Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject an effort by former Trump aide Steve Bannon to avoid prison while he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon, the Biden administration said in a filing, had not met the standard to justify the “extraordinary” exception.  A

By Kevin Liptak, Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Washington (CNN) — American officials went through a line-by-line explanation of hundreds of US weapons shipments to Israel in meetings this week with the country’s defense minister in a bid to rebut claims from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the Biden administration was

By Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a decision that could have enormous consequences for the 2024 election, saying the US government can – for now – keep warning social media companies about mis- and disinformation threats it’s seeing online. Although the case was decided narrowly on a technicality and

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — An Italian animation company has agreed to pay the US Treasury Department $538,000 for “apparent violations” of US sanctions against North Korea by doing business with a North Korean state-owned animation studio, the department said Wednesday. It’s the first time Treasury has levied financial penalties related to sanctions on

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Car dealerships across the US are trying to resume normal operations after a crippling cybersecurity incident left around 15,000 auto sellers at a standstill. Some dealers say the financial impact will be felt for years as the outage hit in the middle of a busy car-buying season. Here’s what

By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appears poised to temporarily allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday, citing a document that was inadvertently posted on the court’s website in an astonishing breach of protocol. The unsigned opinion showed that three conservatives – Chief

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill say that one looming question will be hanging over Thursday night’s presidential debate – how both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump address concerns over their age and mental acuity. Democrats want the president’s performance to dispel

CNN By John Fritze and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as misinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Of immediate significance,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday sided with the former mayor of an Indiana city accused of accepting a bribe in exchange for a towing contract, the latest decision in which the high court has weakened federal anti-corruption laws. James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, was convicted of

By CNN staff (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the White House and federal agencies such as the FBI may continue to urge social media platforms to take down content the government views as disinformation, handing the Biden administration a technical if important election-year victory. Read the full ruling below: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable

By Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The seven-day average of migrant apprehensions has dropped more than 40% to less than 2,400 encounters per day since President Joe Biden’s executive action barring asylum at the US southern border went into effect about three weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said.

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost his Democratic primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, marking the first defeat for a member of the House “Squad” of progressive lawmakers. The result in New York’s 16th Congressional District is also a victory for pro-Israel groups, which backed Latimer with

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost his Democratic primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, marking the first defeat for a member of the House “Squad” of progressive lawmakers. The result in New York’s 16th Congressional District is also a victory for pro-Israel groups, which backed Latimer with

By Jeff Zeleny, David Wright and Eric Bradner, CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — The headwinds facing President Joe Biden’s reelection bid are as apparent in Georgia as any battleground. So, too, are the questions of whether Donald Trump can capitalize on them. The president and his predecessor are set to face off in a historic

By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump’s foreign policy positions have sometimes seemed like an afterthought in an election with domestic concerns at its heart. Yet with two hot wars, growing global instability and a right-wing tilt toward isolationism – in the US and

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Staring down a potentially race-defining debate and an opponent that has spent far more time preparing, Donald Trump’s team is now trying to steer the former president’s focus to kitchen table issues instead of the grievances that have occupied his mind for the past four

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Utah Rep. John Curtis won the state’s Republican Senate primary, overcoming a challenger backed by Donald Trump in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Mitt Romney. Curtis, 64, won a four-way primary that included Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs, who had the backing of the former president and the

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman lost his Democratic primary to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, marking the first defeat for a member of the House “Squad” of progressive lawmakers. The result in New York’s 16th Congressional District is also a victory for pro-Israel groups, which backed Latimer with historic