Former Vice President Mike Pence will launch his 2024 presidential campaign on June 7 with an announcement video and a speech in Iowa, two sources familiar with the plans tell CNN. read more...

Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything. read more...

James Moore writes that the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton creates a challenge for Republican lawmakers, many of whom want to remove him from office without harming the party or any of its members. read more...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he “had nothing to do with” a poem recently being moved from an elementary school library to a middle school library. read more...

Republican Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah announced Wednesday that he planned to resign from Congress, citing his wife’s health. read more...

A former staffer who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has defected to Moscow and spoken to Russian state media in a news conference that lasted several hours. read more...

Dollar General is the fastest-growing retailer in America, opening about 1,000 stores a year. But following repeated violent incidents and federal workplace safety violations at stores, some Dollar General workers and labor advocates are calling for stronger safety and health protections. read more...

CNN’s Poppy Harlow speaks to former FBI Director James Comey about some Republicans saying the FBI and DOJ have been weaponized against them, with Comey saying Donald Trump is responsible for the discord. read more...

A hospital in Idaho has been diverting ambulances to other hospitals for more than 24 hours because of a cyberattack, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Wednesday in the latest example of a hacking incident complicating health care in the US. read more...

Ford is recalling 176,000 Ford Bronco SUVs, model years 2021 to 2023, because the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found drivers and front seat passengers can have difficulty reaching the belt’s metal portion in the retracted position. read more...