Politics

By Fredreka Schouten and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s leadership PAC paid out more than $2.9 million to law firms last month as his legal troubles mounted and racked up an additional $1.9 million in unpaid legal bills at the end of January, according to a filing Tuesday night with federal regulators. Save

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday likened his $355 million fine for fraudulently inflating the value of his properties to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. “It is a form of Navalny,” Trump said at a Fox News town hall in South Carolina, when asked how he

CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who resisted intense pressure from former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election results in his state, revealed Tuesday that he has been interviewed by special counsel Jack Smith’s office. “I basically told them the same thing I told the special grand juries: that I follow the law and the Constitution and

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The former FBI informant charged with lying about the Bidens’ dealings in Ukraine told investigators after his arrest that Russian intelligence officials were involved in passing information to him about Hunter Biden, prosecutors said Tuesday in a new court filing, noting that the information was false.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s lawyers accused special counsel David Weiss on Tuesday of using a since-discredited bribery allegation from an FBI informant to blow up his plea deal last year. In a court filing Tuesday, attorneys for the president’s son asked a judge to force Weiss’ team to turn over

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro could be held in contempt of court if he doesn’t turn over to emails he has that are presidential records, a federal judge said on Tuesday. The Justice Department sued Navarro more than a year ago, trying to reclaim federal records

By Ebony Davis and Kylie Atwood, CNN Greenville, South Carolina (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday reiterated her plans to continue her White House bid against former President Donald Trump, just five days ahead of the South Carolina Primary. “Some of you—perhaps a few of you in the media—came here today to

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Initial indications are that a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile, a US official said Tuesday. Previously, officials said it was unclear if the drone had been shot down or simply crashed. A spokesperson for the

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden personally directed his senior campaign aides in recent days to focus more aggressively on former President Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments, according to two sources familiar with the president’s edict. The thrust of Biden’s direction, delivered to his senior-most staff, was to significantly ramp up the campaign’s efforts to highlight the

By Rob Picheta, Alex Marquardt and Richard Roth, CNN (CNN) — The United States has vetoed a resolution at the United Nations calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an anticipated move that, while supportive of Israel, comes amid signs of American frustration with Israel’s war. The US had already signaled its intention to veto the

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear challenges to New York’s rent stabilization laws, which impose strict rules on how landlords can lease some units in the Empire State. This means the New York rent laws will stand. The pair of cases were brought by owners of apartment

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to hear a challenge to a top Virginia high school’s “race-neutral” admissions policy that critics say discriminates against Asian American students. The case raised several key questions about the court’s landmark ruling last year invalidating affirmative action policies at the nation’s colleges and

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revisit sanctions levied against two pro-Trump attorneys who filed frivolous lawsuits challenging the outcome of the 2020 election in Michigan. Sidney Powell and Lin Wood filed separate appeals asking the justices to review sanctions imposed by a US district court in 2021.

CNN By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — After spending more than two hours tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reached into her purse and pulled out about $400 in cash. Willis used the money to pay for two

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A North Korean ballistic missile fired last month by the Russian military in Ukraine contained hundreds of components that trace back to companies in the US and Europe, according to a new report. The findings mark the first public identification of North Korea’s reliance on foreign technology for its missile program and underscore the persistent problem facing the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday from the owners of a North Dakota truck stop who are challenging government-approved fees that banks charge every time a customer swipes a debit card to pay for gas or a candy bar. Almost as significant as the argument itself is who will