National Politics

By Betsy Klein and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A top US official indicated that the Biden administration was unaware of reported conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Donald Trump since Trump left office – but suggested that such calls would “raise red flags.” Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reported in a new book that

By Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump, revealing snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president. Most of

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Brussels (CNN) — The imminent US presidential election hung over a meeting of NATO defense chiefs this week, as NATO allies braced for US support for Ukraine to shrink over the next year if Donald Trump wins even as Iran, North Korea and China step up their military aid to Russia.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in front of reporters on Thursday to deliver a statement about the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the moment was a product of some careful choreography. Harris was the first US official to say anything on camera about the monumental occasion. President

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is lying about a whole bunch of topics in the final month of the presidential election. But he is lying most frequently, by far, about immigration. Trump’s October rally speeches and interviews have featured a dizzying barrage of false claims on the subject –

By Steve Contorno and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Over the first half of October, former President Donald Trump and his allies poured more than $21 million into television ads attacking Vice President Kamala Harris over her past support of certain rights for transgender people – a message they have spread during nationally televised NFL games, college football broadcasts

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night insulted Vice President Kamala Harris’ family, repeatedly mispronounced her name and complained about how badly he was treated during his presidency, drawing occasional cheers and some laughs from a friendly crowd at the Al Smith charity dinner. Trump’s monologue at the

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night insulted Vice President Kamala Harris’ family, repeatedly mispronounced her name and complained about how badly he was treated during his presidency, drawing occasional cheers and some laughs from a friendly crowd at the Al Smith charity dinner. Trump’s monologue at the storied

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — State and national Republicans on Thursday appealed a Georgia judge’s ruling striking down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two related to the state’s election certification process that Democrats say would inject “chaos” into the critical battleground state after Election Day. Attorneys for the

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of perching behind a chain-linked fence bordering Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle, allegedly waiting for a clear shot at the former president, is asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse herself. Judge Aileen Cannon, who also presided over Trump’s classified documents case

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to pause the public release of documents from the Justice Department in the 2020 election subversion case against him, saying that withholding it could be seen as election interference. The former president’s attorneys asked the judge, Tanya Chutkan, to hold off on releasing the

By Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Lebanese nationals residing in the United States will be granted a form of humanitarian relief, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday, citing ongoing armed conflict and conditions in Lebanon. The Biden administration’s move to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon in light of the ongoing

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Election Day is November 5, but Americans across the country are already casting ballots. It’s a complicated process to elect an American president that pivots from voters in states in November to electoral votes counted on Capitol Hill in January. Let us know what’s on your mind so

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — For months, frustrated American officials looking to end the war in Gaza have mused quietly about the one scenario they believed could loosen deadlocked ceasefire talks: the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be hiding deep underneath Gaza in the group’s

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. In one of the most

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Thursday that “deeply misguided” proposals for sweeping tariffs would ramp up inflation and hurt American businesses, offering a clear critique of former President Donald Trump’s economic policy. The warning, delivered during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City,

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Over the course of President Joe Biden’s term, he’s held dozens of calls and multiple face-to-face meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, all with the goal of deepening a relationship based on democratic ideals and shared values. In return, Scholz spent considerable political capital on Biden’s behalf: Releasing a

By Marshall Cohen, Danya Gainor, Alison Main, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Casey Tolan and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump’s official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey. Another 16 GOP

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — With less than three weeks before the November election, the Biden-Harris administration is reminding voters how it has delivered a historic amount of student debt relief even as Republicans have challenged several of its efforts in court and balked at the costs. Another round of forgiveness was announced

By Tierney Sneed, Alayna Treene and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — An overseas ballot process that has long been seen as sacrosanct by both parties, due to its connection to US military members serving in foreign countries, is the target of multiple GOP-backed lawsuits filed in recent days. The new legal assault comes as ballots