National Politics

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — The big event on Kamala Harris’ trip to New York two weeks ago was left off her public schedule. A few hours after appearing on set with Drew Barrymore, the vice president was at a small dinner with Black finance leaders put together by software and investment executive Charles Phillips

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggests in her new book that President Joe Biden’s dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to the working dog she shot on her farm. At the top of a list of potential 2025 day one priorities in her book, “No Going Back,” Noem

CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem suggests in her new book that President Joe Biden’s dog Commander should suffer a similar fate to the working dog she shot on her farm. At the top of a list of potential 2025 day one priorities in her book, “No Going Back,”

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — It’s easy to compare former President Donald Trump’s search for a running mate to his old TV show, “The Apprentice,” in which would-be businesspeople contestants hoped to hear him say, “You’re hired!” But considering how the winner of Trump’s last vice presidential search ultimately had to

CNN By Kit Maher and Greg Clary, CNN (CNN) — After spending time with their potential future boss at his Florida home over the weekend, many of Donald Trump’s vice presidential hopefuls hit the Sunday show circuit, repeating the former president’s doubts about election results and bashing President Joe Biden for his handling of campus

By Kit Maher and Greg Clary, CNN (CNN) — After spending time with their potential future boss at his Florida home over the weekend, many of Donald Trump’s vice presidential hopefuls hit the Sunday show circuit, repeating the former president’s doubts about election results and bashing President Joe Biden for his handling of campus protests.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration paused a shipment of US-made ammunition to Israel, according to a source familiar with the matter, who did not disclose why the decision was made. The hold is not connected to a potential Israeli operation in Rafah and doesn’t affect other shipments moving forward, the source

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continues to make false claims about his New York trial. Trump frequently speaks to media cameras before entering and after exiting the Manhattan courtroom where he is facing charges of falsifying business records.He has peppered his hallway remarks with inaccurate assertions about a variety

By Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, Way Mullery, Annette Choi and Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — It’s been three weeks of the first criminal trial of a former president of the United States, where Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The trial could go another

By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN Washington (CNN) — GOP Rep. Don Bacon has had it with the far-right of his conference. They’ve thrown out one House speaker and are trying to dump another one, all while scuttling their leadership’s agenda and now actively campaigning against incumbent Republicans — including himself. After House Freedom

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Democrats on Saturday at a private luncheon hosted at his Mar-a-Lago club, during which he referred to Democrats as “running a Gestapo administration” — equating President Joe Biden’s administration to Nazi Germany, according to three attendees. The remarks were part

By Gregory Krieg and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s support for the Israeli military offensive in Gaza mixed with student anger over police crackdowns on anti-war campus protests are complicating the work of Democratic youth groups trying to engage classmates and other Generation Z voters ahead of this year’s election. “If I’m

By Alayna Treene, CNN Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump this weekend traded a New York courtroom for Florida banquet halls, where he mingled with his vice presidential contenders and wealthy donors during the Republican National Committee’s spring retreat. The former president was the main attraction at a fundraiser luncheon hosted at

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump delivered a bombardment of dishonesty in his interviews with Time magazine. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, made at least 32 false claims in the two April interviews that Time released this week. His serial inaccuracy spanned a wide range of subjects, including the economy,

By Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — A high-ranking ballot access consultant for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault in Manhattan last week, the New York Police Department told CNN. Trent Pool, a consultant who works closely with the team coordinating the independent candidate’s ballot access effort, was arrested

By Daniel Strauss, Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — For South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, much of the 2024 campaign cycle has turned out to be a case study in what not to do to rise into potential vice presidential contention. That includes the latest hiccup, with the second-term South Dakota

By Kayla Tausche, CNN (CNN) — The creation of 175,000 jobs in April by US employers has been termed a “Goldilocks” report by leading economists: Creating enough jobs to keep the labor market humming along healthily, but slowing down enough to signal it might be time for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates.