Politics

By Christopher Hickey, CNN The Republican-controlled 118th Congress has set many firsts. On Jan. 3, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the first candidate in the majority party to lose a bid for the House speakership in 100 years. He won the gavel in the 15th round of voting, making his election the longest since before the Civil

By Katelyn Polantz, Senior Reporter, Crime and Justice, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court has upheld the Justice Department’s ability to prosecute January 6, 2021, rioters with an obstruction charge, in a new opinion that is likely to bolster prosecutors’ criminal case against former President Donald Trump on the same charge. The decision, issued

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Two stalwart allies of former President Donald Trump flipped against him this week, a staggering turn of events that could now pose a grave threat to his ability to fend off criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The rapid-fire

CNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are once again scrambling with no clear path to elect a new speaker after voting to push Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan out of the race, the latest sign of the chaos and divisions that have engulfed the majority party

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The city of San Marcos, Texas, settled a lawsuit this week filed by four supporters of Joe Biden who said local police failed to protect them from harassment in 2020 as they rode in a Biden campaign bus. “The intimidation we experienced on the highway that day and the

By Kara Scannell and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump was fined $5,000 by a New York judge on Friday for violating a gag order not to speak about any members of the court staff – and was warned twice about possible imprisonment. “Donald Trump has received ample warning from this Court

By Marshall Cohen, Nick Valencia, Maxime Tamsett and Fabiana Chaparro, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s 2020 fake electors plot, pleaded guilty Friday in the Georgia election subversion case to being part of a conspiracy alongside former President Donald Trump and others. The plea deal is another

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A former Florida state lawmaker who acquired more than $150,000 in Small Business Administration loans by lying on applications was sentenced Thursday to four months in federal prison, the US Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Florida said. Former state Rep. Joseph Harding, a Republican, pleaded guilty in

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service has collected $160 million in back taxes this year by cracking down on millionaires who haven’t paid what they owe, the agency said Friday. The recent effort to target high-income individuals has been boosted by an increase in federal funding provided by Democrats last

By Donald Judd, Phil Mattingly and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is requesting more than $105 billion from Congress as part of a package it says will provide security assistance for conflicts in Ukraine and Israel while addressing “the global humanitarian impacts of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and of Hamas’ horrific

By Gregory Krieg, Annie Grayer and Jessica Dean, CNN (CNN) — Democrats on Capitol Hill are furious over Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s refusal to retract or add new context to her statements blaming Israel for the deadly blast that devastated a Gaza hospital, killing hundreds of people and setting off a regional backlash against the

By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are once again scrambling with no clear path to elect a new speaker after voting to push Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan out of the race, the latest sign of the chaos and divisions that have engulfed the majority party and

CNN By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A State Department official has resigned from the agency over the Biden administration’s approach to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the official announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Josh Paul, who said he has worked in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs for more than 11 years, said in

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Travis King, the US Army private who fled to North Korea in July, has been charged by the Army with desertion, among other crimes, according to a charging document seen by CNN Thursday. King, who was released from North Korean custody and returned to the United States last month,

By CNN staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden made the case for continued US aid to Ukraine and Israel in a primetime address from the Oval Office Thursday. Read a transcript of his delivered remarks here: Good evening, my fellow Americans. We’re facing an inflection point in history. One of those moments where the decisions

By Dan Berman (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday struck back at Donald Trump’s attempt to dismiss his federal election interference case based on “presidential immunity,” saying no such protection from criminal liability exists for former presidents. Trump, Smith wrote, is trying to put himself on Mt. Rushmore. “In staking his claim, he

CNN Opinion by David Mark (CNN) — Recent Democratic presidents have sought reelection by limiting overt campaigning and instead making sure they’re seen focusing on the nuts and bolts of their job. President Bill Clinton, in his successful 1996 reelection bid, spent the late months of his campaign negotiating legislative deals with a Republican-majority Congress. And President Barack

By Kyle Blaine and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler of California said Thursday that she would not run for a full term next year. “I’ve spent the past 16 days pursuing my clarity – what kind of life I want to have, what kind of service I want to offer and

By Marshall Cohen (CNN) — Former Donald Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell’s stunning plea deal in the Georgia election subversion case on the eve of her trial will significantly change the landscape of the ongoing state and federal prosecutions against the former president. As recently as Tuesday, Powell was still posting false claims on social