Politics

By Michael Warren, CNN Donald Trump will head to Nebraska next week to hold a rally to boost his endorsed candidate for governor, Charles Herbster, who faces allegations he inappropriately touched women, ahead of a contentious Republican primary that has pitted the former President’s influence against that of the state’s term-limited GOP governor. Trump announced

By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday the US will send an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine as Russia’s war enters what he called a “critical window,” but warned congressional action is necessary for further shipments as the war grinds on. The speech was Biden’s first public

By Arlette Saenz, Priscilla Alvarez and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a new program called “Uniting for Ukraine” that will provide a streamlined process for Ukrainian refugees seeking to come to the United States. The move comes come nearly one month after Biden pledged to admit up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden‘s first National Drug Control Strategy was unveiled on Thursday, which the White House says has two main pillars: addressing untreated addiction and drug trafficking. The release of the document, which acts as a comprehensive road map for the administration’s approach to drug policy across the federal government, comes

By Katelyn Polantz and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawyers for Hillary Clinton on Wednesday moved quickly to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s sprawling, gripe-filled lawsuit accusing her of masterminding a conspiracy against him. “Whatever the utility of Plaintiff’s Complaint as a fundraising tool, a press release, or a list of political grievances, it has no merit

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign is asking a federal court to keep details of its legal and research activity secret as they’re being pursued by special counsel John Durham. Durham is seeking more access to information about Perkins Coie, the campaign’s primary law firm, and its contact

By Ryan Nobles, Mike Valerio and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A military parachute event featuring the Army Golden Knights at Washington’s Nationals Park Wednesday night inadvertently triggered a “probable threat” warning at the US Capitol and prompted an evacuation order, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The exhibition was apparently part of a military appreciation

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Tetiana Poudel’s father, a deputy commander in Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, needed combat boots. Russia had just invaded Ukraine, and his unit was desperately lacking basic protective gear and medical supplies. So Poudel, a 31-year-old Ukrainian American citizen — who’s on leave from her California day job as an attorney for

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Ukrainian Air Force has added about 20 more operational aircraft to its fleet because of an influx of spare parts, according to a senior US defense official. Though the official wouldn’t specify which country had provided the aircraft parts, the official said Wednesday that the US and other countries had

By Sam Fossum, CNN The Biden administration is unveiling two new programs, established by the bipartisan infrastructure law, that will provide $20 million worth of rebates to replace old transformers and upgrade electric motor systems, according to the Department of Energy. The draft guidance, which was unveiled Wednesday to solicit public feedback, will help make

By Tierney Sneed Omarosa Manigault Newman — a former staffer on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who then worked for Trump’s White House — was awarded more than $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and costs this week after previously prevailing in a dispute over whether she had violated a Trump campaign non-disclosure agreement. The award was