Attorney General Merrick Garland did not provide a robust explanation on Friday for why he needed to give US attorney David Weiss special counsel status for the Hunter Biden probe, or why it was necessary five years after the investigation began.
President Joe Biden's campaign is preparing to make gun safety a central issue of his reelection campaign, and that will start with the official approval soon and big rollout of a new executive action to massively expand background checks for gun purchases, multiple aides involved tell CNN.
The Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given special counsel status after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president's son fell apart.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given special counsel status. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott visited Arizona's southern border last week where, after listening to harrowing stories of hardship on the path through Mexico to the United States, he declared, "The most compassionate thing we can do is tell people, 'Don't come to our border illegally.'"
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is probing a secretive company that has been buying up land around a key Air Force base in California, sources familiar with the matter and a California lawmaker told CNN.
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state's assault-style weapons ban in a 4-3 ruling after months of legal challenges sought to dismantle the law.
Federal prosecutors and Trump's defense lawyers appeared in court Friday for the first hearing before the judge assigned to oversee the special counsel's 2020 election interference case. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
The Biden administration will announce on Friday its first major investment to kickstart the US carbon removal industry -- something energy experts say is key to getting the country's planet-warming emissions under control.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan set the tone for how she would preside over the election subversion against Donald Trump in a hearing Friday focused on what limits would be placed on how the former president can handle the evidence prosecutors will be turning over to him.
Ukraine backers on Capitol Hill are itching for President Joe Biden to step up his case for why the US should send more money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, as warning bells sound about the American public's support for Kyiv.
When President Joe Biden came to this must-win US House district in New York just a few months ago, he did something that privately enraged members of his own party.
Dozens of the most generous donors to super PACs that supported Donald Trump's reelection bid in 2020 cycle have skipped giving to the new crop of super PACs backing Trump and his rivals in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, a CNN analysis shows.
If special counsel Jack Smith has his way, Donald Trump will be spending his weekdays in January in a Washington, DC, courtroom rather than barnstorming ice-bound Iowa and New Hampshire with his closing arguments before the critical first 2024 nominating contests.
The sprint to qualify for Wednesday's first 2024 Republican presidential debate is still underway for some candidates, even as the top-polling contender, former President Donald Trump has confirmed he'll skip the showdown in Milwaukee.
Several civil and voting rights groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Republican Gov. Bill Lee and other state officials over Tennessee's congressional and state Senate maps, which they allege are discriminatory and violate the constitutional rights of voters of color.
The Federal Election Commission on Thursday took a small step toward regulating so-called deepfake material in political ads, agreeing to seek public comment on whether existing federal rules against fraudulent campaign advertising apply to ads that use artificial intelligence technology.
President Joe Biden will lean into protecting abortion rights on the 2024 campaign trail, his campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, told CNN Thursday in her first live television interview.
President Joe Biden is asking Congress for more than $24 billion for Ukraine and other international needs as he works to sustain support for the war amid signs of softening support among Americans.
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