National Politics

By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As lawmakers demand answers over reports that the US military carried out a follow-up strike that killed survivors during an attacked on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a career Navy SEAL who has spent most of his 30 years of military experience in special operations

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump promoted a bunch of unfounded conspiracy theories during a late-night social media posting spree on Monday. Trump wrote or shared more than 150 posts on his Truth Social platform between 9 p.m. and midnight. Many of them were unremarkable political fare, but others were bananas –

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s name has been installed on the building and signage around the US Institute of Peace (USIP) – an independent agency that the administration gutted earlier this year. The president’s moniker appeared on the Washington, DC, headquarters ahead of a peace agreement signing ceremony between Rwanda and

By Samantha Waldenberg, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a document released online. A federal grand jury indicted Leiweke, then the CEO of the live entertainment

CNN By MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned, shining new light on what was once the epicenter of the late convicted sex offender’s decades of abuse of young girls and

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration would “certainly” release video of a follow-up strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean after the initial attack did not kill everyone on board. “I don’t know what they have, but whatever they have, we’d certainly release, no problem,”

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and right-wing conspiracy theorist, has filed paperwork to run for governor of Minnesota next year. The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board website indicates that he created a “Mike Lindell for Governor” committee on Wednesday. However, in an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Lindell said

CNN By Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betul Tuncer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled plans to rescind fuel-economy standards for vehicles put in place under the Biden administration. “These policies forced automakers to build cars using expensive technologies that drove up costs, drove up prices, and made the car much worse,” Trump

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Some of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress are warning that the party needs to sharpen its affordability message to voters heading into the 2026 elections — or risk big losses that would shackle him for the rest of his second term. “I would love him

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend who was convicted of recruiting young girls into sex trafficking, is planning to ask a judge to release her from prison, according to a new court filing. In a letter to Judge Paul Engelmayer filed Wednesday, Maxwell’s attorney said the one-time British socialite

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is issuing a “full and unconditional” pardon to Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, using a lengthy social media post to accuse the Biden administration of targeting political opponents, even within its own party. “One of the clearest examples

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Jim Jordan, the Republican Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he has issued a subpoena to former Special Counsel Jack Smith to privately testify before the committee in mid-December. The subpoena follows Smith’s continued calls to allow him to testify publicly about his investigations and cases against President

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents

By Zachary Cohen, Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to share highly-sensitive attack plans targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen, according to four sources familiar with the contents of

By MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos from a private island in the Caribbean that Jeffrey Epstein once owned, shining new light on what was once the epicenter of the late convicted sex offender’s decades of abuse of young girls and women.

By Annie Grayer, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — After 24 hours in a public disagreement with House Speaker Mike Johnson, GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik announced she had gotten a legislative priority back into the annual defense policy bill. She and Johnson, the congresswoman said, spoke with President Donald Trump and now her provision addressing the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Changes by the Trump administration have left US diplomats demoralized and less able to do their jobs, according to a scathing new report by the union representing foreign service officers. The report, based on a survey of foreign service members, found that a vast majority of respondents — 98%

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Having faced continuous drone attacks by Iran and its proxies over the last two years, the US military is responding by standing up its first one-way attack drone squadron in the Middle East — and using drones that borrow design and technology directly from Iran. The squadron falls under