National Politics

By Sabrina Souza and Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense team rested its case Wednesday without calling the New Jersey Democrat to the stand in his federal corruption trial. Menendez’s lawyers called five witnesses over two days of testimony, including his sister, sister-in-law and the attorney for a friend of Jose Uribe, the New

By Owen Dahlkamp and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona has become the second sitting Democrat in Congress to call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race, according to an interview with The New York Times. “If he’s the candidate, I’m going to support him, but I

By Jake Tapper and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Three House Democratic lawmakers say they have been besieged with hundreds of texts, phones ringing off the hook and numerous video calls as the party looks to blunt the fallout from President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week and determine what’s next ahead of November.

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — No president has ever needed a public holiday like Joe Biden needs July 4. Biden is battling frantically to save his political career by escalating defiance. But he’s in danger of being swamped by a rising tide against him as more Democrats express doubts that he can

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US announced a new $2.3 billion military aid package for Ukraine on Wednesday, one day after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US would soon provide Kyiv with more air defense interceptors and critical munitions. The new package includes $150 million in artillery rounds, interceptor missiles and anti-tank

By Paula Reid and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is expected to use Monday’s historic Supreme Court decision granting him partial presidential immunity to attack the evidence against him in all four of his criminal cases, according to multiple sources familiar with their strategy. The legal team hailed the

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The Missouri Attorney General petitioned the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday to file a complaint against the state of New York over Donald Trump’s recent criminal conviction – in part arguing the state infringed upon the right of Missouri voters to hear from a presidential candidate. Attorney

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Two Union soldiers from the American Civil War were posthumously awarded with the Medal of Honor by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, more than 160 years after being executed for their part in a daring mission against the Confederacy. “Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson will

By Steve Contorno and Daniel Strauss, CNN (CNN) — The two Republican senators on Donald Trump’s shortlist for potential running mates may have to overcome some political baggage in the form of their home-state governors to get the nod. If Trump picks either Marco Rubio of Florida or JD Vance of Ohio, the senator’s successor would be chosen

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden has privately acknowledged that the next stretch of days are critical to whether he can save his reelection bid for president, making clear to an ally Tuesday that he understands what would prompt him to accept: “It’s just not working.” “He sees the moment. He’s

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the days since President Joe Biden’s disappointing debate performance, a number of Democrats running in competitive districts have expressed their fear to the Biden campaign and the White House that the president remaining at the top of the ticket not only hurts the party’s chances of holding

By Priscilla Alvarez and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ camp is digging in and dismissing calls for her to replace President Joe Biden on the ticket amid escalating calls for the president to step aside and new polling showing the vice president outpacing Biden in a hypothetical race against Donald

CNN By Michael Williams and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Tuesday fended off tough questions about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness, acknowledging his poor performance in last week’s debate while maintaining the president is still able to hold and run for office. “First of all, I want to say, we

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign is releasing a new television ad in battleground states seizing on the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, leveling pointed criticism toward the nation’s highest court and former President Donald Trump. “Nearly 250 years ago, America was founded in defiance of a king, under the belief

By Allison Gordon and Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump is considering him for his vice-presidential pick, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum could play a deciding role in allowing a massive carbon dioxide pipeline project – backed by GOP megadonors who have given to Burgum and Trump’s campaigns – to seize property rights from

By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Just as the Supreme Court was heading into its final arguments of what would become a dramatic and historic term, Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued a plea to her warring colleagues. “This is not the time to amplify disagreement,” Barrett, a conservative and the

CNN By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Denver (CNN) — A couple of weeks ago, there was conversation and conviviality among a bunch of strangers brought together at a bar in Denver by their shared antipathy towards former President Donald Trump. Many were Republicans or former Republicans who were finally in a place where

By Elle Reeve and Samantha Guff, CNN Denver (CNN) — A couple of weeks ago, there was conversation and conviviality among a bunch of strangers brought together at a bar in Denver by their shared antipathy towards former President Donald Trump. Many were Republicans or former Republicans who were finally in a place where they

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Justice Department officials will continue to pursue the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day, even if he wins, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The plan is due to a view that DOJ rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not