Politics

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

By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee, Kylie Atwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — For months, frustrated American officials looking to end the war in Gaza have mused quietly about the one scenario they believed could loosen deadlocked ceasefire talks: the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be hiding deep underneath Gaza in the group’s

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An independent panel of former law enforcement officials appointed under Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recommended a complete overhaul of Secret Service leadership after reviewing the agency’s security failures that led to the near assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania this summer. In one of the most

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned on Thursday that “deeply misguided” proposals for sweeping tariffs would ramp up inflation and hurt American businesses, offering a clear critique of former President Donald Trump’s economic policy. The warning, delivered during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City,

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — Over the course of President Joe Biden’s term, he’s held dozens of calls and multiple face-to-face meetings with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, all with the goal of deepening a relationship based on democratic ideals and shared values. In return, Scholz spent considerable political capital on Biden’s behalf: Releasing a

By Marshall Cohen, Danya Gainor, Alison Main, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Casey Tolan and Bob Ortega, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen Republicans who were “fake electors” in 2020, including several facing criminal charges, are serving as former President Donald Trump’s official electors in battleground states this year, according to a CNN survey. Another 16 GOP

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — With less than three weeks before the November election, the Biden-Harris administration is reminding voters how it has delivered a historic amount of student debt relief even as Republicans have challenged several of its efforts in court and balked at the costs. Another round of forgiveness was announced

By Tierney Sneed, Alayna Treene and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — An overseas ballot process that has long been seen as sacrosanct by both parties, due to its connection to US military members serving in foreign countries, is the target of multiple GOP-backed lawsuits filed in recent days. The new legal assault comes as ballots

CNN By Gregory Krieg and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ pets, using a town hall with undecided Latino voters to prop up misinformation that has been rejected by local and statewide leaders from both parties.

By Oren Liebermann, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers. The facilities housed advanced conventional weapons used to target military and civilian vessels

By Eric Bradner, Priscilla Alvarez and Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris turned questions about her nearly four years in office into attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump’s record in a heated interview Wednesday on Fox News, her first appearance on the conservative network, as she courts disaffected Republican and independent voters.

CNN Analysis by Brian Stelter, CNN New York (CNN) — Interviewers make a choice every time they sit down with a newsmaker and start to ask questions. Do they start by warming their subject up or go straight for the jugular? Fox News anchor Bret Baier chose one way when interviewing former President Donald Trump

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state. Among the rules Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox said violated state law are two

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Four months after the Supreme Court tossed out a high-profile challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone, and as abortion access is a major flashpoint in the presidential election, three conservative states are following through on a promise to bring the issue back to the forefront with a new lawsuit. The states –

CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice presidential candidate JD Vance said “no” former president Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election “by the words” the Ohio Republican would use, when asked Wednesday what message it sends to independent voters that he has not directly answered that question. “On the election of 2020,