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U.S.-led airstrikes inside Yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by Iran-backed militants. Mass protests erupt in Yemen and fears of a full-scale regional war intensify. Also, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the Iowa caucuses. We're tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. Learn more about...

Closing arguments just wrapped up in Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial. The former president took his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged Trump's attorneys to control their client. Plus, we're now in the final stretch before the Iowa caucuses. Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are trying to capitalize on last night's heated CNN...

Chris Christie suspends his presidential campaign just days before the Iowa caucuses. The former New Jersey governor is declining to endorse any of his Republican rivals as he urges he supporters to choose a candidate with character. This comes as we're just now a few hours away from CNN's Republican presidential debate later tonight where Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will come face to case for th...

Doctors for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reveal that he has prostate cancer. We have details on his condition and the surgery complications behind this controversial hospitalization. Plus, three federal judges hearing Trump's argument for presidential immunity appear deeply skeptical of the theory. We are breaking down all of the courtroom drama and what comes next for the case. Also, as preside...

President Biden delivers an impassioned plea to African American voters in South Carolina, hoping the state that propelled him to the democratic nomination in 2020 can recharge his reelection campaign. This as top Republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week until the Iowa caucuses. Plus, in Georgia, Donald Trump is asking a judge to throw out the state's election subversion case a...

The U.S. Supreme Court just agreed to hear Donald Trump's appeal of his removal from the Colorado primary ballot. The justices are now poised to decide whether or not Trump is eligible for office under the 14th Amendment's insurrectionist ban. Also, President Biden comes out swinging at Trump in his first campaign speech of 2024, warning the former president is a real and present danger to America...

Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are preparing to take questions from Iowa voters live here on CNN. We're setting the stage for our back-to-back town halls with Donald Trump's top GOP rivals. Chris Christie joins to discuss this hour. Also, newly released documents reveal that China and other foreign governments spent millions at various Trump-owned property while he...

Donald Trump appeals Colorado's decision to remove him from the state's Republican primary ballot. He's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide disputes about eligibility for his office under the U.S. constitution’s insurrectionist ban. Also, Iran is warning of a harsh response after deadly explosions near the tomb of a top Iranian general exactly four years after he was killed in a U.S. air strik...

Donald Trump just appealed his removal from the Republican primary ballot in Maine. The secretary of state who made the decision to ban Trump joins us with her reaction this hour. Also, another federal indictment of Senator Bob Menendez, accusing the Democrat of accepting bribes from a second foreign country. Plus, there's new audio of air traffic controllers giving instructions shortly before the...

Death and destruction occur in multiple cities across Ukraine after the biggest Russian air bombardment since the start of the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky is now pleading with the international community for help to respond to what he is calling an act of terror. Also, the Trump campaign is promising a quick appeal after the former president was removed from the 2024 primary ballot in Maine....

New revelations about the 11th hour efforts to keep Donald Trump in office. Recordings detail how Trump operatives scrambled to get fake elector ballots to Washington in time for January 6th. Also this hour, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is trying to clarify her comments about the Civil War after she failed to mention slavery as a cause for the conflict. The backlash tonight is gro...

Donald Trump remains on the GOP primary ballot in Michigan after the state Supreme Court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. Will this ruling have any impact on Trump's legal fight in Colorado? Also, we're standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between Biden cabinet officials and the president of Mexico. Plus, we're following distur...

New fuel for growing fears of a broader war in the Middle East after U.S. air strikes inside Iraq target Iran-backed militants. The Pentagon says it's payback for attacks on American troops who are increasingly being targeted in the region. Plus, an update on the southern border where more than 11,000 migrants are waiting to enter the United States.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...

The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to fast-track a review of Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim, rejecting the request from the special counsel. We'll take a look at the potential impact on Trump's trial date in the federal election subversion case as the former president seeks a delay until after the 2024 election. Also, new details on Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in...

Residents flee in terror as a gunman killed at least 14 people in the heart of a major European city. We're learning more about the shooter who opened fire at a university in Prague and how he was “eliminated.” Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether to weigh in on the federal election subversion charges. The special council urges the justices to put the case on a fast track after Trump a...

Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay out of the legal dispute over his claim of immunity from federal election subversion charges, at least for now. The Trump team is opposing the special counsel's request for the justices to immediately review the case. Trump is planning to take a very different matter to the high court. We are awaiting his formal appeal of the historic decision barr...

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump should not appear on the ballot in 2024. This is surprising in part because they are reversing a lower court that found, while Trump did engage in an insurrection on January 6th, that Section Three of the 14th Amendment did not apply to presidents, and therefore, he should not be kept off the ballot. This as the Trump campaign expects to clinch the GOP nomina...

With the leadoff Iowa caucuses only four weeks away, Donald Trump is taking his campaign rhetoric to dark extremes. We're getting new reaction to Trump's immigrant-bashing that's invoking comparisons to Nazi Germany. The GOP governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu joins us live this hour. Also, two former Georgia election workers are suing Rudy Giuliani again after he was ordered to pay the women n...

Rudy Giuliani has been ordered by a jury to pay $150 million in damages to two Georgia election workers he defamed. We're breaking down the huge verdict against the former Trump lawyer tied to his lies about the 2020 presidential election and speak live to an attorney for the two election workers. Plus, protests in Tel Aviv, calling for a ceasefire as the IDF says it mistakenly killed three Israel...

A CNN team gets rare independent access to war-torn southern Gaza, sharing an extraordinary firsthand look at the humanitarian crisis there. This as the U.S. is ramping up pressure on Israel to limit civilian casualties. Also tonight, it's now up to a jury to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for the harm he caused by spreading conspiracy theories about the...

The full House of Representatives just formalized the impeachment inquiry of President Biden as Republicans seek to move the probe forward. The vote comes hours after Hunter Biden defied a GOP subpoena to testify behind closed doors, accusing Republicans of lying over and over about him and his father. Also breaking, a federal judge is pausing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case. The or...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Washington on Tuesday to make an in-person plea for the military and economic aid he said is necessary to continue Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. Plus, President Biden is warning that Israel is losing international support for its war against Hamas, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly rejects American plans for postwar Gaza. Al...

The United States Supreme Court just agreed to weigh in for the first time on Donald Trump’s historic criminal prosecution. The justices are now set to quickly decide whether to accept the special counsel’s request to rule on Trump’s claims of immunity. Also, CNN’s new polling in Michigan and Georgia finds Trump is leading President Biden in both those pivotal swing states. Plus, Ukrainian Preside...

Donald Trump's gag order is mostly upheld in his federal election subversion case. An appeals court admonishes the former president while giving him a green light to attack the special counsel, Jack Smith. Also, a look at the new criminal indictment of Hunter Biden and the legal and political fall-out. The president's son accused of spending millions on a lavish lifestyle instead of paying his tax...

A defiant Donald Trump leaves his civil fraud trial in New York after hearing a key defense witness try and poke holes in the case against him. Also tonight, some of Trump’s GOP rivals hit the campaign trail in Iowa and New Hampshire after their fourth debate without him. Plus, smoke in the air over Gaza and fierce fighting on the ground as new images show Israeli soldiers detaining dozens of men...