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By Aaron Pellish and Kylie Atwood, CNN Hilton Head, South Carolina (CNN) — On a cool February night in this popular enclave for tourists and retirees to enjoy warmer winters, hundreds of Nikki Haley supporters packed into a restaurant where the former South Carolina governor repeated a familiar line. “Don’t you think it’s time we had

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again taking the pharmaceutical industry to task, issuing a report Tuesday that highlights the cost of three blockbuster drugs that are far pricier in the US than in other countries. The differences are striking. The annual list price of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Eliquis, a

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Few critical US democratic institutions have escaped unsullied from a tangle with Donald Trump. Now, the US Supreme Court faces its greatest test so far from the former president. On Thursday, the nine justices will hear a case with critical implications for the 2024 election – over

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — A lot of smart people predicted this day would never come. This day being Thursday, when the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether to disqualify former President Donald Trump from office because of the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The justices are reviewing a landmark decision from Colorado’s

By Nikki Carvajal, MJ Lee and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden would veto a proposed standalone aid package for Israel, the White House said Monday, as House Republicans look to tank a long-awaited bipartisan Senate border deal that would include aid to US allies. “The Administration spent months working with a bipartisan group

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley has applied for US Secret Service protection because of threats she is facing as the only remaining GOP presidential candidate competing with former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination, Haley’s campaign spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The campaign did not detail when the request was made. There were reports

By Daniel Dale and Kate Sullivan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Monday that he didn’t endorse Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, the primary Republican negotiator of a bipartisan immigration bill that Trump has sharply criticized. In an interview on Monday, right-wing radio host Dan Bongino noted to Trump that

By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US officials said Monday that Iraq was not notified ahead of a series of strikes on Iran-linked targets in the country, contradicting earlier statements that the Iraqi government was notified before the strikes occurred. “As for this specific response on Friday, there was not a pre-notification.

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN A major bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package appears on track to fail in the Senate later this week one day after its release amid relentless attacks from former President Donald Trump and top House Republicans. Republicans opposed to the deal, including Trump, have attacked

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday urged the Supreme Court to keep his name on Colorado’s ballot, accusing his challengers of pursuing an “anti-democratic” legal case against him, in the final written argument he’s expected to make before the justices hear oral arguments in the case this week. “He is the

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — With 91 criminal charges brought against Donald Trump last year in four different cases and a looming verdict in a civil case that threatens his business empire, the former president must contend with both the campaign trail and the courtroom in a way that’s never been seen in American

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year’s presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And looking ahead, most expect Trump to pardon himself of

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she intends to file for reelection for her House seat, a rare move in that she reversed her decision last year to retire from Congress. “Deciding where your duty lies – family, work, or country, is never an easy task. Earlier last year, I decided to take

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is overseeing one of the smallest House majorities in history as Congress confronts contentious fights over immigration, impeachment and government funding. The narrowly divided House majority is shifting again as a result of a new vacancy. Republicans control 219 seats

By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Great Neck, New York (CNN) — President Joe Biden carried New York’s 3rd Congressional District by 8 points just four years ago. The freshman GOP congressman here, George Santos, was expelled from the House after a damning scandal. Then Democratic bosses made a safe choice by selecting a

By Philip Wang, CNN (CNN) — A former Trump administration official who was shot in a deadly string of carjackings in Washington, DC, earlier last week died Saturday, the DC Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. Michael Gill, 56, was inside his vehicle parked at Mount Vernon Square on Monday when the suspect, identified

CNN staff (CNN) — On Sunday night, senators unveiled a long-awaited border deal and foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine and Israel, paving the way for a key vote in the chamber. Read the text of the bill here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump suggested in an interview aired Sunday that he thought there would likely be changes at the Republican National Committee, which is led by Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. “I think she did great when she ran Michigan for me. I think she did OK initially in the RNC. I would

By Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The Senate’s border deal and foreign aid package, released Sunday, would implement strict limits along the US southern border that have not been previously enshrined into law and would, in effect, severely curtail asylum at the US southern border, a break from decades-long protocol. If passed,