Politics

By Gregory Krieg and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested the Civil War could have been avoided through “negotiation,” arguing that the fight to end slavery in the US was ultimately unnecessary and that Abraham Lincoln should have done more to avoid bloodshed. “So many mistakes were made. See,

By MJ Lee, Oren Liebermann, Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden was not aware for days that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. National security adviser Jake Sullivan ultimately informed Biden late Thursday afternoon, soon after Sullivan himself learned

By Melanie Zanona and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has released new footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that shows a dramatic moment of rioters shouting through broken glass at two Republican lawmakers. The video — obtained by CNN on Saturday, which marks three years since the Capitol

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has released new footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that shows a dramatic moment of rioters shouting through broken glass at two Republican lawmakers. The video — obtained by CNN on Saturday, which marks three years since the

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The FBI on Saturday arrested three people in Florida who were charged in connection with the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, and were considered fugitives after fleeing from law enforcement. Jonathan Daniel Pollock, Olivia Michele Pollock and Joseph Daniel Hutchinson III were taken into custody early Saturday

By Kate Sullivan and Alayna Treene, CNN Mason City, Iowa (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday deployed his sharpest criticism of GOP rival Nikki Haley to date as Haley sees a rise in polling ahead of the Iowa and New Hampshire nominating contests later this month. Trump painted Haley as an establishment figure

By Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden will deliver his annual State of the Union address on March 7. Biden on Saturday accepted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to hold the address that day, posting on X that he is “looking forward to it.” The State of the Union address is a tradition that

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — As Americans gear up for another tense presidential election, the US legal system is still grappling with how to handle the hundreds of individuals who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House. Over 1,200 Americans

By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s rivals have sharpened their attacks on the former president as they blanket Iowa just over a week before the state’s caucuses kick off the Republican presidential nominating race. But in the shadow of the third anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol,

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith pushed back Friday against Donald Trump’s assertions that the prosecutor should be held in contempt for submitting filings while the federal election interference case is paused, calling accusations that he was intentionally violating a court order “false” and “baseless.” “The Court has held that there is a

By Sara Smart and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine announced an executive order on Friday that bans gender-transition surgeries for minors. The ban, which takes effect immediately, comes one week after DeWine vetoed broader legislation that would have barred transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care. Similar to the executive order, the

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot. The court scheduled oral arguments for February 8. Trump remains on the primary ballot as the lower-court ruling disqualifying him has been put on

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether emergency room doctors can perform medically necessary abortions in states that prohibit them, bypassing the court of appeals to resolve on an expedited basis a lawsuit brought by the United States against Idaho. It’s the second major abortion case the

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year’s Day for complications from an elective medical procedure, the Pentagon said Friday. The Pentagon announced the hospitalization four days after Austin was initially admitted. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, made

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court said Friday it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot. The court scheduled oral arguments for February 8. Trump remains on the primary ballot as the lower-court ruling disqualifying him has been put on hold

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has spent nearly $24 million investigating and prosecuting former President Donald Trump and his allies, according to expense reports. In the most recent expense report released Friday, which covers April 2023 to September 2023, special counsel Jack Smith’s office reported spending $7.4 million on things such

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The White House is trying to identify federal spaces to offer to cities as President Joe Biden comes under increasing pressure to provide more help to places overwhelmed by migrant arrivals. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has sent thousands of migrants to Democratic-led cities nationwide in an uncoordinated