Politics

By Jack Forrest and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — A US Secret Service member fired their gun while being robbed at gunpoint Saturday night during President Joe Biden’s trip to California for a Hollywood fundraiser. The Secret Service member was returning from a work assignment in Tustin, California, and “discharged their service weapon during

CNN By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Instead of a minimum-security prison camp, where many nonviolent

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won’t be serving time at what’s known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted, according to people familiar with the arrangements. Instead of a minimum-security prison camp, where many nonviolent offenders serve

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden asked a judge for a redo of his federal gun trial, but then quickly withdrew the request without explanation, one week after he was convicted by a jury of three felony offenses. His defense attorneys filed the motion seeking a new trial in the morning but then

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump, who has promised to conduct mass deportations if he is elected to a second term in November, continued his angry rhetoric about illegal immigration at a campaign rally in Nevada in early June. “Virtually 100% of the new jobs under Biden have also gone to

By Kevin Liptak and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is preparing to announce sweeping executive action Tuesday that would shield select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation and allow them to work legally in the country as they seek citizenship, according to people familiar with the plans. The policy would

By Kayla Tausche and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — The United States and NATO are expected to announce Monday that the number of allied countries spending at least 2% of their country’s economic output on defense has doubled during President Joe Biden’s term. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is visiting Washington and meeting with Biden

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration cannot enforce new protections for LGBTQ+ students in Ohio, Virginia and four other states, a federal judge ruled Monday, becoming the latest court to rebuff efforts to expand the scope of a decades-old law that prohibits sex-based discrimination. US District Judge Danny Reeves said in a

By Katrina Samaan and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel this week, a notable show of support as a sizable number of Democrats say they are considering boycotting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next month. Nine House members will participate in meetings with

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service announced Monday its latest move to crack down on wealthy tax cheats – an ongoing effort boosted by funding received through the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act. The agency estimates the new initiative could result in the collection of $50 billion over 10 years by

By Arlette Saenz and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign is rolling out a new ad in battleground states framing the election as a choice between a “convicted criminal” and a president “fighting for your family” in its latest effort to seize on Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money trial in

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is making a concerted effort to win over Black voters – in part by making inaccurate claims. During a Saturday roundtable discussion at a predominately Black church in Detroit, Trump said President Joe Biden “has done nothing for you except talk,” adding: “We achieved the lowest African American

CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered a series of stark warnings about what a second Donald Trump term could hold during a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser Saturday evening, framing the 2024 presidential election as an inflection point in American history. “Institutions matter,” the president said. “What (Trump) did on January 6, and

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive presidential election, former President Donald Trump is lying that he was named “Man of the Year” in Michigan before he ran for president. Trump said it again on Saturday during a speech in Detroit: “You know, I got the ‘Man of the Year’ in Michigan. Years ago, long before politics,

By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday the Supreme Court is “readying to fundamentally rewrite the Second Amendment” after striking down a federal ban on bump stocks. Recent gun-related rulings from the high court, Murphy told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” signal it is prepared to “take away

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden delivered a series of stark warnings about what a second Donald Trump term could hold during a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser Saturday evening, framing the 2024 presidential election as an inflection point in American history. “Institutions matter,” the president said. “What (Trump) did on January 6, and now

By Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — Republicans are openly floating that this will finally be the year that Virginia shifts from the Democratic column it’s been in for several presidential elections and back into the battleground category where Donald Trump could win. The prospect of turning the state red was the topic of discussion between

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — In 2018, then-President Donald Trump put new tariffs on a variety of Chinese-made goods, including baseball caps, luggage and shoes – and Americans have been paying the price ever since. For example, a suitcase that was $100 before Trump imposed the tariffs now goes for about $160, and a carry-on

By Eric Bradner, Ali Main and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign on Saturday launched a coalition group targeting Black voters as the former president campaigned in Detroit in an effort to win over a segment of the electorate that has long overwhelmingly backed Democrats. Trump held a community roundtable at the predominantly