Politics

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Three words from Joe Biden’s somber speech about Donald Trump had one man in the back of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel AME Church the most excited: “He’s a loser.” The man, cracking up, poked the woman next to him with a “Can you believe it?” expression on his face. He made the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — As Donald Trump wages a Supreme Court battle to stay on state presidential ballots, a potent contingent of the conservative legal world has united behind him. His new principal attorney for the case, Jonathan Mitchell, is a former Supreme Court clerk connected to the right-wing elite who devised the 2021 Texas abortion ban

By Ella Nilsen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration will pause federal approval for several pending liquified natural gas export projects as it undertakes a broad review of the massive increase in US exports to foreign nations, administration officials announced Friday – roiling the US gas industry and handing a temporary victory to climate

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Despite there being no money left for Ukraine aid, the Defense Department is keeping the training pipeline going, with nearly 1,600 Ukrainian troops currently in US training programs in Europe and the US. At Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany — the US military’s largest training base

WANF, CNN Opinion by Bruce A. Green (CNN) — Editor’s note: Bruce A. Green is the Louis Stein chair at Fordham Law School, where he directs the Stein Center for Law and Ethics. He is a former federal prosecutor in New York. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely his own. View more opinion on CNN.

By MJ Lee and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden was working a photoline backstage on Wednesday after receiving the United Auto Workers’ coveted political endorsement at its’ annual conference in Washington, DC, when a small group of union members supporting a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war approached him. Biden briefly spoke with the members

CNN By Gregory Krieg, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Two days after dominating the New Hampshire GOP’s presidential primary, all but assuring himself a third straight nomination and rematch with President Joe Biden, Donald Trump returned to a Manhattan federal courthouse. The former president took the stand for

By Gregory Krieg, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Two days after dominating the New Hampshire GOP’s presidential primary, all but assuring himself a third straight nomination and rematch with President Joe Biden, Donald Trump returned to a Manhattan federal courthouse. The former president took the stand for what

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Biden administration plans to increase assistance to Ecuador amid growing concerns over the deteriorating security situation in the country, ranging from equipment to deploying personnel, according to a senior administration official. The scale of US assistance to Ecuador underscores the urgency and concern within the Biden administration

By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is growing more defiant in the face of Donald Trump’s efforts to push her out of the 2024 Republican primary race, poking and prodding at the former president and encouraging supporters to wear Trump’s

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s attorneys are joining calls for the dismissal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in the 2020 election subversion case against the former president and his co-defendants in Georgia, pointing to alleged misconduct between Willis and her lead prosecutor. In a filing in Fulton County Superior Court

By Daniel Strauss, Kristen Holmes and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — A Republican National Committee draft resolution that would have formally declared Donald Trump the Republican Party’s 2024 presumptive nominee was withdrawn Thursday amid pushback from the former president. David Bossie, the RNC committeeman from Maryland who recently endorsed Trump and introduced the resolution, withdrew it, according

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Personal Birth date: February 11, 1953 Birth place: Midland, Texas Birth name: John Ellis Bush Father: George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Columba (Garnica Gallo) Bush (February 23, 1974-present)

CNN By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director Bill Burns is expected to meet in the coming days with Israel and Egypt’s intelligence chiefs and the Qatari prime minister to discuss a deal to secure the release of remaining hostages held by Hamas, according to a US official familiar with the plans. The meetings with Mossad

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to President Donald Trump who was convicted of contempt of Congress, has been ordered to report to prison after a judge denied Navarro’s effort to stay out of prison while he appeals the conviction. Navarro was sentenced

By Donald Judd, Betsy Klein and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife, Yuko Kishida, at the White House this April for an official state visit and state dinner, the White House announced Thursday. “The visit will

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett, CNN Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their likely

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — When tax filing season opens on January 29, some taxpayers will have the option of filing their 2023 federal tax returns with a brand new, government-run system. Known as Direct File, the free program will be open on a very limited basis – at first, to federal and