Politics

By Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Ray Smith, one of the 19 defendants in the election interference case in Fulton County, Georgia, has waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty, according to a new court filing. Smith is the first defendant in the case to enter a plea. “It

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who became known as “Joe the Plumber” after pushing then-Sen. Barack Obama on his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, has died, according to his family. He was 49. “When I met Joe he was already known by everyone else as ‘Joe the Plumber’

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday marked the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington while issuing a stark warning about the rise of extremism in the United States in the wake of the racist shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, this weekend. “A lot’s happening around things you wouldn’t think would

By Sam Fossum (CNN) — The Biden administration made its most detailed argument to date on the benefits of organized labor with a potential autoworkers’ strike looming as negotiations between the United Auto Workers and auto companies continue and the president works to convince Americans to support his “Bidenomics” vision. The report, which Vice President

By Jeremy Herb, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A trial date was set Monday for former President Donald Trump right in the middle of the 2024 presidential primary calendar, while Trump’s former chief of staff took the stand in Georgia in what amounted to a mini-trial in the

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress criminal case on Monday called his defense arguments “pretty weak sauce,” injecting last-minute uncertainty into how the former Donald Trump adviser will be able to defend himself during his upcoming trial. Navarro, Trump’s one-time trade adviser, testified Monday in

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Monday rolled out his education and technology plan, arguing that, under President Joe Biden, the role of parents has been minimized in decisions over childhood education and social media habits. The plan, which mirrors broader Republican efforts to target race and gender issues

By Sam Fossum (CNN) — President Joe Biden will travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 10 following the Group of 20 summit in India to meet with General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other leaders, according to the White House. “The leaders will explore opportunities to promote the growth of a technology-focused and innovation-driven Vietnamese

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled extreme weather. The new money, which will come from Congress’s bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, is being announced just as the agency is

By Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and top Republicans have begun to strategize about how to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden this fall – the latest sign that the House GOP is seriously laying the groundwork to initiate rare proceedings against the current president. In recent

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal district Judge Steve Jones of the Northern District of Georgia will hear requests from three of the 19 defendants hoping to move their Georgia election subversion cases out of state court. The group, which includes former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is trying to

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — The federal criminal trial of Donald Trump on charges he sought to subvert the result of the 2020 presidential election will begin March 4, 2024, the day before the Super Tuesday primary, a federal judge ruled Monday. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan made

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Americans are about to learn significant new details on the timing and the substance of the trials of Donald Trump, even as the former president and Republican front-runner steps up his effort to alchemize his unprecedented legal peril to boost his White House bid. Two key hearings

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — With a tropical storm intensifying in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida’s largest city reeling from a racially motivated attack that left three Black people dead, Gov. Ron DeSantis left the campaign trail Sunday and returned to his state to navigate the crises. DeSantis spoke Sunday afternoon from the

CNN By Aaron Pellish, CNN Urbandale, Iowa (CNN) — At the conclusion of Vivek Ramaswamy’s second campaign stop here on Saturday – his sixth event out of eight over two days in Iowa – his staff rushed him towards their campaign bus. The businessman-turned-politician was late for a flight across the state to his next

By Aaron Pellish, CNN Urbandale, Iowa (CNN) — At the conclusion of Vivek Ramaswamy’s second campaign stop here on Saturday – his sixth event out of eight over two days in Iowa – his staff rushed him towards their campaign bus. The businessman-turned-politician was late for a flight across the state to his next event.

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will lay out the first details of her sprawling anti-racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and 17 other co-defendants at a federal court hearing on Monday morning. This will be

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s K-12 schools received the largest-ever infusion of federal aid to help them address pandemic-related challenges, yet students are still struggling to catch up from the learning loss they experienced when during remote learning. Between March 2020 and March 2021, Congress authorized $190 billion in funding for K-12

By Tierney Sneed and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will lay out the first details of her sprawling anti-racketeering case against former President Donald Trump, his White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and 17 other co-defendants at a federal court hearing on Monday morning. This will be the