Politics

By Katelyn Polantz, Casey Gannon and Evan Perez, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump‘s actions after the 2020 election and handling of classified material, according to sources and court records reviewed by CNN.

By Jason Morris, Sara Murray and Devan Cole, CNN Portions of a highly anticipated report by the Atlanta-area special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump’s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election will be released Thursday, giving the public its clearest look yet into the two-year probe into Trump and his associates’ efforts to reverse

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Phil Mattingly, CNN When President Joe Biden went for his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Thursday morning, he set a new record — as he does every morning — as the oldest US president ever. Biden’s age is “omnipresent” in nearly every conversation, one person involved

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN An FBI agent testified Wednesday that a Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department officer told the leader of the Proud Boys that he might be arrested in the days before January 6, 2021. Agent Peter Dubrowski told a jury in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN The Federal Election Commission is warning embattled Rep. George Santos that he needs to name a campaign treasurer if he plans to continue raising and spending money. The commission “has received no information regarding a new treasurer” since the New York Republican’s longtime treasurer Nancy Marks informed the agency of her

By Paula Reid The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The previously undisclosed searches were conducted in recent weeks, with the consent and cooperation of the president’s legal team, the

By Jamiel Lynch and Jack Forrest, CNN Two Tennessee National Guardsman were killed Wednesday after their helicopter crashed during a training flight in northern Alabama, the national guard confirmed. The UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter was approaching the Huntsville Executive Airport when it “rapidly descended” and crashed around 3 p.m. near Highway 53 and Burwell Road in

By Tierney Sneed and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that he is willing to take his fight against a subpoena for his testimony in the Justice Department’s 2020 election subversion investigation all the way to the Supreme Court. “I am going to fight the Biden DOJ subpoena for me to

By Betsy Klein, CNN A top Biden administration China expert is set to depart the administration after two years as special assistant to the president and senior director for China and Taiwan, the White House confirmed Wednesday. Laura Rosenberger will be leaving her post soon, a White House official confirmed to CNN, marking a high-profile

By Annie Grayer and Alayna Treene, CNN House Judiciary Republicans have subpoenaed the chief executive officers of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft for information about their companies’ communications with the executive branch over how their content is moderated. The move by committee Chairman Jim Jordan is a notable escalation as part of the House

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill expanding a controversial state program to transport migrants. “Florida is using all tools available to protect our citizens from Biden’s open border policies,” DeSantis wrote on Twitter. “I am glad to have signed legislation to continue the program of transporting illegal aliens

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN The federal government will be unable to fully pay its obligations sometime between July and September if Congress doesn’t address the debt limit before then, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday. That’s when the agency expects the Treasury Department will exhaust its ability to borrow additional funds using

By Tami Luhby, CNN The majority of American children now receive their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. But that could change starting this spring. As many as 6.7 million children are at risk of losing