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Sep 26, 2020
An assistant US attorney in Massachusetts is the latest federal prosecutor to criticize Attorney General William Barr, accusing the top law enforcement official of a "dangerous abuse of power" by politicizing his position and doing the bidding of President Donald Trump.
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Sep 26, 2020
Many of the guests for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination announcement arrived at Saturday's event with masks on, but as the Rose Garden event got underway, masks were virtually non-existent.
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Sep 26, 2020
Democrats on Saturday night launched their case against federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, saying support for her confirmation was equivalent to a vote to end the Affordable Care Act.
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Sep 26, 2020
It was only a week ago President Donald Trump appeared practically "giddy" about a particular candidate to fill the newly vacant seat on the Supreme Court that had been held by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for more than 27 years, people familiar with the matter said.
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Sep 26, 2020
The US Supreme Court is on the verge of a historic transformation that could wind back the law in America for decades, in some cases to the 1930s, pre-New Deal approach.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump on Saturday is set to nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appeals court judge, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court.
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Sep 26, 2020
Top Senate Republicans on Saturday applauded President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to become the next Supreme Court justice and called for a quick confirmation vote.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to write his name in history, to leave a presidential legacy that can't be erased no matter what happens on November 3. And now he has it.
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Sep 26, 2020
CNN's Ana Cabrera looks back at the ways President Donald Trump has laid the groundwork for election rigging claims since 2016.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump on Saturday is set to nominate Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appeals court judge, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court.
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Sep 26, 2020
As President Donald Trump continues to sow doubt and uncertainty about the election, he's set to announce his third Supreme Court nominee in the Rose Garden Saturday, the capstone of the promise he made four years ago to name a long line of conservative judges who will reshape the courts for generations.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump heads into the debate trailing former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump is the first incumbent to be losing in the polls at this point since George H.W. Bush in 1992.
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Sep 26, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is slated to keynote a gala event for a conservative Christian organization in Florida -- an appearance that comes a month before Election Day and may violate legal and ethical guidelines.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump is set Saturday to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
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Sep 26, 2020
As President Donald Trump continues to sow doubt and uncertainty about the election, he's set to announce his third Supreme Court nominee in the Rose Garden Saturday, the capstone of the promise he made four years ago to name a long line of conservative judges who will reshape the courts for generations.
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Sep 26, 2020
They spent the summer on the frontlines of a historic protest movement against police violence. But many young criminal justice activists leading the charge for police reform won't be enthusiastically casting their ballots for the Democratic presidential ticket in November.
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Sep 26, 2020
As more early voting sites open across the country, election officials have faced a significant challenge: Staffing those sites with poll workers. And amid the coronavirus pandemic, the stakes are higher than ever.
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Sep 26, 2020
The Pennsylvania Republican Party is pushing back against an explosive report earlier this week in The Atlantic that said the GOP-run legislature is already strategizing how to overturn the statewide results if Trump loses.
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Sep 26, 2020
President Donald Trump on Saturday will announce a Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, formally kicking off a contentious and high-stakes battle over the fate of the court that will play out in a bitterly-divided Senate.
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Sep 26, 2020
If there were ever a reminder to give others their flowers while they're living, it's watching the late Rep. Elijah Cummings describe how he'd want his friend and colleague John Lewis to be remembered.
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Sep 26, 2020
Democratic nominee Joe Biden is moving from briefing books into full days of preparations. President Donald Trump is studying notecards and getting help from a long-time ally, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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Sep 26, 2020
The pending Senate battle over the next Supreme Court nominee shows us how important winning Congress' upper chamber is this fall. A president who doesn't have the Senate backing him cannot fully use the power of the presidency to influence the government's direction.
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Sep 26, 2020
It's no secret that Donald Trump is no big fan of the European Union. Over the past four years, the US President has talked positively about Brexit and claimed that the bloc was created in order to "take advantage of the United States."
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Sep 25, 2020
A federal judge on Friday ordered acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley to step aside, blocking him from exercising any more authority after finding that he has served unlawfully for more than 400 days.
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Sep 25, 2020
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney fired the city's treasurer on Friday after he was arrested and federally indicted for embezzling money from clients at his previous job as a financial adviser. Christian Dunbar also faces allegations that he and his wife, identified in the criminal complaint as F.N.D., set up fake marriages when they were classmates at Temple University to become US citizens.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump and his campaign are spreading disinformation about an incident in Pennsylvania where nine ballots were improperly discarded, and are falsely claiming it proves widespread "voter fraud" and that Democrats are "trying to steal the election."
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump and his campaign are spreading disinformation about an incident in Pennsylvania where nine ballots were improperly discarded, and are falsely claiming it proves widespread "voter fraud" and that Democrats are "trying to steal the election."
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Sep 25, 2020
CNN's Jeff Zeleny speaks to voters in Wisconsin, where President Donald Trump won by less than one percentage point in 2016, about the upcoming 2020 presidential election as some consider flipping to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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Sep 25, 2020
Senate Democrats say they will press President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee to commit to recuse herself if the justices hear a case that could impact the outcome of the fall elections, a request that could become a major flashpoint amid Trump's persistent attacks on the legitimacy of the elections.
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Sep 25, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death leaves the Supreme Court with a vacancy just weeks before the presidential election.
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Sep 25, 2020
For mining executives dreaming of a mountain of gold, they could go down as the Zoom calls that cost billions of dollars.
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Sep 25, 2020
When the White House opened up a new line of attack Friday on President Donald Trump's hand-picked FBI director, it might have seemed like a precursor to another dismissal.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump unveiled a plan aimed at winning over Black Americans on Friday, less than two months before Election Day, largely expanding upon the existing economic-related initiatives the President established in his first term.
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Sep 25, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's personal trainer honored the late Supreme Court justice on Friday in a fitting fashion.
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Sep 25, 2020
Former Texas congressman Ron Paul was hospitalized earlier Friday after an apparent medical episode but is now "doing fine," according to a tweet posted to his Twitter account.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
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Sep 25, 2020
In his latest bid to show that he's lowering drug prices, President Donald Trump said Thursday -- less than six weeks before the election -- that he will send $200 drug discount cards to 33 million Americans on Medicare.
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Sep 25, 2020
A federal appeals court on Friday reversed course in the border wall lawsuit, delivering a potential win to House Democrats who sued over President Donald Trump's transfer of Defense Department funds to construct the wall.
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Sep 25, 2020
Joanne Bland was an 11-year-old schoolgirl in Selma, Alabama, when she marched into history, joining hundreds of activists on the Edmund Pettus Bridge for a demonstration that turned into one of the bloodiest confrontations of the civil rights movement.
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Sep 25, 2020
House Democrats plan to introduce a bill next week that would limit US Supreme Court justices' lifetime appointments to 18 years, a largely symbolic response to the high-stakes battle in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Sep 25, 2020
Sen. Doug Jones, a vulnerable Democratic senator up for reelection in the red state of Alabama, announced Friday he "will not support" President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee -- who has yet to be named -- ahead of Election Day.
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Sep 25, 2020
A lawyer for President Donald Trump told a federal appeals court Friday that there is no request for documents that could be made as part of the Manhattan district attorney's investigation concerning hush-money payments issued during the 2016 presidential election that he wouldn't consider overbroad.
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Sep 25, 2020
A federal judge on Friday questioned the Justice Department's decision to release text messages between former FBI employees Lisa Page and Peter Strzok and signaled that she wants to see more evidence about whether political influence played a role.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump this week refused to commit to a peaceful transition should he lose the November election, leading some to speculate that he might seek to use the tools of presidential power including his role as commander in chief of the armed forces to prolong his time in office.
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Sep 25, 2020
The State Department revoked a prestigious award from a Finnish journalist because of social media posts critical of President Donald Trump, according to a report from the State Department Office of Inspector General.
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Sep 25, 2020
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and his wife have tested positive for Covid-19, his office announced Friday.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump has lost patience with the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, as well as with the other public health experts on his coronavirus team because their sober messaging on the future of the pandemic clashes with his rosy assessments.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump and top aides are responding to the uproar over his failure to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power by intensifying their efforts to create election chaos he can use to cling onto power should he lose in November.
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Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still making history, even after her death.
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Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still making history, even after her death.
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Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still making history, even after her death.
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Sep 25, 2020
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 114 justices have served on the bench.
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Sep 25, 2020
In the weeks right before her death, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was still conferring on cases, penning notes to friends and continuing to schedule social events, including a wedding that she was to officiate the day she died.
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Sep 25, 2020
In the weeks right before her death, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was still conferring on cases, penning notes to friends and continuing to schedule social events, including a wedding that she was to officiate the day she died.
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Sep 25, 2020
A federal judge in California ruled late Thursday night that national counting for the 2020 census can continue through October 31.
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Sep 25, 2020
Interest in pre-Election Day voting is skyrocketing around the country, with more than 28 million ballots already requested and another 43 million set to be automatically mailed to voters, according to a CNN survey of election offices in 42 states and Washington, DC -- another sign of what is expected to be a record-shattering turnout.
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Sep 25, 2020
Mail-in voting is more important than ever as the US continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic. Here's what happens to your ballot if you use the US Postal Service.
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Sep 25, 2020
Joe Biden's campaign at 9:20 a.m. ET on Thursday called a "lid" -- a term used to inform reporters that the Democratic presidential nominee wouldn't be making any public appearances for the rest of the day.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump and top aides are responding to the uproar over his failure to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power by intensifying their efforts to create election chaos he can use to cling onto power should he lose in November.
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Sep 25, 2020
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is still making history, even after her death.
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Sep 25, 2020
President Donald Trump refused to say (again and in the most frightening and spectacular way) that he'd peacefully transfer power.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Supreme Court has denied a request to stop the federal execution of Christopher Vialva, scheduled for Thursday night in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's not sure November's election will be "honest" because of the use of unsolicited ballots, extending his baseless assertion that widespread mail-in voting is rife with fraud and again casting doubt on if he will accept the results of the election.
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Sep 24, 2020
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tells CNN's Chris Cuomo that he does not regret changing the rules to eliminate the need for 60 votes to end debate over judicial nominations, which some argue paved the way for Sen. Mitch McConnell to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
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Sep 24, 2020
Robocalls sent by Trump surrogates Kimberly Guilfoyle and the President's daughter-in-law Lara Trump are encouraging Republican voters to use absentee ballots to vote in November, calling them one of the "best ways" to support President Trump in November.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump's campaign is running yet another dishonest ad about opponent Joe Biden.
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Sep 24, 2020
Immigrants in US custody faced widespread failures in medical care, including some issues that resulted in death, according to a new congressional investigation released Thursday.
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Sep 24, 2020
When Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Wisconsin on Wednesday, Reince Priebus -- the former chairman of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump's first chief of staff -- traveled with him on the government plane, according to two State Department officials familiar with the trip.
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Sep 24, 2020
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is in a tight reelection race with Sara Gideon (D). Maine voters tell CNN's Gary Tuchman what they think about Collins.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster lamented Thursday the President's refusal to commit to providing a peaceful post-election transition of power on Thursday and dismissed the notion of potential military involvement.
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Sep 24, 2020
Youth-focused voter engagement organizations saw record high voter registration and engagement numbers on National Voter Registration Day.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Supreme Court has denied a request to stop the federal execution of Christopher Vialva, scheduled for Thursday night in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Justice Department said Thursday that it is investigating "potential issues with mail-in ballots" in the swing state of Pennsylvania and, in a highly unusual disclosure, revealed that several ballots marked for President Donald Trump were "discarded."
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Sep 24, 2020
House Democrats are preparing a new coronavirus relief package in an effort to shake free negotiations that have been in a stalemate for nearly two months.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump is touting what he calls his health care "vision," but the executive orders he's planning to sign Thursday afternoon largely punt on addressing two major issues facing Americans.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful presidential transition Wednesday comes as Republicans across the country are taking concrete steps that threaten to undermine the integrity of the election, particularly in key battleground states.
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Sep 24, 2020
The Trump administration is again taking aim at international students in a new rule that potentially limits the length of time students and others can remain in the United States.
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Sep 24, 2020
Michael Caputo, the top spokesman at the Department of Health and Human Services who recently began a two-month medical leave, has been diagnosed with a metastatic head and neck cancer, a spokesman for the Caputo family said Thursday.
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Sep 24, 2020
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that President Donald Trump "is incorrect" when he says the United States Postal Service isn't equipped to handle the surge in mail-in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Sep 24, 2020
Former President Barack Obama urged voters to focus on down-ballot races in new remarks published Thursday, arguing that while the presidential race gets the most attention, it is down-ballot races that could have the greatest impact on politically-motivated gerrymandering.
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Sep 24, 2020
Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson isn't that big a fan of mask-wearing.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump's stunning refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power was mostly dismissed by Republicans on Capitol Hill, with many downplaying the remarks as merely rhetoric and others deflecting questions about a comment that Democrats fear could threaten a fundamental principle of American democracy.
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Sep 24, 2020
Mary Trump, President Donald Trump's niece, filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the President and his siblings of committing fraud in order to deprive her of her interests in the family real-estate empire built by Fred Trump Sr.
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Sep 24, 2020
As the country approached 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, the ongoing pandemic remained top of mind when Americans were asked what they read, heard or saw about the presidential candidates.
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Sep 24, 2020
Emerging at the top of the Supreme Court steps on Thursday, President Donald Trump heard something he doesn't often hear -- at least directed toward him: booing.
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Sep 24, 2020
John Durham, the federal prosecutor reviewing the FBI's Russia investigation for Attorney General William Barr, has sought information about the bureau's handling of the Clinton Foundation investigation, according to a report from The New York Times.
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Sep 24, 2020
This week, former President Barack Obama shared something quite personal with millions of his social media followers.
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Sep 24, 2020
For months now, President Donald Trump has sought to raise questions in his supporters' minds about the accuracy of the 2020 election results, suggesting with zero evidence that there was some sort of effort to steal the election because of the likelihood of increased mail-in balloting due to coronavirus fears this November.
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Sep 24, 2020
Democratic lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation to put more stringent human rights constraints on the United States' foreign arms sales, arguing that countries with a history of unresolved human rights violations should be subject to greater scrutiny and possibly prohibited from buying US-made weaponry, according to a draft version of the legislation reviewed by CNN.
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Sep 24, 2020
His opponents have long warned President Donald Trump may try clinging to power if he loses this November's election.
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Sep 24, 2020
A former senior military adviser to President Donald Trump has endorsed Joe Biden for president.
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Sep 24, 2020
President Donald Trump's refusal on Wednesday to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power if he loses to Joe Biden in November is leading America towards a dark place during a year of incendiary political tensions.
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Sep 24, 2020
Republicans have shown themselves this week to care not a whit about hypocrisy when there's a Supreme Court justice on the line.
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Sep 24, 2020
The two Republican members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections abruptly resigned Wednesday, saying in separate letters that they felt misled by the state attorney general's office and board staff when they agreed to a settlement that would allow voters to fix absentee ballots with missing information.
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