Politics

By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for “all

CNN By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for

CNN By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for

By Daniel Dale, Tami Luhby and Ella Nilsen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down with CNN anchor Dana Bash on Thursday for the first formal interview of their campaign. Bash directed most of the questions to Harris. Here is a

By CNN staff (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down exclusively with CNN Thursday for her first interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket. Just days after accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention, Harris answered wide-ranging questions from CNN’s Dana Bash,

CNN By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for

CNN By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Friday that he will not support a ballot referendum to expand abortion access in his home state of Florida just 24 hours after suggesting he might. The rush to clarify his stance followed intense blowback from anti-abortion advocates online, leading to concerns among Republicans that

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy rescued two Iranian mariners in distress last Friday in international waters, US Central Command said in a news release. Sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which is operating in and around the Gulf of Oman, rescued the Iranian civilians from the water. The

By Aaron Pellish and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Thursday he will implement a policy as president that would pay for in vitro fertilization treatments, without specifying how the treatments would be paid for. “I’m announcing today in a major statement that under the Trump administration, your government will pay for, or

CNN By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for

CNN By Eric Bradner and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she was “deeply touched” by a photo of her young grandniece, in pigtails, watching her speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week. Though Harris hasn’t emphasized it — she said she is running to be president for

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Savannah, Georgia (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered her most expansive explanation to date on why she’s changed some of her positions on fracking and immigration, telling CNN’s Dana Bash her values haven’t shifted but that her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Savannah, Georgia (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday offered her most expansive explanation to date on why she’s changed some of her positions on fracking and immigration, telling CNN’s Dana Bash her values haven’t shifted but that her time as vice president provided new perspective on some of the

CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony “were made aware of federal laws” regarding political activity at the cemetery, and “abruptly pushed aside” an employee of the

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of student loan borrowers are in limbo after the Supreme Court kept in place a block on President Joe Biden’s student loan repayment plan. The plan, known as SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education), will be on hold until the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals rules

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and former Donald Trump aide, asked a federal judge on Thursday to release him from prison early as he continues to challenge his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon reported to prison earlier this summer to begin serving a four-month sentence for defying a congressional

CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony “were made aware of federal laws” regarding political activity at the cemetery, and “abruptly pushed aside” an employee of the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Army issued a stark rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign over the incident on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, saying in a statement on Thursday that participants in the ceremony “were made aware of federal laws” regarding political activity at the cemetery, and “abruptly pushed aside” an employee of the cemetery.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A former Pennsylvania police officer whose US Capitol riot criminal case landed at the Supreme Court will go to trial next year, a federal judge said Wednesday. For months, Joseph Fischer’s case was on pause while the high court considered whether one of the charges he

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has continued to mishandle allegations of child sexual abuse in the years after the bureau’s notorious bungling of the investigation into disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, according to an audit by the Justice Department’s inspector general released Thursday. Because of those failures, allegations of sexual abuse against children were left unaddressed for months