White House to host scaled-back iftar dinner amid tensions with Arab and Muslim Americans cnn.com/2024/04/01/pol… with Khalil Abdallah Camila DeChalus

Richard Sauber, the White House lawyer who battled an onslaught of highly politicized Republican congressional inquiries and a special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents, plans to leave the administration, MJ Lee reports:cnn.com/2024/04/09/pol…

“We can't even mourn their death, even though we know they're dead.”   The families of the American hostages who have been declared dead since October 7 are struggling to grieve, as their loved ones’ bodies are still being held hostage by Hamas. cnn.com/2024/04/11/pol…

CNN promotes Gloria Pazmino to Network Correspondent. Congratulations Gloria Pazmino! cnn.it/49LDGBa

Up early at the White House for CNN after attending the #WHCD dinner last night. Tune in if you can!

News from our WH team: President Joe Biden will speak shortly from the White House. Reporters have been asked to gather for his speech. The remarks are unscheduled.

Nice hit, Camila DeChalus!

NEW: Biden's in Wisconsin touting a Microsoft plan to build on the former Foxconn site. But voters say they're most concerned about cost of living, raising questions abt the viability of Biden's progressive econ agenda W/ Jeff Zeleny MJ Lee Camila DeChalus cnn.com/2024/05/08/pol…

JUST ANNOUNCED: CNN will host a 2024 Presidential Debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, GA. The debate will air live on 6/27 at 9pET on CNN, CNN Max and without a cable login on CNN.com. More: cnn.it/4al4I2G

Coming up on CNN Inside Politics shortly. Tune in if you can !

Scoop: The White House is reaching out to mayors who represent cities along the US southern border to potentially join Biden when he announces a border executive order, sources tell me + Camila DeChalus. The administration is preparing to announce the order as early as Tuesday.

WATCH the debate - going on now on CNN - and follow along with new reporting online HERE --> cnn.com/politics/live-…

We checked in w Dem donors on what’s next for Biden. Overall vibe was, the debate was worse than reality, but reality still ain’t great. And then there was this. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/06/29… w/ MJ Lee, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Jeff Zeleny, Arlette Saenz, Betsy Klein + Camila DeChalus

The number of Democratic lawmakers who explicitly said Biden should not be the Democratic nominee was greater than the number who spoke up for him to stay, one source told me. Latest on today's call held by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: cnn.com/2024/07/07/pol…

New: My look inside a despondent White House, where many – still rattled by President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month – are now gripped with anxiety and unease about whether he will continue his reelection campaign. cnn.com/2024/07/08/pol…

NEW: Democrats are furious at Biden aides for keeping his decline under wraps. Those at summits, fundraisers, & closed-door meetings say it was apparent in-person. But concerns were dismissed -- or worse. w/ MJ Lee Jeff Zeleny Jamie Gangel cnn.com/2024/07/11/pol…

New: here is what Joe Biden said back to Mike Levin when Levin called on Biden to step aside during Biden’s call with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus per source:

NEWS: Joe Manchin tells Kasie Hunt that he's "pursuing the process" of a presidential bid following Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 campaign and rules out the possibility of becoming Kamala Harris's running mate. "I'm just continuing to push this process," he says.

CNN You can read much more reporting here from me, Camila DeChalus, and Nicki Brown about the battle for Latinos in PA, for CNN —> cnn.com/2024/10/03/pol…

News from the Kamala Harris campaign this morning: Harris is going on The View, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday. (Plus, as previously reported, she's on the 60 Minutes election special on Monday and doing a Univision town hall on Thursday.)