Politics

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats in next year’s elections. The action by the three-judge panel – along with the outcomes of several other closely

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Mourners gathered on the front steps of San Francisco City Hall Thursday to remember the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein at a funeral service. Political leaders celebrated the life of the longtime California senator, who died last week at 90, at the afternoon memorial, highlighting her character and her legacy

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Over the past year, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips has made a name for himself as the member of the Democratic Party most willing to break rank and call on someone to primary President Joe Biden. His insistence that his party elevate its next generation has led to one person’s

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them “in recess” almost the entire day. The House calendar remained officially stuck on October 3 – Tuesday – the date when House Speaker

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that he doesn’t believe border walls work, even as his administration said it will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley amid heightened political pressure over migration. According to a notice posted to the Federal Register Wednesday,

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them “in recess” almost the entire day. The House calendar remained officially stuck on October 3 – Tuesday – the date when House Speaker Kevin

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump urged a New York judge to dismiss criminal charges relating to hush money payments in sweeping arguments that included claims Trump was indicted to interfere in his 2024 presidential campaign. Trump’s lawyers argued that the Manhattan district attorney’s office waited five

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — As Kevin McCarthy was on the brink of losing his speakership, some of his allies delivered a not-so-veiled threat to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina: If you vote to oust McCarthy, the party might not be willing to help raise money for your

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that the civil trial in New York, where he’s accused of business fraud, does not have a jury – and the fate of the case is up to Judge Arthur Engoron. Trump’s lawyers say the New York state

By Fredreka Schouten and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Wednesday that the Republican presidential frontrunner raised more than $45.5 million for his political operation during the third quarter of this year, improving his haul over the previous three-month period. His campaign credited “overwhelming grassroots” support for the sums raised

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden’s 2-year-old German shepherd, Commander, has been involved in more biting incidents than previously reported at the White House, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While the US Secret Service has acknowledged 11 reported biting incidents involving its personnel,

CNN By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Nadine Arslanian Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, hit and killed a pedestrian in a 2018 car crash, according to a police report. That car crash, which took place prior to her marriage to the New Jersey Democrat, is alleged to be the inception of a bribe in

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — As Kevin McCarthy was on the brink of losing his speakership, some of his allies delivered a not-so-veiled threat to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina: If you vote to oust McCarthy, the party might not be willing to help raise money for your race.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has complained repeatedly that the civil trial in New York, where he’s accused of business fraud, does not have a jury – and the fate of the case is up to Judge Arthur Engoron. Trump’s lawyers say the New York state law

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Alex Marquardt and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Senior Biden administration officials privately believe only weeks remain before a lack of additional Ukraine funding starts to become a serious battlefield concern – a scenario they are trying to avoid with public warnings and a major speech from President Joe Biden

CNN By Annie Grayer, Jamie Gangel and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican sources told CNN. GOP Rep. Garret Graves told reporters on Wednesday that McCarthy is

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The ex-IRS contractor accused of leaking former President Donald Trump’s tax returns disclosed so many people’s tax information that prosecutors want to notify the thousands of victims through a public website, according to a court filing Wednesday. Charles Littlejohn, of Washington, DC, is accused of stealing