Trump team resurfaces plans to designate Mexican cartels as terror organizations
By Priscilla Alvarez and Evan Perez, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s team is discussing plans to designate Mexican…
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Presidents club convening to honor Jimmy Carter at contentious moment for the exclusive group
By Betsy Klein and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — It’s the world’s most exclusive fraternity and, on Thursday, all five members of the…
Continue ReadingDemocrats hold on to open state legislature seats in Virginia special elections
By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Democrats will hold on to their narrow majorities in the state Legislature after winning special elections…
Continue ReadingUS offered to swap Guantanamo prisoner to free detained Americans in Afghanistan
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US offered to trade a Guantanamo Bay prisoner in exchange for the release of three Americans held in…
Continue ReadingSenate GOP pushes for Gabbard hearing before inauguration, but Democrats resist setting date for next week
By Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Republicans are pushing to hold a confirmation…
Continue ReadingRepublican-led January 6 investigation to be its own committee this Congress, GOP lawmaker says
By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia posed with House Speaker Mike Johnson for a photograph to mark the…
Continue ReadingGOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate
By Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented…
Continue ReadingHow each member of the House voted on the Laken Riley Act
By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The House on Tuesday approved a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes.…
Continue ReadingFact check: Trump makes false claims about January 6, Europe, NATO and Canada
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump made numerous false claims during a wide-ranging Tuesday news conference in…
Continue ReadingKey lines from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago news conference
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday intensified his push for American expansionism, refusing to rule out using…
Continue ReadingPete Buttigieg Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana,…
Continue ReadingNY appeals court rejects Trump’s emergency request to delay Friday hush money sentencing
By Kara Scannell, Jeremy Herb, Lauren del Valle and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A New York appeals court judge has rejected Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingTrump warns ‘all hell will break out’ if Gaza hostages aren’t released before his inauguration
By MJ Lee and Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump warned that if the hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza are not…
Continue ReadingUS determines Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group committed genocide in country’s civil war
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide over the course of the more than year-long civil…
Continue ReadingTrump spent years trying to undermine Jack Smith. Now he wants to block special counsel’s final word
By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — District Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday blocked the public release of special counsel Jack…
Continue ReadingBiden says New Orleans ‘defines strength and resilience’ in visit to city after deadly attack
By Sam Fossum and Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden said that New Orleans “defines strength and resilience” as he mourned the…
Continue Reading11 Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay transferred to Oman
By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Eleven Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to Oman, marking yet another detainee transfer…
Continue ReadingTrump’s push for quick passage of ‘one powerful bill’ meets realities on Capitol Hill
By Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN Washington (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to put his entire agenda into a single, massive bill…
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani held in contempt in case brought by two former Georgia election workers he defamed
CNN By Lauren del Valle and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday held Rudy Giuliani in contempt for failing to turn over…
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani held in contempt in case brought by two former Georgia election workers he defamed
By Lauren del Valle and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday held Rudy Giuliani in contempt for failing to turn over…
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