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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal officers during the January immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, David Streever was distraught. So he fired off a three-paragraph emailed rebuke to one of the officials overseeing that operation. Five months later, that email earned Streever a knock

CNN By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally asked FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review the decision to give a red card and one-game ban to Team USA star striker Folarin Balogun — a remarkable intervention that sparked a torrent of controversy at the World Cup.

By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he personally asked FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to review the decision to give a red card and one-game ban to Team USA star striker Folarin Balogun — a remarkable intervention that sparked a torrent of controversy at the World Cup. FIFA

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson had just delivered President Donald Trump his biggest legislative win of the year, but as he sat in his office in mid-June surrounded by a group of furious senior Republicans, the mood was sour. To secure that win, Johnson had been forced to make a deal

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The White House in a new report accused leaders of the Smithsonian Institution of adopting a divisive, far-left ideological framework that erases American heritage, marking the latest move by the Trump administration to reshape US cultural and historical institutions. In the report, published Saturday on the 250th anniversary of

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the aftermath of a massive, 40-minute Fourth of July fireworks show. City officials issued a Code Red

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan on Sunday, narrowing the field to two as the party faces a crucial choice next month in picking a nominee to defend a must-win seat. That leaves Rep. Haley Stevens facing Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate running

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to move quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s signature voter ID legislation through the arduous budget reconciliation process once the House returns to Washington, downplaying the heightened tensions within the GOP after he sent lawmakers home early for the holidays after a

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — In 2020, when the Supreme Court declared that transgender workers were covered by federal anti-discrimination law, the opinion authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch marked a legal breakthrough. The case extended Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to gay and lesbian workers as well transgender

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump posted a new image Friday of a $100 bill bearing his signature, months after the Treasury Department announced that, for the first time, a sitting president’s signature would be featured on US paper currency. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Saturday touted the president’s economic achievements and

By Alayna Treene, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, a White House official told CNN, including several individuals who violated the Clean Air Act aimed at cutting down on emissions and improving air quality. Trump announced earlier Friday that he signed pardons for six people who he argued

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued a true celebration of patriotism should confront both the nation’s ideals and its flaws, in a speech Friday on the eve of America’s 250th birthday. The speech, meant to contrast to President Donald Trump’s planned remarks at Mount Rushmore, was steeped in

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s celebration for America’s 250th anniversary will culminate Saturday with a record-breaking fireworks show on the National Mall amid scorching temperatures and controversy over his efforts to put himself at the center of the commemoration. Trump has teased lengthy remarks as part of the “Salute to America”

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The former top US general whom Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired last year criticized the use of the military for political missions in an op-ed published Friday, pointing to the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to clamp down on crime in major cities. “(W)hen presidents use the armed forces

By Kevin Liptak, Katie Bo Lillis, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — US officials attempted to warn Iran of fears they had that Israel would assassinate meditators during talks this spring, two US officials said. The officials said the US worried that Israel might assassinate Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliamentary speaker who is leading negotiations

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — A new, intensive plan to keep the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall clean is emerging after the Trump administration spent months trying to turn the iconic memorial sparkling blue at the behest of President Donald Trump. The Department of Interior is soliciting bids to hire a contractor for

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump returns to Mount Rushmore on Friday, and though the president has openly mused about adding his likeness to the storied national monument, it’s unclear if he can move the mountains necessary to make it happen. He’s brought it up jokingly at campaign rallies, posted hints on

By Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — This year’s primary turnout continues a trend that’s been building since Donald Trump’s return to the White House – Democrats are more motivated than Republicans to vote. Voter numbers have surged in Democratic primaries through the first half of 2026, creating a primary electorate that tilts more toward Democrats

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized as “he continues his recovery,” a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said in a statement on Thursday. The former GOP leader’s office still hasn’t disclosed the cause of McConnell’s hospitalization since he entered on June 14. “Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning for an increase in worksite immigration enforcement operations, with multiple federal agencies involved in determining how to boost the number of arrests and placate the president’s base, according to five sources familiar with the discussions. Administration officials say that criminal investigations have been ongoing

By Kristen Holmes, Jason Morris, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has ramped up its investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia by dedicating more personnel to what an internal memo refers to as a “priority,” a person familiar with the matter told CNN, ramping up an inquiry into the election that President Donald

By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A former Olympic canoeist has been indicted by a grand jury in Washington, DC, Superior Court, for allegedly damaging the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. David Hearn was charged Thursday with one count of destruction of property with a value of more than $1,000,

By Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A US Air Force major was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday after delivering a speech calling for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The arrest of Jason Watson occurred after he spoke at a news conference organized

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Donors who intended to support a bipartisan nonprofit that’s organizing celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary were allegedly redirected — without their knowledge — to a separate nonprofit behind events being promoted by President Donald Trump, according to a report from a group of House Democrats, citing confidential, unnamed

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave her coveted endorsement Thursday to Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Senate candidate in Michigan who party leaders have worried might be too left-leaning to win in the swing state. “After watching this campaign unfold for well over a year, it has become clear

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Douglas S. DePodesta, the special agent in charge of the FBI Chicago field office, was pushed to retire after disagreements with the local US Attorney Andrew Boutros, according to two people familiar with the situation. Several people familiar with the retirement told CNN they didn’t believe one single dispute

By Holmes Lybrand, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The day after the White House kicked off celebrations for America’s 250th birthday with a UFC fight on the South Lawn, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that law enforcement had thwarted a plot to attack the event using drones and snipers to target Trump and others. Now,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — After berating the Supreme Court for much of the year — while simultaneously inviting some of the justices over to the White House for dinner — President Donald Trump’s final assessment of the court’s momentous term this week felt something like a ceasefire. “The Republican Party,” the president posted

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday fired two members of the state’s clemency board after they spoke out against his controversial decision to grant clemency to Tina Peters – an election denier whose sentence was cut in half by the outgoing Democratic governor in May. Azra Taslimi and Hannah

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — An EMS audio recording published by an independent journalist indicates that emergency responders were called to the Washington, DC, home of Sen. Mitch McConnell for an “unconscious” person the same day he was hospitalized last month. In the audio, the dispatcher says the call is for a “cardiac

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge blocked the US Postal Service from carrying out its plan for President Donald Trump’s mail ballot executive order, finding that the proposal violated a settlement in a 2020 lawsuit against the agency. Trump had directed USPS to only transmit ballots for states that submit to the

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former adviser and campaign spokesperson Jason Miller is expected to join the White House, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. While those people said the paperwork and details are still being finalized, Miller will likely take on a special government employee role specific to

By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche threatened lawsuits against four states that have gun restrictions similar to the Hawaii law that the Supreme Court struck down last week. He also warned states considering laws that “mirror” Hawaii’s that they could face Justice Department lawsuits as well, as the

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Former CIA Director John Brennan, who has been under investigation by the Justice Department, is demanding the Trump administration preserve records about its inquiry into him, and asking for a court’s help, according to a new lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Brennan alleges that the

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he told his new acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte that he wants him to “declassify almost everything” while he’s in the role. “Bill (Pulte) is there just for a fairly short period of time. But while he’s there, I said you

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump boarded his inaugural flight on the new Air Force One, a luxury Boeing jet donated by the government of Qatar, he shared his excitement for the new aircraft and its foreign builders, saying the US “couldn’t build a plane like this.” “I’m excited about the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When President Donald Trump used his black Sharpie on his first day back in office to sign an executive order in January 2025 limiting birthright citizenship, he said, “This is a big one.” It was an audacious gambit. And in the most essential way, it failed.

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Two years ago, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee spent millions of dollars through its super PAC to defeat two vocal critics of Israel, Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York. “AIPAC, I’m coming to tear your kingdom down,” Bush vowed in her concession speech.

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll asked a judge to release more than $5 million to her one day after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to challenge a jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed her. Carroll’s lawyers asked the trial judge to expedite the briefing

By Adam Cancryn, Jeremy Herb, Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump collected billions of dollars through an array of cryptocurrency holdings, royalty payments and property investments last year, according to his latest annual financial disclosure released on Tuesday. The 2025 report, which totals 927 pages, provides the most extensive look so far at

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance said that he believes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the leading Democratic candidate for president 2028. “I think it’s got to be AOC. I know that’s probably conventional wisdom,” Vance said during an interview on “The Michael Knowles Show” released Tuesday. When the host argued

CNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state bans on transgender students playing on girls sports teams, delivering another blockbuster setback to trans youth and their families in a decision that is likely to sustain similar laws in about half of the nation. In a

CNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state bans on transgender students playing on girls sports teams, delivering another blockbuster setback to trans youth and their families in a decision that is likely to sustain similar laws in about half of the nation. In a

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state bans on transgender students playing on girls sports teams, delivering another blockbuster setback to trans youth and their families in a decision that is likely to sustain similar laws in about half of the nation. In a 6-3

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution to force the disclosure of records on confidential sexual harassment settlements on behalf of members Congress. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie forced the vote, saying that he believes documents and information already turned over to lawmakers was not sufficient. The measure was approved with

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The conservative Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda Tuesday, ruling that his administration could not use an executive order to end birthright citizenship for hundreds of thousands of babies born on US soil every year. Though not unexpected, the decision is

By Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson has once again lost a battle against hardline conservatives for control of his own House floor — and he has no clear way out. A small group of GOP hardliners, led by firebrand Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, effectively seized the floor from

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A longtime aide to Bill Clinton walked back a prior claim that the former president visited Jeffrey Epstein’s island, according to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, who questioned him, and two sources familiar with closed-door testimony on Capitol Hill. Doug Band, the former Clinton aide, is the 17th person to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to fire a top official at the Library of Congress for now, a move that will allow her to remain in her post while her case is reviewed by lower courts in light of the court’s blockbuster

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will decide whether cities and states may ban people from owning AR-15 rifles and similar semi-automatic weapons, taking up a major Second Amendment dispute that it had previously declined to address. One of the appeals involving certain semi-automatic rifles came from two

CNN By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Tom Kean of New Jersey said Tuesday that he experienced severe depression that required a long-term stay in the hospital, keeping him away from Washington more than 100 days. Kean announced his previously undisclosed health condition in highly anticipated floor remarks, acknowledging it was “not an

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When President Donald Trump used his black Sharpie on his first day back in office to sign an executive order in January 2025 limiting birthright citizenship, he said, “This is a big one.” It was an audacious gambit. And in the most essential way, it

By John Fritze, Isabelle D’Antonio, Dan Berman (CNN) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday knocked down Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship as it has been understood for more than a century, invalidating an executive order that was a key part of the president’s agenda even though it was legally dubious from the start.

By John Fritze and Devan Cole (CNN) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states may bar transgender students from playing on girls sports teams, delivering the latest in a series of legal defeats to trans Americans amid a political backlash in conservative states that has accelerated at a dramatic pace in recent years.

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Tom Kean of New Jersey said Tuesday that he experienced severe depression that required a long-term stay in the hospital, keeping him away from Washington more than 100 days. Kean announced his previously undisclosed health condition in highly anticipated floor remarks, acknowledging it was “not an easy

By Fredreka Schouten, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — In erasing limits on how much political parties can coordinate with federal candidates, the US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Republicans a major political victory just ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. The 6-3 decision by the high court rolled back a longstanding restriction on the use

By Eric Bradner, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic socialists struck another blow against the Democratic establishment on Tuesday in Colorado, where CNN’s Decision Desk projects that 29-year-old Melat Kiros will defeat incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette, who was first elected before Kiros was born, in a primary. Kiros was the third progressive challenger to defeat

By Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — After an occasionally rocky start in his new post, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won an internal debate when President Donald Trump announced he was nominating Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, five sources familiar with the dynamic told CNN.

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump Monday evening posted what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a large, golden eagle affixed to the Truman Balcony of the White House. “A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, alongside the image of the

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of independent agencies at any time. In one memo to the White House

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — For more than 40 years, since his service as a young Reagan administration lawyer, Chief Justice John Roberts has pressed for an exceptionally powerful US president, one who could fire the heads of independent agencies at any time. In one memo to the White House counsel

By Nina Giraldo, Sarah Ferris, CNN Westfield, New Jersey (CNN) — One day before Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. returned to Capitol Hill for the first time in months, the long-missing congressman sat on the steps of his tidy Tudor-style home in North Jersey, sifting through mail beside his wife. Kean, wearing a gray polo,

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A spokesperson for Sen. Ruben Gallego said Monday that President Donald Trump is “targeting” the Arizona Democrat with a Justice Department investigation into his campaign finances. Reacting to a report of the inquiry in Axios, the spokesperson accused the Justice Department of having been “weaponized” and said the administration

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor received more than $4,000 in concert tickets from a Puerto Rican record label that counts Bad Bunny among its clients, according to a financial disclosure report made public Monday. Sotomayor, a member of the court’s liberal wing, disclosed receiving $4,333 in concert tickets from Rimas Entertainment

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s ruling letting more than a dozen states keep their post-election grace periods for mail ballots is a defeat for President Donald Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterms, but the GOP can still capture significant victories in major election-related cases coming further down the pipeline. On

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Ellis Kim, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday remained undecided over whether he’d sign a bipartisan housing bill, saying shortly after the House speaker sent it to the White House that it was “so unimportant” compared with his efforts to secure a controversial overhaul of federal

CNN By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions. At the same time, the court made

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant win Monday by allowing him to remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, toppling a 1935 precedent in the process that could reorder the way the government functions. At the same time, the court made it

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the use of a “geofence warrant” to capture location data from cell phones in search of a robbery suspect constituted a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, a decision that means officers will have to obtain a warrant to access such data in

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will be opened from the Oval Office next week to mark the launch of Trump Accounts, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Monday. “We’re having a big opening bell ceremony next week where Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN SpaceX arrived on Wall Street this month amid high expectations, and it has so far delivered. But for many investors, the real bet is on CEO Elon Musk — and that his next act will be as lucrative as his last. Here’s what else you need to know to get

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will review the legality of mass voters purges in the final weeks before an election, as part of a larger case the justices are taking up examining the methods Arizona uses to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls. The dispute will not be resolved before the midterms,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court Monday declined to take up an appeal from President Donald Trump over a $5 million verdict and finding that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, a decision that means the president will now have to pay the magazine columnist. Carroll sued Trump in 2019 for

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic congressional nominee endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who ousted longtime Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday’s primary, maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and Soviet figures, including Vladimir Lenin. Avila Chevalier, a sociology PhD student

By Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in 40 years, retiring Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California will not be returning to Congress in January. CNN has learned where she will direct her legendary energy — at the University of California, Berkeley, which is creating the Nancy Pelosi Institute. The institute, dedicated

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — John Yoo — a well-known and, in some legal and political circles, infamous conservative lawyer — will assist a Justice Department investigation that has theorized a yearslong conspiracy against President Donald Trump and is looking at several former high-ranking federal officials. Yoo, now a law professor at the University

By Camila DeChalus, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — Comedian and Trump critic Bill Maher on Sunday received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington institution that is entangled in a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s effort to overhaul it. The center — which Trump

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The $1.7 million “ozone nanobubbler” being used in an effort to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool water crystal clear has a unique ability to shoot 500 million microscopic bubbles into every teaspoon of water. The injected oxygen is supposed to oxidize — or, unscientifically speaking, smash through —

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Almost immediately after scoring a series of upset victories in New York last week, members of the rising progressive movement started looking ahead to their next target: Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist and lawyer, is challenging 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette for the solidly blue

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Hanover, Maryland (CNN) — As he rallied Maryland Democrats at a state party fundraiser Saturday night, former President Joe Biden decried the actions of the man who succeeded him in the White House, painting him as vain and corrupt. “It’s not just his vanity projects, tearing down the East Wing of

By Casey Gannon, Julia Benbrook, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency that has spurred controversy amid the administration’s ramped-up deportation efforts. The Department of

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man with the same name and Republican party affiliation as Alaska US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary, a judge ruled Friday, the latest turn in a drama surrounding the broader fight over control of the US Senate. Superior Court Judge

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Julia Letlow will win the Republican nomination for Senate in Louisiana, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff in which she made her endorsement from President Donald Trump a centerpiece of her pitch. Letlow’s victory all but ensures another Trump ally will

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — When Next250 organizers began planning for America’s 250th birthday, they envisioned bringing together communities in a polarized country to celebrate democracy. But then Donald Trump returned to office as the 47th president. Now, the left-leaning group has reframed its commemoration in response to Trump’s takeover of the country’s

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday seized on the electoral success of several democratic socialist candidates to ramp up his attacks on the Democratic Party, claiming it was being taken over by “godless Communists” who pose an existential threat to the nation. The heated rhetoric marked the latest bid by

By Donald Judd, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump unveiled a new rendering of a special commemorative US passport bearing his likeness Friday, debuting a limited-edition passport to mark America’s 250th anniversary this year. “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’” Trump posted on Truth Social. He included a sample

By Associated Press (AP) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false and that he says forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins. Buttigieg wrote in a Substack post that a Michigan State Police officer told him they found nothing to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday. “Justice Alito was notified in advance by Justice Sotomayor’s chambers that she would be reading a

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted strikes on Friday against Iranian military targets around the Strait of Hormuz in response to Tehran’s Thursday attack against a commercial vessel near the key waterway, according to US Central Command. “US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an “economic reset for America” agenda, which aides explicitly say is part of his considering to launch a presidential campaign. “The system America’s founders built was designed to prevent

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, Catherine E. Shoichet, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Until Thursday morning, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were legally living and working in the United States, along with thousands of Syrians. Now, their work permits are set to expire and their deportation protections will be terminated, throwing them in legal limbo.

By Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand, Arpita Dasika, CNN (CNN) — As several criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s foes continue to flail, federal prosecutors are now ushering one of his biggest critics to a conviction. Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of unlawfully retaining sensitive national security information

By Gabe Cohen, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN. White House officials appointed Gregg Phillips in December to lead FEMA’s Office of Response

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Thursday that he had “profound differences” with one of the candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in Tuesday’s primary elections, underscoring Democratic Party fractures heading into the midterms. Shapiro was asked about Darializa Avila Chevalier,

By Abigail Roederhsheimer, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Several months before blue strips started floating to the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a company involved in its last renovation more than 15 years ago was approached with an opportunity to do this remodel as well. But the company said no. Specifically,

By Sean Lyngaas, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Bad cybersecurity practices from Secret Service agents have left their phones vulnerable to hacking and risked the lives of senior US officials they are charged with protecting, according to a new inspector general report. Foreign “adversaries” — a term that can encompass spies and terrorists — “could

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority delivered President Donald Trump a pair of significant affirmations of his immigration policy Thursday, paving the way for the administration to effectively remove more than 1 million people from the US and keep many others from entering in

By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, Lauren Fox, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — A nasty feud over President Donald Trump’s elections overhaul push has further crippled an already-dysfunctional Congress, leaving Republicans unable to move on critical elements of their agenda. Weeks of tumult fueled by Trump’s demands for the bill forced Speaker Mike Johnson to send

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service will drain and repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after July Fourth celebrations, the agency’s deputy director for operations said in a court filing Wednesday. “The National Park Service plans to begin draining the reflecting pool following the Independence Day celebration to conduct repairs, including

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has identified more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children in US government custody to be potentially removed from the country, according to Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden. The move marks the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s effort to focus on migrant children who arrived at the US