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CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The November election is still a long way off, but patience is already running thin at the Supreme Court. An explosive exchange between three conservative justices and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson late Monday underscored a tension that has developed in voting cases as the court runs headlong

CNN By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The return of abortion to the Supreme Court is testing President Donald Trump’s strategy of avoiding the issue as the anti-abortion advocates grow increasingly frustrated that his administration hasn’t done more to crack down on access to mifepristone, the drug approved to terminate pregnancies. By leaving intact a

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The return of abortion to the Supreme Court is testing President Donald Trump’s strategy of avoiding the issue as the anti-abortion advocates grow increasingly frustrated that his administration hasn’t done more to crack down on access to mifepristone, the drug approved to terminate pregnancies. By leaving intact a Biden-era

By Ellis Kim, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans are looking to give the US Secret Service $1 billion to shore up security for President Donald Trump’s future White House ballroom, as part of a broader immigration enforcement package. Two GOP-led Senate committees unveiled late Monday their roughly $70 billion package to

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections in Georgia wants to block the Justice Department from gaining access to the personal information of thousands of 2020 election workers. In a motion filed on Monday, the board requested that DOJ’s April 20 subpoena of election workers’ names, addresses and

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — For days after the killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, fellow workers for the Department of Veterans Affairs held vigils at health centers nationwide, partly in protest and partly to pay their respects. Becky Halioua, a recreational therapist and union leader at the Charlie Norwood

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — A set of May primaries will test the strength of Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party and the role the president intends to play as GOP voters pick their candidates knowing he’ll never again appear on the ballot. In Indiana on Tuesday, Trump is intervening in seven ordinarily

By Brian Todd, Josh Campbell, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service says its officers shot an armed man Monday afternoon near the Washington Monument after he fired at agents and wounded a juvenile bystander. Moments before the gunfire, Secret Service officers and agents who patrol the outer perimeter of the White House

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Louisiana to redraw a hotly contested congressional map that the court ruled days earlier was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, a highly technical decision that nevertheless sparked a bitter back-and-forth between three conservatives and a member of the court’s liberal wing. The

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — One of President Donald Trump’s top fundraising lieutenants has been enlisted to solicit money for his personal endeavor to develop a new golf course and sculpture garden on a prime piece of land along the Potomac River in Washington, DC. Meredith O’Rourke, a longtime GOP fundraiser whom Trump has

By Kevin Liptak, Adam Cancryn, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s initiative to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz was a high-stakes, high-risk attempt to jolt loose a resolution to the standoff that had come to define his war against Iran. But the gambit has put the US’ fragile ceasefire with Iran

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The House Democratic campaign arm on Monday inflamed ongoing tensions over the influence of party leadership by taking sides in several competitive primaries for battleground House seats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee waded in by announcing its latest round of “Red to Blue” candidates, a designation that is tantamount

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Gavin Newsom, governor of California. Personal Birth date: October 10, 1967 Birth place: San Francisco, California Birth name: Gavin Christopher Newsom Father: William Alfred Newsom III, lawyer and California state appeals court judge Mother: Tessa Thomas Menzies, waitress, secretary, paralegal and businesswoman

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge compared the Department of Corrections’ treatment of the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to that of January 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants during a Monday hearing over the man’s jail conditions. Attorneys for Cole Tomas Allen said in court

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a false claim about the military in his testimony to the House on Wednesday. Then he repeated the false claim in his testimony to the Senate on Thursday. Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda asked Hegseth at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee

By Fredreka Schouten, Ethan Cohen, Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a map he designed to give Republicans an edge in as many as four seats now held by Democrats. State lawmakers approved the new boundaries just hours after the US Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court temporarily restored telehealth and mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone on Monday, responding to an emergency appeal that warned of potential chaos for patients who had appointments to access the drug. The “administrative stay” is far from a final decision but rather maintains the status

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — For decades, it’s generally been assumed that any mass purges of voter rolls had to be completed at least 90 days out from an election. But Republicans and the Trump administration are now testing the scope of the federal law that imposes that ban on “systematic” removal programs within

CNN By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical but stable condition as he recovers from pneumonia, his spokesperson said. “Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we

By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical but stable condition as he recovers from pneumonia, his spokesperson said. “Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak,”

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he was “looking at” a new Iranian peace proposal. Then a reporter reminded Trump that he had said the previous night that the US might be better off not making a deal with Iran. “Well, I wouldn’t have to. I didn’t

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that she may reopen a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, depending on what an inspector general’s probe uncovers over building renovations at the Federal Reserve. Her comments come just over a week after she wrote

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Winding down a major US airline is a complicated business. Doing so when the president of the United States hints it could be saved adds another layer of complexity. Wracked with financial trouble, Spirit Airlines had filed for bankruptcy for the second time in August 2025. Months later, the

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a candidate in the state’s competitive Democratic US Senate primary, made the case for her “authenticity” while responding to criticism she’s facing after an investigation by CNN’s KFile revealed she deleted old social media posts criticizing the rural Midwest and praising California. McMorrow told

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that the Secret Service agent who was shot at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend was hit by a shotgun blast from the suspect charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. “We now can establish that a pellet that came from

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The race to lead the country’s biggest blue state has been defined by voter concerns about their quality of life in California and the influence of special interests in Sacramento. It might not seem like the right moment for California’s next governor to come from Silicon Valley. Matt Mahan

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As the Supreme Court was barreling toward the final weeks of its term last year, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to defend his colleagues from criticism that they were all too eager to kick decades-old precedent to the curb. Still bruising from anger on the

By Aleena Fayaz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The FBI seized 2020 election materials from Georgia just a few weeks after opening a criminal probe, an unusually fast pace for a case of its kind, experts told CNN. The newly released timeline, filed on Friday, was provided by the Justice Department following an order from

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again. Those are the number of votes President Donald Trump won in California in 2024, despite losing the state to

By Kaanita Iyer, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — When tourists see a statue of Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a 19th-century explorer, at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center this spring, a marker beneath it that used to be there will now be missing. It had asked visitors: “How do we acknowledge the

By Jeff Zeleny, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump sought to reshape the Kentucky Senate race on Friday to fill the seat of Sen. Mitch McConnell, delivering an endorsement of Rep. Andy Barr moments after offering a rival candidate an ambassadorship as an enticement to leave the race. The president offered his endorsement

By Natasha Bertrand, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon said on Friday the US will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, a move President Donald Trump said is just the beginning. The decision, which came after Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with

CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN. “I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court temporarily reinstated a nationwide requirement that abortion pills be obtained in person, undermining access to the method of abortion that has only grown more widespread since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Friday’s ruling from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee announced special legislative sessions next week to draw new congressional maps – becoming the latest states to act following the Supreme Court’s further weakening of the Voting Rights Act. “We owe it to Tennesseans to ensure our congressional districts accurately reflect the will

By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN. “I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers have received whistle blower reports accusing a top Justice Department official of pressuring prosecutors to work quickly to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center despite misgivings about the case, House Democrats said in a new letter to the official, Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh. Reps. Jamie Raskin

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Nebraska is launching work requirements in Medicaid on Friday, becoming the first state to implement a key pillar of the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” GOP Gov. Jim Pillen has said the mandate will promote long term independence. But community advocates and experts fear that tens of thousands of eligible

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen seized US funded supplies and equipment, including vehicles, after the Trump administration suspended and slashed humanitarian funding around the world and began dismantling the US Agency of International Development. Former US officials told the CNN the seizure of more than $122,000 worth of equipment

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — In a matter of days this week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dragged lawmakers to Tallahassee, handed them an aggressively gerrymandered congressional map, strong-armed the Republican-controlled legislature into backing it and tilted the midterm battlefield toward his party. It was a familiar display of the raw political power that DeSantis

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy warship lost power and propulsion for several hours in the Indo-Pacific on Tuesday, a US defense official said, after suffering what a Navy statement called an “engineering casualty” in its electrical system. Such a situation would leave the ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, and its

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A Vietnam-era law says Congress must sign off on the Iran war after the conflict hits the 60-day mark. The only problem: Lawmakers can’t agree when that deadline actually hits. And now they’ve left town. Under the War Powers Act of 1973, the president has 60 days to conduct

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN King Charles III has wrapped up his whirlwind visit to the US, striking a careful balance between charm and diplomacy. Over the four-day trip, he projected unity and celebrated Britain’s “eternal bond” with America ahead of its 250th anniversary — while occasionally disagreeing with the president and even landing a

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors filed new evidence Thursday including video showing the moments before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that President Donald Trump and administration officials attended at the Washington Hilton hotel in DC on Saturday night. The video shows the alleged attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, walk through a

By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A day after the Supreme Court further gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republican-led states are eying changes to boost the GOP’s gerrymandering effort at the expense of voters of color, while voting rights groups are trying to limit the impact of the ruling on this

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating allegations of sexual harassment against GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The committee was recently contacted by a witness, who described having witnessed improper behavior, the sources said. CNN could not immediately learn the precise

By Daniel Dale, CNN Republicans face political risk from the spike in gasoline prices caused by the war President Donald Trump launched against Iran. Over the last two days, prominent Republicans have made a series of false claims about gas prices. Sen. Tim Scott, chair of Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, falsely claimed Thursday that “gas

CNN By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Congress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdown of the critical agency. The bill to fund the department, which has

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — FEMA has reinstated a group of whistleblowers who signed an open letter to Congress last August warning that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the federal agency was setting the stage for a disaster-response breakdown on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, according to five FEMA officials with knowledge of the

By Annie Grayer, Ellis Kim, Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — A cornerstone of US intelligence gathering used to thwart terror attacks has lapsed after political divisions and President Donald Trump’s new spy chief upended negotiations on Capitol Hill. The government’s key spy powers have expired after Congress failed to approve another short-term extension of Section

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled his embattled surgeon general nominee, Dr. Casey Means, amid questions over her vaccine views and announced his third pick for the role in Dr. Nicole Saphier. “Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Congress voted to reopen key parts of the Department of Homeland Security — including the Transportation Security Administration — Thursday after weeks of GOP infighting that prolonged a record shutdown of the critical agency. President Donald Trump promptly signed the bill to fund

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump over the weekend will not fight detention as the case proceeds, his attorneys told a federal judge Thursday. Cole Tomas Allen, who spoke little during Thursday’s hearing, is accused of rushing through a security checkpoint during the White House

By Fredreka Schouten, Arlette Saenz, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Republicans delayed the May 16 primaries for US House Thursday, one day after the US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the state’s congressional map and calling it an unconstitutional gerrymander. Early voting was scheduled to begin Saturday and overseas ballots had already gone out. The

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — By the time Maine Gov. Janet Mills launched her Senate campaign in October, Graham Platner was already drawing large crowds and raising impressive amounts of money. The then-77-year-old governor was running for office at a time when many in her party were agitating for generational change. But Mills supporters

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey has not voted in Congress in weeks, sparking questions over when he will return to Capitol Hill as he faces a competitive race for reelection back home and Speaker Mike Johnson oversees an extremely narrow House majority in Washington. The congressman

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — For the first election cycle in years, US military and intelligence officials have not yet activated a specialized team dedicated to detecting and thwarting foreign threats to elections, according to comments from those agencies to Congress and CNN, alarming some lawmakers and former officials who have served on the

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Nearly two months ago, President Donald Trump promised he would make an endorsement “soon” in the Republican primary runoff for US Senate in Texas. That endorsement still has not arrived — and its absence is keeping the race highly competitive. Three people involved in the race said they no

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Forty-five years before a gunman attempted to storm the Washington Hilton’s ballroom during President Donald Trump’s appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, another would-be assassin stood on the sidewalk and shot President Ronald Reagan in the chest as he exited the same hotel. The location, and the presence

By Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Republicans will control Washington for at least six more months, but they’ve already lost control of one-half of Congress. Marred by infighting in his razor-thin majority, Speaker Mike Johnson no longer has a functional majority in the House. GOP leaders are struggling to fulfill the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s decision Wednesday rolling back protections for Black and Latino voters marks another dramatic turn in the long-fought effort by conservative justices to reverse measures vital to overcoming America’s legacy of race discrimination. The decision also marks a defining moment for the court under

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region, three people

By Kara Scannell, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury indicted the governor of Sinaloa and other Mexican state officials with drug trafficking and weapons charges for allegedly working with cartels to bring drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes and favors. Ruben Rocha Moya, the governor of the Mexican state

By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kicked yet another leg out from under the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that Chief Justice John Roberts’ court has repeatedly undermined over the years. Wednesday’s opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito with the dissent from the court’s

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Artemis II astronauts’ journey to the moon and back landed them at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon — standing by while President Donald Trump talked UFOs, the Space Force and the Iran war. Sporting blue jackets, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Applicants for visas to the United States will now have to affirm that they do not fear persecution in their home countries as the Trump administration seeks to further restrict potential asylum seeks from entering the country. The new rule, outlined in a diplomatic cable to all embassies and

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Days after a gunman charged security at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in what investigators say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump with legally-owned firearms, his Justice Department is further rolling back gun control measures. “We’re repealing rules that went beyond what the law allows,”

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has told his top advisers in recent days he wants the US naval blockade of Iranian ports to continue, sources familiar with the talks said, and his team has begun laying the groundwork for such an extension, including a longer-term closure of the Strait

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Emily Condon, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement before his first appearance in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey, who is charged with making a threat against President Donald Trump by photographing seashells on a North Carolina beach,

By Aileen Graef, Katherine Dautrich, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday offered the most robust look yet at the government’s case against the suspected gunman who allegedly charged past security at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner where President Donald Trump and top Cabinet officials gathered last weekend, including evidence they say shows he

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will back President Donald Trump’s push to end temporary deportation protections for potentially millions of foreign nationals who hail from countries enduring war and natural disasters. In one of the most significant immigration appeals to reach the high court during

By Kara Scannell (CNN) — A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear President Donald Trump’s appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist E Jean Carroll. The decision paves the way for Trump to ask the US Supreme Court to hear his arguments involving presidential

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify next month in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe. Bondi’s appearance – now set for May 29, according to a committee spokeswoman – comes as the panel has pushed in recent months to hear from the former top Trump

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a group of faith-based “crisis pregnancy centers” in New Jersey to fight a subpoena from the state’s Democratic attorney general. The decision may make it easier for liberal and conservative groups to challenge similar investigatory subpoenas. At a time when red and

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Eight years ago, in the Supreme Court’s first significant battle over a Donald Trump policy, the justices dismissed the president’s anti-Muslim rhetoric and upheld a travel ban on majority-Muslim countries. Now, Trump’s lawyers are invoking the decision as they urge the justices to ignore his derogatory

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s budget office sent a memo to Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening urging House Republicans to agree to partly reopen the Department of Homeland Security – even without new cash for immigration enforcement. The existence of the memo, which was confirmed by a person familiar with its

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Eight candidates seeking to become California’s next governor met for an unwieldy debate Tuesday, where the candidates discussed their plans to make the state more affordable and sought to gain ground in an unsettled field. The debate, hosted by CBS News-owned stations in California, comes as the race’s remaining

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his biggest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. The charges, approved by a

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — As the United States and United Kingdom sought to bolster their “special relationship” on Tuesday in Washington, Queen Camilla and first lady Melania Trump were seen but not heard. Dressed in white ensembles, the women joined their husbands for an official welcome ceremony at the White House, where they

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. The indictment was brought in the

By CNN staff (CNN) — A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of making a threat against President Donald Trump and transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. The indictment, which marks the administration’s second attempt to prosecute the longtime Trump rival, centers on a photo of seashells Comey

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells that officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his largest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. The indictment was brought in the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US will soon begin issuing passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump inside, a State Department official said Tuesday. The official said that the passport “will be the default passport out of the Washington Passport Agency when available” for those who renew their passports in person at

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — In an unusually biting court filing that mimicked the classic tone of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department asked a federal judge late Monday to undo a ruling that would have halted construction of a massive new White House ballroom. The DOJ’s request argued the suspected gunman who showed

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Becerra’s rise in the California gubernatorial race was made clear in a recent debate when a rival went after him. “Mr. Becerra, you have all these lovely plans, but there are never any numbers, any revenue plan, any details, anything that pushes on the status quo,” former Rep.

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled the Pentagon can require escorts for journalists inside the building while litigation over the Defense Department’s restrictive press policy continues. In a 2-1 ruling, the panel found the Pentagon is likely to succeed in arguing its new escort policy is valid,

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he and Kid Rock went “for a ride” Monday with US Army Apache helicopter pilots — less than a month after the military sparked criticism when Army pilots flew Apaches over the entertainer’s Nashville-area home. “Kid Rock is a patriot and huge supporter

By Kaanita Iyer, Jack Clifton, CNN (CNN) — Seven candidates have qualified to participate in CNN’s California gubernatorial primary debate on May 5. Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, along with Democrats Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Antonio Villaraigosa, are eligible to take part in the debate, which will take place

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Dalia Abdelwahab, Morgan Leason, Maureen Chowdhury, Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — White House and Department of Homeland Security leaders will meet this week to discuss security procedures around events involving President Donald Trump after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The incident has raised security questions, including over the

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — No sooner had a gunman tried to storm the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place Saturday night, than social media was awash with conspiracy theories about what was still unfolding in real time. From the collapse of the Francis Scott Key

By Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak, CNN Politics (CNN) – Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president among other charges. The 31-year-old made his first appearance in federal court on Monday. Investigators are examining a message alleged to be from the suspect.

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Top Republicans on Capitol Hill have spent 10 weeks struggling to end the bitter stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Now, as federal workers — including US Secret Service agents who protected the president in this weekend’s shooting in Washington — prepare to miss

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Monday for ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he jokingly called first lady Melania Trump an “expectant widow” during a White House Correspondents’ Dinner skit on his show last week. Hours earlier, Melania Trump had implied Kimmel should lose his job

By Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The Republicans who control Florida’s Legislature on Tuesday will take up a new map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to give the GOP an edge in four seats now held by Democrats – in what is likely the final maneuver in the coast-to-coast redistricting battle

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the US Department of Labor is empowered to enforce working conditions for foreign farm laborers, delving into an immigration program that the Trump administration is attempting to expand. At the center of the case is a dispute between a New Jersey

By Sarah Owermohle, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When a group of mothers and wellness influencers, including surgeon general nominee Casey Means, was asked to go to the White House this month, some of them assumed a few staffers would hear their grievances about the health risks of weedkillers. Instead, it turned into a two-hour

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — “A bad noise.” That was first lady Melania Trump’s first reaction, according to her husband, to hearing gunshots outside the ballroom where she and President Donald Trump were seated onstage for Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. She straightened, eyes ahead, as law enforcement rushed toward the dias, then crouched

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When an investigation into a Virginia bank robbery went cold a few years back, local police turned to Google. Authorities served the tech giant with a “geofence warrant,” which required the company to parse location data on millions of people to find a handful whose cellphones pegged them within