National Politics

By Lauren Fox and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — It was 2022 and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio had just finished debating his Democratic opponent Val Demings when former President Donald Trump was on the line. According to a source familiar with the conversation, Trump was calling to relish in Rubio’s performance, telling the Republican senator that he’d done well and offering

By Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is pardoning US veterans who were convicted by the military over a 60-year period under a military law that banned gay sex, three US officials told CNN. In a statement on Wednesday, Biden said he was “righting an historic wrong” by pardoning service members

By Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Denise Royal and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Aileen Cannon said Tuesday she had “a hard time seeing” any problems with the warrant the FBI obtained to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in the summer of 2022. While she didn’t rule from the bench on the

By Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial has lifted portions of the gag order restricting what the former president can say about witnesses in the trial, such as Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels, two days before Trump will square off against President Joe Biden

By Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems. The change would mark another significant shift in the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy, as the

By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Hunter Biden’s Washington, DC, law license has been suspended, according to a newly released order from a local court that pointed to his recent conviction on three gun crimes. The order was issued by Chief Judge Anna Elizabeth Blackburne-Rigsby of the DC Court of Appeals,

By CNN staff (CNN) — A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. The debate will be the earliest such event in US history. Televised presidential debates between general election candidates

CNN, NBC, POOL, 10TH ST PROD, GETTY IMAGES, BIDEN CAMPAIGN By CNN staff (CNN) — A historic showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is set for Thursday on CNN when the presumptive major party nominees meet for their first debate this election cycle. The debate will be the earliest such event

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith in a filing late Monday night pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s effort to toss the classified documents case against him over how materials found in boxes during the FBI’s 2022 Mar-a-Lago search were handled by investigators. Prosecutors, with several never-before-seen images and a 30-page filing, detailed

By Kayla Tausche, CNN Washington (CNN) — Several top Democrats have issued stark warnings to President Joe Biden’s camp, urging them to spend more time going directly after former President Donald Trump and less time – if any – pointing to the president’s policy record. The reason is simple: Talking about Biden’s policy achievements is

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From a blockbuster Second Amendment decision to a more technical case about retaliatory arrests, sharp disagreements have emerged on the Supreme Court over the reasoning of recent rulings – divisions that could signal an especially fiery end to the current term. Even as the court is sometimes finding wider-than-expected

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Since the Supreme Court reversed constitutional abortion rights two years ago, the conservative majority has avoided referring to that decision while dissenting liberals have at times invoked it in rebuke or to warn of other rights that may fall. Ahead of the dramatic final week of

By Tierney Sneed and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith in a filing late Monday night pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s effort to toss the classified documents case against him over how materials found in boxes during the FBI’s 2022 Mar-a-Lago search were handled by investigators. Prosecutors, with several never-before-seen images and a 30-page filing, detailed the

CNN By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his alleged role in one of the largest US government breaches of classified material, as part of a deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imprisonment

By Dianne Gallagher and Jaide Timm-Garcia, CNN (CNN) — A group of Louisiana parents and civil rights organizations are suing the state over its new law that requires all public classrooms to display the Ten Commandments. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, contends that the legislation violates both US Supreme Court precedent and the First Amendment. House Bill 71, signed by Republican

By Zachary Cohen, Jack Hannah, Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A temporary election worker in Arizona was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Arizona, and Maricopa County specifically, has been a hotbed for

KNXV, MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, CNN By Zachary Cohen, Jack Hannah, Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A temporary election worker in Arizona was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing a security fob and keys from the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center, according to court documents obtained by CNN.

By Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge related to his alleged role in one of the largest US government breaches of classified material, as part of a deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid imprisonment in