Politics

By Priscilla Alvarez and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s Department of Homeland Security delayed and altered an intelligence report related to Russian interference in the 2020 election, making changes that “appear to be based in part on political considerations,” according to a newly released watchdog report. The April 26 Homeland Security inspector general’s

By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Senate Republicans gathered behind closed doors on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since a bombshell draft Supreme Court decision that would strike down Roe v. Wade was leaked. But rather than celebrating a milestone that most of them have spent decades trying to achieve —

By Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN When President Joe Biden received a telephone call from his chief of staff late Monday alerting him to a near-unprecedented leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion, he decided not to act right away. The court had yet to verify the authenticity of the document. Its disclosure reflected

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria nearly a decade ago, told CNN they received support from President Joe Biden on efforts to bring their son home. In an interview with Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Tuesday, Marc Tice said Biden told them “he supported the efforts

By Marshall Cohen, CNN A lawyer for embattled GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn argued Tuesday in federal court that states can’t enforce basic age or residency requirements for congressional candidates, let alone enforce a constitutional ban against insurrectionists from holding office. James Bopp Jr. pushed this maximalist view at a hearing of the 4th US Circuit

By Maeve Reston, CNN J.D. Vance, the Trump-backed candidate in Ohio’s contentious GOP Senate primary, has won the nomination, CNN projected Tuesday. Even as most candidates in the race ran toward former President Donald Trump, the primary was the first Senate contest of the year to test the power of his endorsement. In the other

By Gregory Wallace and Shawna Mizelle, CNN Norman Mineta, who oversaw the Department of Transportation during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died on Tuesday afternoon. He was 90. “My dad passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon at his home surrounded by his family,” David Mineta said in a statement provided by Mineta’s former chief of

By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Democrats had been struggling to find their midterm footing amid bad polls and rising inflation — but now are rallying around an issue they hope will turn around their fortunes: Abortion. With no chance of successfully passing a bill, they are pleading with voters to send

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the current head of US Army forces in Europe and Africa has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the top US general in Europe as head of US European Command, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday. If confirmed, Cavoli will take charge

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion ending a federal right to abortion is the culmination of a legal career in which he has cast doubt on the grounds on which Roe v. Wade was decided. In his opinion — which mirrored the leaked draft published by Politico in May — Alito writes

By Devan Cole, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado to be the state’s new lieutenant governor. “I am proud to announce I am appointing Congressman Antonio Delgado, an outstanding leader and public servant, as lieutenant governor of New York,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a series of tweets on

By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Christine Corcoran, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, cannot walk or drive. She has relied on her husband to mail or turn in