said. Lexington officials discovered the theft late last week when the intended recipient of the funds, the nonprofit Community Action Council,

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a “special master” to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month. The decision is a significant victory for the former President but brings new complications to the Department of Justice’s closely watched investigation into the White

By Zachary Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN The National Archives and Records Administration says it has received both threats and praise from members of the public for its role in the ongoing dispute over Donald Trump‘s handling of sensitive government records after he left office, including messages accusing employees of corruption and conspiring against the