Politics

CNN By Donald Judd and Jack Forrest, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated Memorial Day during remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, where he marked the solemn and personal occasion by thanking those killed while serving their country in the name of democracy around the world. “Freedom has never been guaranteed –

By Donald Judd and Jack Forrest, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated Memorial Day during remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, where he marked the solemn and personal occasion by thanking those killed while serving their country in the name of democracy around the world. “Freedom has never been guaranteed – every

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Before indicting Donald Trump last year for allegedly mishandling classified documents, federal prosecutors had to decide where to bring the charges: Washington, DC, or Florida. Ultimately, they charged the former president in Florida, a decision that has proven to be a fateful one — underscored by

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Chase Oliver won the Libertarian Party presidential nomination on Sunday after seven rounds of voting at the party’s convention in Washington, DC. The 38-year-old, who has previously run for Congress multiple times in Georgia, focused his pitch on making Libertarian values palatable to a broader audience. In an interview

CNN By Manu Raju and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Tony Gonzales called his GOP opponent in Texas a “neo-Nazi” and an “anarchist” intent on “burning the place down” — and said Republican hardliners seeking to oust him are a bunch of “scumbags” and MAGA wannabes. In an interview with CNN, the two-term Texas

By Arit John and Eva McKend, CNN Phoenix (CNN) — Laura Grant has been keeping tabs on what Congress has done – or not done – to overhaul US immigration and border policy. The 47-year-old insurance agent said she’s concerned about the deteriorating situation at the border. The Phoenix resident wants a more streamlined process for migrants

POOL By Aaron Pellish, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was eliminated from contention for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination during the party’s convention Sunday. In a surprise move earlier Sunday, Kennedy was put up for consideration as a nominee to represent the party in 2024. But he received

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was eliminated from contention for the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination during the party’s convention Sunday. In a surprise move earlier Sunday, Kennedy was put up for consideration as a nominee to represent the party in 2024. But he received support

By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday following the election of the island’s new president and after days of Chinese military drills. The arrival of six lawmakers come just days after the inauguration of Lai Ching-te, who has

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — When prosecutors make their final pitch Tuesday to New York jurors for why they should convict former President Donald Trump of a slew of business crimes, they’ll face the burdensome task of weaving together weeks of testimony and evidence they say proves Trump committed felonies to help his 2016

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — When prosecutors make their final pitch Tuesday to New York jurors for why they should convict former President Donald Trump of a slew of business crimes, they’ll face the burdensome task of weaving together weeks of testimony and evidence they say proves Trump committed felonies to help his

CNN By Kate Sullivan, Aaron Pellish and Steve Contorno, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was loudly and consistently booed throughout his speech Saturday at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, particularly when he asked attendees to “nominate me or at least vote for me.” The heckling began the moment the former president

By Manu Raju and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Tony Gonzales called his GOP opponent in Texas a “neo-Nazi” and an “anarchist” intent on “burning the place down” — and said Republican hardliners seeking to oust him are a bunch of “scumbags” and MAGA wannabes. In an interview with CNN, the two-term Texas GOP

By Kate Sullivan, Aaron Pellish and Steve Contorno, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was loudly and consistently booed throughout his speech Saturday at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, particularly when he asked attendees to “nominate me or at least vote for me.” The heckling began the moment the former president took

By Aileen Graef, Athena Jones and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden touted the expansion of NATO, his actions in the Middle East and progress in lowering military sexual assaults in a commencement address to the West Point graduating class Saturday. While Biden stayed away from mentioning former President Donald Trump or making

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s wife previously said the inverted American flag flown at the couple’s house in January 2021 was “an international signal of distress,” The Washington Post reported Saturday, detailing an encounter during that time between the Alitos and a Post reporter outside the couple’s home. The flag was no longer

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire businessman and lifelong Republican Stephen Schwarzman said Friday he will support the candidacy of Donald Trump with a “vote for change” after years of declining to back a particular GOP presidential candidate. In a statement, Schwarzman said, “The dramatic rise of antisemitism has led me to focus on

By Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A former CIA officer targeted in an FBI undercover operation pleaded guilty Friday to providing national defense information to the People’s Republic of China, the Justice Department said. Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, of Honolulu, who served as a CIA officer over a seven-year period in the 1980s, worked with

By Steve Contorno and Aaron Pellish, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will address the Libertarian Party’s convention Saturday, an unconventional stop for a presumptive Republican nominee but also illustrative of his campaign’s intensifying concern over third-party candidates. Trump is expected to deliver a pitch to Libertarians focused on their shared grievances

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US is in an odd spot right now. By many metrics, the economy is doing well, but polls show that lots of Americans aren’t feeling it. CNN designed its own quiz to ask readers whether they are better off now, under President Joe Biden, or whether things were