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First: New and exclusive reporting about Special Counsel Jack Smith's questions about an Oval Office meeting at which a trio of Trump staffers pushed him to erase the 2020 election.  Plus: While hiring remains solid, new job numbers fall short of expectations. Does it all point to another rate hike from the Fed that could crunch your credit?  And: The Freedom Caucus purges Marjorie Taylor Greene f...

First: After two previously unsuccessful attempts to get Walt Nauta in front of a judge, the Donald Trump aide charged alongside the former President pleaded not guilty to six federal charges in a Florida courtroom today. Meanwhile, new CNN reporting provides a window into what federal prosecutors knew before the Mar-a-Lago search.  Plus: Ron DeSantis tries to have his cake and eat it, too, but he...

First: Republicans pound the pavement, put on their best everyman polos and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. Fourth of July provides a 2024 test, one Donald Trump bets he's fine just skipping.  Plus: A First Amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? A judge calls a Biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild Orwellian while telling top White House of...

First: A top Ron DeSantis aide gives a blunt readout on the Florida governor's standing in the 2024 race and the uphill fight to catch Donald Trump. New reporting this hour on why he said what he said.  Plus: GOP presidential hopefuls Pence, Scott, DeSantis, Suarez and Burgum are all walking in parades today, but not Donald Trump - more evidence he's running a very different kind of campaign.  And...

First: A new video from presidential candidate Ron DeSantis heavy on anti-woke headlines catches a lot of attention. One Republican group says the Florida governor is dabbling in outright homophobia.  Plus: Mike Pence pleads innocent in the court of public opinion. The former vice president denies he was part of a newly revealed pressure campaign to get Arizona's governor to overturn the 2020 elec...

The Supreme Court has flexed its muscles over key aspects of American life. It struck down President Biden’s debt forgiveness plan, limited protections for the LGBTQ+ community and ended race based affirmative action in college admissions.  Plus: Our panel discusses reform for the Supreme Court, a move President Biden says could politicise the Supreme Court forever. And: While Ron DeSantis focuses...

Today at the Supreme Court: Two new rulings, two 6-3 decisions, two more sweeping changes to American life. The Court tilts the scales to the right on speech versus gay rights and on a signature Biden policy to zero out student debt. The latter ruling sparked fury in Congress and celebration on the GOP campaign trail. Republicans say the justices ruled correctly. Democrats say they are controlled...

First: By ruling against using race expressly for college admissions, the Supreme Court's conservative majority will change how decisions are made everywhere.  Plus: The two Black justices on the bench use their opinions to litigate a fight over the role of race in American society.  And: Today's SCOTUS decision is already making waves on the 2024 campaign trail.  To learn more about how CNN prote...

First: Today's show begins with breaking news regarding new photos of the doomed Titan submersible pulled from the ocean floor. Officials hope they will be helpful in their investigation.  Plus: Donald Trump reacts to the audio seemingly confirming him holding a document he knew was classified, claiming he was just "showing off" and that there was no document in his hand.  And: President Biden pre...

First: CNN obtains audio that pits Donald Trump against himself. The former president wants you to believe he was playing pretend, but the recording certainly sounds like he was telling the truth about showing off a classified document.  Plus: Chief Justice John Roberts leads the Supreme Court charge to kill off a radical theory that would let states rewrite how they count your votes.  And: House...

A Russian mercenary leader is heading for exile and Vladimir Putin remains in power after the dramatic developments of the past 36 hours. But his grip on the Russian government appears weaker than ever.  Plus: Is Russia's nuclear arsenal still secure? We ask a member of the House Intelligence Committee.  And: Donald Trump cast himself as a crusader who delivered a shift on abortion, but what he wo...

First: Today's show begins with new, exclusive CNN reporting about an immunity deal given to two fake electors in exchange for testimony, making clear the Trump special counsel's January 6th investigation is picking up speed.  Plus: One year after Dobbs erased Roe, abortion is front and center in the 2024 campaign.  And: IRS whistleblowers bullet point how they say the DOJ blocked the Hunter Biden...

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First: The White House wants to put the Hunter Biden criminal saga behind them, but Republicans say there's no chance the Bidens will get off that easy.  Plus: Following Antony Blinken's China visit, President Biden calls Xi Jinping a "dictator." China calls it an "absurd provocation." And: New reporting reveals Justice Samuel Alito took a lavish free trip with a Republican billionaire who later h...

First: The Justice Department says Hunter Biden will admit he broke federal tax and gun laws, a development already kicking up a hornet's nest of House Republicans.   Plus: Brand new CNN poll numbers confirm Donald Trump's big early lead, but not as big as it was.  And: In an appearance on Fox News, did the former president accidentally confess to some of the crimes he's accused of committing?  To...

First: The American secretary of state and China's leader meet face to face. Both men say the superpowers made progress, but just how much is an open question with dramatic consequences for geopolitics.  Plus: Two former Trump officials warn another Trump presidency would endanger the country, but only some of his GOP rivals showed they're willing to confront him head on.  And: The first Black pre...

We’re still 7 months from the first votes being cast in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, but GOP candidates are making their case to voters now. One question every Republican candidate must answer: should voters look past a federal indictment of front-runner former President Donald Trump? Today’s panel discusses the most effective way to respond. Plus, Biden is hitting the road, with his...

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First: The Trump wing of the Republican Congress goes after the Justice Department as the Biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the indictment.  Plus: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez debuts in the 2024 race with a video of him, yes, running. And by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer.  And: Presidential candidate Cornel West explains why he's swit...

First: The former president followed his arraignment with a lie-filled speech. He also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the special counsel indictment.  Plus: Mike Pence says he cannot defend Trump's conduct, while Nikki Haley brands his conduct as reckless but then dangles a potential pardon.  And: the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by conceding more to har...

This afternoon, Donald Trump will be arraigned in front of a judge in Miami on 37 felony charges tied to his mishandling of classified documents after leaving office. In today's special edition of Inside Politics, Erin Burnett, Dana Bash and a host of CNN correspondents and guests bring you every angle of this unprecedented event in US history.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privac...

First: Donald Trump takes off for Florida, where tomorrow he'll see the inside of a Miami federal court with decades in jail on the line.  Plus: Trump and his allies put law enforcement on edge with calls for retribution. Congressman Jamie Raskin joins the show.  And: Trump's 2024 Republican rivals are choosing between two paths -- attacking law and order or risking voter anger by saying the forme...

Donald Trump is in the fight of his life. Not just for the White House, but for his freedom after being indicted for allegedly hoarding classified documents, sharing them with others, and conspiring to hide them from the government. Plus, Trump's top 2024 rival Governor DeSantis lets him off the hook and accuses the Biden administration of weaponizing the DOJ against the former president, while ot...

Details continue to be revealed about the indictment of Donald Trump, which the former president calls a "hoax." We have it all covered, including a change in the Trump legal team and details about the Trump-appointed judge who will oversee this case. Plus, we delve deeper into Trump's damning admission on tape that is part of the classified documents case. And, we explore the political fallout. ...

First: Former President Donald Trump's legal team gets official notice he could face charges in the federal investigation over classified documents. This is an unprecedented legal and political moment as one piece of the special counsel investigation nears its end just as Trump's 2024 comeback bid gears up.  Plus: We bring you new CNN reporting on a critical building block of the case against Trum...