CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip

Thousands of Republican voters in a district of 800,000 people in Virginia are now rendering a verdict on who to elect to their house of representatives. We look at what the early results say about Virginia, the state of the Republican Party, and the 2024 presidential race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight, a look at the news a lot of American’s see and the manipulation that’s distorting the election. Plus, Steve Bannon may serve his prison sentence among violent offenders in open pods. Also, some Black farmers in swing states are growing discontent with the Biden presidency. But, is Biden the one to blame?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden and his family are huddling together in Delaware after a jury convicted his surviving son on all three federal gun charges. It is the first time in American history that an immediate family member of a sitting U.S. president was convicted of a crime. Now the moment, of course, creates the split-screen of conservatives who just 12 days ago were slamming the rule of law, slamming the...

In another American first, the convicted former president who is running to oversee the country again, just met with his probation officer. We get unique insights into what a second Trump term may look like. During his visit to Las Vegas, the Trump campaign also launched a new “Latino Americans for Trump” coalition, as it looks to increase its outreach to Hispanic voters ahead of November’s electi...

Donald Trump loves to be worshiped that much has been clear since he came down those golden escalators. But, this week was especially notable because it gave us new evidence that he remains idolized by evangelical voters even after 34 felony counts for crimes associated with hush money payments to an adult film actress. 80% of evangelicals say they support him today.  Learn more about your ad choi...

While Donald Trump teases revenge for his perceived enemies, President Biden was asked in a recent interview if he would pardon his son in his federal gun trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump vice presidential running mate contender Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) joins to discuss his recent comments about Black families being more together during Jim Crow. Plus, the neighbor of Supreme Court Justice Alito who is at the center of the flag fight speaks with CNN.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden unveiled a sweeping executive action Tuesday afternoon at the White House, attempting to affect the situation on the southern border after a bipartisan measure failed earlier this year. The action marks the administration’s most dramatic move on the US southern border as Biden tries to gain the upper hand on immigration just weeks from the first presidential debate – by using the same author...

Political revenge is now the Republican Party’s policy. Larry Hogan, the former governor of Maryland, dared to say that the rule of law deservers to be respected and it is for that he is now in the political crosshairs of his colleagues. Plus, the 6-feet distancing rule lacked science, but stayed until 2022. Why did it take so long to change that guidance during Covid-19?  Learn more about your ad...

Biden makes a plea to Israel to end the war saying Hamas is hobbled and the time to end the war is now. Biden is announcing a path forward for tomorrow and the day after in hopes of lasting peace. Plus, Republicans in Washington defend Donald Trump and undermine the legal system in the wake of the hush money cover up verdict.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump has been found guilty of 34 New York felony counts of falsifying business records. In the wake of the conviction, potential Trump vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Scott joins to answer if he would support Trump if he were to appoint a special prosecutor to go after the Biden family.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The jury is deciding Trump’s fate in the New York hush money cover up trial and Trump is invoking Mother Teresa. The jury is now deliberating on whether Donald Trump is guilty and will be the first president to be convicted of a crime. After receiving instructions from the judge today, the jury deliberated for more than four hours before sending back two notes.  Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Donald Trump’s fate will soon be decided by a jury of his peers in his New York hush money cover up trial. The prosecution wrapped up late tonight following the defense earlier this morning. Both sides tried to condense five weeks of testimony into their closing arguments in their last and final chance to present their case to the jury before 12 New Yorkers decide whether to let Donald Trump walk...

As Trump courts voters in New York, potential Trump vice presidential contender Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) joins to discuss the racial wealth gap in regards to debt in higher education and if the government should help Black borrowers catch up. Also, a look at the growing controversy surrounding the Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

The benefit of the doubt is shrinking for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the New York Times uncovers four different photos taken on four different days where a second insurrection-sympathizing flag was hoisted. Plus, a new reversal from Nikki Haley as she now says she will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...

The final countdown to closing arguments in Trump’s hush money are on. Summations are set for next Tuesday, then the judge will hand the case off to the jury. But, outside of the courtroom, Trump has given the country new evidence of what he plans to do if he captures the Oval Office.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tensions and chaos erupt inside the courtroom in the New York hush money cover up trial. The Trump team made a game time decision to call a witness, Robert Costello, a former legal adviser to Michael Cohen. About fourteen minutes into his testimony, Costello vividly demonstrated why he may have caught Trump’s attention. But, the presiding judge was not amused.   Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Video exclusively obtained by CNN offers a direct contradiction to Sean “Diddy” Combs’ claims that he did nothing wrong. The rap mogul insisted back in December that people were assassinating his character, destroying his reputation with sickening allegations for a quick payday. Turns out, he did exactly what his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura alleged in a lawsuit she has since settled.  Learn more...

A game of risk the prosecution may have just lost. The Trump defense team’s strategy to paint Michael Cohen, former Trump attorney and fixer, as a liar intent on revenge may have worked. But, if anything may derail the government’s case against Donald Trump it might be what happened today.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The side by side comparison that Americans desperately need is set to occur on June 27th when President Biden and former President Trump will debate live on CNN. There will be no audience, no opportunity for the crowd to make the venue home field for either Trump or Biden. It will happen inside CNN’s Atlanta studios where Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate.  Learn more about your ad choices....

Donald Trump’s lawyers tried to discredit Michael Cohen on the witness stand today in perhaps the most important testimony so far in the New York hush money cover up trial. We break down the latest testimony transcripts and all the important developments in the trial. Plus, with the 2024 presidential election drawing closer, both candidates are making false claims about a pivotal issue: the econom...

In the New York hush money cover up trial, Michale Cohen testified for five hours and eight minutes as the government led him through a deliberate testimony which outlined how Trump ordered him to make the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections have created dazzling auroras that may be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California — but could also disrupt communications on Earth tonight and over the weekend. The ongoing geomagnetic storm is now "extreme," or level 5 out of 5, the Space Weather Prediction Center said Friday night. This is the first G5-level storm since October 200...

On day 14 of the New York hush money cover up trail Stormy Daniels took the stand, yet again, under cross-examination. Donald Trump's defense spent a whole lot of time asking questions about what they originally objected to: the details of her alleged tryst with the former president of the United States. Trump's attorney heavy handedly asserting that the adult film actress had made it all up. Lear...

The president of the United States is drawing a red line in Israel's war in Gaza. In a CNN exclusive interview, Joe Biden is sending a message that will echo across the globe and rattle the normal order of things inside of the Middle East. The commander in chief admitted that American military might has been used to kill civilians in Gaza.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...