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CNN By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer, Ted Barrett and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question as other hurdles remain. After

CNN By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer, Ted Barrett and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question as other hurdles remain. After

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer, Ted Barrett and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step toward delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” late Saturday, though the fate of the giant tax cuts and spending measure is still in question as other hurdles remain. After an

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Speaking a day after the Supreme Court ended its term with a burst of high-profile decisions, Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday warned “political people” against criticizing judges and shrugged off critics if they are “venting” just because they lost. Without addressing the court’s blockbuster decisions, including the high-profile

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, gathering information from the city’s camera system that allowed the cartel to kill potential FBI informants, the Justice Department inspector general said in a new report.

By Associated Press (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday fired at least three prosecutors involved in U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases, the latest moves by the Trump administration targeting attorneys connected to the massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to two people familiar with the matter. Those dismissed include two attorneys

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts chastised President Donald Trump early on in his second term, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointedly questioned whether his administration would adhere to court orders. But their public wariness of Trump was fleeting. And on Friday, Roberts enlisted Barrett to write the

By Daniel Dale and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is using false claims to promote his massive domestic policy bill. In a White House speech on Thursday, Trump falsely claimed Medicaid is “left the same” by the bill. In fact, both the version of the legislation that was narrowly passed by the

CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general told senators during a briefing on Thursday. The

By Jeff Zeleny and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Don Bacon, who represents one of House Republicans’ toughest battleground districts, has decided not to run for reelection next year, according to three people familiar with his plans – opening up a critical seat in Nebraska for Democrats in the 2026 midterms. Bacon will

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Friday rejected a Democrat-pushed resolution that aimed to rein in the president’s ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, originally introduced the resolution last week, under the War Powers Act of 1973, before President Donald Trump authorized

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts chastised President Donald Trump early on in his second term, and Justice Amy Coney Barrett pointedly questioned whether his administration would adhere to court orders. But their public wariness of Trump was fleeting. And on Friday, Roberts enlisted Barrett to write

By John Fritze and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — For months, Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has faced fierce criticism from conservatives over some of her decisions in cases involving President Donald Trump. That even included Trump at times. But after Friday’s blockbuster opinion in the birthright citizenship case, that blowback was suddenly a

By Manu Raju, Nicky Robertson, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s push to pass his massive agenda in the Senate is hanging by thread as GOP leaders barrel toward a critical vote this weekend that, as of midday Saturday, was still short of the support to pass. Senate

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — If President Donald Trump has wielded his executive power like a Mack Truck over the last months, plowing ahead with a velocity unseen in his recent predecessors, his win at the Supreme Court on Friday could act as high-octane fuel in his tank. By setting new

By John Fritze, Devan Cole and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court delivered a major win to President Donald Trump on Friday in his ongoing war with the federal judiciary, limiting the power of courts to step in and block policies on a nationwide basis in the short term while judges review their

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — For more than a dozen years and multiple changes in Senate control, Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has been the chamber’s referee, acting as a nonpartisan enforcer of its rules and precedents in what’s typically a behind-the-scenes, advisory role. But some Republicans publicly lambasted MacDonough — with a few calling for

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million, accusing the media outlet of defamation in its coverage of a recent phone call between him and President Donald Trump. The legal action comes as Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential contender, has intensified his pushback against Trump. The

By Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran’s largest nuclear sites last weekend because the site is so deep that the bombs likely would not have been effective, the US’ top general told senators during a briefing on Thursday. The comment

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Six days after US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, top White House officials told House lawmakers they are now focused on drawing Tehran back to negotiations — though members of both parties said the precise strategy to do so was not clear.

By John Fritze and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a task force that recommends preventive health care services that insurers must cover at no-cost, turning away the latest legal challenge to Obamacare to reach the high court. The opinion indicated that the panel’s recommendations – including pre-exposure prophylaxis, or

By Tami Luhby, Amy O’Kruk and Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans approved President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package, otherwise known as the “big, beautiful bill.” The House GOP ultimately passed the Senate’s multi-trillion-dollar package, after having earlier suggested a version of its own. While many of the provisions in each

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court punted on Friday in a major legal challenge to Louisiana’s long-litigated congressional map, taking the unusual step of holding the case over for a second term. The decision means the sprawling district that added a second Black and Democratic lawmaker to the state’s overwhelmingly Republican delegation

By David Wright, CNN Washington (CNN) — A super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump has launched an attack ad targeting Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie after his series of high-profile breaks with the administration, including opposition to a landmark policy bill and criticism of strikes against Iran. “What happened to Thomas Massie,” the ad

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law that requires age verification for pornographic websites in one of the most closely watched First Amendment cases to arrive at the high court in years. The adult entertainment industry had challenged the Texas law as violating the Constitution because it

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday backed a group of religious parents who want to opt their elementary school children out of engaging with LGBTQ books in the classroom, another major legal win for religious interests at the conservative high court. In the latest decision blurring the line that once

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Eric Adams was once a rising star in the Democratic Party. His reelection will hinge on taking down the newest one. Hours after Zohran Mamdani’s performance in New York City’s Democratic primary electrified national politics, Adams painted the 33-year-old democratic socialist as an entitled and inexperienced

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Eric Adams was once a rising star in the Democratic Party. His reelection will hinge on taking down the newest one. Hours after Zohran Mamdani’s performance in New York City’s Democratic primary electrified national politics, Adams painted the 33-year-old democratic socialist as an entitled and inexperienced lawmaker

CNN, POOL, MAXAR, MAXARTECHNOLOGIES, IRINN TV By Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Emerging from a highly anticipated classified briefing on Thursday, Democratic and Republican senators were not in agreement over exactly how much US strikes on Iran set back that country’s nuclear program. Many

By Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Emerging from a highly anticipated classified briefing on Thursday, Democratic and Republican senators were not in agreement over exactly how much US strikes on Iran set back that country’s nuclear program. Many Republicans said that they believe it

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, sources tell CNN. That leaves in place contingency plans he had established before the Democratic primary to challenge Zohran Mamdani and incumbent Mayor Eric

By Associated Press (AP) — Former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who successfully ran for Congress in 1996 as a crusader for gun control after a mass shooting on a New York commuter train left her husband dead and her son severely wounded, has died. She was 81. News of her death was shared Thursday by

By Katelyn Polantz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a “third country” eventually, meaning not El Salvador, where he is from and was mistakenly sent back to earlier this year. The Department of Homeland Security will initiate removal proceedings after Abrego Garcia returns to the

By Michael Williams, CNN The Pentagon on Thursday released new details about how the US prepared for its marathon bombing mission against three Iranian nuclear sites, the crews that carried out the daring weekend raid, and how Iran tried fortifying one of the sites that held critical aspects of its nuclear program. In a morning

By Zachary Cohen, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions, and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds – all part of an intensifying attempt to bring Tehran

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has discussed possibly helping Iran access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, easing sanctions, and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds – all part of an intensifying attempt to bring

By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The timeline to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill by July 4 could slip as Republican lawmakers scramble to retool their bill to meet Senate rules and garner enough support in a deeply divided GOP conference. Senate GOP leaders had hoped to

CNN By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Springfield, Missouri (CNN) — Courtney Leader has been closely following the contentious tax-and-spending debate in Washington – not that she cares much for politics, but because she believes the proposed Medicaid cuts are a matter of life or death for her daughter. “This is not a luxury. I do not

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Springfield, Missouri (CNN) — Courtney Leader has been closely following the contentious tax-and-spending debate in Washington – not that she cares much for politics, but because she believes the proposed Medicaid cuts are a matter of life or death for her daughter. “This is not a luxury. I do not have

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court will hand down its final decisions of the term on Friday, including an expected high-profile ruling on whether President Donald Trump may enforce his divisive executive order curtailing birthright citizenship. As is tradition, Chief Justice John Roberts announced the final day from the bench. The schedule

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s 2024 victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris was fueled by “a voter coalition that was more racially and ethnically diverse than in 2020 or 2016,” as well by an advantage among voters who didn’t turn out for the previous election, according to a report released

By David Wright and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday that he would run for a third term in 2026, amid speculation over his ambitions for the 2028 presidential race, with the release of a campaign launch video featuring sharp criticism of President Donald Trump. “Donald Trump’s made clear he’ll

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Want to know how much Republicans are eager to turn Zohran Mamdani into the face of the Democratic Party? Look no further than two of the biggest names eyeing bids for New York governor next year. “He will be the single most effective foil for Republicans nationally,” Rep. Elise

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Planned Parenthood from suing South Carolina over the state’s decision to pull the organization’s Medicaid funding because it provides abortions, a decision that could prompt other red states target the organization and make it harder for other Medicaid beneficiaries to

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Wednesday said in a statement that the agency had obtained “a body of credible evidence [that] indicates Iran’s Nuclear Program has been severely damaged” by recent strikes, underscoring a broad intelligence community effort is ongoing to determine the

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The head of the White House budget office on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s push to enact sweeping cuts to federal funding, even as some Republican senators voiced concerns and raised questions about the breadth of them. In opening remarks in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Office of

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top national security officials spent much of their day in the Netherlands working to rebut an early intelligence report that assessed weekend US strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only

By Isabel Rosales, CNN Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in federal custody, at least for a few more days, amid questions over what would happen if the Salvadoran migrant facing human smuggling charges is released and subsequently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. US Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes said Wednesday in

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — New Yorkers aren’t the only ones trying to wrap their heads around Zohran Mamdani. Democratic Party operatives and elected officials around the country are both flabbergasted and inspired by the 33-year-old democratic socialist’s stunning success in Tuesday’s mayoral primary. In text chains and private conversations, they are

CNN By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Emil Bove, was pushed to repeatedly deny several accusations of corruption – one made by a whistleblower at the Justice Department – during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am not anybody’s henchman,”

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy and Air Force are expected to announce the establishment of two additional military zones along the US southern border this week, three US officials told CNN. The zones, which are known as National Defense Areas, will be attached to Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, and Marine

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about the war in Ukraine, US inflation, and the past fight against the ISIS terror group during his Wednesday news conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands. Trump also repeated his unproven assertion that the US’ weekend military strikes on Iranian nuclear

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — The moment Andrew Cuomo said he had called Zohran Mamdani to concede the race, Kal Penn stopped mid-sentence. The actor and activist is also a family friend who has known Mamdani since he was 14, and he was speechless. The crowd at Mamdani’s Election Night party wasn’t.

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning to dismiss asylum claims for potentially hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States and then make them immediately deportable as part of the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown, according to two sources familiar with the matter. It marks the latest in a series

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — One of Zohran Mamdani’s rivals during a New York City mayoral primary debate, trying to paint him as too inexperienced for the job of mayor, dismissed his rise in the polls with a quip. “I regret not running for mayor in 2021,” said the rival, state Sen. Jessica Ramos.

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Emil Bove, was pushed to repeatedly deny several accusations of corruption – one made by a whistleblower at the Justice Department – during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am not anybody’s henchman,” Bove

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — NATO leaders convening Wednesday in the Netherlands delivered President Donald Trump a major win by boosting their defense spending targets. But comments he made while flying to the conference were raising fresh concerns about his commitment to the alliance’s core principal of collective defense. The split dynamic

WABC, CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a stunning victory. Democratic voters rejected a scandal-plagued icon of the party’s past, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani delivered a political earthquake Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, riding progressive demands for change in a city facing an affordability crisis to the brink of a stunning victory. Democratic voters rejected a scandal-plagued icon of the party’s past, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Instead, they

By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are betting that key GOP holdouts will buckle under enormous pressure to pass his sweeping agenda within days – even as a number are warning they’re prepared to sink the multi-trillion-dollar measure without major changes. But tensions are

By Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to terminate the collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees. Judge James Donato of the US District Court in San Francisco granted the preliminary injunction requested by a coalition of unions whose

CNN By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support

By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support will

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced his appointments to an advisory council inside the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, with a list that includes a right-wing news commentator, former lawmakers, Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani and a top former campaign adviser. The announcement by Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi

By Josh Campbell, Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The shaky ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump between Israel and Iran has not stopped federal officials from continuing to closely monitor any threats stemming from the conflict in the Middle East, federal officials told CNN. Security and intelligence officials are not currently tracking

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US bombing mission that targeted three nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend was a massive undertaking that required its B-2 bomber pilots to test the limits of human endurance during a 37-hour mission. Seven stealth bombers carrying two crew members each flew nonstop halfway across the world

By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s allies have launched a super PAC that will seek to oust Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who opposed the president’s domestic policy bill and criticized his strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The move to target Massie demonstrates Trump and his allies’ willingness to unleash his well-funded

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case defied the high court. The unusual motion came hours after

By Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department leaders — including President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer nominated for a prestigious judgeship — intended to ignore court orders and tried to mislead federal judges in the administration’s aggressive deportation effort this spring, a Justice Department lawyer who was fired recently

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Federal agencies are rehiring and ordering back from leave some of the employees who were laid off in the weeks after President Donald Trump took office as they scramble to fill critical gaps in services left by the Department of Government Efficiency-led effort to shrink the federal workforce. The

CNN, NATO TV, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — When President Donald Trump traveled here Tuesday for a consequential summit of NATO leaders, he arrived toting a freshly brokered ceasefire he hoped could prove to his skeptics — including at the conference — that he is a peacemaker at heart.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — When President Donald Trump traveled here Tuesday for a consequential summit of NATO leaders, he arrived toting a freshly brokered ceasefire he hoped could prove to his skeptics — including at the conference — that he is a peacemaker at heart. The arrangement between Israel and Iran

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo popped up with just a few minutes’ notice to vote at a high school, decided not to rank anyone but himself, and drove away. Starting with a rally at dawn, Zohran Mamdani spent primary day popping up around New York City, sometimes with volunteers for his campaign,

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta and Edward Wu, CNN President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after the strikes. Americans disapprove of the strikes, 56% to 44%, according to the survey, with strong disapproval outpacing the share who strongly

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta and Edward Wu, CNN President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after the strikes. Americans disapprove of the strikes, 56% to 44%, according to the survey, with strong disapproval outpacing the share who

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked a recent attempt by President Donald Trump to deprive Harvard University of its ability to bring thousands of international students to its campus. Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court in Massachusetts decided Trump’s recent presidential proclamation was a violation of

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Alayna Treene, Jeff Zeleny and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the hours after Iran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar, President Donald Trump and a group of his top diplomatic and security officials worked furiously behind-the-scenes to try to broker a peace deal to end

By Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Republican senators left a Monday evening meeting pointing to several key outstanding issues that must be addressed in their sweeping domestic policy bill as Congress closes in on the July 4th recess, raising questions about whether the Senate can finish

By Alison Main, Manu Raju and Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made clear she is at odds with the president and other Republicans who support an aggressive posture against Iran, acknowledging that there’s a “very big divide” in the party over the issue and that her position opposing foreign wars is

CNN By Alison Main, Manu Raju and Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made clear she is at odds with the president and other Republicans who support an aggressive posture against Iran, acknowledging that there’s a “very big divide” in the party over the issue and that her position opposing foreign wars

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case defied the high court. The unusual motion came hours

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s senior liberal, slammed the Trump administration’s handling of immigration matters in a fiery dissent Monday and accused her colleagues of “rewarding lawlessness” by backing its latest emergency appeal. Sotomayor’s scathing, 19-page dissent came in a case in which the court’s majority backed the

By Angélica Franganillo Díaz and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday granted President Donald Trump’s emergency request to resume deporting migrants to countries other than their homeland, including places like South Sudan, with minimal notice. The decision is a significant win for the Trump administration, which had argued that a lower

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — The videos of a California senator being taken down by federal agents or of a New York mayoral candidate dragged out of immigration court energize liberal voters who want their leaders doing more to confront President Donald Trump’s administration. But they’ve also highlighted the party’s divide since Trump returned

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iran could try to “target” US government officials if Iranian leaders believe “the stability or survivability” of their regime is at risk, according to a new Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained by CNN. Other scenarios for potential Iranian targeting of US officials include if Tehran considers them to

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani could barely walk a few feet at a recent Juneteenth festival in Queens without a crowd of selfie-demanding admirers trying to stop him. Mamdani is a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist who surged in the campaign for New York City mayor with a mix

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from the recording artist R. Kelly, who claimed prosecutors “stretched” the law in securing racketeering and sex trafficking convictions against him. Robert Sylvester Kelly is serving a 30-year sentence for those convictions. Kelly, a Grammy-winning R&B songwriter, was convicted

By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of a Rastafarian man seeking to sue prison officials in Louisiana who cut off his dreadlocks while he was incarcerated. The case is the latest that involves religious rights to catch the high court’s attention, and

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — From digging into President Donald Trump’s battle with the courts to deciding whether people can be required to identify themselves before viewing porn online, the Supreme Court in the coming days will deliver its most dramatic decisions of the year. With most of its pending rulings complete, the justices

By Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Kylie Atwood, Devan Cole and Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s order to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities presents a new test of the Constitution and the extent of presidential powers to conduct war despite a lack of congressional approval. The administration is relying on the president’s authority under

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Tennessee said the Justice Department hasn’t made a convincing case that Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be kept in pretrial detention, though the mistakenly deported man who was returned to the US is likely to remain in federal immigration custody regardless. Abrego Garcia is being held in

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declared that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities were “completely and totally obliterated” following this weekend’s air strikes, but the US appears to have held back its most powerful bombs against one of the three facilities included in the operation, raising questions about whether

By Betsy Klein, Zachary Cohen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine approached a pair of lecterns in the Pentagon briefing room Sunday morning to detail the most significant military operation of President Donald Trump’s tenure in office. Hegseth spoke first, lavishing

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s MAGA sphere of conservative media and influencers — many of whom had expressed skepticism before his decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities — is divided over the president’s dramatic move to strike. Many of its most prominent figures rallied around Trump. But others sharply criticized the

By Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Herb and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump was milling about his golf club in New Jersey on Friday evening, the planes were about to be in the air. To onlookers at the club, Trump showed little anxiety about his decision to authorize airstrikes on three

CNN By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — From digging into President Donald Trump’s battle with the courts to deciding whether people can be required to identify themselves before viewing porn online, the Supreme Court in the coming days is set to deliver its most dramatic decisions of the year. Here’s what else you need to

CNN By Sarah Ferris and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Correction: This story has been updated to make clear Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was called before the strike, not after as initially reported. President Donald Trump and his team were in contact with top congressional Republicans before his strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, but