Politics

By Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien is appearing Thursday before a grand jury in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, where several Trump-related investigations are being conducted. O’Brien had been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of investigations both into classified documents found at

By CNN Portions of a highly anticipated report by the Atlanta-area special grand jury on their investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election was released Thursday after a judge ordered the limited release earlier this week. The report’s introduction and conclusion, as well as concerns the panel had about

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Thursday announced a joint Justice Department and Commerce Department “strike force” aimed at preventing US adversaries from attaining American technology. The Disruptive Technology Strike Force will use intelligence and data analytics, Monaco said in a speech at the policy institute Chatham House in London,

By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US strike in Somalia killed five al-Shabaab fighters on Wednesday, US Africa Command said in a statement. The strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government and was a “collective self-defense strike,” according to AFRICOM. The strike was carried out approximately 300 miles north of the Somali

By Tierney Sneed The confirmation of President Joe Biden‘s nominee for a prestigious federal appeals court seat could be in jeopardy after he was grilled over his role representing an elite boarding school in a sexual assault case and a key Senate Democrat withheld his immediate support. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney, who

By Katelyn Polantz, Casey Gannon and Evan Perez, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump‘s actions after the 2020 election and handling of classified material, according to sources and court records reviewed by CNN.

By Jason Morris, Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN Portions of a highly anticipated report by the Atlanta-area special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump’s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election will be released Thursday, giving the public its clearest look yet into the two-year probe into Trump and his associates’ efforts to reverse

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Phil Mattingly, CNN When President Joe Biden went for his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday morning, he set a new record — as he does every morning — as the oldest US president ever. Biden’s age is “omnipresent” in nearly every conversation, one person involved

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN An FBI agent testified Wednesday that a Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department officer told the leader of the Proud Boys that he might be arrested in the days before January 6, 2021. Agent Peter Dubrowski told a jury in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Federal Election Commission is warning embattled Rep. George Santos that he needs to name a campaign treasurer if he plans to continue raising and spending money. The commission “has received no information regarding a new treasurer” since the New York Republican’s longtime treasurer Nancy Marks informed the agency of her

By Paula Reid The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The previously undisclosed searches were conducted in recent weeks, with the consent and cooperation of the president’s legal team, the

By Jamiel Lynch and Jack Forrest, CNN Two Tennessee National Guardsman were killed Wednesday after their helicopter crashed during a training flight in northern Alabama, the national guard confirmed. The UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter was approaching the Huntsville Executive Airport when it “rapidly descended” and crashed around 3 p.m. near Highway 53 and Burwell Road in