Politics

By Eric Bradner, CNN Nikki Haley’s entrance into the 2024 Republican presidential race is offering the first demonstration of the difficult task awaiting other potential GOP candidates, as she seeks to stand out in what could become a crowded field — without directly attacking former President Donald Trump or alienating his supporters. Since announcing her

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A senior FBI official warned secretaries of state from across the US Thursday that Chinese hackers pose a “growing threat” and said their willingness to target the infrastructure of political parties ahead of the 2022 election demonstrates that “we could see more significant Chinese cyber activity against your states in the

By Clare Foran and Jessica Dean, CNN Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff announced on Thursday. “On Monday, John was evaluated by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the Attending Physician of the United States Congress. Yesterday, Dr.

By Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole, CNN The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it has removed a case concerning a controversial Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 from its calendar. The court gave no explanation for its action, but the Biden administration has already announced that the Covid-19 public health emergency that

By Devan Cole, Marshall Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Portions of the highly anticipated report from a special grand jury in Georgia that investigated Donald Trump’s actions in the state after the 2020 election were released Thursday, revealing two findings of its monthslong probe but leaving many key questions unaddressed. Fulton County Superior

By Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien is appearing Thursday before a grand jury in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC, where several Trump-related investigations are being conducted. O’Brien had been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of investigations both into classified documents found at

By CNN Portions of a highly anticipated report by the Atlanta-area special grand jury on their investigation into former President Donald Trump‘s actions in Georgia after the 2020 election was released Thursday after a judge ordered the limited release earlier this week. The report’s introduction and conclusion, as well as concerns the panel had about

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco on Thursday announced a joint Justice Department and Commerce Department “strike force” aimed at preventing US adversaries from attaining American technology. The Disruptive Technology Strike Force will use intelligence and data analytics, Monaco said in a speech at the policy institute Chatham House in London,

By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US strike in Somalia killed five al-Shabaab fighters on Wednesday, US Africa Command said in a statement. The strike was carried out at the request of the Somali government and was a “collective self-defense strike,” according to AFRICOM. The strike was carried out approximately 300 miles north of the Somali

By Tierney Sneed The confirmation of President Joe Biden‘s nominee for a prestigious federal appeals court seat could be in jeopardy after he was grilled over his role representing an elite boarding school in a sexual assault case and a key Senate Democrat withheld his immediate support. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney, who

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