Politics

By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US on Friday announced a new weapons package for Taiwan valued at up to $345 million, a move that is likely to anger Beijing at a time when the US has been attempting to reset its relationship with China. This package marks the first

By Kyle Blaine, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina pushed back Thursday against Republican rival Ron DeSantis over his state’s new Black history curriculum, which says middle school students should be taught that enslaved people learned some skills they later used to their benefit. Florida’s Board of Education approved new standards earlier

By Jedd Rosche, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to serve the rest of the 118th Congress as the GOP leader, the Kentucky Republican’s office said in a statement Friday. Questions about the future of McConnell, 81, were swiftly raised this week after he froze for 30 seconds during a news conference.

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has lobbed insults at Iowa’s popular Republican governor, broken with the state’s evangelical pastors, quarreled with an influential Christian leader there, skipped its key political gatherings and has spent less time in the state than most of his top competitors. But if Iowa Republicans are

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes. The order, which the administration is calling “the

By Kevin Liptak and Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden swiped at renewed impeachment talk by top Republicans as he sold his agenda in Maine on Friday, suggesting his economic record was a threat to opponents. “Republicans may have to find something else to criticize me for now that inflation is coming down.

By Jennifer Hansler and Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel from Haiti as the security situation in the country deteriorates. “On July 27, 2023, the Department of State ordered the departure of family members of U.S. government employees and non-emergency U.S. government employees,” the

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — Donald Trump’s lawyers want to be able to discuss classified information with the former president at his homes as part of his criminal case, for convenience sake, according to a new court filing from the Justice Department – a proposal that federal prosecutors strongly oppose

CNN, POOL, SENATE TV, U.S. SENATE, @SENSCHUMER By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Washington, DC, Thursday, paying tribute to the nation’s 33rd president – who, 75 years ago this week, signed an executive order desegregating the US military – while issuing a scathing rebuke of Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville,

By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered remarks in Washington, DC, Thursday, paying tribute to the nation’s 33rd president – who, 75 years ago this week, signed an executive order desegregating the US military – while issuing a scathing rebuke of Alabama GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who’s now blocked more than 270 military

By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith expanded his classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, making significant new allegations that Trump and his employees attempted to delete Mar-a-Lago security footage sought by the grand jury investigating the mishandling of the government records. The new charges were presented

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday accused Rep. Byron Donalds – the only Black Republican in Florida’s congressional delegation – of aligning himself with Vice President Kamala Harris by critiquing the state’s new standards for teaching Black history. Donalds tweeted Wednesday that the new standards are “good, robust, &

By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a critical national defense policy bill Thursday evening – setting up a showdown with the Republican-controlled House. The House passed its own version of the bill – known as the National Defense Authorization Act – earlier this month after adopting a

By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s potential mishandling of classified documents has escalated with additional charges against the former president. The former president initially faced 37 counts, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, according to the indictment. Then,

CNN staff (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday brought additional charges against former President Donald Trump in the investigation into potential mishandling of classified documents after leaving the White House. Smith also filed new charges against Trump aide Walt Nauta and added a new defendant, Mar-a-Lago maintenance employee Carlos De Oliveira, to the

By Tierney Sneed, Marshall Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday brought additional charges against former President Donald Trump in the case alleging mishandling of classified documents from his time in the White House. Prosecutors allege in the updated indictment that two Trump employees – aide Walt Nauta and

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Kimberly Mata-Rubio, the mother of Lexi Rubio, one of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting, is running to be the mayor of the Texas city, she announced Thursday. Mata-Rubio is looking to succeed Mayor Don McLaughlin, who is stepping down after nearly 10 years leading the city, about

By Arlette Saenz, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House, months after expressing skepticism as her far-right government took hold. But the initial wariness toward Meloni – fueled by fierce rhetoric related to migration, the European Union and

By Clare Foran, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The House will leave on Thursday for August recess without resolving a key spending fight that has exposed divisions among Republicans with the threat of a government shutdown looming in the fall. In a sign of how difficult the road ahead will be, House

By Donald Judd (CNN) — White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday offered a decisive “no” when pressed if President Joe Biden might consider pardoning his son, Hunter, over felony gun and tax misdemeanor charges. Earlier in the briefing, Jean-Pierre declined to say if the president had spoken to his son after a plea