Trump administration cuts off emergency Federal Reserve programs as coronavirus cases spike
By Rob McLean, CNN Business US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is pulling the plug on funding for emergency Federal Reserve programs intended to help businesses as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage in the United…
New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump Organization
By Kara Scannell New York authorities investigating the Trump Organization have expanded their inquiries to include tax write-offs involving millions of dollars in consulting fees, according to people familiar with the…
Senior Pentagon official Anthony Tata tests positive for Covid-19
By Ryan Browne and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata, a top Pentagon official, has tested positive for Covid-19 after meeting with the Lithuanian minister of defense, according to a Pentagon statement.
Trump held unannounced meeting with Indonesian minister in Oval Office
By Jason Hoffman, CNN United States President Donald Trump met with Indonesia's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment at the White House on Tuesday, a meeting that was not on the President's public schedule…
Federal death row inmate's execution delayed because of attorneys' Covid-19 diagnosis
By Christina Carrega, CNN A federal court judge agreed Thursday to delay the execution of Lisa Montgomery after her attorneys argued they needed more time to work on her clemency petition because they contracted the…
Biden poised to make first Cabinet announcements next week, eager to respond to Trump's sabotage attempts
By Jeff Zeleny, Senior Washington Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden has expedited the selection of his Cabinet and is planning to make the first of several key announcements next week, an official said, as part of a…
Trump told ally he's trying to get back at Democrats for questioning legitimacy of his own election
By Dana Bash and Gloria Borger, CNN President Donald Trump told an ally that he knows he lost, but that he is delaying the transition process and is aggressively trying to sow doubt about the election results
Trump's refusal to concede creates strange gap between Biden and Harris on classified intelligence
By Zachary Cohen, Jasmine Wright and Jeremy Herb, CNN Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took part in a classified briefing of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week and emerged in a strange position — being more…
Biden's incoming chief of staff says Trump 'failing to follow the law' by not letting transition begin
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said Thursday that President Donald Trump and General Services Administrator Emily Murphy are failing to follow the law by refusing to allow the official…
Georgia nearing completion of statewide ballot audit, official says
By Jason Morris and Maeve Reston, CNN Georgia elections officials said Thursday that plans to release results of a statewide ballot audit have been delayed while one county completes its review, but are expected shortly.