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By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen GOP lawmakers defied their own leadership — and President Donald Trump — by voting with Democrats to approve a major bill to deliver billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine while imposing steep sanctions on Russia. The House voted 226 to 195 to

By Andrew Kaczynski, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing allegations of unsettling and in at least one case physically threatening behavior toward women he dated, according to a report published Thursday by The New York Times. The report, which is based on interviews with six women who previously

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel as it seeks to further ratchet up pressure on the government in Havana. The sanctions also target former President Raul Castro’s son and grandson, Díaz-Canel’s wife and stepson, as well as the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a new walkway will be built connecting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, to the Potomac River. “We’re going to call it the promenade,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. “They want to call it the Trump Promenade,” the president said. “But

By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is vetting a first-term health official to lead the Food and Drug Administration who has criticized vaccine policies championed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dr. Norman “Ned” Sharpless, who ran the National Cancer Institute during President Donald Trump’s first

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is planning to attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on Monday at Madison Square Garden. If he does attend, he’d be the first sitting US president to watch an NBA

By Brian Todd, Sean Lyngaas, Jim Sciutto, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — When a fire burned aboard the world’s biggest aircraft carrier in March as it took part in operations against Iran, the US Navy released a short statement saying the blaze had been “contained,” that two sailors had received medical treatment for “non-life-threatening injuries”

By Betsy Klein, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order. Staff were also instructed to immediately update some Kennedy Center

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, Paula Reid, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, was responsible for overseeing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, former Attorney General Pam Bondi said during a closed-door interview with lawmakers last month. According to a transcript of her interview

By Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans overcame deep internal divisions to pass a massive $70 billion immigration enforcement package early Friday, delivering a major political win to President Donald Trump after weeks of struggling to pass the bill. The bill – which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Hours after President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche to permanently lead the DOJ, the top Senate Republican could not say whether Blanche could survive a nomination fight on Capitol Hill. Asked about whether Blanche would have difficulty being confirmed, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said it was

By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has reached a plea deal over mishandling sensitive national security information, according to three sources familiar with the matter. He intends to plead guilty to one felony count of illegal retention of sensitive national security information,

By Annie Grayer, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer and other Republican lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to investigate allegations involving two men accused of sexually abusing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, according to a letter provided first to CNN. The new pressure from the Republican lawmakers stems from testimony the panel received last month from the assistant, Sarah

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is fighting back against states that refuse to aid his immigration agenda after a wave of court losses, with a series of new lawsuits that tee up untested legal questions about the power of state and federal governments. The Justice Department last week filed four lawsuits

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that wipes away civil service protections from roughly 8,000 high-level federal workers by making them at-will employees. The move is the president’s latest effort to overhaul the federal workforce, which he views as an impediment to carrying out his policies.

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The high-profile primary for California governor remains too early to call. Three candidates, Republican Steve Hilton and Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer, remain in the race for two slots in the general election. Hilton continues to lead the pack following the first set of post-election night results, but

By Kristen Holmes, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced at a private dinner at the White House Wednesday night he will nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general. Trump adviser Dan Scavino posted a video on X of Trump announcing the decision at the dinner in the Rose Garden. “Tomorrow I’m instructing

By Camila DeChalus, Sarah Ferris, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — The House passed a resolution on Wednesday to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran, a significant rebuke to Trump and his handling of the conflict. Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the House and the Senate –

By Lauren Fox and Morgan Leason, CNN (CNN) — Republican lawmakers blasted a homophobic post that appeared on GOP Rep. Andy Ogles’ X account on Tuesday, saying it was “gross,” “disgusting,” a distraction and had no place in their party. Ogles has said that a staffer was to blame for posting on his X account,

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Another softball interview. Another series of obvious lies from the president. President Donald Trump’s conversation with conservative New York Post columnist and podcaster Miranda Devine, released on Wednesday morning, featured some of Trump’s longest-debunked false claims about elections, the economy and immigration. As with his inaccurate comments in a

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — One of the key sticking points remaining in negotiations between the US and Iran centers on monetary compensation, as President Donald Trump is eager to strike a deal that will be viewed as superior to a prior agreement inked during the Obama administration, a US official familiar

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Alabama has repeatedly come to the US Supreme Court to defend a racially discriminatory congressional map, asserting dubious claims and employing questionable tactics. In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled against Alabama. Late Tuesday night, the emboldened conservative majority did the opposite, endorsing a state plan that

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans have formally removed funding for President Donald Trump’s ballroom security as part of their sprawling immigration funding package, according to revised legislative text released Wednesday. The decision to drop the ballroom funding, which had sparked significant debate among lawmakers, is not a complete surprise, though it is

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested that the UFC lighting grid, known as “The Claw,” will stay on the White House South Lawn well beyond the fight there later this month. In a video on TikTok posted Tuesday, Trump compared the structure to the Eiffel Tower, which was supposed to be

By Sarah Ferris, Aileen Graef, Alison Main, Manu Raju, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declined to commit to permanently scrapping a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund on Wednesday, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins he still considered the controversial initiative “a beautiful thing” The comments inject fresh uncertainty into the Senate’s effort to pass $70

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is facing an extraordinary showdown with Donald Trump as the justices scramble to finish nearly two dozen opinions before the end of the month — with a president who will lash out if any decisions don’t go his way. Pending decisions on executive power, immigration, mail

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — California’s elections are never quite over on Election Day, and this year is no different. The state’s big population and its universal vote-by-mail system add to the time it takes to count the large volume of ballots counties will receive. In the 2024 general election, for instance, mail ballots

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Adam Hamawy, a retired US Army combat surgeon and sharp Israel critic, will win the crowded Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Hamawy led a field of roughly a dozen Democrats, including some state and local elected officials, in the solidly blue seat

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Spencer Pratt has spent months waging a guerilla campaign against incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, riding the buzz generated by AI-generated videos, viral moments and some big-name supporters as he seeks to capitalize on dissatisfaction with the way the city is being run. He may now have five

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that will benefit Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, permitting the state to ditch one of two House districts represented by a Black member of Congress who is also a Democrat. The court dealt with the case

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos, who went to prison last year on federal fraud charges after being ousted from Congress, is now under scrutiny for his trading on prediction markets, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The prediction site Kalshi identified suspicious activity in a market

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified to lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department has abandoned its plans for an “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government. “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told the House Appropriations

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The behind-the-scenes jockeying began almost immediately after Tulsi Gabbard announced last month that she would resign as director of national intelligence. Some allies told President Donald Trump he should replace Gabbard with someone who had more intelligence experience. Others said he should go with someone

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman issued a scathing takedown of Graham Platner as the leading Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race has become embroiled in a scandal over reports that he sent sexual text messages to women who were not his wife. In an interview with CNN

By Pamela Brown, Annie Grayer, Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez over allegations of sexual misconduct, three sources told CNN. The sources, who asked not to be named to protect their identities, said the panel had made early reach outs in its attempt to follow up

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that a second correspondents’ dinner, with bolstered security measures, will be held this summer after April’s event was halted by a shooting incident at the Washington Hilton. President Donald Trump later said he has accepted an invitation to speak at the

By Zachary Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump on Tuesday named housing official Bill Pulte, who has played a leading role in stoking the president’s retribution campaign, as acting director of national intelligence. Pulte — a wealthy businessman turned Federal Housing Finance Agency director — appears to be an unusual choice

By Davis Winkie, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Members of the US military may soon be barred from using prediction markets to bet on global events if a draft defense policy bill passes Congress and becomes law. The proposal comes after a high-profile case where a US special forces soldier is accused of using classified

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Jill Biden offered, in her words, a “full-blown confession.” It was 2020, and she was opening up about the toll Beau Biden’s death took on her family while at a New Hampshire roundtable with mental health professionals. “For all the tiny gestures the press made so much of, that

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Some prominent supporters of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ now-suspended run for US Senate suggested Monday she should revive her campaign in a last-ditch effort to stop Graham Platner as his bid becomes engulfed by another controversy. “I definitely want her to un-suspend her campaign,” said Lynn Bromley, a former

By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico legislative panel announced on Monday it is issuing more than a dozen subpoenas as a part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s “Zorro Ranch,” and called on survivors of the late sex offender and other members of the public to share what they might

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Tom Kean is running unopposed in his primary on Tuesday, seeking a third term in one of the nation’s most competitive seats. But voters haven’t seen or heard directly from Kean in months — and it’s still unclear when he might return to work on Capitol Hill.

By Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has signaled to Republican congressional leaders that it plans to drop the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though it was unclear how firm or permanent that plan is, according to two sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to terminating

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist congressional candidate endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, deleted a previous Twitter account that included thousands of posts and reposts expressing support for abolishing police, prisons and borders, as well as seizing private property and nationalizing major industries and

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of FBI Director Kash Patel’s efforts to root out so-called weaponization in the agency, firing dozens of employees for their perceived bias, former agents set up their own group to help those struggling under the new leadership. Former Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Feinberg said

By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hackers breached a senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and temporarily posted a string of pro-Iran and anti-US propaganda on Sunday, some of it invoking the Vietnam War. One video reviewed by CNN used audio from “Hanoi Hannah,” an infamous Vietnam War propagandist, telling US soldiers

By Ted Barrett, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans need more assurances that the Trump administration will completely drop a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after the Justice Department said it would abide by a court order temporarily blocking the effort. Many senators told CNN they cannot move

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Jill Biden says she felt she “had to support” President Joe Biden publicly in the wake of his disastrous 2024 debate with Donald Trump, despite acknowledging now that she feared her husband might have been having a stroke. Her latest comments came in an interview

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been lying for years about elections in California. He has done it again in the days prior to the state’s Tuesday primaries for governor and other offices. In a Fox News interview that aired Saturday, Trump falsely claimed of California, “Their elections are a fraud;

By Emily Condon, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a death row inmate in Florida who was blocked from challenging his sentence even though a lower court acknowledged a key witness lied on stand, marking the third time the conservative high court has backed an inmate sentenced to death

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Jill Biden says she felt she “had to support” President Joe Biden publicly in the wake of his disastrous 2024 debate with Donald Trump, despite acknowledging now that she feared her husband might have been having a stroke. Her latest comments came in an interview Monday

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election denier Tina Peters was released from a Colorado prison Monday, prison officials confirmed, weeks after the state’s Democratic governor granted a controversial commutation that cut her sentence in half. The Republican former Mesa County clerk was convicted in 2024 of state felonies for conspiring with fellow election deniers

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking over swaths of the nation’s capital, with the headline cage matches set to take place at the White House on Sunday. A massive arched lighting grid, which the UFC calls “The Claw,” has been constructed on the South Lawn, complete with stands and

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Democrats already facing a difficult path to recapture control of the US Senate are grappling with the latest revelations about Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee set to face Sen. Susan Collins in a must-win race for the party. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey said Sunday that

By Kevin Liptak, Logan Schiciano, Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The US carried out what it said was “self-defense” strikes in Iran over the weekend – as President Donald Trump sent back changes to a proposed deal to extend the existing ceasefire in the region and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The weekend strikes in

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Shawn Harris is aware of the political bind he faces in northwest Georgia. “Because I live in a ruby-red district, I can’t have every nationally known Democrat come here and support me because it doesn’t fit what we’re trying to do,” said Harris, who is running for a congressional

By Michael Williams, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner said she was “deeply hurt” after details of her husband’s extramarital sexting became public Saturday, accusing a former campaign official and confidante of betraying her trust. The statement from Platner’s wife, Amy Gertner, came after both The New

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. and his new wife, Bettina Trump, posted a wedding video on social media Friday, offering new, behind-the-scenes glimpses of their luxurious, tropical nuptials in the Bahamas. The video came with a caption: “The night I married my best friend, my love, and my forever.” It continued,

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ governance in one of the bluest states in America is being put to the test Tuesday, as California voters in primaries for governor and Los Angeles mayor weigh crowded fields led by relatively weak or unpopular frontrunners. President Donald Trump may be less popular with voters now than

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Theresa Weeks was making spaghetti when a Senate candidate came knocking on her door. “I was just watching your commercial,” Weeks said, extending her arms to give Josh Turek a hug on her front steps. “I’m delighted to see you.” Turek is not only running to

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — The White House released the results of President Donald Trump’s May physical late Friday evening, sharing a memo from his physician recommending he lose weight and exercise more while noting he is in excellent health. “President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is stalled, with some allies urging the White House to scrap it altogether amid an unusually intense backlash from multiple Senate Republicans, sources familiar with the matter said. It remains to be seen whether the president will agree to end the

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The commander of US Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday in a rare meeting on the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, a US military installation located in Cuba’s southeast. SOUTHCOM said that Commander Gen. Francis Donovan met with Cuban Army Corps Gen. Roberto Legrá

By Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic billionaire Reid Hoffman said Friday that the Justice Department’s criminal probe involving donations he made toward E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits is meant to “silence” those who stand up to President Donald Trump. “He is investigating me because I supported E Jean’s lawsuit –– where a jury

By Zachary Cohen, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Senior Pentagon leaders are putting together lists of uniformed US service members who will be offered the chance to attend the UFC fight at the White House next month hosted by President Donald Trump, but tickets will only be given to those who meet military body composition

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Kennedy Center from temporarily closing its doors for a yearslong renovation and said its board violated the law when it added President Donald Trump’s name to the historic performing arts venue. US District Judge Casey Cooper concluded that the law

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump’s most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that’s likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness. Trump, who is the oldest president to be inaugurated, declared on social media that

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from moving ahead with plans to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who it says were wrongly targeted by the government in the past. The brief order from US District Judge Leonie Brinkema says the

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — At James Talarico’s first rally after Ken Paxton became his opponent in their US Senate race, one of Texas’ most prominent Black leaders, Rodney Ellis, acknowledged he had supported Talarico’s opponent, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, in their hard-fought Democratic primary. “That was then, this is now,” Ellis said on Wednesday.

By Michael Williams, Alayna Treene, Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has become preoccupied with an idea to punish cities and states that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement — cutting customs staffing at their airports and possibly stopping the processing of international travelers all together. But the

By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — What happens to Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, including the 970 pounds that it has highly concentrated to near-weapons grade, is one of the primary sticking points as the US and Iran have trudged through weeks of negotiations to potentially end the Iran war. President Donald Trump has insisted that

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Years before Spencer Pratt emerged as a high-profile insurgent candidate in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, the former reality TV star immersed himself in the world of noted conspiracy theorist Alex Jones — telling Jones’ audience in 2009 that the September 11 attacks were “100%” an inside

By René Marsh, CNN (CNN) — For over a year, Lonnie Bunch III, the head of the storied Smithsonian Institution, has been at the center of a political tempest. Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, the world’s largest museum institution and a key voice in shaping the narrative of America’s history has been under pressure

CNN By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is planning to potentially print a commemorative $250 bill with the image of President Donald Trump to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed the plans in a statement, saying it was conducting “appropriate planning and due diligence” in

By Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is planning to potentially print a commemorative $250 bill with the image of President Donald Trump to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed the plans in a statement, saying it was conducting “appropriate planning and due diligence” in response

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threw cold water Thursday on the idea of a 2028 presidential bid, saying that while “there will be a robust group of people running for president, I will not be one of them.” Whitmer made the comments in an interview with Fox 2 Detroit while

By Holmes Lybrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A former CIA officer in Virginia has been charged with stealing tens of millions of dollars in gold bars and foreign currency from the very agency he worked for, according to an FBI affidavit and a source familiar with the matter. David Rush was arrested last week

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking a judge to vacate the Biden-era penalty that it imposed last year on a cryptocurrency exchange run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss — prominent donors to President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. The request, filed late Wednesday, marks an extraordinary reversal for

By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump promised, seemingly out of the blue, in late January that prosecutions would “soon” be coming for 2020 election rigging, the Justice Department was already mobilizing an effort behind the scenes to build out a portfolio of cases that would boost the

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Texas, raised more than $3 million in the first 24 hours after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton emerged as his Republican opponent, Talarico’s campaign first told CNN. The haul confirms Talarico’s status as a formidable fundraiser as he looks to

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The coast-to-coast battle to gain an edge in November’s elections through partisan gerrymandering is racing to its conclusion – with Republicans poised to finish with as many as 10 seats ahead of Democrats through redistricting alone. The GOP kicked off the fight last year in Texas, changing boundaries for

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors in New York charged a Google software engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits from bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket by using confidential insider information he learned about the most searched people of 2025. Michele Spagnuolo, the Google software engineer, allegedly used an account

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Nearly three dozen former federal judges appointed by presidents from both parties have joined a growing legal effort to upend the Trump administration’s newly created $1.776 billion fund for people who say they were wrongly targeted by the government in the past. The retired jurists are asking a judge

CNN By Eric Bradner, Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Jill Biden’s new comments about Joe Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate have reignited a conversation that tore the Democratic Party apart during and after the now-former president’s performance. Biden told CBS News in an interview clip published Wednesday that her husband’s stumbles and apparent confusion “scared me

By Eric Bradner, Dana Bash, CNN (CNN) — Jill Biden’s new comments about Joe Biden’s disastrous 2024 debate have reignited a conversation that tore the Democratic Party apart during and after the now-former president’s performance. Biden told CBS News in an interview clip published Wednesday that her husband’s stumbles and apparent confusion “scared me to

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about the war with Iran, the economy and other subjects during public comments at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Many of them have been debunked before. Here’s a quick fact check of the false claims and some others that were misleading or lacked

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge dismissed criminal charges against a media executive in a long-running bribery case involving FIFA after the US Justice Department said the case no longer fits the Trump administration’s priorities. The decision came on the 11-year anniversary of DOJ’s takedown and announcement of initial charges in 2015

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Alabama officials returned to the Supreme Court on Wednesday with an emergency appeal seeking permission to use a map that would likely add a Republican seat to the House of Representatives next year, once again thrusting the justices into the nationwide mid-decade redistricting battle instigated by President Donald Trump.

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is back in the national spotlight after Republicans picked their standard-bearer for the race on Tuesday. Talarico, a state representative, will face off against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who defeated Sen. John Cornyn in a primary runoff. President Donald

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden is suing to block the House Judiciary Committee from obtaining, and potentially releasing, audio recordings and transcripts of conversations in 2016 and 2017 with the ghostwriter of his memoir. The court case is part of a simmering debate between the Trump administration and Biden regarding

By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is feeling the financial squeeze and is struggling in some cases to carry out routine training and maintenance amid its ongoing operations against Iran, with uniformed military leaders pressing Congress to support additional funding. The Navy’s top officer, Adm. Daryl Caudle, told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump finished his monthlong revenge tour in Texas on Tuesday night. The president’s national approval ratings may be near their weakest overall. But a series of red-state primaries in May have shown that conservative voters remain fiercely supportive of Trump – and willing to turn against those

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Ken Paxton weathered a long list of scandals in the years leading up to his decisive victory Tuesday in the Republican primary runoff for Senate in Texas. Through criminal charges and allegations of infidelity, the Texas attorney general has remained a force in state politics and maintained a close

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Cornyn’s landslide defeat immediately raises a pressing question for his GOP colleagues: Will he join the ranks of other Republicans recently vanquished by President Donald Trump and begin bucking the president more? Cornyn suggested prior to Tuesday’s loss that he will continue to be a team player,

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Mike Flood said President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund should not be used for rioters who were at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, during a town hall in his district Tuesday where he was repeatedly pressed on his support of the president’s agenda. The Nebraska congressman,

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Bettina Anderson officially became part of the country’s first family this weekend – her new name an American political brand. “I feel honored to join your family and to fight by your side, Don, through whatever life brings us. And to become your wife is the greatest honor, and