Politics

By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro hopes to spend his next few months working in air conditioning and sleeping in a dormitory for “elderly” male inmates at a prison next to a zoo. Navarro, 74, must report to prison on Tuesday after the

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said Monday he will not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for president, nor would he vote for President Joe Biden in November. “I have not endorsed Donald Trump for president, and I will not do so,” the former Arkansas governor wrote

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants MOHELA (Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority) to answer for the problems student loan borrowers faced – including inaccurate bills and hourslong hold times on the phone – when the pandemic-related payment pause ended in the fall. In a letter first shared with CNN and

By Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s team is in discussions with Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman whom he later pardoned, to potentially help with the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, three sources familiar with the ongoing conversations told CNN. Manafort, who was one of several individuals who

By Brian Fung and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared deeply skeptical of arguments by two conservative states that the First Amendment bars the government from pressuring social media platforms to remove online misinformation. In more than 90 minutes of oral arguments that occasionally veered into the justices’ personal frustrations

By Kevin Liptak and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden spoke by phone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first known interaction in more than a month as a rift deepens between the two men over the war in Gaza. During the call, the White House said the leaders discussed

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump was in the White House, he proudly referred to himself as a “Tariff Man” – and he has no intention of retiring that self-proclaimed title if reelected. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of imposing a 10% tariff on every good coming into

CNN By Jake Tapper, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — C.J. Rice is a free man, and as of Monday morning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officially considers him legally innocent of the crime he was convicted of in 2013. This morning, Judge James Eisenhower, in room 805 in the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, granted the motion offered by District Attorney Larry

By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters to

CNN By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters

By Jake Tapper, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — C.J. Rice is a free man, and as of Monday morning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officially considers him legally innocent of the crime he was convicted of in 2013. This morning, Judge James Eisenhower, in room 805 in the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, granted the motion offered by District Attorney Larry Krasner

By John Fritze and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the appeal of a former New Mexico county commissioner who was removed from office because of his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection – a case that was similar to the one the high court recently decided involving

By Sam Fossum, Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking new executive action Monday to improve research on women’s health across the federal government as well as announce new actions being taken by several federal agencies as the White House seeks to increase funding for women’s health research.

By Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Negotiators are closing in on a spending deal to keep the rest of the government funded through the fiscal year, two sources familiar told CNN, but lawmakers still face hurdles to pass legislation and avert a shutdown for major agencies this weekend. Congressional negotiators reached an agreement

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with an unusual First Amendment appeal from the National Rifle Association against a New York financial regulator who persuaded banks and insurance companies to sever ties with the gun rights group. The NRA claims that Maria Vullo, the former superintendent of the New

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The son of the late liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday that giving an award bearing his mother’s name to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch is a “desecration of my mother’s memory.” “I don’t want to speak to what our other plans might

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and CNN staff, CNN (CNN) — A critical US partner in northwest Africa is turning toward Russia amid warnings from the top US commander in the continent that the Russians are trying to “take over” the entire Sahel region of Africa. Niger, which has served as a crucial foothold for