CNN's chief Washington correspondent, Jake Tapper, hosts this hourlong weekday afternoon program, which mixes Tapper's interests with headlines from around the country and the world, headlines that span politics, money, sports and popular culture. "The Lead" also concentrates on bringing stories that aren't found on front pages -- buried leads -- to the forefront.
Campus protests are hitting a whole new level at Columbia University with violence and vandalism and...
EscucharColumbia University, the epicenter of the weeklong pro-Palestinian protests, said it has begun suspending...
EscucharA new witness in Donald Trump’s hush money cover up trial, the prosecution just called its third witness,...
EscucharIn the New York hush money trial, Donald Trump’s defense team is now cross-examining the prosecution’s...
EscucharProtests are underway across United States colleges and universities after weeks of tension over the...
EscucharFormer tabloid publisher David Pecker is under oath and on the record revealing just how far Donald...
EscucharThe prosecution and defense sparred in opening statements during Donald Trump's hush money scheme. Did...
EscucharA horrific scene outside of Trump’s New York City courthouse after a man lit himself on fire while...
EscucharThe shocking actions that leads to two jurors in the Trump hush money case suddenly being dismissed...
EscucharHouse Speaker Mike Johnson finds a way to allow votes on aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan but it’s...
EscucharA deep divide in the U.S. Supreme Court is on display today as justices challenge whether prosecutors...
EscucharDay one of the New York hush money cover up case against Donald Trump wraps. A playboy model will be...
EscucharThe US has been on high alert for a significant Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel in recent days...
EscucharO.J. Simpson, Heisman Trophy winner most known for the double murders of his ex-wife and Ron Goldman,...
EscucharIn classic Donald Trump fashion, the former president is giving his supporters whiplash after blasting...
EscucharThe Arizona Supreme Court ruled the state must comply with a 160-year-old law barring all abortions,...
EscucharDonald Trump weighed in on abortion saying he believes states should decide abortion legislation. The...
EscucharThe strongest earthquake to rock New Jersey in more than 240 years. There are reports of structural...
EscucharPresident Biden warned Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States could change...
EscucharIn the strongest rebuke yet, special counsel Jack Smith goes in blasting how judge Aileen Cannon is...
EscucharIsrael apologizes for a strike that killed aid workers delivering food in Gaza. Unintentional targets...
EscucharIn Atlanta, an orange SUV rammed into the gate of an FBI field office. Plus, brand new images of the...
EscucharSpecifics measures revealed on the massive operation to reopen a critical shipping port and to get that...
EscucharSentencing day for Sam Bankman-Fried who will spend decades behind bars for one of the biggest financial...
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