Politics

By Eric Bradner, Kate Sullivan and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump collided Friday in Michigan, both barnstorming the state as they wage a tight battle for its potentially decisive 15 Electoral College votes. The two converged on vote-rich Oakland County, northwest of Detroit – where an increasingly educated, diverse population

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US Army boats, which carried out the temporary Gaza pier mission earlier this year, are poorly maintained and largely unprepared to meet the military’s growing mission in the Pacific, a new government oversight report said this week. The Government Accountability Office released a report on Wednesday that concluded there are “wide-ranging”

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is in talks with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to join him on the trail in the final days of the 2024 race as he seeks to broaden his appeal among female voters, two sources familiar with the

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump, revealing snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president. Most

By Betsy Klein and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A top US official indicated that the Biden administration was unaware of reported conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Donald Trump since Trump left office – but suggested that such calls would “raise red flags.” Veteran journalist Bob Woodward reported in a new book that

By Jeremy Herb, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday released nearly 2,000 heavily redacted pages of documents in his 2020 election subversion criminal case against former President Donald Trump, revealing snippets of the evidence Smith relied on to charge the former president. Most of

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN Brussels (CNN) — The imminent US presidential election hung over a meeting of NATO defense chiefs this week, as NATO allies braced for US support for Ukraine to shrink over the next year if Donald Trump wins even as Iran, North Korea and China step up their military aid to Russia.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When Vice President Kamala Harris stepped in front of reporters on Thursday to deliver a statement about the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the moment was a product of some careful choreography. Harris was the first US official to say anything on camera about the monumental occasion. President

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is lying about a whole bunch of topics in the final month of the presidential election. But he is lying most frequently, by far, about immigration. Trump’s October rally speeches and interviews have featured a dizzying barrage of false claims on the subject –

By Steve Contorno and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Over the first half of October, former President Donald Trump and his allies poured more than $21 million into television ads attacking Vice President Kamala Harris over her past support of certain rights for transgender people – a message they have spread during nationally televised NFL games, college football broadcasts

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night insulted Vice President Kamala Harris’ family, repeatedly mispronounced her name and complained about how badly he was treated during his presidency, drawing occasional cheers and some laughs from a friendly crowd at the Al Smith charity dinner. Trump’s monologue at the storied

CNN By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday night insulted Vice President Kamala Harris’ family, repeatedly mispronounced her name and complained about how badly he was treated during his presidency, drawing occasional cheers and some laughs from a friendly crowd at the Al Smith charity dinner. Trump’s monologue at the

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — State and national Republicans on Thursday appealed a Georgia judge’s ruling striking down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two related to the state’s election certification process that Democrats say would inject “chaos” into the critical battleground state after Election Day. Attorneys for the

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of perching behind a chain-linked fence bordering Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle, allegedly waiting for a clear shot at the former president, is asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse herself. Judge Aileen Cannon, who also presided over Trump’s classified documents case

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to pause the public release of documents from the Justice Department in the 2020 election subversion case against him, saying that withholding it could be seen as election interference. The former president’s attorneys asked the judge, Tanya Chutkan, to hold off on releasing the

By Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Lebanese nationals residing in the United States will be granted a form of humanitarian relief, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday, citing ongoing armed conflict and conditions in Lebanon. The Biden administration’s move to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Lebanon in light of the ongoing

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Election Day is November 5, but Americans across the country are already casting ballots. It’s a complicated process to elect an American president that pivots from voters in states in November to electoral votes counted on Capitol Hill in January. Let us know what’s on your mind so