Politics

CNN, TEXAS GOVERNOR’S OFFICE By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law Monday a bill that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought legal battle between the state and the federal government over efforts to curtail illegal immigration. The

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — The wife of a US Navy officer recently transferred to US custody after being jailed in Japan called on President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice to support his release. Lt. Ridge Alkonis was booked into a federal prison in Lost Angeles last week after having served time

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Foreign government efforts to target the 2022 US midterm elections appeared to grow compared with the 2018 elections, according to a declassified intelligence assessment released Monday, with a “diverse and growing group of foreign actors” participating. There was no known order from any foreign leader to “undertake a

By Michael Callahan and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday announced a new US-led operation focusing on the “security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden” following recent attacks by Houthi forces on commercial marine traffic in the region. “I am announcing the establishment of Operation

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — The New York trial judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial wrote a scathing denial of the former president’s latest attempt to toss the state attorney general’s case against him — potentially a preview of a tough outcome for Trump as the trial process winds

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senate Minority Whip John Thune told CNN’s Manu Raju on Monday that there is no way the Senate can vote on an immigration deal this week, meaning aid for Ukraine and Israel will not pass either. “That is a fact, yeah. There’s no way,” he said. Senators have been negotiating in

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law Monday a bill that makes entering Texas illegally a state crime, an extraordinary step in the hard-fought legal battle between the state and the federal government over efforts to curtail illegal immigration. The measure, SB 4, grants

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the two Georgia election workers who won a nearly $150 million verdict against Rudy Giuliani for defamation on Friday, have sued him again, asking a federal judge to permanently prohibit him from lying about them. The lawsuit comes as Giuliani has continued to make

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has rejected former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ attempt to move his Georgia election interference criminal case to federal court. The opinion of the three-judge panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, delivered by a conservative jurist appointed to the

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Nearly 9 million borrowers missed their first student loan payment after the pandemic-related pause ended this fall, the Department of Education said Friday. That means roughly 40% of the 22 million borrowers who had bills due in October did not make payments by mid-November. Bringing so many borrowers

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision earlier this month largely upholding the gag order issued against him in his federal election subversion case. Trump, in a Monday filing to the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals, asked the three-judge panel that

CNN By Andrew Kaczynski, Allison Gordon and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have come to the defense of a one time social media influencer who has been convicted of election interference and has a well-known history of pushing deeply racist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and homophobic content online. In a video

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The USS Carney responded Monday to a distress call from a commercial vessel after it was attacked by “multiple projectiles” in the southern Red Sea, a US military official said. The merchant vessel Swan Atlantic was attacked at roughly 9 a.m. Sanaa time, the official said. US Central Command

By Donald Judd, Michael Williams and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — An aid package scheduled for Ukraine later this month will be the final one unless Congress approves additional help, the White House warned Monday. While aid provided to Ukraine thus far has been essential in resisting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the country “still

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The six Nevada Republicans who served as “fake electors” for the Trump campaign in 2020 pleaded not guilty Monday to state charges. The defendants were arraigned in Clark County District Court, making their first court appearance two weeks after they were indicted by Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. The defendants participated

By Priscilla Alvarez and Camila DeChalus, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s concessions on border policy to get Ukraine aid passed have put him at odds with key allies who will be charged with mobilizing voters, multiple sources tell CNN, underscoring the political headwinds the Biden campaign faces in the upcoming election. Border security remains a

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was honored Monday morning at the Supreme Court during a ceremony in which she was lauded for her collegiality on the bench, role as a moderate jurist and status as the first woman to serve on the court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor drew on

By Andrew Kaczynski, Allison Gordon and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. have come to the defense of a one time social media influencer who has been convicted of election interference and has a well-known history of pushing deeply racist, antisemitic, anti-Muslim and homophobic content online. In a video posted

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — There’s one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, has long been due for an update. On December