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Judge signals she may postpone Trump’s trial in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Ft. Pierce, Florida (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago document-mishandling case cast doubt on the viability having a trial in May 2024, signaling she may postpone the criminal proceedings. During a hearing Wednesday in south Florida, US District Judge Aileen Cannon raised concerns that the defense team wouldn’t

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Before he became a politician, House Speaker Mike Johnson partnered with an anti-gay conversion therapy group

By Andrew Kaczynski (CNN) — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson closely collaborated with a group in the mid-to-late 2000s that promoted “conversion therapy,” a discredited practice that asserted it could change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian individuals. Prior to launching his political career, Johnson, a lawyer, gave legal advice to an organization

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Opinion: There’s a smarter way to eliminate Hamas

CNN Opinion by Robert A. Pape (CNN) — Israel’s strategy for defeating Hamas — destroying its military and political capabilities to the point where the terrorist group can never again launch major attacks against Israeli civilians — is unlikely to work. Indeed, Israel is likely already producing more terrorists than it’s killing. To defeat terrorist

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Biden facing tough questions over Israel’s strikes on civilians

By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his top national security officials are increasingly confronting questions about Israel’s commitment to minimizing civilian deaths and how scenes from Gaza could affect his domestic political standing. Even some allies of the administration are worried that defending Israel’s response to the October 7 Hamas terror

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Texas again deployed a barrier to deter migrants without a federal permit. This time at the New Mexico border

By Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN (CNN) — A battle is quietly brewing between Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over the state’s deployment of razor wire at its border with neighboring New Mexico – its latest effort to curb illegal immigration on federal land without a permit. The International Boundary and Water

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Fact check: Evidence supports Democrats’ case that Joe Biden made a personal loan to his brother

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — On October 20, House Oversight Committee chairman Rep. James Comer released a video raising questions about a 2018 personal check to Joe Biden from his brother James Biden and James’ wife Sara Biden, which had the words “loan repayment” written on the front. Comer said he would view the $200,000

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What to know about Day 2 of the Trump disqualification trial in Colorado

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The 14th Amendment disqualification trial against former President Donald Trump continued Tuesday in Colorado, where a group of voters are trying to keep him off the 2024 ballot based on the Constitution’s post-Civil War “insurrectionist ban.” An expert on right-wing extremism dissected Trump’s history of fomenting unrest and testified that Trump’s speech on

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Biden administration fines Grand Canyon University $37.7 million for misrepresenting cost of doctoral programs

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration issued a $37.7 million fine against Grand Canyon University Tuesday after a Department of Education investigation concluded that the private school in Phoenix misrepresented the cost of its doctoral degree programs. The vast majority of doctoral students who graduated between 2017 and 2022 ultimately had

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Mitch McConnell warns GOP senators they’ll face ‘incoming’ if they back Hawley bill to limit corporate giving in campaigns

By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) – Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell bluntly warned Republican senators in a private meeting not to sign on to a bill from Sen. Josh Hawley aimed at limiting corporate money bankrolling high-powered outside groups, telling them that many of them won their seats thanks to the powerful super PAC the

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Missouri Appeals Court rejects Ashcroft’s plea on ballot language on abortion question

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Western District Appeals Court sided with a recent circuit judge’s decision to reword a ballot summary about a petition that could increase abortion access in the state. Last month, Cole County Judge Jon Beteem rewrote the ballot summary language. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Attorney General Andrew Bailey sought the

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