Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man who became an unwitting figurehead of false conspiracy theories around the January 6 US Capitol attack has been sentenced for his actions that day to one year of probation. James Ray Epps, who pleaded guilty in September to disorderly conduct in a restricted area, was sentenced Tuesday,

By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Michael Conte and Meg Tirrell, CNN Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer and suffered complications that led to him being taken to hospital on New Year’s Day where he is still being treated, according to a statement Tuesday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The statement

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Congressional Republicans and some GOP presidential candidates are continuing to target the Internal Revenue Service – a longtime political punching bag – after Democrats bolstered the agency with billions in new funding meant to help modernize the nation’s tax collector. Most recently, Republican lawmakers secured a concession from

By Ted Barrett, CNN Senate Republican Whip John Thune said Congress may need to pass a short-term government funding bill – known as a continuing resolution – into the “March timeframe” in order to allow lawmakers enough time to process the 12 outstanding appropriations bills and avoid a shutdown. The chamber’s no. 2 Republican said

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals panel expressed deep skepticism Tuesday toward Donald Trump’s argument that he can’t be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election, raising the potentially extreme implications of absolute presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers argued that his federal election subversion indictment should be dismissed because he

CNN Opinion by Laurence Tribe, Norman Eisen and Taylor Redd (CNN) — On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Donald Trump’s appeal of the trial court’s rejection of his claim that he has absolute criminal immunity. The former president’s presence in court signaled the issue’s exceptional importance. While it is sometimes difficult to predict from judges’ questions where they

By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals panel expressed deep skepticism Tuesday toward Donald Trump’s argument that he can’t be prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election, raising the potentially extreme implications of absolute presidential immunity. Trump’s lawyers argued that his federal election subversion indictment should be dismissed because he is

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden campaign is taking aim at former President Donald Trump over the economy, blasting his recent prediction that the economy will crash – and his hope it would happen before he would take office, should he win a second term. Biden’s campaign aides see the GOP frontrunner’s

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) — At most only a few dozen ever come, but they’re following President Joe Biden almost everywhere. On Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania – as the president was inside giving a searing speech warning that American democracy might collapse if he doesn’t beat Donald Trump – a group of pro-Palestinian protestors stood on

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy cancelled three campaign events on Tuesday due to severe winter weather across Iowa, one day after lambasting other candidates for cancelling their own events as the storm hit on Monday. Ramaswamy announced on social media early Tuesday that his campaign was postponing an event

By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson is facing an extremely narrow majority in the House and tough vote math as Congress confronts upcoming battles over government funding, aid to Ukraine and Israel and border security. At the start of the new year, Republicans control just 220 seats while Democrats control 213,

By Steve Contorno, CNN Tallahassee, Florida (CNN) — Gov. Ron DeSantis kicked off Florida’s legislative session on Tuesday with a deeply political speech that drew sharp contrasts between his conservative stewardship and Democratic leadership and seemed tailored to the Iowans who will soon decide the fate of his White House bid. “We are in the

By Jeremy Herb, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal appeals court hears arguments Tuesday over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for actions he took after the 2020 election, one of the key questions that could determine the former president’s legal and political fate in 2024. Trump

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has trimmed former President Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican primary race in New Hampshire to single digits, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. Trump still holds a meaningful lead in the poll, with the backing

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump predicted the US economy would “crash,” saying he hoped it would do so within the next year – before he would assume the Oval Office should he win a second term in November. “When there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made clear to the Israeli government that Palestinians must be allowed to return to their homes in Gaza “as soon as conditions allow” and must not be displaced from the strip, the top US diplomat said Tuesday. Blinken announced that the Israeli government had agreed

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith had a successful open-heart surgery on Monday “to repair a bicuspid aortic valve in his heart,” the Marine Corps announced in a news release. He is “in good condition and continues to recover at the hospital among family members and his

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating after a driver crashed into an exterior gate at the White House on Monday, according to the US Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. No injuries were immediately reported in the incident. The driver remains in custody and the investigation is ongoing, according to the Secret Service. The

WMUR, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, CNN By Alison Main and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — New Hampshire’s Republican attorney general on Monday hit back against national Democrats after they rebuked the state party in an ongoing fight over the state’s upcoming January 23 primary. New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella accused the Democratic National Committee