National Politics

CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe, Melissa Alonso, Jeff Winter and Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — The Trump campaign continued to push false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, even after a top city leader told a campaign staffer for its vice presidential nominee ahead of this month’s presidential debate the rumors were “baseless,” the city’s

CNN By Gregory Krieg and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that “the Jewish people” would be partially to blame if he loses in November, escalating his persistent campaign trail criticism of Jewish voters and insisting that Democrats hold a “curse” over them. “I’m not going to call this as

By Clare Foran, Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House unanimously voted Friday to pass a bill bolstering Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates, a move that comes in the wake of two apparent assassination attempts targeting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. The vote was 405-0. The bill

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ revelation at the most recent presidential debate that she is a gun owner caught some viewers by surprise – the vice president has said relatively little over the years about her personal experience of owning a firearm. Responding to Donald Trump’s warning that Harris “wants to confiscate

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. He most recently called for a “virtual closure of Department of Education in Washington” during a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine, which published on December 12. “You’re going to need some people just to make sure they’re

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Attempts by conservatives to purge state voter rolls ahead of the November election, including from Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee, are ramping up, prompting concern from the Justice Department that those efforts might violate federal rules governing how states can manage their lists of registered

By Ebony Davis and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris sought to capitalize on the star power of Oprah Winfrey and a host of Hollywood celebrities to help her win over persuadable voters during an online rally Thursday night that ranged from participants’ searing accounts of personal loss and trauma to the Democrat’s unguarded

By Gregory Krieg and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that “the Jewish people” would be partially to blame if he loses in November, escalating his persistent campaign trail criticism of Jewish voters and insisting that Democrats hold a “curse” over them. “I’m not going to call this as a

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — With an election approaching, the US Supreme Court is being asked again to consider the Affordable Care Act, the landmark 2010 health reform law that has been the target of non-stop conservative legal attack, with a challenge to the law’s mandates for no-cost preventive care coverage.

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s campaign declined to say Thursday whether North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whom the former president once described as “Martin Luther King on steroids,” should drop out of the battleground state’s race for governor. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, meanwhile, highlighted Trump’s history of praise for Robinson, in the wake of a CNN report Thursday about

By Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The “Uncommitted” movement, which sprung up during the Democratic primaries in opposition to the Biden administration’s policy on the war in Gaza, said Thursday it would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris after her campaign again spurned activists pushing for a halt to US military aid to Israel and

By Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators are scouring electronics and examining other evidence as they work to bring more serious charges against the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a Florida golf club, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter. Among the outstanding questions

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators are scouring electronics and examining other evidence as they work to bring more serious charges against the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a Florida golf club, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter. Among the outstanding

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The father of an American hostage still being held in Gaza by Hamas criticized the deadly attacks in Lebanon that caused pagers and walkie-talkies to explode killing dozens, stating “this pager, mission-impossible action, it’s like treating agony with more agony.” Adi Alexander, whose son Edan Alexander is being held, said in an interview on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” that “this vicious cycle

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic nominee for president. The first woman in American history to be nominated by a major party, Clinton is also a former secretary of state. Personal Birth date: October 26, 1947 Birth place: Chicago, Illinois Birth name: Hillary Diane Rodham