National Politics

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN Middletown, Ohio (CNN) — Minutes into his first solo event as Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance had already divided his hometown audience here – over donuts. While reconnecting with the locals in the crowd over shared memories and favored haunts, Vance posited taking his security detail

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A judge on Wednesday chided Hunter Biden’s lawyers and threatened to sanction them for “making false statements” in their recent motion to throw out his federal tax indictment. District Judge Mark Scarsi issued the warning in a 3-page order where he called out Hunter Biden’s lawyers for “misrepresenting the

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden watched on Wednesday night as President Joe Biden told the American people it was time to “pass the torch” on his political career. Then she got on a plane, flying nearly 4,000 miles to Paris, where another torch was being passed. Jill Biden is arriving

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Four days into the most consequential week of Kamala Harris’ political life, she confronted the most fraught foreign policy issue facing the country by looking directly into the eyes of an Israeli prime minister who decided not to even give her a passing name check in his address to Congress

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Four days into the most consequential week of Kamala Harris’ political life, she has to confront the most fraught foreign policy issue facing the country by looking directly into the eyes of an Israeli prime minister who decided not to even give her a passing name check in his

By Annie Grayer, Haley Talbot and Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats Wednesday night praised President Joe Biden for his speech explaining his decision to step aside from the 2024 presidential race, putting an end to a bitter chapter of Democratic infighting over Biden’s future where many Democratic lawmakers publicly and privately pressured the president to

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — New York’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay out of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case, arguing the nation’s highest court should not grant a novel request by Missouri to pause his sentencing hearing and lift the gag order imposed on the former president in the

By Sunlen Serfaty and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The ex-wife of second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Wednesday defended Vice President Kamala Harris against sexist criticisms about her lack of biological children, calling them “baseless” and expressing her gratitude for the presumptive Democratic nominee. “These are baseless attacks. For over 10 years, since Cole

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris is less than two weeks away from naming her own running mate. That’s the timeline the presumptive Democratic nominee has given to a team of lawyers and advisers who are conducting one of the most accelerated vice presidential searches in modern American history, people familiar

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Senator Carol Moseley Braun. Personal Birth date: August 16, 1947 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Carol Elizabeth Moseley Father: Joseph Moseley, policeman Mother: Edna (Davie) Moseley, medical assistant Marriage: Michael Braun (1973-1986, divorced) Children: Matthew, 1977 Education: University of