Politics

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — For US Army Capt. Molly Murphy, the hardest part of the Army’s grueling Ranger Course was the very first day. “I did not sleep at all the night before, I was so scared, way in over my head,” she told CNN. Murphy, who currently works as a pediatric intensive

By John Fritze, CNN Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) — A former health care worker was convicted Wednesday of illegally accessing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s medical records in 2019 as she was battling cancer, a move prosecutors claimed was driven by online conspiracy theories about her health. But the jury acquitted Trent Russell of a

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Scott Glover, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania law enforcement officials are accusing acting Secret Service Director Robert Rowe of “misleading the American people” by saying that local snipers at Donald Trump’s rally should have “looked left” and spotted would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Beaver County District

By Jeremy Herb, Scott Glover, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania law enforcement officials are accusing acting Secret Service Director Robert Rowe of “misleading the American people” by saying that local snipers at Donald Trump’s rally should have “looked left” and spotted would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Beaver County District Attorney

CNN By Eric Bradner and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. Trump’s comments at a gathering of Black journalists

CNN By Eric Bradner and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. Trump’s comments at a gathering of Black journalists

By Michael Williams, Alex Marquardt and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — The White House on Wednesday said reports of the assassination of a Hamas political leader in Iran “don’t help with the temperature going down,” while repeating calls for a ceasefire deal that would see the release of hostages held by Hamas. “These reports

CNN Analysis by Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Meet the new Donald Trump, same as the old Donald Trump. The former president’s rant about likely Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ racial identity, headlined by the false and offensive claim that the first Black woman elected vice president “happened to turn Black” only recently, as an act of political expedience,

By Eric Bradner and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his 2024 Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, “happened to turn Black” a few years ago, saying that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity. Trump’s comments at a gathering of Black journalists in

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service protective detail of Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff was involved in an incident Tuesday in which a man caused damage to two of her protective detail’s vehicles in New York City. “On Tuesday afternoon, an individual approached two United States Secret Service vehicles

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford has retired after nearly three decades cooking for five commanders-in-chief and their families, a White House official tells CNN. Comerford, who broke ground as the first woman and person of color to hold the top job in the White House kitchen, arrived at

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jim McGreevey, former governor of New Jersey. Personal Birth date: August 6, 1957 Birth place: Jersey City, New Jersey Birth name: James Edward McGreevey Father: Jack McGreevey, trucking company director Mother: Veronica (Smith) McGreevey, teacher Marriages: Dina (Matos) McGreevey (2000-2008, divorced); Kari (Schutz)

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) – Here’s a look at the life of Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States. Personal Birth date: August 19, 1946 Birth place: Hope, Arkansas Birth name: William Jefferson Blythe III Father: William Blythe Mother: Virginia (Kelley) Blythe Marriage: Hillary (Rodham) Clinton (October 11, 1975-present) Children: Chelsea Victoria, February 27,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have been attacking each other’s health insurance positions, warning what Americans could lose if their rival is elected president in November. “She wants to outlaw private health insurance,” Trump said Friday at the conservative Turning Point Action’s Believers’ Summit in West

CNN By Jeff Zeleny and Eric Bradner, CNN Detroit (CNN) — For Charity Dean, the weight of the presidential race is suddenly a bit heavier as she moves beyond the exhaustion of a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump to a fresh start with Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee. “It’s

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A cyberattack has hit a blood-donation nonprofit that serves hundreds of hospitals in the southeastern US. The hack, which was first reported by CNN, has raised concerns about potential impacts on OneBlood’s service to some hospitals, multiple sources familiar with the matter said, and the incident is being investigated as a potential ransomware

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Bipartisan concern over AI-generated election interference has prompted a patchwork of laws across the country, as state lawmakers seek to blunt the impact of misinformation and keep deepfakes from overwhelming voters. More than a dozen Republican- and Democrat-led states have enacted legislation this year to regulate the use of deepfakes

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on federal agencies and Congress to take actions to curb the flow of fentanyl into the United States – an issue that has been a major theme of GOP attacks on the administration over the southern border. Biden will issue a national

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The hardline approach Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito takes usually gets him what he wants. This year it backfired. Behind the scenes, the conservative justice sought to put a thumb on the scale for states trying to restrict how social media companies filter content. His tactics