Politics

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell addressed his colleagues behind closed doors on Wednesday about his health, telling them that his cognitive ability is not impaired and saying that he intends to stay atop the conference he has led for the past 16 years. McConnell, 81, went

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Kyung Lah and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on his party to turn away from what he described as a growing threat of populism led by his former White House boss Donald Trump and “his imitators.” In a speech delivered at the New Hampshire

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Mar-a-Lago IT worker Yuscil Taveras has struck a cooperation agreement with the special counsel’s office in the federal case over former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, Taveras’ former defense attorney said in a new court filing. Taveras struck the deal with prosecutors after he was threatened with

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A Washington-based advocacy group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to block former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot in Colorado, citing the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. In recent weeks, a growing number of liberal and conservative legal scholars have embraced the

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The contempt of Congress trial against Peter Navarro started in earnest Wednesday morning, with dueling opening statements from prosecutors and the defense. The former White House trade adviser “acted as if he was above the law,” Justice Department attorney John Crabb told the jury. “But he

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department and the Department of the Navy announced a streamlined application process on Wednesday for qualifying veterans who were exposed to toxic water at the Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune to receive financial settlements from the government. The new process is an effort to speed up

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled that the jury hearing E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit will only need to decide how much money Donald Trump will have to pay her, after the judge found the former president was liable for making defamatory statements. The finding is a significant blow to Trump,

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants have been accused of breaking a variety of criminal laws in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case, but one crime ties all their alleged misconduct together: the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. The state law – which is commonly

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday called for “accountability” for the events of January 6, 2021, marking a notable departure from the White House’s policy of silence on former President Donald Trump’s legal issues. “Let the evidence, the facts, take it where it may,” Harris told the Associated Press

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday restored the enforcement of a law in Georgia that banned licensed medical professionals in the state from providing patients under the age of 18 with cross-sex hormone therapy. Last month, a federal judge temporarily blocked parts of Georgia’s ban on gender-affirming care for

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Claremont, New Hampshire (CNN) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu grew animated – and agitated – when asked whether Donald Trump was on an unstoppable march to the Republican nomination. “Oh God no!” said Sununu, who has emerged as one of the former president’s biggest GOP critics. “Not even

By Michael Callahan, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force on Wednesday tested an unarmed nuclear-capable long-range missile, according to the Air Force Global Strike Command. The unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with three test reentry vehicles, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and traveled 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein

CNN By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — The escalating feud between Democrats and Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Alabama Republican’s blockade of roughly 300 military nominees could soon lead to an even riskier situation: Holding up the confirmation of the nation’s highest-ranking military officer. Gen. C.Q. Brown, who was nominated to be the

By Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers is running for Senate in Michigan, he announced Wednesday, giving Republicans a prominent recruit in an open seat Democrats are trying to defend next year. “I thought I put politics behind me. But like you, I know something’s broken,” the former chairman of the

By Jason Morris and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants, will hold his first hearing Wednesday afternoon amid questions of how soon a trial could begin. In a break with the

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — The escalating feud between Democrats and Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Alabama Republican’s blockade of roughly 300 military nominees could soon lead to an even riskier situation: Holding up the confirmation of the nation’s highest-ranking military officer. Gen. C.Q. Brown, who was nominated to be the next

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to about $2 trillion for fiscal year 2023, roughly double what it was in the previous fiscal year, according to a government watchdog group. The surge stems largely from a sharp decline in tax revenues, coupled with an increase in mandatory

By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith said in a court filing Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has made “daily extrajudicial statements that threaten to prejudice the jury pool” in the 2020 election subversion case. The allegation arose in a court fight that remains largely under seal, so additional details are not

CNN By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — The escalating feud between Democrats and Sen. Tommy Tuberville over the Alabama Republican’s blockade of roughly 300 military nominees could soon lead to an even riskier situation: Holding up the confirmation of the nation’s highest-ranking military officer. Gen. C.Q. Brown, who was nominated to be the