Politics

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce the nation’s first-ever federal safety standard for excessive heat in the workplace at a time when millions of Americans are under extreme heat warnings and advisories. The rule from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposes employees have new

CNN By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — One of the leaders of the Republican National Convention’s platform committee, which shapes the party’s official stance on key issues, has a history of pushing extreme anti-abortion positions, including advocating for a national ban without exceptions for rape or incest. He also entertained the possibility

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — One of the leaders of the Republican National Convention’s platform committee, which shapes the party’s official stance on key issues, has a history of pushing extreme anti-abortion positions, including advocating for a national ban without exceptions for rape or incest. He also entertained the possibility of

By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden campaign hauled in $127 million in the month of June, a strong showing after some signs that its fundraising was slowing – and a bright spot for the campaign after days of trying to beat back concerns about President

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts is so enamored with the image of a bold and fearless American president that he abandoned his usual restraint and declared a stunning level of immunity for a former president facing criminal indictment for trying to overturn an election. The man who famously

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts is so enamored with the image of a bold and fearless American president that he abandoned his usual restraint and declared a stunning level of immunity for a former president facing criminal indictment for trying to overturn an election. The man who

By Jeff Zeleny and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s campaign chair on Monday told members of the campaign’s National Finance Committee that the team is “clear-eyed, not pollyannish” after the president’s poor debate performance, two participants on the call told CNN, but defended Biden’s health and offered no indication he was reconsidering his bid for a

CNN By Kara Scannell and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team filed a letter Monday seeking to challenge the former president’s conviction in his New York criminal hush money trial based on the US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, a source told CNN. Just hours after the high court ruling, Trump’s lawyer

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — “I dissent!” President Joe Biden was offering a dramatic, direct response to an epochal Supreme Court ruling that could hand presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a pass to unchecked power if he wins a second term. But Biden’s defiance also conveyed a poignant image of a president

By Kara Scannell and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team filed a letter Monday seeking to challenge the former president’s conviction in his New York criminal hush money trial based on the US Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, a source told CNN. Just hours after the high court ruling, Trump’s lawyer filed

By Betsy Klein, Michael Williams, Jack Forrest and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the Supreme Court’s decision which ruled that presidents have an absolute immunity from prosecution for core official acts, and issued a stern warning over a possible second term for former President Donald Trump. “There are

By Eric Bradner and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat whose seat is crucial to maintaining his party’s slim Senate majority in November, faced a new attack ad Sunday from GOP challenger Dave McCormick’s campaign — one that Republicans across the country could emulate. Casey, the McCormick ad claims, knew

By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump boasted about their record of support for historically Black colleges and universities at CNN’s presidential debate last week. During the debate, Trump said he “got (HBCUs) all funded.” CNN determined that this claim was exaggerated. Biden also touted his investments for HBCUs,

By Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz was charged on Friday with a weapons violation at Washington Dulles International Airport, a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Airports Authority told CNN. Spartz, a Republican from Indiana, was charged with violating a section of Virginia law that prohibits carrying any gun, explosive

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — As last summer came to a close, the four criminal cases that had been brought against former President Donald Trump posed both extraordinary political peril as well as the very real threat that the 2024 Republican White House front-runner would be convicted by multiple juries before the first ballot

CNN By Sara Murray, Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Steve Bannon, a former Donald Trump White House strategist, reported to a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, on Monday to begin a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. Bannon, the second former Trump aide to be imprisoned for a contempt of Congress

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — China now has the first samples ever collected from the far side of the moon and says it will share them with scientists around the world. But US access could be hampered by a 2011 law that prohibits space coordination between NASA and China without special authorization. Here’s

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in the waning days of his presidency in a decision that will likely further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges pending against him. In