Politics

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating after a driver crashed into an exterior gate at the White House on Monday, according to the US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. No injuries were immediately reported in the incident. The driver remains in custody and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Secret Service. The

WMUR, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, CNN By Alison Main and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s Republican attorney general on Monday hit back against national Democrats after they rebuked the state party in an ongoing fight over the state’s upcoming January 23 primary. New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella accused the Democratic National Committee

By Alison Main and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s Republican attorney general on Monday hit back against national Democrats after they rebuked the state party in an ongoing fight over the state’s upcoming January 23 primary. New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella accused the Democratic National Committee of “unlawful voter suppression” in

CNN, KUSA By Melissa Alonso and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — Police in Colorado are investigating an incident involving US Rep. Lauren Boebert and her ex-husband, Jayson Boebert, while they were at a restaurant on Saturday night, a police department official told CNN. Silt Police Department officers responded to the Miner’s Claim restaurant Saturday night after receiving

By Nick Valencia, Jason Morris, Zachary Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election subversion case is alleging without concrete evidence that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis improperly hired a romantic partner to help prosecute the case and has financially benefitted from his appointment.

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said she’s “terrified” about the potential outcome of the 2024 election, listing November’s presidential contest as among the fears that keep her awake at night, in a podcast interview released Monday. “What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what

By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A statement from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday revealed after days of uncertainty that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been treated at the hospital in December for prostate cancer and later readmitted due to complications. The revelation came days after

CNN By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Republican Party has removed Christian Ziegler as party chairman amid a sex scandal and a sexual assault investigation. “No one voted for Christian Ziegler,” said Blaise Ingoglia, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman and current member of the Florida Senate. Ziegler, who has not

By Holmes Lybrand and Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, was the victim of a swatting call on her home late Sunday night, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The source told CNN that a male caller said

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Republicans are zeroing in on interviews with Biden family business associates as testimony from the president’s son remains difficult to obtain. The lengthy process of seeking to punish Hunter Biden for not complying with a congressional subpoena, which kicks off Wednesday, means that Republicans are likely far off from getting

By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — Florida’s Republican Party has removed Christian Ziegler as party chairman amid a sex scandal and a sexual assault investigation. “No one voted for Christian Ziegler,” said Blaise Ingoglia, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman and current member of the Florida Senate. Ziegler, who has not been

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Ames, Iowa (CNN) — Amber Douglas wanted to ask Vivek Ramaswamy about his outreach to young voters like herself. Douglas, a 33-year-old lifelong Iowa resident, first caucused in 2008, when she was 17, for then-Sen. Barack Obama, and voted for Democrats in every subsequent election until 2022, when she voted for

By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A special election to replace former Rep. Kevin McCarthy following the speaker’s resignation last month will be held on May 21, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. The primary for the special election is set for March 19, the governor said. McCarthy, who represented California’s 20th Congressional District, announced he was

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said she’s “terrified” about the potential outcome of the 2024 election, listing November’s presidential contest as among the fears that keep her awake at night, in a podcast interview released Monday. “What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could

By CNN staff House Oversight Chairman James Comer released on Monday text of the committee’s contempt resolution and an accompanying report on Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son. The resolution is scheduled to be voted on Wednesday at a committee meeting. Read the resolution text and report here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc.,

By Kevin Liptak and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House will review the “process and procedure” surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization last week and make changes, if necessary, but President Joe Biden has no plans to fire him. “We will obviously, I think, as you might expect, we’ll take a look at

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined to weigh in on a climate change case the state of Minnesota is pursuing against ExxonMobil, the American Petroleum Institute trade group and other fossil fuel groups. The Supreme Court’s decision notes that Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have agreed to hear the case. Besides Minnesota, California, other states

By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to have the sweeping criminal conspiracy case against him in Georgia thrown out by arguing he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity. Trump’s immunity claims in the Georgia case, filed on Monday as part of

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear Alaska’s challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s rejection of the controversial Pebble Mine project, which would have become the largest copper, gold and molybdenum extraction site on the continent. The EPA last year invoked a seldom-used authority granted as part of the Clean Water Act to