Politics

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump dangled the promise of $5,000 checks to every American adult before the midterm elections, with a key stipulation: Republicans had to win. And it wasn’t the only such promise he made, all tied to Republican wins and several in states critical to Senate control. During his

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe,” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday – but the proposal has few details and left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a very big. It’s going to

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe,” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday – but the proposal has few details and left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a very big. It’s going to

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into President Donald Trump’s political foes. Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe,” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday – but the proposal has few details and left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a very big. It’s going to involve

By Fredreka Schouten, Annie Grayer, Tierney Sneed, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — National party operatives, lawyers, grassroots activists and content creators are descending on Mississippi to observe the vetting of thousands of provisional ballots in the coming days and to gear up for possible legal challenges over the final results. Mississippi, a state not used

CNN By Fredreka Schouten, Annie Grayer, Tierney Sneed, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — National party operatives, lawyers, grassroots activists and content creators are descending on Mississippi to observe the vetting of thousands of provisional ballots in the coming days and to gear up for possible legal challenges over the final results. Mississippi, a state not

By Kaanita Iyer, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — While Democratic victories in marquee national contests took the spotlight this week, with the party securing at least 250 seats in the House and winning back the Senate, several candidates in down-ballot races across the country clinched what appear to be surprising wins. Here are some

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A blockbuster Supreme Court appeal challenging a ban on AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles may be thrown into disarray by a mysterious request to remove the lead plaintiff from the case, a puzzling twist that prompted the ban’s defenders to ask the justices on Thursday to dismiss the case. The case,

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he said would designate the White House’s Oval Office and Cabinet Room as national landmarks — a move he said would protect the two West Wing spaces from future changes. The signing ceremony, which came on the heels of Republicans’

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — An FBI agent hit a pedestrian with their agency car in New York early one morning in February, before moving the man to a nearby bench and speeding away, according to a federal indictment handed up this week. The now-former agent, Andrew Reyes, was driving his FBI-issued car with

By Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Two years into his second term, President Donald Trump is still trying to wipe his 2024 felony conviction from the books. A panel of New York appellate justices on Thursday heard Trump’s legal challenges to his conviction on falsifying business records to cover up hush money

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump hosted representatives from the highest levels of Russia’s and Ukraine’s governments at the White House on Thursday to celebrate the conclusion of a localized ceasefire — a humanitarian breakthrough, albeit limited, that came as President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war have so

By Logan Schiciano and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democratic socialist Nithya Raman will defeat incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Raman, a city councilmember, overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in June’s nonpartisan primary to set up what was arguably a tougher race for Bass, a Democratic former congresswoman.

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Harmeet Dhillon has resigned from her post as the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, making her the first senior official to leave the administration since the midterms. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced her resignation in a social media post, saying that she has “led