Politics

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it has closed its investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr., finding that an allegation he decapitated a dead whale carcass two decades ago was unfounded. Last month, Kennedy said at a campaign event in Arizona he had received a letter

By Priscilla Alvarez, Jeff Simon and Gregory Krieg, CNN Clarkston, Georgia (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in this Atlanta suburb, to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if Donald Trump is elected again to lead it. Battleground Georgia is the latest stop in a late-campaign

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her

By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her most

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is asking a federal court to dismiss the January 6, 2021, election subversion case, saying that the office of special counsel Jack Smith is unconstitutional, in a court filing 12 days before the presidential election. “Everything that Smith did since Attorney General (Merrick) Garland’s appointment, as President Trump continued his

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement for more than $100 million with the two corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. As part of the settlement, Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited – two Singaporean companies – will pay nearly $102

By Evan Perez, Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is zeroing in on a US government office where it believes the leaked US intelligence documents on Israel’s preparations for a possible attack on Iran were printed, a US official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN. FBI investigators working with the Naval Criminal Investigative

By Kylie Atwood, MJ Lee, Jennifer Hansler and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Even as long-stalled talks to try to secure the release of the hostages and reach a ceasefire in Gaza resume in the coming days, there is little expectation of a breakthrough before the US presidential election in less than two weeks, officials told CNN.

By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes of Ohio is battling a last-minute challenge to her eligibility to vote in her district as a result of a complaint filed by a local Republican activist. After a county elections board deadlocked over the issue on Thursday, the decision over whether the congresswoman can cast her ballot in Akron,

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals could rule soon on a Republican-led lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan after hearing oral arguments Thursday. The plan, known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education), lowers monthly payments and shortens the time it takes to receive student loan

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to issue an apology to the Native American community for the federal government’s role in the abusive Indian boarding schools that forced Native American children to assimilate over a 150-year period, two sources familiar with the plans said. “I’m heading to do something that

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors scheme as the GOP-led panel gears up to take center stage in an unknown post-election landscape when Congress returns in November.

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors scheme as the GOP-led panel gears up to take center stage in an unknown post-election landscape when Congress returns in November. The

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he would use presidential powers to end Jack Smith’s probe into multiple criminal cases he’s brought against the former president, promising to fire the special counsel who has indicted him on multiple criminal charges. “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy,” Trump said

By Jeff Zeleny and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Beyoncé will appear alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally Friday in Houston, a person familiar with the planning tells CNN, the first joint appearance with the music icon whose anthem has been the soundtrack of the Harris campaign. The appearance, in which Beyoncé will

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday that he would use presidential powers to end Jack Smith’s probe into multiple criminal cases he’s brought against the former president, promising to fire the special counsel who has indicted him on multiple criminal charges. “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy,” Trump said when

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered his national security agencies to harness new, powerful artificial intelligence technology in a bid to compete with rivals such as China while also applying guardrails to prevent its use for antidemocratic purposes. The new national security memorandum, issued in the final months

By Marshall Cohen and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s super PAC didn’t announce a winner for its “daily” $1 million giveaway to registered swing state voters on Wednesday, the same day news broke that the Justice Department warned Musk’s group that its sweepstakes might be illegal. The pro-Trump group, America PAC, had publicly named a winner every