Politics

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are building a significant financial edge in the battle for the US House of Representatives, outraising their GOP counterparts and placing big fall ad reservations as Republicans grapple with the fallout of ongoing leadership battles. House Democrats’ official campaign committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, announced this week that it

By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Clare Foran, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that reauthorizes a key surveillance authority after the Senate passed the legislation late Friday night, avoiding a lapse in the controversial program. Lawmakers voted 60-34 for the bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — Rep. Paul Gosar on Friday signed on to the effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from his job, the Arizona Republican announced in a news release, becoming the third member to do so. Gosar huddled on the House floor earlier in

By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has secured an agreement with a major UN agency to distribute aid from the pier the US military is constructing off the coast of Gaza, two senior US officials told CNN – a key development as the US and its allies have rushed to

CNN By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday in a bipartisan manner to advance a key foreign aid package, a significant step in sending aid to Ukraine and Israel and setting up a final vote as soon as Saturday. In an extraordinary move, more Democrats (165) supported the measure than Republicans

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Environmental groups are condemning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid and his environmental policy in new efforts on Friday, portraying him as a candidate who will increase the chances former President Donald Trump is reelected. The Natural Resources Defense Council, a climate advocacy group where Kennedy previously served as

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee are pledging to deploy 100,000 volunteers and lawyers to monitor vote counting across battleground states this year – part of what officials describe as a stepped-up focus on “election integrity” by the national party. Officials describe the program, detailed in a news

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on two organizations for fundraising on behalf of two violent Israeli extremists in the West Bank. The two groups – Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich – established crowdfunding campaigns to raise thousands of dollars for

By Kevin Liptak and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday adopted a tightlipped approach that reflected US officials’ desire to keep a level of distance from Israel’s decision to strike back against Iran in what appeared to be a limited retaliation for last weekend’s attack. Israel has not commented on the

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday will announce changes to Title IX, expanding protections for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students while overhauling controversial Trump-era guidance around how schools should handle sexual assault cases. “Our nation’s educational institutions should be places where we not only accept differences, but celebrate them – places that

By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN The House voted Friday in a bipartisan manner to advance a key foreign aid package, a significant step in sending aid to Ukraine and Israel and setting up a final vote as soon as Saturday. In an extraordinary move, more Democrats (165) supported the measure than Republicans (151). The

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Two of the seven initial jurors who were seated Tuesday were excused. Judge Juan Merchan’s hopes to

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to “overrun” Ukraine, he would then attack a NATO nation, forcing the US to become directly involved. “I have no doubt in my mind having met Vladimir Putin that if Putin were allowed to

CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned that if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to “overrun” Ukraine, he would then attack a NATO nation, forcing the US to become directly involved. “I have no doubt in my mind having met Vladimir Putin that if Putin were allowed

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Two of the seven initial jurors who were seated Tuesday were excused. Judge Juan Merchan’s hopes to

By Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Jury selection in Donald Trump’s hush money business fraud case began Thursday looking like the task of finding 12 jurors had run aground. Two of the seven initial jurors who were seated Tuesday were excused. Judge Juan Merchan’s hopes to begin

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s obstruction case in the classified documents prosecution survived an early test, with a federal judge on Thursday denying several bids by Donald Trump’s co-defendants to dismiss charges against them. Judge Aileen Cannon rejected efforts by Trump’s co-defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is tapping a senior White House official to serve as US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a key body amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and at a time when the US is seeking to project confidence about its support for

By Ted Barrett and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — A bill that reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act cleared a procedural hurdle on Thursday, paving the way for its passage ahead of a looming Friday night deadline when the intelligence community surveillance tool expires. The test procedural vote passed 67-32, with

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director Bill Burns on Thursday warned that unless US sends more military support, Ukraine could “lose” the war against Russia by the end of the year. His comments mark one of the starkest warnings to date from the Biden administration on the stakes in Ukraine as Congress debates whether to approve a