Politics

By Kaitlan Collins, Daniel Strauss and Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will officially step down from her position on March 8, days after Super Tuesday. “I have decided to step aside at our Spring Training on March 8 in Houston to allow our nominee to select a Chair of

By Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — A month after ending his White House bid, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is already making moves toward his next one. DeSantis has made a concerted effort to keep in touch with the people who supported his presidential campaign, including donors and leaders in the early nominating

By Clare Foran, Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — There is still no clear path to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week, with just four days until Congress runs into a key funding deadline. Lawmakers had hoped to release the text of a bipartisan spending deal

By Arit John and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Dearborn, Michigan (CNN) — Layla Elabed isn’t ready to think about November. In 2020, the Palestinian American activist and longtime Michigan Democrat backed Joe Biden for president. But like many Arab Americans, she feels betrayed by his response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the rising civilian

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers see a major opportunity this week to use his criminal document mishandling case in Florida to create an impasse on his calendar for the two federal judges overseeing his major criminal cases. Juggling his campaign and court calendar and playing his cases off one another is a key part of Trump’s legal

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — A political consultant previously employed by Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips’ presidential campaign acknowledged Sunday that he was behind the robocall that used an AI-generated voice of President Joe Biden to urge New Hampshire voters not to participate in the state’s January 23 primary. “The evening of Sunday, January 20th,

By Priscilla Alvarez and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders Tuesday as the White House ratchets up pressure on lawmakers to pass additional funding to Ukraine and ahead of a partial government shutdown deadline this week. The meeting – which will include Senate Majority Leader Chuck

By Ebony Davis and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The influential network associated with billionaire Charles Koch will no longer throw its money behind former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary and will instead focus on key Senate and House races, the group announced in an email to staff obtained by

By Casey Gannon, Jennifer Hansler and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — An active-duty member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday, has died, authorities said. Aaron Bushnell, 25, said in a video of the incident obtained by CNN that he would “no longer

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley falsely claimed on Saturday that President Joe Biden refers to anyone who doesn’t support him as “fascist.” Haley sought to lump Biden with former President Donald Trump, who pledged in a speech last fall to “root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical

By Lauren Fox and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is endorsing former President Donald Trump as the party’s nominee, his office confirmed to CNN. The backing from the South Dakota Republican, who has been critical of Trump, is the latest indication of the former

By Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday invoked his ancestors’ deaths at the hands of the Nazis as he called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to put a $95 billion foreign aid bill on the floor and cautioned about the dangers of catering to dictators. Schumer, in a personal moment at

By Priscilla Alvarez, Camila DeChalus and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The record level of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border loomed over a gathering of governors at the White House this weekend, revealing how the issue has become prominent in states nationwide and across the political spectrum. The National Governors Association holds a gathering of governors at the

CNN By Chris Boyette and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — As Alabama grapples with the fallout of a state Supreme Court decision that has widely halted access to in vitro fertilization, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday voiced support for IVF – though he stopped short of calling for a law to protect access in

By Chris Boyette and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — As Alabama grapples with the fallout of a state Supreme Court decision that has widely halted access to in vitro fertilization, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday voiced support for IVF – though he stopped short of calling for a law to protect access in Texas.

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s top humanitarian aid official will travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan this week in an effort to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that is veering into catastrophe. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power will meet with Israeli, Palestinian Authority and Jordanian

By Annette Choi, Ethan Cohen and Zachary B. Wolf (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley lost in Iowa and New Hampshire. She placed second to “none of these candidates” in a Nevada primary for which there were no delegates at stake and where Donald Trump was not on the ballot. Now she has lost

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson and his top lieutenants had a mission last week when they made a trek to Mar-a-Lago: Secure a Donald Trump endorsement for an incumbent House Republican over an insurgent primary rival boosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz. According to multiple GOP sources, Johnson lobbied Trump to back