Politics

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked a grand jury subpoena for information about 2020 election workers in Georgia, a rebuff to the Justice Department’s investigation into how the election was handled in the Atlanta-area. The Georgia election had been a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s election-rigging claims. US District Judge

By Adam Cancryn, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is reimposing sanctions on Iranian oil sales in retaliation for a series of attacks on commercial ships near the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran will only reap benefits if they exhibit good behavior,” a US official said in a statement. “Iran’s actions in the Strait

By Kevin Liptak, Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s inability to find peace in Ukraine — a war he once claimed would be over the day he took office — has caused him enormous frustration. But the focus of his ire has zig-zagged throughout his second term in office. At moments, Trump has

CNN By Adam Cancryn, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Just hours after President Donald Trump said he’s considering selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke against the potential move, even as he downplayed divisions between the two world leaders. In an interview with CNN, Netanyahu warned that

CNN By Adam Cancryn, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Just hours after President Donald Trump said he’s considering selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke against the potential move, even as he downplayed divisions between the two world leaders. In an interview with CNN, Netanyahu warned that

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Democratic Senate front-runner Abdul El-Sayed has faced criticism for previous comments he made about defunding the police. In recent interviews, El-Sayed has insisted he “never, never called for defunding” the police. Last week in an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt, he said he deleted old tweets

By Adam Cancryn, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Just hours after President Donald Trump said he’s considering selling F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke against the potential move, even as he downplayed divisions between the two world leaders. In an interview with CNN, Netanyahu warned that the

By Ellis Kim, Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — US Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for three weeks and it’s still not clear why he was admitted or what his condition is. Aides for the Kentucky Republican have been fiercely protective of his condition – publicly and privately – during his hospitalization. Despite

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Rahm Emanuel will declare that “the most important thing a true friend can do is to tell the truth even when it’s painful,” in a speech at Tel Aviv University aimed at forcing a reconfiguration of US policy on unconditional support for Israel. Recalling his own long history with

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, CNN Ankara, Turkey (CNN) — As President Donald Trump was raging during a White House meeting this spring that fellow members of the NATO alliance had refused to join his military operation in Iran, he had a thought. What if he cut American forces in Europe by a third, he

WGME, GRAHAM PLATNER FOR SENATE, CNN By Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine Senate race. A Platner campaign staff call Tuesday

By Piper HudspethBlackburn, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s expansive pardon of January 6 rioters does not apply to a Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US Capitol insurrection. Prosecutors say Brian Cole Jr. placed bombs near the Republican

By Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic support for Graham Platner’s campaign further collapsed Tuesday after a woman accused him of rape with mounting calls, including from his long-time champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, for Platner to exit the Maine Senate race. A Platner campaign staff call Tuesday did not reveal the timing of

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Texas to enforce a law that requires mobile app stores to verify the age of users and obtain parental consent for minors attempting to install programs on their phones. Texas’ law, enacted last year in response to concerns about the online safety of

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal officers during the January immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, David Streever was distraught. So he fired off a three-paragraph emailed rebuke to one of the officials overseeing that operation. Five months later, that email earned Streever a knock

CNN By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally asked FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review the decision to give a red card and one-game ban to Team USA star striker Folarin Balogun — a remarkable intervention that sparked a torrent of controversy at the World Cup.

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson had just delivered President Donald Trump his biggest legislative win of the year, but as he sat in his office in mid-June surrounded by a group of furious senior Republicans, the mood was sour. To secure that win, Johnson had been forced to make a deal

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The White House in a new report accused leaders of the Smithsonian Institution of adopting a divisive, far-left ideological framework that erases American heritage, marking the latest move by the Trump administration to reshape US cultural and historical institutions. In the report, published Saturday on the 250th anniversary of

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. City officials issued a Code Red