The Biden administration is banking on a new strategy toward Venezuela, which has grappled with economic and political turmoil under an authoritarian regime, in an attempt to stem mass migration and stabilize the country. Poor economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care have pushed more than 7.7 million people…

President Joe Biden on Friday will visit Lewiston, Maine, to honor the 18 people killed in a mass shooting that shook the state last week. The president will once again act as consoler-in-chief, a role he has before taken on following horrific mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, Buffalo, New York…

It was a rough day in court for the Trump boys. But even before Donald Jr. and Eric had wrapped up an unconvincing day of testimony in a New York civil fraud trial, their father erupted. “So sad to see my sons being PERSECUTED in a political Witch Hunt by…

There was a Halloween haunted house to plan. Finding days on the fall calendar for neighborhood cleanup projects. A big report on criminal justice issues to finish. Veteran organizer Angela Lang was more than busy. But as she gave her neighborhood canvassing teams a morning pep talk recently, Lang made…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel Friday to press the Israeli government on its ongoing offensive in Gaza amid growing international condemnation and a steadily mounting civilian death toll. The top US diplomat, who traveled twice to Israel last month in the wake of the deadly Hamas attack, will meet…

Haberman: Here’s how Trump’s allies plan to carry out his ‘pretty radical’ agenda CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her New York Times reporting that details how Trump allies are searching for more aggressive lawyers to fill key positions in his 2024 administration. Read the full…

President Joe Biden and his top advisers are warning Israel with growing force that it will become increasingly difficult for it to pursue its military goals in Gaza as global outcry intensifies about the scale of humanitarian suffering there. Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken – who departed Thursday for Israel with a message on protecting civilian lives –…

Teams of FBI agents executed “numerous search warrants” at homes and businesses throughout the New York area Thursday morning, including one at the home of a chief fundraiser for Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign, Brianna Suggs, multiple law enforcement sources told CNN. The searches, the sources said, are part of an investigation by…

Florida Sen. Rick Scott endorsed former President Donald Trump on Thursday over his home-state governor, Ron DeSantis, as he called for Republicans to unite behind the party’s 2024 front-runner. “I support my friend President Donald J. Trump to be the 47th president of the United States and encourage every Republican…

Prosecutors with special counsel Jack Smith’s office have accused former President Donald Trump’s legal team of seeking to manipulate the courts in their bid to delay his trials past the 2024 presidential election. Fresh off a Florida hearing where Trump appeared to gain traction in his effort to delay one of his…