Politics

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s office is continuing to investigate whether two employees of Donald Trump gave false testimony to a grand jury as part of the criminal probe into the former president’s retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, prosecutors revealed in a court filing Tuesday. The filing provides the

By Annie Grayer and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — The White House told Rep. Barry Loudermilk it is still reviewing the transcripts of four individuals who testified to the House select committee that investigated January 6, 2021, for security purposes, according to a letter obtained exclusively by CNN. Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican who is overseeing

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Just hours after former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was dealt state charges accusing him, along with 18 other defendants including Donald Trump, of taking part in a broad criminal conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, he mounted an effort to move his case to federal

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Newly released audio disproves Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim on CNN that he was misquoted by The Atlantic about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Ramaswamy’s inaccurate insistence that he was misquoted about 9/11 in the magazine’s Monday article came during a contentious on-air exchange that

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump arrives at the Fulton County jail later this week to surrender in the criminal election subversion case, he’ll be able to choose between three different ways to pay the $200,000 bond that will keep him from being detained in the facility as

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump arrives at the Fulton County jail later this week to surrender in the criminal election subversion case, he’ll be able to choose between three different ways to pay the $200,000 bond that will keep him from being detained in the facility as his

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Two consumer advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court Tuesday seeking to halt the state’s termination of residents’ Medicaid benefits. The suit is the first in the nation to challenge states’ resumption of reviewing Medicaid enrollees’ eligibility and dropping those deemed no longer qualified. The process,

By Daniel Strauss, Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has attracted a lot of attention for his lead in the polls and the money race, but he’s also already ahead in an essential area that’s gotten less notice: the delegate process. Trump’s team has the lead in both its

By Jeremy Herb, Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The first four of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants surrendered at the Fulton County jail, while a pair of defendants sought to move their cases to federal court – signs of how the sprawling case will progress in multiple directions this week.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Lahaina, Hawaii (CNN) — Gliding over the ashen remains of Lahaina in Marine One on Monday, President Joe Biden had a question for the lawmakers who’d joined him aboard. “What’s the average age of the homes?” he asked, peering out the right side windows at the charred remains of the community

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The first of former President Donald Trump’s 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election case turned himself in at the Fulton County jail on Tuesday, a process that will be an early signal around how other surrenders are handled. Scott Hall, who works as a bail bondsman in Atlanta, was

By John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent Sioux City, Iowa (CNN) — Ask Lisa McGaffey if she has ever voted for a Democrat and there is no pause. “Oh, heavens, no,” she says quickly and emphatically. “Oh, no. There’s no – abortion. … They have to have a chance to grow up. They have to

CNN By John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent Sioux City, Iowa (CNN) — Ask Lisa McGaffey if she has ever voted for a Democrat and there is no pause. “Oh, heavens, no,” she says quickly and emphatically. “Oh, no. There’s no – abortion. … They have to have a chance to grow up. They have

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Democrat who once represented the Miami area in the US House, will run for Senate from Florida, the former congresswoman told CNN, ending a monthslong search by her party for a challenger to Republican Sen. Rick Scott next year. Democrats, who are defending the lion’s share

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination is not only skipping the first presidential primary debate of the season – he’s also attempting to wrest the spotlight away from the stage in Milwaukee. With the Republican National Committee’s window to meet fundraising and polling requirements having closed Monday night,

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — As the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, gets ready to begin its new term next month, the next two weeks could usher in several consequential rulings from the federal appeals court, often called the second most powerful court in the country, that could bear

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden has tapped Ed Siskel, the former White House attorney who helped manage the Obama White House’s response to the Benghazi and Solyndra investigations, to serve as his next White House counsel. Siskel will step into the role next month, the White House said, as Biden is

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Nikki Carvajal and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden arrived in fire-ravaged Maui on Monday to witness the devastation left by an inferno more than a week ago and assess for himself a government response that some residents initially found lacking. The trip brought Biden to the scene of