Politics

By Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative Democrat-turned-independent who had toyed with a presidential run and has long been a thorn in the side of the left, has been mum about the candidate he’s backing in November. But that could soon change. In an interview with CNN,

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Backstage, Kamala Harris pulled aside Jahana Hayes. She’d give the congresswoman her local press boost and photo op, but first, the vice president needed to talk about why she was popping into Connecticut of all places during the final month of her 2022 midterm campaigning: Hayes wasn’t raising enough money. Pick

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Multiple House Republicans have been working behind the scenes to convince Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote on legislation supporting in vitro fertilization before the November elections but told CNN their efforts have so far been brushed off or even denied. The direct pressure campaign from lawmakers

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Window Rock, Arizona (CNN) — Nearing the end of the annual Navajo Nation parade route last Saturday, the Arizona Republican Party’s float — pulled by an 18-wheeler and adorned with Trump-Vance campaign signs — came to a halt. Some parade watchers, who lined Highway 264 with their lawn chairs, began booing.

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been repeatedly deceptive. The @KamalaHQ account, which has more than 1.3 million followers on the X social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has made a habit of misleadingly clipping and inaccurately captioning video clips to attack former President Donald

CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu and Omar Jimenez, CNN Springfield, Ohio (CNN) — Rose Goute Creole restaurant does a bustling business in Springfield, Ohio, with clientele drawn from across the city to its heaping displays of patties and donuts, and pots of perfumed rice, fried pork and fish, and golden plantains. Rosena Jean Louis runs

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump wanted to spend this week attacking one of Democratic rival Kamala Harris’ biggest political vulnerabilities. Instead, he spent most of the week falsely claiming that migrants are eating pets in a small town in Ohio and defending his embrace of a far-right agitator whose presence is causing concern among

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Four ISIS leaders were killed as a result of raid in western Iraq late last month, the US military said Friday. US Central Command identified the four leaders as Ahmad Hamid Husayn Abd-al-Jalil al-Ithawi, who was responsible for all ISIS operations in Iraq; Abu Hammam, who oversaw all operations

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Nevada Green Party on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to weigh into an election dispute with potentially significant implications in the presidential battleground, asking the high court to pause a state court ruling that would keep candidate Jill Stein off the ballot. Green Party

CNN By John Fritze and Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — As she struggled to care for a child with special needs, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN on Friday that she felt “inadequate” at the time and might have given up her demanding legal career if she had initially understood

By Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The special prosecutor appointed to investigate Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ role as a fake elector after the 2020 election announced he will not move forward with criminal charges against the former state senator. Jones is one of 16 Republican fake Trump electors who signed on to the

CNN By Kaanita Iyer, Christopher Lamb and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis on Friday described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the “lesser of two evils,” deeming former President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies and Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of abortion rights as both being “against

CNN By Kit Maher and Kate Sullivan, CNN Rancho Palos Verdes, California (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he doesn’t control far-right agitator Laura Loomer, whom he described as a “free spirit” and “supporter.” “Laura’s been a supporter of mine, just like a lot of people are supporters, and she’s been a

By Kit Maher and Kate Sullivan, CNN Rancho Palos Verdes, California (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he doesn’t control far-right agitator Laura Loomer, whom he described as a “free spirit” and “supporter.” “Laura’s been a supporter of mine, just like a lot of people are supporters, and she’s been a supporter

CNN By John Fritze and Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — As she struggled to care for a child with special needs, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN on Friday that she felt “inadequate” at the time and might have given up her demanding legal career if she had initially understood

By John Fritze and Abby Phillip, CNN (CNN) — As she struggled to care for a child with special needs, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a wide-ranging interview with CNN on Friday that she felt “inadequate” at the time and might have given up her demanding legal career if she had initially understood the

By Kaanita Iyer, Christopher Lamb and Antonia Mortensen, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis on Friday described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the “lesser of two evils,” deeming former President Donald Trump’s anti-migrant policies and Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of abortion rights as both being “against life.”

By Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday announced a major effort to blunt the global influence of RT and expose what it says is the Russian state media network’s key role in the Kremlin’s global intelligence and influence operations. The State Department revealed declassified US intelligence findings that suggest RT is fully integrated into Russia’s

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — A super PAC with Republican ties is running digital ads in Michigan promoting the Jewish faith of Kamala Harris’s husband and touting the vice president’s support for Israel in an apparent play to undercut Harris with the battleground state’s large Arab American population amid ongoing political fallout over the

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration said Friday that it has finalized tariff hikes on certain Chinese-made products that the president first announced in May. The tariff rate will go up to 100% on electric vehicles, to 50% on solar cells and to 25% on electrical vehicle batteries, critical minerals, steel,