CNN – US Politics

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Liberty arrived at the White House seeking justice. President Joe Biden presided over the annual White House Thanksgiving tradition of the turkey pardon Monday, sparing Liberty, a 42.5-pound turkey, and Bell, 42.1 pounds, in a brief respite from the global crises facing his administration. Liberty and Bell were roasted

By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is marking his 81st birthday milestone Monday with a low-key family celebration as he braces for a strenuous election year ahead. But even as the first family keeps the celebrations muted and out-of-sight, the moment nevertheless highlights his greatest campaign liability – his advanced

By Alex Marquardt and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — A recent draft of a possible deal to secure the release of hostages that Hamas is holding in Gaza proposes a four- to five-day pause in fighting for the initial release of 50 hostages, two sources familiar with the talks told CNN. An agreement has yet to

CNN By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to the Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side

CNN By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to The Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side

By Keith Allen and Kate Andersen Brower, CNN (CNN) — Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age of 96, according to The Carter Center. Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side at

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Sunday refused to directly condemn Elon Musk for publicly endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists. The Florida governor first told CNN’s Jake Tapper he did not see the comment, which Musk responded to on X Wednesday, but said Musk has

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Joe Biden is marking his 81st birthday milestone Monday with a low-key family celebration as he braces for a strenuous election year ahead. But even as the first family keeps the celebrations muted and out-of-sight, the moment nevertheless highlights his greatest campaign liability – his

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday the presidency is “not a job for somebody that is pushing 80” as he sought to contrast his youth relative to former President Donald Trump, 77, and President Joe Biden, who turns 81 on Monday. DeSantis, 45, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will test the limits of his free speech rights Monday when he argues to a Washington, DC, appeals court that a gag order placed on him in his federal election subversion criminal case is not constitutionally sound. The high-stakes hearing before the US DC Circuit

By Manu Raju and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Gary Peters already had what seemed like an impossible task: Holding Democrats’ razor-thin Senate majority while defending twice as many incumbents as Republicans – all with limited pick-up opportunities and with two Democrats at risk in states former President Donald Trump won in 2020. Then, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced

By Priscilla Alvarez and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Negotiations to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas are close and the disagreements among parties have narrowed amid intensive talks, deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday. “We think that we are closer than we have been perhaps at any point since these negotiations began

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden tends to brush off bad polls and insist that there are eight that show him beating Donald Trump for every two that show him losing. Vice President Kamala Harris, confronted with those same polls, is much less dismissive. “We’re going to have to earn our reelect, there’s no

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Sunday visited Texas near the US-Mexico border as he escalates his anti-immigrant rhetoric and campaigns on hard-line immigration policy proposals. During the visit, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination received the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “We need Donald J. Trump

By Aileen Graef, Priscilla Alvarez and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden called for a stop to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank in an op-ed published Saturday, signaling that the US is prepared to issue visa bans, and again committed to pursuing a state for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. “This much is

By Alayna Treene and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Saturday, a day after a Colorado court rejected efforts to ban him from the state’s 2024 ballot. While the Colorado judge ruled Friday that Trump “engaged in an insurrection,” she found that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. “Today,

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is setting up a legal defense fund as the FBI and the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York continue a wide-ranging public corruption investigation into his 2021 campaign. Unlike typical campaign donation accounts, the fund will be monitored by

By Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — Donald Trump’s legal team wrapped up the first week of his defense case in the New York civil fraud trial as it continues to build the former president’s defense around experts who offered a different interpretation of the rules the attorney general says Trump and his business

CNN Analysis by Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Colorado judge on Friday issued a stunning ruling that fell just short of removing Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. The 102-page decision was a win for Trump, but it read more like a condemnation. Nonetheless, it’s the latest legal victory for the GOP