National Politics

By Alayna Treene, Tami Luhby, Katie Lobosco, Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump unveiled a slate of new economic plans Thursday, including the creation of a government efficiency commission that he said Elon Musk has agreed to lead if the former president is elected in November. “At the suggestion of Elon

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered his usual assortment of long-debunked false claims in an appearance on Fox News in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night. But one of the false claims was new. Trump, who has repeatedly insulted the intelligence of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, claimed that

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Washington (CNN) — Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith will be before Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday for the first hearing in the federal election subversion case since prosecutors revised their indictment to try to bring their case in line with a Supreme Court ruling

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to stop his sentencing until the judges can hear the former president’s legal argument to move the hush money case into federal court. The last-ditch request comes after a federal judge rejected Trump’s motion to move the state case into federal court

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris’ campaign has accepted the terms of next week’s presidential debate with former President Donald Trump, including the fact that the candidates’ microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to speak, according to a person familiar with the debate negotiations. However, in a letter to ABC News

By Zachary Cohen, Donie O’Sullivan, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN (CNN) — The unnamed Tennessee-based company that the Justice Department alleges was being funded by Russian operatives working as part of a Kremlin-orchestrated influence operation targeting the 2024 US election is Tenet Media, which is linked to right-wing commentators with millions

By Jamie Gangel, Rashard Rose and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, she said during remarks at Duke University, according to audio obtained by CNN. The former Wyoming congresswoman noted the importance of voting for Harris in states like North Carolina,

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Daniel Medina, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris likes to portray herself as tough on the border and immigration. Recent TV ads highlight her time as a “border state prosecutor” who aggressively targeted criminal cartels and drug smugglers, as well as her support for “the toughest border security

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former US Representative Beto O’Rourke. Personal Birth date: September 26, 1972 Birth place: El Paso, Texas Birth name: Robert Francis O’Rourke Father: Patrick O’Rourke, former county commissioner and El Paso county judge Mother: Melissa O’Rourke, furniture store owner Marriage: Amy (Hoover Sanders) O’Rourke

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Hunter Biden is set to go on trial Thursday for alleged tax crimes, in a case that was once seen as a potential political liability for President Joe Biden, but is now a sordid closing chapter to his presidency. Special counsel David Weiss, who has investigated Hunter Biden’s finances and

By Kayla Tausche, Tami Luhby and Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris proposed increasing the long-term capital gains tax rate to 28% for wealthy Americans during an economic speech in New Hampshire on Wednesday, breaking with the policy laid out by President Joe Biden in his 2025 budget by suggesting a lower rate. The current long-term capital

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has been making false claims about transgender people – including an inflammatory and baseless claim on Friday that schools are secretly providing or obtaining gender-affirming surgeries for children. “The transgender thing is incredible. Think of it. Your kid goes to school and comes home

By Stefano Pozzebon, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US service member has been detained in Venezuela, according to four US officials familiar with the matter. The service member, a US Navy sailor, is a US citizen and was detained on August 30 in Caracas, according to the officials. One of the