National Politics

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “certainly” be open to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. playing a role in his administration if the independent candidate drops out of the 2024 race and endorses the former president. “I like him, and I respect him,” Trump told CNN’s Kristen Holmes in an

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man charged two years ago with attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will face trial in June 2025. The man, Nicholas Roske, who allegedly traveled to Kavanaugh’s Maryland home with a gun, burglary tools and other equipment, appeared in court Tuesday wearing a maroon prison uniform

By Kaitlan Collins, Evan Perez and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — One of Donald Trump’s attorneys was targeted in a hacking attempt, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, marking a potentially serious new development as American intelligence agencies confirmed Monday that they have concluded Iran is behind a recent hack into the former president’s 2024 campaign. One

By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate Nicole Shanahan said the Kennedy campaign is considering dropping out of the race and endorsing former President Donald Trump while framing the choice through her hope of reducing “the risk” of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming president. In an interview

By Eric Levenson, Bill Kirkos and Gregory Krieg, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Crews installed an additional line of security fences outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago early Tuesday in the area where, a day earlier, demonstrators breached an outer perimeter fence. Hours later, during the second night of the convention, new protests broke out

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Arkansas mother of one of Hunter Biden’s children describes in a new memoir the agonizing journey of raising their daughter as a single mother in Arkansas, to a bitter courtroom paternity fight, to a tearful family reconciliation that included a public acknowledgment from President Joe Biden that the

By Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s counterprogramming to the Democratic convention continues Tuesday in Michigan, the former president’s first visit there since a seismic shakeup in the race altered the playing field in the Midwest battleground. A month ago, the Trump campaign projected confidence in the Wolverine State. At Trump’s

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — It won’t just be Democrats speaking at their convention in Chicago this week. Several Republicans have also received key speaking spots. While some of the biggest names among Republicans opposed to Donald Trump have remained on the sidelines, others will be taking to the United Center stage throughout the

By Jeff Zeleny and Kevin Liptak, CNN Chicago (CNN) — If there was one lesson Kamala Harris took from the 2004 Democratic National Convention, it was to fuel up for some long days. “You definitely have to eat your Wheaties,” the then-39-year-old San Francisco district attorney told a crowd in Boston before heading off to what

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrats opened their convention in Chicago on Monday by sending off Joe Biden. And then the president closed the night – which ran significantly behind schedule – with a hand-off to Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden said choosing Harris as his running mate in 2020

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrats opened their convention in Chicago on Monday by sending off Joe Biden. And then the president closed the night – which ran significantly behind schedule – with a hand-off to Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden said choosing Harris as his running mate in 2020

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Awash in his party’s love, President Joe Biden finally did become that bridge to a new generation of leaders. He movingly performed the most profound act a politician in a democracy can undertake — willingly handing over power — as he ceded the leadership of the

By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrats opened their convention in Chicago on Monday by sending off Joe Biden. And then the president closed the night – which ran significantly behind schedule – with a hand-off to Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden said choosing Harris as his running mate in 2020 was

By Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz clarified in a statement to CNN that she did not use in vitro fertilization to conceive, sharing new details about her and Gov. Tim Walz’s fertility struggles as the governor has highlighted their experience with infertility on the campaign trail. In her statement, Gwen Walz said they used

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Betsy Klein and Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Hillary Clinton highlighted Monday the history that Kamala Harris could make if she becomes the first woman elected president, referencing the proverbial glass ceiling the former secretary of state tried to but failed to break during her 2016 campaign for the White House. “Together,

CNN By Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Democrats opened their convention in Chicago on Monday by sending off Joe Biden. And then the president closed the night – which ran significantly behind schedule – with a hand-off to Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden said choosing Harris as his running mate in 2020

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris will push to increase the corporate tax rate to 28% from the current 21%, her campaign said Monday, the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Coming days after she unveiled a four-part economic package that would provide tax relief to working and

By Phil Mattingly and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — As Democrats prepared for a deeply symbolic night to mark the passing of the generational torch, former President Donald Trump remained fixated on his former opponent. Trump’s campaign has pushed sharply against Vice President Kamala Harris, launching a weeklong swing-state tour in tightly controlled environments with

By Associated Press Chicago (AP) — Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza. Families with babies in strollers, students, elected leaders and others holding signs and flags joined

CNN By Eric Levenson and Bill Kirkos, CNN (CNN) — Chicago crews installed an additional line of security fences outside the Democratic National Convention early Tuesday in the area where, a day earlier, demonstrators breached an outer perimeter fence. About a dozen workers installed a third row of fencing stretching east on Washington Boulevard from