Politics

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said that he received counsel from numerous people shortly after the 2020 election but that it was his decision to push the false claim he won the presidency and try to overturn the results. “It was my decision, but I listened to some people,”

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, who paved the way for the undoing of federal abortion rights protections, said that some Republicans “speak very inarticulately” about the issue and have pursued “terrible” state-level restrictions that could alienate much of the country. While avoiding taking specific positions himself, Trump said in an

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump acknowledged in a new interview that, despite receiving counsel from multiple people that the 2020 election was not stolen, he pushed ahead anyway with his false claims to try and overturn the results. The comments to NBC’s “Meet the Press” directly address a central premise

By Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the Defense Department appropriations bill that was paused last week before it even made it to the floor for debate will come up for a vote this week “win or lose.” “We will do that this week,” McCarthy said on Fox News,

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday intensified his attacks on his former boss, hitting former President Donald Trump over everything from his abortion messaging to comments about the war in Ukraine. “When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to govern as a conservative. For four

By Abby Baggini and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, the oldest candidate in the 2024 GOP presidential field, said there should not be an age limit for the presidency but expressed support for requiring mental competency tests for candidates. “I’m all for the tests,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker in an

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Ebony Davis and Kit Maher, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — With roughly four months until the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential hopefuls spent Saturday courting the state’s conservative evangelical activists, an influential voting bloc in the Hawkeye State. Nearly all the major GOP candidates spoke at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A man has been accused of entering a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday with a loaded weapon and impersonating federal enforcement. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement Saturday they were called Friday afternoon to the campaign

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — US Border Patrol separated some migrant children from their parents while the families were in custody amid overcrowding in facilities, according to a Friday court filing. The filing, which is part of a years-long court case, underscores the humanitarian and logistical challenges facing the Biden administration following an increase

CNN, KTRK By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Today is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day — a time to commemorate the signing of the US Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Take a little time today to familiarize yourself with the Constitution and reflect on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

By Eric Bradner, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday was acquitted in his state Senate impeachment trial, an outcome that laid bare the fierce divides within the Republican Party that controls all levers of government there. The outcome is a political victory for Paxton, a hardline

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration is seeking to strengthen protections for federal workers as a host of Republican candidates, including frontrunner Donald Trump, make reducing and altering the federal workforce a key component of their campaigns. In a new proposed rule, the administration seeks to clarify civil service protections for

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Phil Jensen wore a bright red T-shirt with Donald Trump’s mug shot and “NEVER SURRENDER!” printed on it to the former president’s rally in Rapid City, South Dakota, last week. The longtime state legislator loved the shirt so much, he planned on giving half a dozen to his friends

By Simone Pathe, CNN Glen Allen, Virginia (CNN) — The new epicenter of America’s fight over abortion rights is Henrico County, Virginia, where candidates in bellwether state elections this fall are staking out positions that could test how both parties will try to appeal to moderate voters in 2024. “They don’t want abortion illegal,” GOP

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday said he would appoint a task force to review the cases of people he claimed had been unjustly prosecuted related to their political beliefs by the Biden administration, should he win a second term in 2024. “Tonight, I’m announcing that the moment I

By Steven Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party of Florida on Friday night scrapped plans to require presidential candidates to sign a loyalty oath, siding with former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in a proxy war that tested the strength of the two rivals’ support in their home state.

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Senior White House aides huddled multiple times this week to discuss policy options to keep a lid on gasoline prices, officials told CNN, as prices continued rising steadily in recent weeks amid strong economic demand, refinery issues, extreme weather, and geopolitical tensions. In the meetings – which included national

By Jessica Dean and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Nick Iarossi, a lobbyist and longtime supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis, approached the Florida Republican in July with a frank suggestion: Talk more about yourself. More specifically, talk more about your military service. “I literally said, ‘Why haven’t you told anybody,’” Iarossi said. “He kind of

By Whitney Wild and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly has voted to change how the state’s legislative maps are drawn – a major shift in strategy as Republicans face the possibility that the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court could throw out the current electoral maps, which give

CNN By Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Justice Department prosecutors want US District Judge Tanya Chutkan to reel in Donald Trump’s public statements in the federal 2020 election interference case against him, asking her to place a court order limiting what he can say, according to a newly released filing. The request