Politics

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election. Attorneys for fake electors Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost on

By MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The White House is now “girding for a shutdown” and senior West Wing officials are drawing up plans for which personnel would be deemed “essential” starting on October 1 as the deadline to fund the government is only a handful of days away. Most

CNN By Shawna Mizelle and Gregory Krieg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The political walls are closing in on Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was

CNN By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge has found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, saying the Trumps provided false financial statements for roughly a decade. Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling came days before the civil case involving

By CNN staff (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have cut a deal and are circulating a 79-page short-term spending bill to keep the government open past Saturday, according to a draft obtained by CNN. Read the bill here: The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a

CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Cassidy Hutchinson warned Tuesday that her former boss Donald Trump would not have guardrails if he wins a second term as president, arguing that Trump’s violations of the Constitution after he lost the election in 2020 should be disqualifying from the White House. “I think that Donald Trump

By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A New York judge found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification, a shocking ruling that poses an existential threat to the former president’s financial empire as he runs for a second term in the White

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Wael Hana, an alleged co-conspirator indicted in a bribery scheme with New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, pleaded not guilty and was released on bail in federal court Tuesday. Hana was arrested Tuesday morning at John F. Kennedy International Airport upon his return from Egypt, his attorney Larry

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Cassidy Hutchinson warned Tuesday that her former boss Donald Trump would not have guardrails if he wins a second term as president, arguing that Trump’s violations of the Constitution after he lost the election in 2020 should be disqualifying from the White House. “I think that Donald Trump is

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s younger dog, Commander, bit another US Secret Service agent at the White House Monday evening, CNN has learned, the 11th known biting incident involving the 2-year-old German Shepherd. “Yesterday around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden joined a picket line of autoworkers in Michigan on Tuesday, the historic moment offered a preview of next year’s election and underscored the president’s longtime commitment to a worker-centric economy. Biden was visiting a day ahead of the 2024 Republican frontrunner, former President Donald

Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court delivered a brief but clear message to Alabama on Tuesday: When we said you defied the law, we meant it. It rejected state officials’ plea for emergency intervention in the Republican-led effort to essentially sidestep a ruling from June and maintain

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has called his 2024 opponent Ron DeSantis a “wheelchair over the cliff kind of guy” for supporting then-Rep. Paul Ryan’s 2012 plans to partially privatize Medicare but a review of Trump’s comments by CNN’s KFile show that he supported the same plan

CNN By Ariane de Vogue and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an emergency bid from Alabama, setting the stage for a new congressional map likely to include a second Black majority district to account for the state’s 27% Black population. The one-line order reflects that the feelings on the

By Shawna Mizelle and Gregory Krieg, CNN Washington (CNN) — The political walls are closing in on Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat under a federal indictment accusing him of corruption-related offenses. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s decision on Tuesday to call for Menendez’s resignation, after days of silence on the matter, was a

CNN By Jake Tapper, Jeremy Herb and Makayla Humphrey, CNN Washington (CNN) — In her new book “Enough,” former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson paints the closing days of the Trump White House as even more chaotic and lawless than she previously disclosed in her shocking televised testimony last summer. President Donald Trump lashes out

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Don’t worry, senior citizens. You’ll still get your Social Security checks if the federal government shuts down next week. It’s looking increasingly likely that Congress will not be able to pass the 12 appropriation bills that fund federal agencies before the new fiscal year starts on October 1. If

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys argued in a court filing Monday that a gag order requested by special counsel Jack Smith in the federal 2020 election interference case is unconstitutional, overly broad and an effort to censor the former president during the 2024 presidential race. “The Proposed Gag

CNN By Devan Cole and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Hunter Biden filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against Rudy Giuliani and his former attorney, claiming they caused “total annihilation” of his digital privacy and violated federal and state computer privacy laws through their alleged efforts to hack his devices. In the lawsuit filed in federal