Politics

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden slipped into Kyiv on Monday for the first time since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost a year ago, demonstrating in dramatic personal fashion his commitment to the country and its struggle as the war enters an uncertain new phase. The highly secretive visit — which

By Sam Fossum and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US ambassador to the United Nations said Sunday that China would cross a “red line” if the country decided to provide lethal military aid to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “We welcome the Chinese announcement that they want peace because that’s what we always want to

By Andrew Millman, Paul LeBlanc and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 46,000 people. The top US diplomat, who took a

By Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made clear that the US has no doubt China was seeking to surveil the US via the balloon that was ultimately shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month. “I can’t say dispositively what the original intent was, but

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Two leading House Republicans have called on President Joe Biden to increase military support to Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion and reiterated support on both sides of the aisle for continuing to fund the Ukrainian war effort. Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,

By Steve Contorno, Jeff Zeleny and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made freedom his calling card, but some conservatives have become skeptical of how liberally the Republican leader is using government power to impose his will. Among GOP donors, leading conservative voices and even some supporters, there is a growing concern that

By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN What’s typically an under-the-radar judicial election in Wisconsin has turned into a high-stakes and expensive fight for control of the state’s Supreme Court — with the future of abortion, voting rights and redistricting in this battleground state hanging in the balance. Millions of dollars in advertising have been

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Anna Yezerova, a Ukrainian national, arrived in the United States last year with her young daughter and a couple of months of summer clothes. Their hope: that the war in Ukraine would be over soon. Nearly one year later, Yezerova remains in the US and is setting down roots in New

By Gregory Clary and Michael Callahan, CNN The US military and Syrian Democratic Forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria early Saturday, capturing an ISIS official, according to a statement from US Central Command. Batar, “an ISIS Syria Province Official involved in planning attacks on SDF-guarded detention centers and manufacturing improvised explosive devices,” was

By Paula Reid and Jeremy Herb, CNN A defense attorney who represented the former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz says that prosecutors made the right decision not to charge the Florida Republican after a yearslong federal sex trafficking investigation. Attorney Tim Jansen told CNN on Saturday that Justice Department prosecutors were aggressive with his client.

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US has recently begun seeing “disturbing” trendlines in China’s support for Russia’s military and there are signs that Beijing wants to “creep up to the line” of providing lethal military aid to Russia without getting caught, US officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN. The officials would not describe in