Politics

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the GOP’s most endangered House incumbents, reportedly gave both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter part-time jobs in his district office on Long Island, a potential violation of House ethics rules. D’Esposito hired the pair shortly after taking office in 2023, according

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy and Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is exceedingly close, with Harris’ support resting on stronger personal appeal, while Trump draws on a die-hard base and a wide advantage on handling the economy to run about even

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The son of the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his Florida golf course was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday, according to court records. Oran Alexander Routh, whose father is Ryan Wesley Routh, the man prosecutors say set up a “sniper’s nest” at

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy replenishment ship sustained damage while operating in the Middle East in an incident that remains under investigation, according to a Navy official. The USNS Big Horn was damaged after the ship refueled and replenished Navy vessels operating in the region, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Fewer low-income students applied for college financial aid for the current school year after the rollout of an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA, was plagued with problems. Submitting the form is required in order to access federal Pell grants,

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Michael Conte, CNN (CNN) — House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is moving forward with his plan to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress on Tuesday for failing to appear at a hearing regarding the Biden administration’s handling of the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, even

By Kate Sullivan and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump cast himself as a “protector” of women at a Pennsylvania rally Monday evening and claimed that American women won’t be “thinking about abortion” if he’s elected. The plea to ignore Trump’s own role in undoing national abortion rights protections is a clear

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — As the US Department of Justice gears up to try to indict the man who allegedly plotted to shoot Donald Trump while he was golfing, a federal prosecutor said his team has been focused on one charge in particular: attempting to kill a major presidential candidate. In court Monday, prosecutor

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump portrays himself as a big friend of big business. Among the most notable efforts of his first administration was slashing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% as part of his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which contained multiple other beneficial measures

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A conservative appeals court raised concerns that Republicans’ arguments for forbidding the counting of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day require throwing out votes cast before Election Day. A panel of three judges – all appointees of former President Donald Trump – on the US 5th Circuit Court of

By Sam Fossum, Kayla Tausche and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his last speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly to herald the virtues of democracy as he aimed to burnish both his own legacy and US leadership on the world stage, but he did not offer

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah in strikes over the last week but is still working feverishly behind the scenes to try to convince it not to escalate further and launch a ground incursion into Lebanon over concerns the intensified fighting could spark a

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska on Monday, less than two weeks after US Army soldiers were deployed to the area as part of a “force protection operation” amid an increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in the region.

By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Sarah Ferris, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Republicans are expected to bypass mounting GOP opposition to a spending bill to keep the government running into December by using a procedural floor move that would rely heavily on Democrats to pass the legislation and avoid a government shutdown.

CNN By Pamela Brown, Jeremy Herb and Shoshana Dubnow, CNN Washington (CNN) — Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate. The former

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Artificial intelligence is helping “improve” rather than “revolutionize” influence operations from Russia and Iran aimed at November’s US elections, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in an assessment released Monday. “The (US intelligence community) considers AI a malign influence accelerant, not yet a revolutionary influence tool,” an ODNI official

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal jury on Monday found only one of six Trump supporters sued in a civil case liable for harassing a Biden-Harris campaign bus nearly four years ago on a Texas highway. The civil case has tested a law that victims of political intimidation can use to try to hold others

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to visit the US-Mexico border while in Arizona on Friday, according to a source familiar with the discussions, as Harris tries to close the gap with former President Donald Trump on the issue of immigration. Details of the visit – which CNN first