Politics

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Nearly three dozen former federal judges appointed by presidents from both parties have joined a growing legal effort to upend the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776 billion fund for people who say they were wrongly targeted by the government in the past. The retired jurists are asking a judge

By Eric Bradner, Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Jill Biden’s new comments about Joe Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate have reignited a conversation that tore the Democratic Party apart during and after the now-former president’s performance. Biden told CBS News in an interview clip published Wednesday that her husband’s stumbles and apparent confusion “scared me to

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about the war with Iran, the economy and other subjects during public comments at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Many of them have been debunked before. Here’s a quick fact check of the false claims and some others that were misleading or lacked

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against a media executive in a long-running bribery case involving FIFA after the US Justice Department said the case no longer fits the Trump administration’s priorities. The decision came on the 11-year anniversary of DOJ’s takedown and announcement of initial charges in 2015

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Alabama officials returned to the Supreme Court on Wednesday with an emergency appeal seeking permission to use a map that would likely add a Republican seat to the House of Representatives next year, once again thrusting the justices into the nationwide mid-decade redistricting battle instigated by President Donald Trump.

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is back in the national spotlight after Republicans picked their standard-bearer for the race on Tuesday. Talarico, a state representative, will face off against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated Sen. John Cornyn in a primary runoff. President Donald

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden is suing to block the House Judiciary Committee from obtaining, and potentially releasing, audio recordings and transcripts of conversations in 2016 and 2017 with the ghostwriter of his memoir. The court case is part of a simmering debate between the Trump administration and Biden regarding

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after leaving the Justice Department in April, she told CNN. Bondi said she is undergoing treatment, including having surgery a few weeks ago. Bondi tells CNN she is still recovering and “doing well, though.” President Donald Trump fired Bondi

By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is feeling the financial squeeze and is struggling in some cases to carry out routine training and maintenance amid its ongoing operations against Iran, with uniformed military leaders pressing Congress to support additional funding. The Navy’s top officer, Adm. Daryl Caudle, told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump finished his monthlong revenge tour in Texas on Tuesday night. The president’s national approval ratings may be near their weakest overall. But a series of red-state primaries in May have shown that conservative voters remain fiercely supportive of Trump – and willing to turn against those

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Ken Paxton weathered a long list of scandals in the years leading up to his decisive victory Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff for Senate in Texas. Through criminal charges and allegations of infidelity, the Texas attorney general has remained a force in state politics and maintained a close

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Cornyn’s landslide defeat immediately raises a pressing question for his GOP colleagues: Will he join the ranks of other Republicans recently vanquished by President Donald Trump and begin bucking the president more? Cornyn suggested prior to Tuesday’s loss that he will continue to be a team player,

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Mike Flood said President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund should not be used for rioters who were at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, during a town hall in his district Tuesday where he was repeatedly pressed on his support of the president’s agenda. The Nebraska congressman,

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Bettina Anderson officially became part of the country’s first family this weekend – her new name an American political brand. “I feel honored to join your family and to fight by your side, Don, through whatever life brings us. And to become your wife is the greatest honor, and

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department wants to interview some poll workers and ballot counters who participated in the 2020 election in Fulton County, Georgia, in a new effort to dig up details about the ballot-processing, prosecutors revealed at a court hearing last week. A prosecutor working with a grand

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The White House is preparing a government-wide nondisclosure agreement aimed at curtailing federal workers’ sharing of “confidential government information,” as it seeks to stop internal leaks to media organizations. The draft notice, posted to the Federal Register on Tuesday by the Office of Personnel Management, says the NDA is

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up an appeal from the National Football League in a class action lawsuit from Brian Flores and other Black coaches who have claimed racial discrimination. By passing on the appeal, the court’s decision leaves in place an appeals court ruling

By Marshall Cohen, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former US Capitol riot prosecutors, fired federal officials and journalists who say they were past targets of President Donald Trump’s retribution tell CNN they may seek compensation from the Justice Department’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund. Some Trump critics have already sent letters to the DOJ outlining their

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump departed the hospital Tuesday after his physical exam, he declared on his way back to the White House that everything had checked out “PERFECTLY.” But that is likely to do little to quiet questions about Trump’s health. And even the president himself has begun making

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Johnny Garcia, a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy, will win the Democratic primary in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, defeating an opponent rebuked by the party over antisemitic statements. Garcia will defeat Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist and housing advocate whose use of antisemitic tropes in criticizing Israel drew national attention

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. John Cornyn’s uphill battle for renomination from his party reaches its conclusion Tuesday as voters head to the polls in the Texas primary runoffs. Cornyn’s race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton was considered highly competitive until a week ago, when President Donald Trump abruptly backed Paxton

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two months into his new role, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin finds himself trying to solve a puzzle: How does he deliver on the deportation mandate expected of him by President Donald Trump, while avoiding some of the same pitfalls that led to the ouster of his predecessor? The

By Patrick Svitek, CNN Katy, Texas (CNN) — In one of his first rallies since winning President Donald Trump’s endorsement in his Senate race, Ken Paxton told the crowd he wanted to try something new. The Democratic nominee, James Talarico, Paxton said, would be the “most radical US senator from Texas, maybe in the whole