Politics

By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — When his hush money trial first got underway in April, former President Donald Trump privately complained that not enough of his allies were inside or outside the courtroom to defend him, according to multiple GOP sources familiar with his thinking. But several weeks later,

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department issued a worldwide security alert on Friday due to the potential for terrorist attacks against LGBTQI+ people and events. “Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise

By Kayla Tausche and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of consultation with prominent Black public figures, President Joe Biden is preparing to deliver a commencement speech at Morehouse College that highlights triumph over adversity and the lasting impact of peaceful protest, according to people involved in the preparations. The content of the speech

By Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her “racist,” following a tense House Oversight markup Thursday evening that quickly devolved into personal attacks. As the panel met to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland over his refusal

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Americans in more than half of the states will face voting restrictions this year that weren’t in place four years ago during the last presidential election, a new analysis finds. Twenty-eight states – ranging from political battlegrounds such as North Carolina to Republican strongholds such as Alabama and Idaho – have

By Veronica Miracle and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison, after he was convicted in the violent October 2022 attack on Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul. DePape was sentenced to 30 years for assault and 20 years for attempted kidnapping, which will run concurrently. Judge

By Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — Florida GOP Rep. Greg Steube says he’s willing to buck his own leadership and bring a tax relief bill to the House floor – with the help of House Democrats – if Speaker Mike Johnson won’t. If it happens, it would mark a rare moment in the House and another first

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Clark, the former Trump administration official who sought to use the Justice Department to aid Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, attended the former president’s trial in Manhattan on Thursday. Clark was seen in the back rows of the courtroom as Michael Cohen was cross examined

By Zachary Cohen, Shania Shelton and Kyung Lah, CNN (CNN) — Former Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona. A grand jury in Arizona handed up indictments last month charging Eastman and over a dozen more Trump

By John Fritze and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Justice Samuel Alito sought to head off mounting criticism Friday over a report that an inverted American flag was flown at his house in January 2021, telling Fox News that his wife hoisted the symbol of discontent in response to profane signs in the neighborhood. Alito

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden have asked the judge presiding over his tax case in California to delay the trial currently set for late June, pushing it to September or beyond. Earlier this week, the judges overseeing both cases against the president’s son — including a gun case against him

By Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and Arlette Saenz, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is working to reverse an erosion of support among Black voters this week, placing renewed focus on a group he hopes can once again help propel him to the White House like they did four years ago. A string of

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Seventy years after the Supreme Court acknowledged that “separate but equal” had no place in the United States, one of history’s most celebrated legal opinions is being used by conservative groups to challenge race-related policies in schools across the country. In a remarkable demonstration of the Supreme Court’s power

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Proceedings quickly devolved Thursday night during a House Oversight Committee markup on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez getting briefly locked in a heated back and forth. As the panel met to consider the issue of contempt

CNN By Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calling her “racist,” following a tense House Oversight markup Thursday evening that quickly devolved into personal attacks. As the panel met to advance contempt proceedings against Attorney General Merrick Garland over his