National Politics

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A storm headed for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic this weekend has the potential to offer the region its first decent snow in nearly two years. Before then, the storm will traverse through the South in the next few days, dumping largely beneficial rain after a summer of extreme

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s claim that he should be cloaked with absolute immunity from criminal prosecution, arguing in a new filing Saturday that the sweeping assertion “threatens to license Presidents to commit crimes to remain in office.” Smith’s

CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Paul Whelan marked five years in Russian detention on Thursday – a grim milestone that the ex-US Marine hoped he would never see. In a call with CNN on Thursday, Whelan called on President Joe Biden to “please use every resource available to secure my release as you would

CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Maine’s top election official has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, in a shock decision based on the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows paused her decision pending a potential appeal in state court, which Trump’s team said they

CNN By CNN staff (CNN) — The 2024 GOP presidential primary kicks off in January with Republican front-runner Donald Trump campaigning to win nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire while facing his own legal challenges. Here are key dates to watch as some of the former president’s legal woes and important election dates come

CNN, WXMI, WWMT By Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Allison Gordon, Daniel Strauss and Jason Carroll, CNN (CNN) — The Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference often lures a who’s who of GOP power players to Michigan. Wealthy donors shake hands with presidential candidates, who give rousing speeches to packed audiences in hopes of winning the conference’s straw poll. The

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy in federal court in New York on Thursday, just days after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $150 million to two former Georgia election workers for defamation. According to the filing, Giuliani listed debts between $100 million and $500 million, and assets

CNN, POOL, VTV, FAMILY PHOTOS By Betsy Klein, Michael Conte and David Shortell, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US has reached an agreement to secure the release of six wrongfully detained Americans and four other Americans held in Venezuela, senior US officials announced Wednesday, The deal will also include the extradition of Leonard Francis, the

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — A flurry of new analysis by US intelligence agencies has warned that Hamas’ credibility and influence has grown dramatically in the two months since the October 7 terror attack and the onset of Israel’s military response in the Middle East and beyond. As Israel’s relentless air campaign has killed thousands of

CNN Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday thrusts the justices into a highly charged situation with a former president who has repeatedly tried to politicize the federal judiciary and use it for his ends. As this case tests Smith’s federal

CNN By Jack Forrest and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday forcefully condemned sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas during the October 7 attack and blasted those who have not forcefully condemned it or were slow to do so. “I don’t know why countries, leaders, international organizations were so slow to focus on