Politics

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Kevin Liptak, CNN It was “like you see in the movies,” Trevor Reed’s father said. An American plane pulled alongside a Russian one on a tarmac in Turkey, two prisoners disembarked and were escorted simultaneously across to the opposite aircraft, where American Reed was greeted by Special Presidential Envoy

By Gregory Wallace, CNN Boeing’s CEO on Wednesday called the unusual deal his predecessor negotiated with then-President Donald Trump for the next generation of Air Force One a one-off that he hopes not to repeat. “Air Force One, I’m just going to call a very unique moment, a very unique negotiation. A very unique set

By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate confirmed a batch of US attorney and US marshal nominations on Wednesday after GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas lifted long-standing holds he had put in place to raise concerns about the treatment by the Justice Department of several deputy US marshals who had

By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN New York’s highest court blocked the state’s Democratic-drawn congressional map Wednesday, concluding that the new boundaries represented a partisan gerrymander that violates the state constitution. The court ruled that a new map must be created for the 2022 election. New York’s primary election is scheduled for June 28, but the

By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris does not have Covid-19 symptoms a day after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to a White House official on Wednesday. Harris has been working from the Naval Observatory, where an official said Tuesday she would isolate. “The vice president remains asymptomatic. She is feeling good and

By Betsy Klein, CNN White House Covid-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha is on Capitol Hill Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, meeting with members of the House and Senate from both parties as the administration renews its push for Covid-19 supplemental response funding and lays out specific consequences of congressional inaction. The meetings,

By Kara Scannell, CNN A special grand jury seated to hear evidence in the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances is set to expire at the end of the week and will not be extended, people familiar with the investigation tell CNN. The six-month special grand jury, which was empaneled in October,

By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of J.D. Vance in Ohio’s Republican Senate contest has shaken up the race, scrambling alliances and flipping rivals’ strategies in the final days before the May 3 primary. “It’s created a bit of chaos in the race, and it continues to be a jump ball,” said

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden will travel to Alabama on Tuesday to visit a Lockheed Martin facility that manufactures Javelin anti-tank missiles, among other weapons being sent to Ukraine, the White House said Wednesday. Javelin missiles are among the most in-demand items for the Ukrainian military as it fights off the Russian invasion.

By Ryan Nobles and Jamie Gangel, CNN Former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia, who has served as a staff member to the January 6 select committee, will leave that position in the coming weeks to begin work with a nonprofit organization in Ukraine. Two sources familiar with the move told CNN that Riggleman’s upcoming

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s civil contempt order imposing a $10,000 daily fine for failing to comply with a subpoena from the New York attorney general for records tied to an investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances. Trump’s fine went into effect on Tuesday after Judge Arthur Engoron

By Ella Nilsen, CNN US Climate Envoy John Kerry warned Wednesday that world leaders will blow through a critical climate-change threshold unless they dramatically accelerate the transition to clean energy. “Let me be absolutely clear: we’re heading to well over 2 degrees right now — 2.7, or something like that,” Kerry said, speaking at Foreign