National Politics

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump in his primetime speech on Thursday is alleging vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, using a large trove of newly declassified documents as evidence to suggest future elections could be at risk of foreign interference, particularly by China. Though the documents are newly

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — As Maine Democrats prepare to replace Graham Platner as their Senate nominee, eight candidates pitched themselves as best prepared to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins over two hours of debates Thursday night. The first hour featured four candidates who were on the primary ballot in different races this

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — As Maine Democrats prepare to replace Graham Platner as their Senate nominee, eight candidates pitched themselves as best prepared to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins over two hours of debates Thursday night. The first hour featured four candidates who were on the primary ballot in different races this

By Marshall Cohen, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump in his primetime speech on Thursday is alleging vulnerabilities exist in American election systems, using a large trove of newly declassified documents as evidence to suggest future elections could be at risk of foreign interference, particularly by China. Though the documents are newly declassified,

By Hannah Rabinowitz, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein held a tense meeting Thursday afternoon as he attempts to shore up support for his nomination as attorney general. Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican whose yes vote would be needed to advance Blanche’s nomination in

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson suffered another humiliating political defeat at the hands of his own party on Thursday when he was forced to abandon plans to pass a veterans benefits bill designed to be one of the GOP’s big legislative wins before the midterms. Just minutes before the

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt returned to the podium with little fanfare Thursday, giving her first full briefing to reporters since she went on maternity leave at the end of April. “Let’s get back to work,” she said as she kicked off her remarks. Back to business. No

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman bluntly warned on Thursday that he would leave the Democratic Party if it adopts an anti-Israel policy — one of his most direct threats yet amid the first-term Pennsylvanian’s intensifying battle with progressives over the direction of their party. Fetterman attacked the progressive left,

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and survivors of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein held a tense meeting Thursday afternoon as he attempts to shore up support for his nomination as attorney general. Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican whose yes vote would be needed to advance Blanche’s nomination

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The federal agency that regulates prediction markets is investigating President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator for potential insider trading, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources said White House employee Gabriel Perez made trades on the prediction site Kalshi that were flagged for possible insider activity.

By Kevin Liptak, Evan Perez, Zachary Cohen, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials have intensely debated the White House’s push to declassify certain documents related to alleged foreign interference in US elections, a move many see as part of a push by President Donald Trump to sow mistrust in the system and undercut

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — As Maine Democrats scramble to find a new nominee for the state’s highly consequential US Senate race, CNN will host a debate in partnership with the Bangor Daily News on Thursday, July 23, two days before 601 delegates gather at a convention to choose a new candidate. The two-hour

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and top White House adviser Stephen Miller on Thursday sought to paint a dark picture of the threat of “far-left terror” to the United States as they urged diplomats from around the world to “defend” their civilizations against the “scourge.” In remarks focused almost

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The investigation into a US strike that hit a school in Iran has sat for months with a military command while leaders have held off on ordering a critical, standard intelligence review to help determine what happened, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Within a week of

By Jennifer Hansler, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — An American woman held in Iran since 2024 was allowed to leave the country, President Donald Trump and her US-based lawyer said Wednesday. Trump said the woman, later identified by her lawyer as Dena Karari, had been wrongfully detained and was “now safely outside of Iran, and