Politics

By Erin Burnett and Francesca Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Best-selling author and life coach Tony Robbins was among the first people Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approached in late 2023 about being the independent presidential candidate’s running mate, according to a source familiar with the conversations. The source said Kennedy approached Robbins at least twice. Robbins

By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen and adult film star Stormy Daniels will be allowed to testify at the former president’s New York criminal trial, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Juan Merchan denied a motion from Trump’s attorneys to prevent Cohen and Daniels – two key witnesses

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — A former NYPD aide is suing New York City Mayor Eric Adams, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1993 while they both worked for the Transit Bureau when he demanded sexual acts in exchange for helping her get a promotion she was previously denied, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The plaintiff in the lawsuit

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The foundation that selected SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch and other honorees as recipients of an award named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced Monday it is canceling its award ceremony after receiving pushback from the late justice’s family. Julie Opperman, chair of the Opperman Foundation,

By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely blocked Texas from enforcing an immigration law that would allow state officials to arrest and detain people they suspect of entering the country illegally. The so-called administrative stay will remain in place while the court considers emergency appeals from the

By Jason Morris and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and seven of his co-defendants in the Georgia 2020 election subversion case are seeking an immediate appeal of last week’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the sprawling racketeering case. To appeal the matter immediately –

CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.”

CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.”

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president. “I was completely sure that I was gonna die,” Daniels says in a documentary released Monday on Peacock called “Stormy.” Daniels said

By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro hopes to spend his next few months working in air conditioning and sleeping in a dormitory for “elderly” male inmates at a prison next to a zoo. Navarro, 74, must report to prison on Tuesday after the

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson said Monday he will not endorse Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for president, nor would he vote for President Joe Biden in November. “I have not endorsed Donald Trump for president, and I will not do so,” the former Arkansas governor wrote

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants MOHELA (Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority) to answer for the problems student loan borrowers faced – including inaccurate bills and hourslong hold times on the phone – when the pandemic-related payment pause ended in the fall. In a letter first shared with CNN and

By Kristen Holmes and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s team is in discussions with Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman whom he later pardoned, to potentially help with the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, three sources familiar with the ongoing conversations told CNN. Manafort, who was one of several individuals who

By Brian Fung and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared deeply skeptical of arguments by two conservative states that the First Amendment bars the government from pressuring social media platforms to remove online misinformation. In more than 90 minutes of oral arguments that occasionally veered into the justices’ personal frustrations

By Kevin Liptak and Nikki Carvajal, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden spoke by phone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, their first known interaction in more than a month as a rift deepens between the two men over the war in Gaza. During the call, the White House said the leaders discussed

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — When former President Donald Trump was in the White House, he proudly referred to himself as a “Tariff Man” – and he has no intention of retiring that self-proclaimed title if reelected. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of imposing a 10% tariff on every good coming into

CNN By Jake Tapper, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — C.J. Rice is a free man, and as of Monday morning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officially considers him legally innocent of the crime he was convicted of in 2013. This morning, Judge James Eisenhower, in room 805 in the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, granted the motion offered by District Attorney Larry

By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters to

CNN By Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump can’t find an insurance company to underwrite his bond to cover the massive judgment against him in the New York attorney general’s civil fraud case, his lawyers told a New York appeals court. Trump’s attorneys said he has approached 30 underwriters