Politics

By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing a controversial immigration law that allows state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The court’s three liberals dissented. Legal challenges to the law are ongoing

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison

By Annie Grayer, CNN House Democrats on the Oversight Committee have selected an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, who played a role in former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial, to be their witness at the panel’s hearing on Wednesday, a source with Oversight Committee Democrats told CNN. Lev Parnas, a Ukrainian-American, worked with Giuliani in the lead-up to the

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel. Trump was asked on

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel. Trump was asked on

By Haley Britzky, CNN Ramstein Air Base, Germany (CNN) — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized Tuesday that the US “will not let Ukraine fail,” as Congress continues to delay critical funding for Ukraine aid. Speaking in Germany at the 20th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Austin said Ukraine’s

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Americans have experienced significant price increases during the tenure of President Joe Biden – but prices have not gone up nearly as much as former President Donald Trump keeps saying. Trump, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has a years-old habit of using inaccurate figures even when accurate

By Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking his reelection pitch to a pair of Western battleground states this week, heading to Nevada and Arizona to shore up support in key states he’s looking to defend against former President Donald Trump in November. Biden’s pitch will zero-in on efforts to

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former President Donald Trump, has reported to a federal prison in Miami, making history as the first former White House official to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon issued an order Monday for lawyers to submit instructions for a trial jury in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case – signaling that the debate over whether Trump had the authority to keep documents from his White House could remain a central issue of the

By Simone Pathe, Jeff Zeleny and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Ohio’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday – this year’s first test of Donald Trump’s clout in a contested Senate race – will help determine a key question this fall: What is the fate of Sen. Sherrod Brown and the Democratic majority? “Are we ready

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for Democrats “hates their religion” and hates “everything about Israel,” again playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish Americans have dual loyalties to the US and to Israel. Trump was asked on a

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A pro-Trump lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a court hearing about her recent leak of internal emails belonging to Dominion Voting Systems. There was an existing arrest warrant for the attorney, Stefanie Lambert, stemming from her failure to appear at recent court

By Erin Burnett and Francesca Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Best-selling author and life coach Tony Robbins was among the first people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approached in late 2023 about being the independent presidential candidate’s running mate, according to a source familiar with the conversations. The source said Kennedy approached Robbins at least twice. Robbins

By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film star Stormy Daniels will be allowed to testify at the former president’s New York criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan Merchan denied a motion from Trump’s attorneys to prevent Cohen and Daniels – two key witnesses

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A former NYPD aide is suing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1993 while they both worked for the Transit Bureau when he demanded sexual acts in exchange for helping her get a promotion she was previously denied, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The plaintiff in the lawsuit

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The foundation that selected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other honorees as recipients of an award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday it is canceling its award ceremony after receiving pushback from the late justice’s family. Julie Opperman, chair of the Opperman Foundation,