Politics

By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN El Paso, Texas, Mayor Oscar Leeser said in a public meeting late last month that the White House asked the city to hold off on declaring a state of emergency over the increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border, but said he also didn’t think it was necessary

By Katie Bo Lillis and Natasha Bertrand, CNN Iran has sent military personnel to Russian-occupied territory inside Crimea to train and advise the Russian military on the use of Iranian-built drones that Moscow has used to devastating effect in its war in Ukraine, according to two sources familiar with US intelligence. Russia has launched many

By Annie Grayer and Aaron Pellish, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she does not regret threatening to punch then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, if he came to the Capitol, but “he wouldn’t have had the courage to come to the Hill. He is all talk.” “That’s right,” Pelosi told MSNBC’s

By Daniel Dale, CNN At a Utah debate on Monday night, independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin forcefully criticized Republican incumbent Sen. Mike Lee for Lee’s efforts, prior to January 6, 2021, to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory. Lee’s response was to rewrite history. Lee tried, as he did earlier this year, to downplay his actions.

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier, was acquitted Tuesday of four counts of lying to the FBI in an embarrassing defeat for special counsel John Durham. Durham has taken two cases to trial, and both have ended in acquittals. After more than three years looking for misconduct

By Kylie Atwood, Michael Conte and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The son of an American citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for criticizing the Saudi government said Tuesday evening that his father is “nowhere near being a dissident.” “My father is a senior American citizen who just wants to live freely and happy in the United States

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A court-appointed special master expressed frustration on Tuesday with the limited information he’s getting from the Justice Department and from defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump about disputes over documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. “Where’s the beef? I need some beef,” Judge Raymond Dearie, acting as the

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has had communications with Russia to try and secure the release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan “as recently as within past days” said a senior administration official, speaking to CNN on Griner’s 32nd birthday, which she will be spending in a Russian jail. The

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The US Department of Agriculture has begun providing debt relief to thousands of farmers whose operations are financially struggling, the agency announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes nearly two months after the Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law, which provides $3.1 billion for “distressed borrowers” whose farming operations are at

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A ballot measure in Arizona would add new identification requirements to vote. Nevadans, meanwhile, will weigh in on whether to adopt ranked-choice voting. And voters in Ohio will

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The trial of five Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy resumed Tuesday morning after a juror who tested positive for Covid-19 was dismissed. The juror, a White woman who works at an education nonprofit, tested positive Monday evening, District Judge Amit Mehta said. “Based on my consultation with medical professionals, the

By Andrew Kaczynski and Olivia Alafriz, CNN Pennsylvania Democratic Senate Candidate John Fetterman said in a national television interview last week that he has always supported fracking in his state, but in 2018 Fetterman said he never supported the industry and “never” will. The comments are part of a long and often contradictory series of

By Dan Merica, CNN Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Tuesday defended his own transparency over allegations he paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, telling reporters at a press conference that he had “answered that question time and time again” and that his campaign was “about going forward.” The question was about Walker’s transparency around the

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Department of Interior on Tuesday announced it will hold a lease sale for wind energy off the coast of Central and Northern California, bringing the Biden administration’s dream of a massive West Coast wind farm one step closer to reality. The Pacific has enormous potential to generate wind energy, Biden

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Top Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are pressing the Biden administration on the use of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment near sensitive US military installations, in a signal of what the powerful committee may pursue if the GOP claims the House in November. Rep. James Comer, the ranking member, and Rep.