Politics

By Dan Berman, CNN Whether it’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, handling of sensitive White House documents or the finances of his namesake business, the volume of investigations involving former President Donald Trump is staggering. Trump is being sued by lawmakers and police officers, his niece Mary Trump, magazine writer E. Jean Carroll,

By Kylie Atwood and Oren Liebermann, CNN The United States has moved some US forces out of Ukraine and ordered the evacuation of most of its embassy staff on Saturday as fears mount that a Russian invasion of the country could take place in the next few days. The moves are signs of growing concerns

By Natasha Bertrand, Maegan Vazquez, Jasmine Wright and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the US and its allies will respond “decisively and impose swift and severe costs” on Russia should Putin decide to invade Ukraine. In a roughly hour-long phone call, the White House said Biden made clear

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A contentious decision from the US Supreme Court in a Voting Rights Act case from Alabama this week previewed what could be a momentous legal battle over the 1965 law, which over the past several years has been repeatedly whittled down by the conservative justices. After lower courts ordered Alabama to

By Fredreka Schouten A federal judge has temporarily blocked several Texas counties from pursuing criminal charges against public officials who encourage voters to use mail ballots in next month’s primary election. The preliminary injunction marks a victory for officials in Harris County, home to Houston, who argued that the controversial provision in a new Texas

By Darya Tarasova, Sharon Braithwaite, Kara Fox, Katya Krebs and Tim Lister, CNN Russia blasted Western countries and media for spreading a “large-scale disinformation campaign” over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying Friday that they were doing so “to divert attention from their own aggressive actions.” The Russian Foreign Ministry statement comes just hours

By Gabby Orr, Pamela Brown and Paula Reid, CNN Worried that a trove of White House records that had been brought to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate contained classified material, a top official in the former President’s orbit warned his aides last fall: Do not touch those boxes. The senior official in Trump’s inner circle did

By Tierney Sneed A former civilian employee of the Defense Department was sentenced Thursday to three months in prison after admitting to taking materials containing classified information to her hotel room and to her personal residence. The ex-employee’s sentencing coincidentally came the same week of revelations that the National Archives had raised concerns about government

By Steve Contorno and Michelle Watson, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday vowed not to sign a new congressional map unless lawmakers dismantle a North Florida district represented by a Black Democrat, setting up a showdown with his own party that threatens to upend the state’s delicate redistricting process. “We will not be signing

By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a person familiar with the matter said, as the US warns Russia could attack Ukraine using bombs and missiles at any moment. The high-stakes talks come at what US

By Kylie Atwood and Peter Bergen, CNN At least eight Westerners have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan during different incidents in the last two months, CNN has learned, marking a sharp escalation of Taliban actions against Westerners living in the country. No formal charges appear to have been lodged against the detained men.

By Jeff Zeleny and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is planning to begin conducting face-to-face interviews with final contenders for the Supreme Court vacancy as soon as next week, aides say, after spending the weekend at Camp David studying a list of at least four candidates. The President is making clear to his advisers

By Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats on Capitol Hill are pivoting away from talking about what was once was a cornerstone of their agenda — the Build Back Better Act — to focusing on a batch of smaller, bipartisan proposals that they hope can show voters that even a 50-50 Senate can work. “This is smart

By Geneva Sands and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General is being investigated as part of a newly revealed probe looking into allegations of retaliation, according to documents shared with CNN. Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, who is responsible for oversight of DHS, is under scrutiny by the Council of the Inspectors