Politics

By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky. The incident is similar to an episode McConnell experienced at the US Capitol late last month and is likely to raise additional

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sentencing hearings for two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys group have been rescheduled after the judge canceled Wednesday’s proceedings because of a medical issue, multiple sources tell CNN. Enrique Tarrio and Ethan Nordean, both of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy over efforts to

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will not be able to argue before a jury at his contempt of Congress trial next week that the former president asserted privilege to shield him from a House January 6 committee subpoena, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Navarro

By Alayna Treene (CNN) — House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Rep. Byron Donalds, a GOP member on the committee, sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration on Wednesday requesting documents regarding Hunter Biden’s use of Air Force Two and Marine Two while Joe Biden was vice president. The request follows a

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice (CNN) — A federal judge has determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost a defamation lawsuit from two Georgia election workers against him after he failed to provide information sought in subpoenas. The decision could lead to significant penalties for the former Donald Trump attorney. In court in

By Manu Raju, Chief Congressional Correspondent (CNN) — Mike Rogers, the former GOP congressman who chaired the House Intelligence Committee, is expected to soon announce he will run for the Senate in Michigan, giving Republican leaders a key recruit in a state Democrats need to hold to keep their narrow majority, according to two people

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Family members of the 13 US service members killed two years ago in the Abbey Gate bombing during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan demanded accountability and answers from the Biden administration on Tuesday in emotional testimony about the withdrawal and their losses. “Jared, David, Nicole, Taylor, Ryan, Hunter, Riley,

CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Family members of the 13 US service members killed two years ago in the Abbey Gate bombing during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan demanded accountability and answers from the Biden administration on Tuesday in emotional testimony about the withdrawal and their losses. “Jared, David, Nicole, Taylor, Ryan, Hunter,

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When Donald Trump urged the judge in his federal election subversion case to set his trial for April 2026 earlier this month, he cited a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys cases to bolster his argument that special counsel Jack Smith isn’t giving

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — When Donald Trump urged the judge in his federal election subversion case to set his trial for April 2026 earlier this month, he cited a landmark Supreme Court decision concerning the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys cases to bolster his argument that special counsel Jack Smith isn’t giving him

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — With the eyes of the country on Hurricane Idalia as it spins toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential ambitions are also under the spotlight as he puts his campaign on hold to manage the crisis at home. DeSantis flew back to Tallahassee from Iowa on Saturday

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The University of Michigan has been without full internet access for two days after staff shut the school’s connections down in response to a “significant [cyber]security concern” on the eve of the new school year. The internet shutdown affected campus IT systems used for research and fundraising, and could

By Brianna Keilar and Margaret Given (CNN) — Last year, Eddie Peterson lost consciousness at his home in Memphis and stopped breathing. His wife, Lori, saved his life, performing CPR on him until paramedics arrived. Peterson has Parkinson’s. His 76-year-old body is failing him, and has been for decades, but his mind is almost as

By Tierney Sneed (CNN) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have previewed that they will be seeking to launch several legal maneuvers to gum up the federal election subversion case that has been brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. Whether the gambits push back the swift timeline US District Judge Tanya Chutkan

By Sara Murray, CNN (CNN) — Sidney Powell, an attorney involved in Donald Trump’s post-election legal challenges, entered a not guilty plea and said she would waive her arraignment in the case in Fulton County, according to a new court filing. Powell was charged along with Trump and 17 other co-defendants in a sprawling racketeering

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — One day after lawyers for former President Donald Trump appeared in Washington, DC’s federal courthouse to delay his trial on charges of election subversion, three US Capitol Police officers addressed a federal judge and recounted in personal terms what they endured when a pro-Trump mob descended

By Kit Maher and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN (CNN) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he was ending his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, becoming the first major candidate to do so. “While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for