National Politics

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out a follow–up strike on a suspected drug vessel operating in the Caribbean on September 2 after an initial attack did not kill everyone on board, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. That September strike was the first in what became a regular series

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Just before her victory this fall, New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill jabbed at nearby Virginia, which also had a governor’s race, over its booming data center market. “Right now, we need to produce power here in our state … because Virginia has a million data centers which are sucking

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has pledged to use the “influence of the presidency to bring an immediate halt” to the two-year-old war in Sudan that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates has displaced nearly 12 million people. It’s a significant development for a crisis that has shown little

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, telling service members during a Thanksgiving call that efforts for strikes on land will be starting “very soon.” “In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela, telling service members during a Thanksgiving call that efforts for strikes on land will be starting “very soon.” “In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter Venezuelan

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The US will reexamine all green cards issued to people from 19 countries “of concern” at President Donald Trump’s direction, as the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC. “At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full

CNN By Casey Tolan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Bruna Ferreira came to the US from Brazil as a child, and by all accounts, lived a life like any American: playing on the high school tennis team, getting married and divorced, building a small business and helping raise her son. When she was taken into

By Casey Tolan, Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — Bruna Ferreira came to the US from Brazil as a child, and by all accounts, lived a life like any American: playing on the high school tennis team, getting married and divorced, building a small business and helping raise her son. When she was taken into custody

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Gabe Cohen, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security has identified the suspect involved in the Wednesday shooting of two National Guard members, who remain in critical condition. The suspect is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came to the US from Afghanistan in 2021, DHS said

By Alison Main, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of 21 attorneys general sued the US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday in an effort to block recent guidance from the agency that declared some immigrants, including refugees and those granted asylum, ineligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits. New York Attorney General

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about his special envoy Steve Witkoff’s engagements with the Kremlin after a new phone call transcript provided rare insight into how the president’s top negotiator advised his Russian counterpart. In the October 14 audio recording reviewed and transcribed by Bloomberg, Witkoff counsels

CNN By Dan Berman, Holmes Lybrand, Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — A Georgia prosecutor on Wednesday officially dropped the historic racketeering case against President Donald Trump and others for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, closing the chapter in a legal effort once seen as a grave threat to Trump’s political future. The move

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a pair of related cases. The move, which came weeks after the appeal was filed and included little

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration will not invite South Africa to take part in G20 events hosted in the United States next year and will “immediately” stop payments to the African nation, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, “At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026

Dan Berman, Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — A Georgia prosecutor has dropped the sprawling racketeering indictment case against President Donald Trump and his allies over attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Here are key lines from the court filing from the prosecutor, Peter Skandalakis, the director of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia. Read his

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about his special envoy Steve Witkoff’s engagements with the Kremlin after a new phone call transcript provided rare insight into how the president’s top negotiator advised his Russian counterpart. In the October 14 audio recording reviewed and transcribed by Bloomberg, Witkoff counsels top