Politics

By Kara Scannell New York Attorney General Letitia James has broadened her civil investigation into the accuracy of the Trump Organization’s financial statements to include the role of its long-time appraiser Cushman & Wakefield, according to recent court filings. James asked a judge to force the company to comply with subpoenas issued last year and

By 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. Getting spit on. Death threats. Threatening phone calls. Those aren’t the expectations election workers have when they show up to work the polls on Election Day, but they

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A Russian military-linked hacking group has attempted to infiltrate Ukrainian power substations and deploy malicious code capable of cutting electricity, Ukrainian government officials and private investigators said Tuesday. The cyberattack appears to have been thwarted, and the Ukrainian government Computer Emergency Response Team said it had prevented the attackers from “carrying

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US and international law enforcement agencies have seized control of a popular website where hackers have advertised data stolen from American consumers and corporations — the latest in a long-running effort to crack down on forums where cybercriminals congregate. “This domain has been seized” by the FBI, US Secret Service and

By Tami Luhby, CNN Gas prices have skyrocketed. Groceries and cars are more expensive. Housing costs are up. But health care charges? Not so much. While consumer prices are rising faster than they have in more than 40 years, health care inflation has remained rather muted. The Consumer Price Index rose 8.5% in the 12

By Paul LeBlanc and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a bill into law that makes performing an abortion illegal in the state, with an exception only in the case of a medical emergency. “As governor, I represent all 4 million Oklahomans and they overwhelmingly support protecting life in the

By Donald Judd and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new steps his administration is taking to address rising gasoline prices across the country, including emergency measures to expand biofuel sales, countering rising energy prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The President announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The prosecutor general of Ukraine said Monday that her office is investigating 5,800 cases of Russian war crimes, with “more and more” proceedings every day. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” Iryna Venediktova said Ukraine has identified more than 500 suspects in the sprawling probe, including Russian politicians, military

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The two men arrested last week for allegedly impersonating Homeland Security agents say that federal prosecutors took their actions out of context and overhyped their foreign travel. During a detention hearing Monday and in court documents earlier, defense attorneys for Haider Ali and Arian Taherzadeh argued that the