National Politics

By Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Believing they have a new window of opportunity to restart peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Trump administration officials are rushing ahead with a new framework to end the Ukraine war modeled after the Gaza deal President Donald Trump pushed, despite little initial input from

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026. Medicare Part B premiums will jump nearly 10% next year, the largest increase in four years and second-largest hike, in dollar terms, in the program’s history. The standard monthly premium

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — The White House is preparing for possible turnover in the Cabinet after President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his term, potentially shaking up his otherwise stable team of secretaries, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. Trump’s cadre of secretaries, administrators and

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — As he celebrated a decisive victory earlier this month, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a direct appeal to President Donald Trump: “Since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!” The two leaders will hear each other loud and clear when

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson may want to put the Jeffrey Epstein saga behind him, but some Republicans saw rank-and-file members’ success in forcing Tuesday’s vote as an opportunity to push their own legislative priorities to the floor — even if it doesn’t have leadership’s blessing. GOP Rep. Anna Paulina

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Thursday he will enter the California gubernatorial race, joining a crowded field of candidates looking to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom. Swalwell, a longtime adversary of President Donald Trump, announced his run on his campaign website just before his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to make the censure process more difficult after the House weighed three separate complaints against sitting members this week. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he is “very interested in raising the threshold” of votes to censure a member, expressing

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — North Korean operatives created a fake job-application platform targeting applicants to major US artificial intelligence and crypto firms as part of a new effort to steal money and know-how for the Kim Jong Un regime, researchers said on Thursday. It’s a twist on a yearslong campaign to infiltrate Fortune

CNN By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable

CNN By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable

By Haley Britzky, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian officials are meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau this week amid increasing focus from the Trump administration on Christians in Nigeria and as President Donald Trump has floated potential US military action in the country. Trump said earlier this

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department will require its diplomats describe enforcement of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, alleged facilitation of mass migration, and government funding that supports abortion medications as “human rights infringements” in its next human rights report, a senior State Department official said Thursday, as the Trump

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Washington, DC’s attorney general’s office had sued the Trump administration in early September over the National Guard’s deployment in the city, which came as Trump surged federal law enforcement

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday acknowledged that the Trump administration faces growing skepticism over its economic record, issuing a plea for patience ahead of what he predicted would be an eventual “economic boom.” “We get it and we hear you, and we know that there’s a lot of

CNN By Jamie Gangel, Michael Williams, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Political figures from across the aisle gathered Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics. The funeral, which was attended by two former presidents and all living former vice presidents, was

By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating whether people impersonated federal agents in mortgage fraud probes of prominent Democrats, a development that could complicate efforts to prosecute political enemies of President Donald Trump, people briefed on the matter told CNN. The new probe led by

By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by

By Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A new Trump administration plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory forcibly seized by the Kremlin as Russian, and limits to the size of Ukraine’s military,

By Adam Cancryn, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong, tooth-and-nail fight to prevent their disclosure. The decision represents

CNN, POOL, HOUSE TV, REP. RASHIDA TLAIB By Adam Cancryn, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong,