Politics

By Matt Holt and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Staring down the prospect of losing the Senate and amid a tight race for the House, Democrats are burning through cash in the final sprint to Election Day, new federal filings show. The pre-general election reports, which cover the first sixteen days of October, are

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk plowed nearly $44 million in October into a super PAC working to restore Donald Trump to the White House – pushing the billionaire’s total donations to the group he established to benefit the former president to nearly $119 million, new campaign

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s super PAC awarded two $1 million prizes to registered voters in Michigan and Wisconsin on Thursday, after being warned by the Justice Department that the payments might be illegal. These are the first giveaways by the pro-Donald Trump super PAC after news broke Wednesday that the Justice Department had

CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think he’s more unhinged, more unstable,” the losing 2016 Democratic nominee told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election. “I think he’s more unhinged, more unstable,” the losing 2016 Democratic nominee told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on

By Kate Sullivan and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday the US is “like a garbage can for the world” as he railed against illegal immigration at a campaign rally in Arizona. “We’re a dumping ground. We’re like a garbage can for the world. That’s what’s happened,” Trump said at

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it has closed its investigation into Robert F. Kennedy Jr., finding that an allegation he decapitated a dead whale carcass two decades ago was unfounded. Last month, Kennedy said at a campaign event in Arizona he had received a letter

By Priscilla Alvarez, Jeff Simon and Gregory Krieg, CNN Clarkston, Georgia (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama used their first joint campaign appearance, on Thursday night in this Atlanta suburb, to issue parallel warnings about the dangers facing the country if Donald Trump is elected again to lead it. Battleground Georgia is the latest stop in a late-campaign

By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her most

CNN By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN New York (CNN) — A former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model is alleging that former President Donald Trump groped her in the 1990s, in what she believes was an attempt to show off for Jeffrey Epstein. In her first on-camera interview about the allegation, with CNN Thursday, Stacey Williams offered her

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team is asking a federal court to dismiss the January 6, 2021, election subversion case, saying that the office of special counsel Jack Smith is unconstitutional, in a court filing 12 days before the presidential election. “Everything that Smith did since Attorney General (Merrick) Garland’s appointment, as President Trump continued his

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement for more than $100 million with the two corporations that owned and operated the container ship that destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. As part of the settlement, Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited – two Singaporean companies – will pay nearly $102

By Evan Perez, Katie Bo Lillis and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is zeroing in on a US government office where it believes the leaked US intelligence documents on Israel’s preparations for a possible attack on Iran were printed, a US official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN. FBI investigators working with the Naval Criminal Investigative

By Kylie Atwood, MJ Lee, Jennifer Hansler and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Even as long-stalled talks to try to secure the release of the hostages and reach a ceasefire in Gaza resume in the coming days, there is little expectation of a breakthrough before the US presidential election in less than two weeks, officials told CNN.

By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes of Ohio is battling a last-minute challenge to her eligibility to vote in her district as a result of a complaint filed by a local Republican activist. After a county elections board deadlocked over the issue on Thursday, the decision over whether the congresswoman can cast her ballot in Akron,

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals could rule soon on a Republican-led lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan after hearing oral arguments Thursday. The plan, known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education), lowers monthly payments and shortens the time it takes to receive student loan

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to issue an apology to the Native American community for the federal government’s role in the abusive Indian boarding schools that forced Native American children to assimilate over a 150-year period, two sources familiar with the plans said. “I’m heading to do something that

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors scheme as the GOP-led panel gears up to take center stage in an unknown post-election landscape when Congress returns in November.