Politics

By Rashard Rose and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney said that if he were President Joe Biden he would have “immediately pardoned” former President Donald Trump. “Had I been President Biden, when the Justice Department brought on indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him,” Romney told MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour with

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — For two men who agree on so little, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could agree on this: They needed to debate. After months of speculation over the traditional pre-election face-offs – when they would happen, what they would look like

By Kylie Atwood, Patrick Oppmann and Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department took Cuba off the list of countries that are not fully cooperating with the US on counterterrorism efforts, a State Department official said Wednesday. Multiple factors contributed to Cuba’s change of status. The US and Cuba resumed law enforcement cooperation in 2023, including

By Oren Liebermann, Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — The floating pier that will allow for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza from the sea has been anchored to a beach in Gaza, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM). Personnel anchored the pier at about 7:40 a.m. local time, “supporting the humanitarian mission

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — Singer Beyoncé gifted Vice President Kamala Harris tickets to the FedEx Field stop of her concert tour in 2023, financial records released Wednesday show. The revelation came through yearly disclosures that are required for the president and vice president. The documents don’t show any marked changes in income

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As Florida copes with rising seas and record temperatures, lawmakers are going to exceptional lengths to delete many mentions of climate change from state laws in a new bill that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Wednesday, according to his official X account. The wide-ranging law makes

By John Fritze and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court paused a chaotic legal fight over Louisiana’s congressional districts in a brief order Wednesday that will likely allow the state to use a map in this year’s election that creates a second majority-Black district and benefits Democrats. The court’s three liberal justices publicly dissented from

By Daniel Strauss and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — More than two months after ending her presidential bid, Nikki Haley did not directly address the topic of Donald Trump or her political future during a two-day gathering of some of her key donors in Charleston, South Carolina, this week. Instead, the former South Carolina governor and her top political aides answered questions about policy from

By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected another request from former Donald Trump economic aide Peter Navarro to cut his four-month prison sentence short. Navarro is in prison for contempt of Congress after ducking a subpoena for documents and testimony from the House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden sounded more like a professional wrestler than a president when he issued a vertical video social media debate challenge to his rival Wednesday morning. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020!” Biden said at the outset of the 14-second video, during which he also

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US Air Force prosecutors have asked for new charges against the Massachusetts Air National guardsman who pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to leaking highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media, according to the Air Force. During a hearing at Hanscom Air Force Base

By Clare Foran, Gregory Wallace, Tami Luhby and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The House has passed a major federal aviation bill that aims to improve aviation safety, enhance protections for passengers and airline workers and invest in airport and air travel infrastructure nationwide. The bill renewing the Federal Aviation Administration’s authority for five years will next head to President Joe

By Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — The decisions by President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday to agree to two presidential debates will ensure the continuation of a tradition that dates back to 1960. But it might look a little different this year: the candidates will first debate on June 27

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The stage is set for the first in-person showdown of the 2024 election cycle between President Joe Biden and his opponent and predecessor, Donald Trump. Both candidates have accepted an invitation from CNN to debate on June 27 in the network’s Atlanta studios. Some aspects – including the

By Holmes Lybrand, Sabrina Souza and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez’s lawyer launched his defense Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom, insisting that the New Jersey Democrat never engaged in the international bribery scheme described by federal prosecutors and asserting that there were “innocent explanations” for the tangle of alleged crimes that has

By Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Russia has stepped up its disinformation efforts to discredit Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and raise questions about his legitimacy in recent months, US intelligence agencies have observed. A recently downgraded intelligence assessment shared with CNN says that Russia has seized on various recent events to fuel criticism about Zelensky’s abilities and place as Ukraine’s leader, a