Politics

By Lauren Fox, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump may be the head of the Republican Party, but when it comes to the Senate, Majority Leader John Thune is still in charge. Trump, who will attend lunch with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol on Wednesday, is growing tired of hearing “no” from

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — Outside Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s primary night party, four men on the sidewalk were dressed in full neon sequins, trying to get the party started. Inside, the bar had barely opened. Espaillat spent 20 years trying to get to Washington and another 10 years in Congress. He arrived

By Eric Bradner, Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani saw a clean sweep Tuesday, with House candidates backed by the democratic socialist mayor winning three congressional primaries — ousting two incumbent Democrats in the process. Mamdani’s show of force were the latest preview of the ideological battles to come, as

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has fired six political appointees put in place by former Director Tulsi Gabbard and removed dozens of career intelligence officials from their roles, according to four sources familiar with the moves. The 45 career officials were on

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in California on Tuesday issued a nationwide block against the Trump administration’s policy of making arrests at immigration courts, putting an end to a practice that garnered national attention. Last year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began detaining migrants in courthouse hallways across the country, sometimes moments

By Annie Grayer, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire Bill Gates testified that he never interacted with victims of Jeffrey Epstein but acknowledged that he may have been in their presence, according to a transcript of his closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee released Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder maintained in the voluntary interview, which

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court hit an inauspicious milestone Tuesday as it raced to finish its most divisive pending cases by the end of the month: It has already handed down more 6-3 decisions along ideological lines than it did for the entire term that ended last year. As it navigates

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court hit an inauspicious milestone Tuesday as it raced to finish its most divisive pending cases by the end of the month: It has already handed down more 6-3 decisions along ideological lines than it did for the entire term that ended last year. As it

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate adopted a resolution on Tuesday directing the president to remove military forces from the conflict with Iran, a significant rebuke to Donald Trump and a strong message that the war lacks support in Congress. Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in both the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In the Trump administration’s latest effort to crack down on fraud, the Justice Department on Tuesday unveiled charges against 455 people for their alleged participation in healthcare fraud and opioid abuse schemes. The defendants, who included 90 doctors and other healthcare professionals, were involved in $6.5 billion worth of

By Tierney Sneed, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court handed President Donald Trump a significant win in his mass deportation efforts with a ruling Tuesday reviving his administration’s move to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States. The ruling from the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals allows the

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a devout Rastafarian who attempted to sue prison officials for holding him down and cutting his dreadlocks could not proceed with his case, a decision that will make it harder for believers of other faiths to enforce federal religious

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Exxon Mobil to sue state-owned oil companies in Cuba over the confiscation of property that occurred after Fidel Castro’s regime seized power nearly seven decades ago, letting the lawsuit proceed at a time when President Donald Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward

By Aaron Blake, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — New York’s primaries on Tuesday will test just how influential Mayor Zohran Mamdani is with voters six months into his tenure and offer a preview of the ideological battles to come as Democrats look ahead to the 2028 presidential primary. The democratic socialist’s decision to endorse candidates

By Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran in April described a shocking sight before ejecting from his aircraft: multiple Iranian drones hovering in the air, moving as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish, according to four