Politics

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced Friday that she’s resigning at the end of June, citing her husband’s diagnosis with cancer. “Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026,” she wrote in a letter President Donald Trump. “My husband, Abraham,

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iranian hackers have posed as job recruiters to target software engineers in the aviation sector as part of an elaborate espionage scheme during the US and Israeli war with Iran, cybersecurity researchers told CNN on Friday. The Iranian operatives also targeted a US oil and gas firm as well

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Years after mayors from Democratic cities reversed course on calls to defund police departments, one of the leading Democratic candidates for governor of Wisconsin is running with a starkly different record: she didn’t just back defunding police — she called to abolish them. And unlike many in

By Lex Harvey, Kit Maher, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump declared Thursday the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, an apparent reversal following recent moves by his administration to reduce the number of US troops in Europe. The announcement comes one week after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stopped

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson will hold a wedding celebration on a small island in the Bahamas this weekend, two people familiar with the plans told CNN. One person who is not expected to attend the intimate affair? President Donald Trump

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant gave the House Oversight Committee three new names of alleged abusers in the convicted sex offender’s network — a revelation that committee chairman James Comer described as a promising lead in his panel’s investigation into Epstein’s misdeeds. The assistant, Sarah Kellen, provided the

By Manu Raju, Camila DeChalus, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences. Democrats have repeatedly forced votes to limit Trump’s war powers in

By Julia Benbrook, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday the price tag for his Reflecting Pool renovations in Washington, DC, will be “less than $20 million” after he decided the exterior needed more work. “I originally thought I’d do it for $2 or $3 million,” Trump told reporters in the Oval

By Adam Cancryn, Paula Reid, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — As Donald Trump plotted his return to the White House in late 2023, a group of campaign advisers began working on a plan to compensate political allies they believed were unfairly targeted by the federal government, two people familiar with the deliberations told CNN. The

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s quest to have the tallest arch in the world took one step closer to being realized on Thursday after a key agency approved a revised design of the structure. However, the overall height of the monument will be lower than previously proposed. While the arch remains

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance made a false claim about manufacturing jobs in a speech on Monday. Then, he made a misleading claim on the same subject while speaking to reporters on Tuesday. On Monday, Vance said last quarter had the biggest growth in manufacturing employment since Trump’s first presidency.

By Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s push for a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund derailed Senate Republicans’ plans to pass the president’s priority immigration enforcement package Thursday. Senators left Washington for their Memorial Day recess with Republicans saying they were blindsided by the Justice Department’s announcement of the fund and at

By Alayna Treene, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced new measures on Thursday to roll back Biden-era regulations on refrigerants in a move his administration argues will help lower grocery prices. Trump, who was joined by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and executives from major grocery chains for the Oval Office

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled. The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, took the unusual step of dismissing an appeal, filed by Alabama, after it heard arguments in

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court subjected the world’s largest cruise ship companies to a stiff headwind on Thursday, reviving a claim that alleged they trafficked in property confiscated by the Cuban government when they docked their ships in Havana. The court’s decision is a loss for Royal Caribbean Cruises, Carnival Corporation

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — James Talarico, Texas Democrats’ US Senate nominee, has thrown his support behind Johnny Garcia in the state’s 35th Congressional District, where Democrats are ramping up their efforts to block a rival candidate who made antisemitic comments ahead of a runoff election next week. “Born and raised in a working

By Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump made a big promise to Americans seeking fertility care to start or expand their families. “Under the Trump administration, your government will pay for — or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for — all costs associated with