Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firing squad. Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department reversed much of the work done under President Donald Trump’s first administration

By Jennifer Hansler, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency it says was linked to Iran as the United States ratchets up pressure on Tehran. The move, first reported by CNN, comes as shaky diplomatic efforts to reach a deal to end the war continue to stall and

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to unilaterally bar migrants who cross the US-Mexico border from seeking asylum, teeing up a likely showdown over the policy at the Supreme Court. The 2-1 decision is a major defeat for a signature component of Trump’s

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s claims about prescription drug prices make no mathematical sense. But his team – including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week – keeps straining to defend them. Since last year, Trump has asserted that he has cut or will cut prescription drug prices by numbers like “500%,” “600%,”

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Big businesses are lining up at the Supreme Court as the justices hear the final arguments of the term, pressing the conservative majority to shield industries from multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, limit the marketing of generic drugs and neuter the government’s ability to issue fines. Verizon, Monsanto and Cisco Systems

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — If Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has his way, the Democratic path to winning back the US House will run through his state. Shapiro has committed to helping Democrats flip four Republican-held seats. He’s endorsed in three of the districts, including one where his chosen candidate is locked in a

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off remarks by Prince Harry asking the US for more action to end the war in Ukraine, saying the British royal does not speak for the United Kingdom. “I know one thing, Prince Harry is not speaking for the UK, that’s for sure.

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to cut red tape around the Congressional mechanisms to hold those in their own ranks accountable for wrongdoing as a series of scandals rock Capitol Hill. But even those with the best intentions are realizing that the road to reforming

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened an account in late

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened an account in late December

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — US military officials are developing new plans to target Iran’s capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz in the event the current ceasefire with Iran falls apart, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The options, among several sets of target types under consideration, include strikes with a particular

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s internal watchdog is launching a review into the DOJ’s production of files and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein as controversy continues over the handling of the case of the convicted sex offender. The Inspector General will focus on “the DOJ’s identification, collection, and production of responsive

By Sarah Ferris, Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Senior Republicans in Washington are ramping up the pressure on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to redraw his state’s US House map after Virginia Democrats flipped potentially four seats in their favor. With just six months until the midterms, Republicans see Florida as their last major

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced charges Tuesday against the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleging the storied civil rights organization defrauded its donors by funding the extremism it claimed to be fighting. The fraudulent scheme played out over nearly 10 years, prosecutors allege, when the Southern Poverty Law Center

By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — With Congress at a stalemate over how to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, Senate Republicans took a key step to tee up a party-line measure that would fund only the most controversial immigration programs — to eventually reopen the government completely. The GOP

By Eric Bradner, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Four Democrats and two Republicans vying to become California’s next governor exchanged occasional barbs in a debate Wednesday night. But mostly, the Democrats took aim at President Donald Trump, and the Republicans criticized the state’s Democratic leadership. The debate, hosted by Nexstar, came two weeks after the