Politics

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he should be cloaked with absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, arguing in a new filing Saturday that the sweeping assertion “threatens to license Presidents to commit crimes to remain in office.” Smith’s

By Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN (CNN) — State police say they responded to a swatting call at the home of Maine State Secretary of State Shenna Bellows on Friday night, a day after she removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot. Police say no residents were at the Manchester home when the

By Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he should be cloaked with absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, arguing in a new filing Saturday that the sweeping assertion “threatens to license Presidents to commit crimes to remain in office.” Smith’s response

By Jennifer Hansler and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration for the second time this month has bypassed Congress to approve the transfer of nearly $150 million in military equipment to Israel amid the country’s war against Hamas. Secretary of State Antony Blinken informed Congress that he has made an emergency determination to

By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Michael Cohen unwittingly sent his then-attorney non-existent case citations generated by artificial intelligence, he said in a court document unsealed Friday. Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered Cohen’s former attorney, David Schwartz, to explain where he came up with the court cases cited in Cohen’s request for early termination of supervised release, saying

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — US intelligence agencies found that the Chinese surveillance balloon that transited the United States in early 2023 used an American internet service provider to send short, periodic transmissions of data related to navigation and location back to China, according to a US official. This connection was one of

CNN, WBNS By Jay Croft and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the state, the government” knows what’s better for youth than their parents, Gov. Mike DeWine said. State lawmakers

CNN, KOAT By Marshall Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those decisions have been paused pending potential appeals. Other major challenges have been rejected on procedural grounds in Minnesota, Michigan and some

By Arit John, Ebony Davis and Ali Main, CNN (CNN) — The honeymoon period of Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is over. After enjoying weeks as a rising star, the former South Carolina governor is facing a heightened level of scrutiny not just from her GOP rivals, but from voters. That new dynamic was on display

By Marshall Cohen and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Anti-Trump challengers have succeeded at using the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot in Colorado and Maine, though those decisions have been paused pending potential appeals. Other major challenges have been rejected on procedural grounds in Minnesota, Michigan and some other states.

By Jay Croft and Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican governor has vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, he said Friday. Signing the bill would “be saying that the state, the government” knows what’s better for youth than their parents, Gov. Mike DeWine said. State lawmakers passed House

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they

CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan marked five years in Russian detention on Thursday – a grim milestone that the ex-US Marine hoped he would never see. In a call with CNN on Thursday, Whelan called on President Joe Biden to “please use every resource available to secure my release as you would

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Maine pitched the 2024 election into deeper chaos and constitutional confusion Thursday by becoming the second state to throw Donald Trump off the ballot over the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot. The move from the Maine secretary of state – following a similar decision from the

By CNN Staff, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” This move makes Maine the second state to disqualify Trump – who seeks to return to the White House and remains the GOP front-runner – after Colorado’s

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they intend

By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — A new law that gives local law enforcement in Texas the authority to arrest migrants “violates the US Constitution,” the Department of Justice said in a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday, threatening to sue unless Abbott backs down from enforcing it. The letter,

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states were stuck in the