National Politics

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — As Kamala Harris pivots to the political center in her campaign for president, a 2019 questionnaire from a leading civil rights organization spotlights her past support for left-wing causes such as taxpayer-funded gender transition surgeries for detained immigrants and federal prisoners. In an American Civil Liberties Union questionnaire then-Sen. Harris filled out

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance continue to falsely describe how one of their major policy proposals, across-the-board tariffs, would work. Trump has falsely, and repeatedly, claimed that China – not US importers – pay the tariff. At a rally in Arizona

By Ebony Davis and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Several retired military officials issued a letter in support of Vice President Kamala Harris as Republicans attempt to tie her to the chaotic 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “Vice President Kamala Harris is the best – and only – presidential candidate in this race who is fit to

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Sunday he will vote for a ballot measure in Florida that would legalize adult recreational marijuana use – a position that puts him at odds with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republican leaders in the state. “As I have previously stated, I believe

By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The once-wonky Georgia State Election Board has burst into the limelight this year as a new Republican majority – made up of a retired obstetrician, a former state senator who put out feelers for a Trump administration job and a right-wing media personality – push ahead

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Republicans and Democrats released dueling documents on the deadly August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, with Republicans accusing President Joe Biden of demanding a US exit no matter the cost and claiming his administration prioritized optics over personnel security. The reports come as former President

By Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, Alayna Treene and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The most important moment in the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump comes this week, as the vice president prepares for what could be her only opportunity to directly confront a former president whose political dominance she is pledging to end.

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The world knows what kind of a debater former President Donald Trump is: loose with the facts, quick with an insult and confident to the extreme. But what about Vice President Kamala Harris? While her 2020 presidential campaign barely registered – she ended her campaign in

By Kate Sullivan and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened prosecution and “long term prison sentences” for election officials and political operatives, who he suggested could cheat in the 2024 election, if he again wins the presidency in November. Trump, again falsely claiming Democrats engaged in fraudulent behavior in

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — When the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing on Friday to highlight the impact border security issues have on local communities, the latest installment of an ongoing series, Vice President Kamala Harris was underlying their line of attack for the first time. Four months ago, when the

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Priscilla Alvarez and Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris has met more than 150 world leaders since becoming vice president. But a July sit-down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu felt different. Coming days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and as

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — Across the country, federal courts are buckling under an ever-increasing caseload in the absence of long-awaited congressional action that would add judges to match a significant growth in litigation over the last several decades. It’s been 34 years since lawmakers last passed a comprehensive bill increasing the number

By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Sen. Bob Casey is bracing for a GOP onslaught. After a summer where he and his GOP opponent, David McCormick, have engaged in a brutal exchange of attacks in the marquee US Senate race in Pennsylvania, leaving the race in a dead heat,

By Kate Sullivan and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for “modifying” the 25th Amendment to allow for the removal of a vice president who “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president,” a political nonstarter and the latest escalation of his attacks on President

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova, CNN London (CNN) — CIA chief Bill Burns said Saturday he hoped to have a “more detailed” hostage and ceasefire proposal to put before Israel and Hamas negotiators in the coming days, but stressed that its success would come down to “political will” on their part.

CNN By Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes and Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — When Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris walk onstage at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia next week, it will be their first in-person encounter — a moment each has been mulling as they prepare with advisers for the high-stakes moment.

By Arit John and Dianne Gallagher, CNN Charlotte, North Carolina (CNN) — Larissa Miller spent the early years of her life steeped in evangelical communities. She attended an evangelical high school and college and spent more than 16 years working for the association tied to one of the best-known evangelists of the last century, Billy

CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over fellow Republican Donald Trump in the November election, warning that the former president “can never be trusted with power again.” “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani national with allegedly plotting to attack Jews in New York on the anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks in Israel. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was going to carry out the attack in support of ISIS, prosecutors allege, and told an undercover