Politics

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday said the Biden administration likely violated the First Amendment in some of its communications with social media companies, but also narrowed a lower court judge’s order on the matter. The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that certain administration officials – namely

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, a significant setback for Meadows and a troubling sign for former President Donald Trump. US District Judge Steve Jones

By Marshall Cohen, Jeremy Herb and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday rejected former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his Georgia criminal case to federal court, a significant setback for Meadows and a troubling sign for former President Donald Trump. US District Judge Steve Jones found

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and a former presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 18, 1951 Birth place: Detroit, Michigan Birth name: Benjamin Solomon Carson Father: Robert Carson, auto factory worker Mother: Sonya (Copeland)

By Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US could begin withdrawing troops from Niger in the coming weeks, according to two US officials, which would mark a significant change to the American military presence in the country following a coup that toppled the democratically elected government in Niamey in late July. Ultimately,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In its latest effort to show that it is putting its extra congressional funding to good use, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday that it is shifting its enforcement efforts to high-income earners, partnerships and big corporations. The agency will also ensure that audit rates do not increase for

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter (CNN) — The Supreme Court is once again being asked to make a major ruling on abortion in an election year. The Department of Justice and a manufacturer of the widely used abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court ruling

By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — Nearly every presidential center released a joint statement on Thursday emphasizing the principles of democracy and deeming civil political discourse essential, the first known time that presidential foundations and centers have joined to release a statement calling to protect democracy. “Americans have a strong interest in supporting democratic

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia recommended charges against 39 people, the unredacted grand jury report made public Friday shows. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who had the ultimate charging authority, indicted 19

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump inflated his net worth by as much as $3.6 billion in three separate years between 2011 and 2021, lawyers for the New York attorney general’s office alleged Friday, significantly more than previously purported. The new figure, detailed in a court filing, dwarfs investigators’ previous allegation that Trump

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — New US intelligence assessments suggest that is “unlikely” al Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that counterterrorism operations by the Taliban in Afghanistan have degraded the Islamic State’s presence there, two senior US officials said on Friday. The assessments described by the officials

CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County special purpose grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia recommended charges against 39 people, the unredacted grand jury report made public Friday shows. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who had the ultimate charging authority, indicted

By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The nominee to be the US military’s most senior general warned US airmen in a letter this week that the Chinese military wants “to exploit your knowledge and skill to fill gaps in their military capability.” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, who

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump asked a judge Friday to move a lawsuit that cites the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office in an attempt to block his name from the 2024 presidential ballot in Colorado from state to federal court. The underlying lawsuit, filed

By Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 83, will run for reelection in the US House next November, the California Democrat announced Friday. In a post on X, Pelosi said, “Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our

By CNN (CNN) — A Georgia state judge released the full final report Friday morning of the special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump and his allies’ attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. Read the special grand jury report here. The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company.

By Sara Murray, Jason Morris, Jeremy Herb and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The special grand jury in Fulton County investigating the 2020 presidential election in Georgia recommended charges against Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and former GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, according to the special counsel grand jury

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — With less than a month before federal student loan payments restart after the years-long pandemic pause, many borrowers are having a hard time connecting with their loan servicer. Some are having to wait hours on hold to find out how much they owe, what day their first payment

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sharply rejected calls from Democratic senators that he not participate in an upcoming tax case where one of the lawyers involved also participated in recent Wall Street Journal interviews of the conservative jurist. Alito, in a court filing Friday, said the argument for

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is making a new digital ad buy highlighting former President Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates’ hardline abortion stances, according to a Biden campaign aide, as the campaign looks to find its footing in the 2024 race. The latest push to spotlight Republican