Politics

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to meet this week with the families of Americans believed to be held hostage in Gaza. Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan told the families in a meeting Monday afternoon that the president would meet with them later this week, a source familiar told

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House Republican campaign arm is developing a targeted plan of attack to pin specific pieces of Vice President Kamala Harris’ record against Democrats running in competitive House races as Harris marches toward the Democratic nomination. The framing of GOP attacks on down-ballot Democrats are starting to take shape

By Ethan Cohen, Molly English, Matt Holt and Sydney Topf, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, according to CNN’s delegate estimate. While endorsements from delegates continue to come in, the vice president has now been backed by well more than the 1,976

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court Monday to throw out the $454 million judgment in his civil fraud trial, arguing that the monetary penalty was unconstitutional and that most of the case should have been barred because the conduct

By MJ Lee, Ethan Cohen and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee is moving forward with a process that will determine the party’s presidential nominee by August 7, party officials said Monday night, shortly before Kamala Harris secured enough delegate endorsements to win the Democratic nomination. The party’s decision to move forward

By Manu Raju, Betsy Klein and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris declined to preside over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The decision to skip the joint meeting underscores the tense relationship between the Biden administration and Netanyahu at

By John King, CNN Easton, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Live to 94 like Pat Levin, and you think maybe you have seen it all. Well, think again. “We’ve been thrown into an emotional tailspin,” is how Levin described President Joe Biden’s abrupt departure from the 2024 campaign this weekend and his quick endorsement of Vice President

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce new anti-discrimination rules in schools, including protections for pregnant women and women who have had abortions. The administration asked the court in two separate requests to let it enforce some of the new rules starting next month while lower

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris has aced her moment. So far. The vice president has already won the backing of enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, sparked a fundraising bonanza and alchemized the mood of a party that looked headed for defeat. But while Harris can hardly have hoped

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — After potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential labor and advocacy groups all lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening pushed her over the threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination. She’s been backed by well more than the 1,976 pledged

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — It’s just one day after President Joe Biden announced that he would end his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee taking on former President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential race. That’s far too soon for polling to capture the dynamics of

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign team began conducting outreach to several youth grassroots organizations shortly after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the race. Voters of Tomorrow, a youth voting grassroots organization, said it spoke with Harris’ campaign after members reached out shortly after Biden’s Sunday announcement. “Vice

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from a former Colorado county clerk to halt her upcoming trial on charges stemming from her alleged involvement in an apparent security breach at the county’s election offices in 2021. Justice Neil Gorsuch denied the request from Tina Peters, the former clerk of

By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him in the campaign has upended the presidential race and shined a renewed spotlight on Harris. Her career path from prosecutor to politician has been defined by many firsts: She was the nation’s first

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Ethics Committee announced Monday that they have initiated a review of Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged rules violations, a week after a jury found the New Jersey Democrat guilty on all counts in his federal corruption trial. “Earlier today, the Committee notified Senator Menendez through his counsel that

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Karl de Vries and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — With President Joe Biden’s support unleashing a flood of endorsements from many prominent Democrats across the country, Kamala Harris has emerged as the favorite to take his place as the party’s nominee for president. Harris immediately received the endorsements of many Democratic party leaders

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” problems at

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced off Monday with angry lawmakers from both parties, who grilled her over the stunning security failures that led to the recent assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle acknowledged that there were “significant” problems at