Politics

By Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey announced Thursday he will not run for reelection in the Democratic primary for his US Senate seat, but left open the possibility that he could run as an independent candidate. “I will not file for the Democratic

By Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House Judiciary Committee is suing two Justice Department tax prosecutors involved in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation whom Republicans have been trying to interview for months, ratcheting up a separation of powers fight between Congress and the Biden administration that is now spilling into court. The Republican-led committee filed the lawsuit in

By Sahar Akbarzai, Ivonne Valdes and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Mexico is warning a federal US court that if its judges permit a controversial Texas immigration law to take effect, the two nations would experience “substantial tension” that would have far-reaching consequences for US-Mexico relations. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Thursday with the 5th US

CNN By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Priscilla Alvarez CNN Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress released a massive $1.2 trillion bill on Thursday to fund the rest of the federal government. The package, which runs more than 1,000 pages, would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch. Lawmakers have

By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Fani Willis, the embattled Fulton County District Attorney, plans to press ahead with her goal of putting Donald Trump on trial before the November election, and intends to ask the judge presiding over the Georgia criminal case to schedule a trial date as soon as this

By Arlette Saenz and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Houston (CNN) — President Joe Biden is opening a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump this week, flipping the script on the classic Reagan-era “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” question to remind voters of life during his predecessor’s tenure. Ronald Reagan used the question

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a stern message to Qatar earlier this month: Tell Hamas that they must deliver on a hostage and ceasefire deal that would halt the war in Gaza or risk getting kicked out of the Qatari capital of Doha where senior members of the terror group are based, two

CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump’s golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs. State lawyers entered the judgments with the clerk’s office in Westchester

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that it would have been “absurd” for someone in his position to edit or redact a special counsel’s final report. In response to a question about whether former special counsel Robert Hur’s characterization of President Joe Biden was inappropriate in his final report,

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered Thursday to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in Washington, DC. The special prosecutor who charged Lambert in Michigan, DJ Hilson, confirmed that

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — If not for a pardon from Donald Trump in the final weeks of his presidency, Paul Manafort might still be serving a federal sentence. Instead, Trump’s former campaign manager is a free man – and free to help his old boss get back to the White House. Manafort is

By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors say fewer than 270 documents recently turned over to Donald Trump by federal authorities are new and relevant to the criminal case involving hush money payments and no further delay to the trial is warranted. Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office also told

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump’s golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs. State lawyers entered the judgments with the clerk’s office in Westchester County

By Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer, CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he will extend an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress after members of his conference encouraged him to do so. “We will certainly extend that invitation,” Johnson said on CNBC. It’s unclear whether Johnson intended to invite Netanyahu

By Ted Barrett, CNN Sen. Joe Manchin, a critical swing vote in the closely divided Senate, said Wednesday that from now on, he will only vote to confirm nominees who have the support of at least one Republican senator. “I’m going to be very honest with everybody, if my Democratic colleagues and friends can’t get

By CNN staff (CNN) — Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. With the release of the legislative text that’s more than 1,000 pages, the House and Senate are now facing a major time crunch to

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Priscilla Alvarez CNN Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s deadline,

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden announced another round of student loan debt forgiveness Thursday, totaling $5.8 billion for nearly 78,000 public-sector workers, and will be sending congratulatory emails to those borrowers next week. Additionally, 380,000 borrowers who may be eligible for debt relief within the next one or two years