Politics

By Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a fight over keeping the identity of witnesses protected in the criminal document mishandling case against Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith this week detailed myriad threats against prosecutors, judges and other witnesses. One threat against a witness has prompted a federal investigation, the special counsel’s office

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is running for US Senate this year, providing Republicans with a strong candidate in their bid to flip a seat in a deep-blue state. “I am running for the United States Senate – not to

CNN By Betsy Klein, Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Friday did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be

By Aaron Pellish and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee filed a Federal Election Commisison complaint against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign on Friday, alleging illegal coordination with an outside group supporting his White House bid. In a letter to the FEC, the DNC wrote that the group backing Kennedy, American

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A female CIA trainee who claims she was sexually assaulted in a stairwell at CIA headquarters in 2022 and is now suing the agency alleging intimidation has been fired, her lawyer said on Thursday. In an email sent to House Intelligence Committee staff, who have been hearing testimony

By Betsy Klein, Nikki Carvajal and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House did not rule out the possibility of releasing the transcript of President Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur about his handling of classified documents, with the caveat that any classified information would have to be redacted. “I don’t

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing to replace the chair of the Republican National Committee with North Carolina’s party leader who promoted 2020 presidential election lies and supported using the courts to overturn the results. Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North Carolina

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that he is running for US Senate this year, providing Republicans with a strong candidate in their bid to flip a seat in a deep-blue state. “I am running for the United States Senate – not to serve

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Leesburg, Virginia (CNN) — Minutes after the special counsel report landed on Thursday afternoon, House Democrats stood and cheered for President Joe Biden as he used their annual retreat as the latest chance to make a forceful case for four more years on the job. By the time they took their

By Shania Shelton and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale announced Friday that he had filed for Senate in Montana, setting up a contentious primary against national Republicans’ preferred pick to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. Rosendale, a member of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus who lost to Tester in

By Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN The Senate is working to pass a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel, but it may be days until a final vote as GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is using arcane and complex chamber rules to slow down the process

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Varlin Higbee traveled more than two hours from his Lincoln County, Nevada, home to see Donald Trump in person last month, but when he arrived at the former president’s Las Vegas rally, he was stopped at the door. Despite carrying a VIP invite from the Trump campaign, Higbee, the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Soon after John Roberts took his seat at the center of the Supreme Court bench on Thursday, the cadence of the justices’ questioning suggested the chief justice would have an easy majority, if not unanimity, to reverse a Colorado ruling that blocked Donald Trump from the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — Thrust into an election year that had already been defined in part by voters’ concerns over the president’s age and fitness for office, special counsel Robert Hur’s report amounted to a legal victory but a political landmine for President Joe Biden. The president’s outrage on Thursday night made

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden gave a press conference Thursday night after the release of a report from special counsel Robert Hur, who announced that Biden would not face charges over his handling of classified information from prior to his presidency. Biden was combative, forcefully rejecting Hur’s claims that he has a poor

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — When senior national security officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in December to prepare for the 2024 election, they faced a pair of stark, simulated scenarios that tested the limits of any federal response to election-related chaos, four people familiar with the meeting told CNN. What

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a victory that was effectively guaranteed when his lone remaining well-known rival, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, chose not to compete for the state’s delegates. The former president has now won all three Republican contests so far — adding

By Samantha Waldenberg and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden released a memo Thursday highlighting the standards foreign governments that receive US military aid must adhere to, according to the White House. Under the memo, the secretary of state must “obtain certain credible and reliable written assurances from foreign governments receiving defense articles,”

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Biden late Thursday offered one of his sharpest rebukes to date of Israel’s military conduct in Gaza, saying the operation to go after Hamas had been “over the top.” He also voiced optimism that a deal currently being brokered pairing the release of hostages with a prolonged