National Politics

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Asked at an economic forum Thursday how he would make child care more affordable, former President Donald Trump responded that his plan to hike tariffs would raise enough revenue, without explaining how that would help families. “We are going to be taking in trillions of dollars. And as much as child

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro violated the Hatch Act when he endorsed President Joe Biden while overseas in January, the Office of the Special Counsel found. While speaking in his official capacity at an event at the Royal United Services Institute in the United Kingdom, Del Toro said, “The United Sates and the world

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The recent US indictment of two employees of Russian state-run media network RT underscores a significant shift in the Kremlin’s tactics to influence US elections since 2016, current and former US officials told CNN. Rather than relying on fake accounts and bogus online personas, the current effort alleged in

By John Miller, Mark Morales, Gloria Pazmino and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators on Wednesday seized electronic devices from the homes of several top officials in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, including the powerful police commissioner and two deputy mayors, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe. Sources said investigators from the

By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a schedule in the federal election subversion case against former President Donald Trump that will allow prosecutors to release never-before-seen evidence, such as grand jury transcripts, ahead of the presidential election. The deadline for the filing from prosecutors is September

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The first ballots in the nation are scheduled to start going out Friday in North Carolina, but that could be delayed after a judge ordered a temporary pause on ballot distribution. The ruling came in response to a request from former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Russian-American political pundit Dimitri Simes on Thursday, alleging he was paid more than $1 million from a Russian news outlet in violation of US sanctions. According to the indictment, Simes coordinated and communicated with the Russian government, including President

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Casey Gannon, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden is offering to plead guilty to the nine tax offenses he faces in federal court, without a deal with prosecutors, his attorneys said in court Thursday. Biden had earlier attempted to resolve his federal tax evasion case

By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN Washington (CNN) — It didn’t take long after Thursday’s hearing in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump – the first proceeding before Judge Tanya Chutkan since the Supreme Court granted the former president some immunity in the prosecution – for the trial judge to decide a

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump promoted her upcoming memoir Thursday, saying in a new video that she feels “a responsibility to clarify the facts.” “Writing this memoir has been a deeply and reflective journey for me. As a private person who has often been the subject of public scrutiny

By Marshall Cohen, Emma Tucker, Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Casey Gannon, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to all nine charges in his federal tax case, in a surprise move on the day that an agonizing weekslong trial was supposed to begin. District Judge Mark Scarsi accepted the guilty plea after a dramatic and

By Alayna Treene, Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco, Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump unveiled a slate of new economic plans Thursday, including the creation of a government efficiency commission that he said Elon Musk has agreed to lead if the former president is elected in November. “At the suggestion of Elon

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual assortment of long-debunked false claims in an appearance on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. But one of the false claims was new. Trump, who has repeatedly insulted the intelligence of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — The murders of six more Israeli hostages marked a critical new moment for Doug Emhoff, who’s speaking out on his own and Kamala Harris’ behalf, as only a Jewish American and the spouse of a presidential candidate can. “In light of the retraumatizing of the tragedy of the weekend, speaking

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith will be before Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday for the first hearing in the federal election subversion case since prosecutors revised their indictment to try to bring their case in line with a Supreme Court ruling

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to stop his sentencing until the judges can hear the former president’s legal argument to move the hush money case into federal court. The last-ditch request comes after a federal judge rejected Trump’s motion to move the state case into federal court

By Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A prospective hostage and ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is 90% completed, but disputes remain over the exchange of prisoners for hostages and the redeployment of Israeli forces in Gaza, according to a senior US administration official and others familiar with the matter.