Politics

By Alex Rogers and Michael Warren, CNN Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is seeking the Republican nomination for US Senate in Pennsylvania, said Wednesday that he would renounce his Turkish citizenship if elected, after one of his top primary rivals questioned his allegiance to the United States. “My dual citizenship has become a distraction in this

By Geneva Sands and Corinne Dorsey, CNN The Department of Homeland Security is reevaluating how the United States and United Kingdom share intelligence following the hostage standoff in Colleyville, Texas, which was carried out by a British man who flew to the US weeks before the attack. In January, Malik Faisal Akram engaged in an

By Sam Fossum and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” Wednesday, a rhetorical leap that came as civilian deaths mount in Ukraine. It was the harshest condemnation of Putin’s actions from any US official since the war in Ukraine began three weeks ago. Previously, Biden had stopped

By Nicole Chavez, CNN The US Department of Education announced Wednesday that a number of historically Black colleges and universities that recently received bomb threats are now eligible for federal grants aimed at improving mental health resources and campus security. “The recent bomb threats experienced by HBCUs have shaken students and fractured their sense of

By Katelyn Polantz, Kara Scannell and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department has charged five people with helping the Chinese Communist Party stalk, harass or spy on political dissidents in the US, including a congressional candidate and a Los Angeles sculpture artist, according to new court filings and a press release. “All the defendants allegedly

By Annie Grayer and Fredreka Schouten, CNN More than a dozen House Democrats are calling on the Department of Justice to address “insider threats” that they say candidates for state and local election posts, who believe the 2020 election was stolen, pose to the nation’s election systems. “Unfortunately, many of the candidates seeking to fill

By Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden marked the long-stalled reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act with an event at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating its passage and underscoring that more still needs to be done to combat domestic violence. “It took time to change the culture, and you did