Politics

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington on Tuesday to make an in-person plea for the military and economic aid he said is necessary to continue Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. Zelensky, visiting Washington for the third time since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022, met with members

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Rudy Giuliani’s defamation damages trial in Washington, DC, rebuked the former Donald Trump lawyer Tuesday over “quite defamatory” comments he made a day earlier to reporters about the two Georgia election workers at the center of the case. US District Judge Beryl Howell said Giuliani’s

By Jessica Estepa, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed the final piece of the state’s Reproductive Health Act into law, which repealed a requirement for a separate insurance rider for abortion coverage. The move comes after voters enshrined abortion rights to the battleground state’s constitution in last year’s midterm elections, and ahead

By Jeff Zeleny, Alison Main, Ebony Davis and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu endorsed Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at a town hall Tuesday night in Manchester, the latest step in his long-running effort to slow Donald Trump’s march to the 2024 GOP nomination. “Let’s get this thing done. We’re

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — Four women who attended the US Coast Guard Academy, including a current cadet, are expected to appear at a congressional hearing Tuesday and testify that the agency’s leaders failed to protect them from sexual harassment and assault. The hearing before the Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security’s

By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to field questions from Iowa voters in a CNN town hall Tuesday night, less than five weeks before the state’s January 15 caucuses kick off the 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest. DeSantis is seeking to close his huge polling gap

Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday thrusts the justices into a highly charged situation with a former president who has repeatedly tried to politicize the federal judiciary and use it for his ends. As this case tests Smith’s federal prosecution

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Dean Phillips launched his long-shot Democratic primary bid saying he wanted to “strengthen” President Joe Biden. He talked about not wanting to “demean” or “diminish” the president. He said he wanted to be a mainstream voice, making a broad appeal for a new generation wanting change. But on his largely

By Donald Judd and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday touted his “unshakeable” support for “the safety of the Jewish people and the security of Israel and its right to exist,” but he also offered a stark warning about the volatility of public opinion. “We’ll continue to provide military assistance to

By Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — The far-right House Freedom Caucus has elected Rep. Bob Good of Virginia to be its next chairman, according to a source familiar. Good is a staunch fiscal conservative and was one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker earlier this year. Hardliners in the

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith may use data during Donald Trump’s election interference trial next year to show jurors when the former president was using Twitter on January 6, 2021, according to a court filing. Prosecutors with the special counsel’s office said in a court filing Monday that they anticipate

By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House GOP leadership has pulled a pair of surveillance law bills from the floor, according to GOP sources, as Speaker Mike Johnson was facing backlash from his conference over the two-bill approach. The GOP has been divided over how to extend section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN West Palm Beach, FL (CNN) — Three months after the FBI seized classified records from Mar-a-Lago last August, a longtime employee of Donald Trump’s private club quit his job. Within days, the former president did something he rarely did – Trump called the former employee on his cell phone to ask why

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Several family members of US citizens believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas had asked to attend a Hanukkah reception at the White House Monday night but never received invitations, the father of a 19-year-old missing Israeli American told CNN. Ruby Chen, whose son Itay is a reservist

By Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Senators are growing increasingly pessimistic that they will strike a year-end deal on immigration in order to greenlight aid to Ukraine — with Republicans saying that a high-profile Tuesday visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will do nothing to change their demands that US border policy be dealt

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Biden administration officials held a lengthy meeting Monday with a group of key stakeholders to discuss a recent rise in antisemitism in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attacks against Israel, CNN has learned. A few dozen Jewish leaders met with White House Coordinator for the Middle East Brett

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos is in talks with federal prosecutors in hopes of striking a plea deal, according to court records released Monday. Santos is expected to appear in federal court in central Long Island for a status conference on Tuesday. Prosecutors are asking for another status

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden asked a judge Monday to throw out his three-count felony gun indictment, which was filed earlier this year by special counsel David Weiss. President Joe Biden’s embattled son is challenging the indictment on several fronts, including claims that the case violates his Second Amendment rights, and a

By Jedd Rosche, CNN House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik had a sharp response to the news that University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill was stepping down from her position over the weekend: “One down. Two to go.” It was Stefanik’s line of questioning at a hearing last week before the House Committee on Education

CNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday thrusts the justices into a highly charged situation with a former president who has repeatedly tried to politicize the federal judiciary and use it for his ends. As this case tests Smith’s federal