Politics

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and scores of other GOP lawmakers threw their support behind Donald Trump on Thursday as they asked the US Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court ruling removing him from that state’s ballot. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) — The two Georgia election workers who won a nearly $150 million judgment against Rudy Giuliani accused the former Trump lawyer and New York mayor in a court filing Thursday of unfairly taking advantage of the bankruptcy system. Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss tried to collect on some of

By Oren Liebermann and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden conceded Thursday that strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are not deterring the groups’ attacks in the Red Sea, as the military carried out further strikes against the group in Yemen. The fifth US attack on Houthi assets in a week targeted a small

By Kate Sullivan and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday said presidents of the United States should have full immunity from prosecution even if they “cross the line” while in office, pushing his claims even further as he awaits a highly anticipated ruling from a federal appeals court in Washington

By Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House Homeland Security Committee plans to vote on January 31 on an impeachment resolution of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, moving closer to making him just the second Cabinet secretary in history to be charged with a high crime and misdemeanor. A source familiar

By Arlette Saenz and Nikki Carvajal, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to make their first joint campaign appearance of 2024 next week as they look to lay out how abortion rights are at stake in November’s election. Biden and Harris, along with first lady Jill Biden and

By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday, averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week after lawmakers raced the clock ahead of a key Friday deadline. The bill will now be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

CNN, POOL, SENATE TV, HOUSE TV By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson, Ted Barrett and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday, averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week after lawmakers raced the clock ahead of a key Friday deadline. The bill will now be sent to President Joe

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s recent decision to take a case challenging how the Justice Department prosecutes January 6 rioters has already put on hold several rioters’ sentencings and could affect hundreds more cases — including Donald Trump’s. If the challenge is successful, the Supreme Court could potentially wipe away two

By Arlette Saenz and Betsy Klein, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and his campaign are eyeing a plan to put North Carolina as a potential pickup opportunity in November as the president brought his economic pitch to Raleigh on Thursday. Biden visited the Tar Heel State on official “Bidenomics” business, announcing $82 million

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley is set to participate in a CNN town hall Thursday just days before a New Hampshire primary that the onetime South Carolina governor hopes will shake loose former President Donald Trump’s hold on the 2024 Republican race. Haley’s campaign has long viewed the Granite State — where

CNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES, CHRISTINE CORNELL, TRUTH SOCIAL @REALDONALDTRUMP By Eric Bradner and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is seeking to deliver a knockout blow to Nikki Haley in New Hampshire’s Republican primary, deploying racist dog whistles against the onetime South Carolina governor as the former president ramps up his campaign schedule and hammers his rival on the airwaves.

CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet Thursday with families of the Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, a White House official told CNN. Several families of American hostages are in Washington, DC, this week around the 100-day mark of their loved ones being taken after Hamas’ attack on

By Morgan Rimmer and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson refused Wednesday night to commit to putting a Senate-passed immigration deal on the House floor, warning that “the devil is in the details.” “I don’t yet know what they’re going to propose. There’s been lots of rumors about it, but I’m very

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Kristin Wilson, CNN US Capitol Police are investigating comments allegedly made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone in the weeks before the 2020 election in which he appears to discuss assassinating two well-known House Democrats, two sources familiar with the probe confirmed to CNN. The FBI is also involved in

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Wealthy business entities and conservative advocates have been building toward this Supreme Court moment for decades. And now with three appointees of former President Donald Trump on the bench, their goal appears within reach, and the regulatory world could be turned on its head. Justices who’ve

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet Thursday with families of the Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, a White House official told CNN. Several families of American hostages are in Washington, DC, this week around the 100-day mark of their loved ones being taken after Hamas’ attack on Israel on

By Annie Grayer, CNN Hunter Biden’s art gallery dealer told House investigators that the president’s son initially requested to know who bought his art, raising questions about White House statements about an ethics agreement surrounding the earnings, according to a transcript of the interview reviewed by CNN. Georges Bergés testified that his initial 2020 contract with the president’s son included a

By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out another round of strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, according to three US officials and US Central Command, marking the fourth time the US has struck the Iran-backed rebel group in less than a week. The US targeted 14 Houthi missile launchers used to attack international shipping lanes, CENTCOM

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Days before the New Hampshire primary, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has retreated from waging an aggressive campaign in the Granite State, leaving the airwaves to his rivals and abruptly shifting his presidential campaign to South Carolina in an urgent move to salvage his White House bid. The move comes as a