Politics

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Simone Pathe, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina pastor Mark Harris has won the Republican nomination for North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District, making him the likely next member of Congress from this red district some five years after his apparent victory in an earlier House election was thrown out over ballot

CNN By Aaron Pellish, Eva McKend and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named attorney and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday at a rally in Oakland, California. “I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president the United States, my fellow lawyer, a

CNN By Devan Cole, Jen Christensen, Tierney Sneed and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. The case was the first abortion-related hearing since the court reversed Roe v.

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday struck a deal with prosecutors investigating him for felony securities fraud, closing a legal saga that has dogged the state’s top law-enforcement officer and close ally of former President Donald Trump for nearly a decade. Special prosecutor Brian Wice confirmed the case

By Aaron Pellish and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named Silicon Valley attorney and entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential pick at a campaign rally Tuesday in her hometown of Oakland, California. The 38-year-old, first-time candidate enters the race largely unknown to the public outside of tech

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Formal talks aimed at ending the war in Sudan may restart in mid-April, US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello said Tuesday, as the conflict nears its one-year mark. Perriello said he believes that “a number of factors have changed on the ground that make this moment more promising for resolution,”

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge has imposed a gag order on Donald Trump, limiting the former president from making statements about potential witnesses in the criminal trial relating to hush money payments scheduled to begin next month. Judge Juan Merchan also said that Trump

By Devan Cole, Jen Christensen, Tierney Sneed and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. The case was the first abortion-related hearing since the court reversed Roe v. Wade

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A former Trump 2020 campaign official has been subpoenaed by officials in Arizona as part of the criminal investigation focused on efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s win, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The official, Mike Roman, is also one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia

By Aaron Pellish, Eva McKend and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named attorney and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday at a rally in Oakland, California. “I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant

CNN By Aaron Pellish, Eva McKend and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named attorney and tech entrepreneur Nicole Shanahan as his running mate Tuesday at a rally in Oakland, California. “I’m so proud to introduce to you the next vice president the United States, my fellow lawyer, a

By Arlette Saenz and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took on Republicans over health care in North Carolina on Tuesday, looking to press what they believe is a winning issue ahead of November’s election. The Raleigh stop marked a rare joint appearance on the road by the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. Consider how much the justices’ decision has changed the country: Fourteen states now have total bans and seven others have imposed substantial

By Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN When Israel’s defense minister Yoav Gallant meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, Gallant is expected to ask for more US weaponry and equipment to support Israel’s war in Gaza, US officials said — an extremely delicate request at a moment when US weapons sales to

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A man who made threats against then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in 2022 was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, Justice Department officials announced during a news conference on threats to state election workers. Joshua Russell, from Ohio, made multiple death threats, according