Politics

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

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — New images obtained by CNN show the Kennedy Center signage with President Donald Trump’s name removed, confirming a sworn court declaration from the arts center’s executive director Matt Floca that the president’s name is no longer affixed to the building. The images, first reported by the Washington Post, were

CNN By Nomaan Merchant, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Dan Goldman called it “sad” that a Brooklyn coffee shop apparently banned him with a viral social media post amid a heated Democratic primary election that has focused heavily on the politics of Israel’s war in Gaza. Speaking to CNN’s Laura Coates on Monday, Goldman

By Nomaan Merchant, CNN (CNN) — New York Rep. Dan Goldman called it “sad” that a Brooklyn coffee shop apparently banned him with a viral social media post amid a heated Democratic primary election that has focused heavily on the politics of Israel’s war in Gaza. Speaking to CNN’s Laura Coates on Monday, Goldman addressed

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Two more men have been charged in the alleged plot to attack the UFC White House fight earlier this month, providing new insight on how far in preparation the Justice Department believes the group came in carrying out the would-be attack. One man, who was arrested Sunday

By Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. “The deep state firings have begun,” the source said, declining to give details

By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday defended his remarks last week sharply denouncing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee after prominent Jewish leaders accused him of antisemitism. “When I am speaking about AIPAC, I’m speaking about an organization that has been supportive of the status quo, that

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration violated federal privacy protections when it overhauled a citizen data program so that it could be used more aggressively to purge voter rolls, a federal judge said Monday. The ruling from US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan is a major setback for President Donald Trump’s effort to

By Michael Williams, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Monday for those he accused of vandalizing the newly renovated, and now quickly deteriorating, Reflecting Pool on the National Mall to face serious criminal charges that could result in lengthy prison sentences. In a Truth Social post, the president lamented the state of

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Justice Department from forcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other officials to turn over records in its probe of Democratic resistance to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, calling the move a retaliatory effort to “harass political opponents.” In a 30-page ruling, district

By John Fritze, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — As the justices of the Supreme Court prepared to meet behind closed doors on February 27, they had before them an explosive case involving President Donald Trump, who is seeking to overturn a federal jury’s finding that he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with New York prosecutors and declined to invalidate the conviction of a man who confessed to killing 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979, reversing a lower court decision that likely would have required a new trial. Patz disappeared on the morning of May 25,

By Gabe Cohen, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt a sweeping set of election changes, according to multiple sources and internal documents obtained by CNN. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s campaign

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden is in an uphill battle to try to stop the Justice Department from sharing recordings it collected of him speaking to his ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017, during which his speech and memory faltered. Court decisions on Friday and into next month are poised to

By Andrew Kaczynski, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — For years, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance argued against deals that provided financial concessions to Iran, saying that giving the regime money fuels terror. But now the agreement they’ve reached to end the war with Tehran is poised to

CNN, POOL, PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, CENTCOM VIA X, X , @TREYYINGST, NBC MEET THE PRESS, X / @TreyYingst By Andrew Kaczynski, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — For years, President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance argued against deals that provided financial concessions to Iran, saying that giving the