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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has billed the “Great American State Fair” as a patriotic World’s Fair featuring pavilions created by every US state and territory – but several US states will not participate. Officials from Oregon, Washington, and North Carolina told CNN they declined an invitation from the Trump

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has spent days heavily promoting the finished renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, crediting the president with making Washington, DC, look “better than ever.” But a day after the reservoir was filled post renovations, there was already quite a bit of algae visible from the

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Building a televised sporting event accommodating more than 100,000 people without any existing arena infrastructure is a massive production. Doing so at the White House adds significant logistical complications. Court documents submitted by the Trump administration on Wednesday show the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events scheduled this week and

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Federal authorities have seized over a dozen websites they say were used by suspected Chinese agents to recruit former and current American officials with security clearances. According to the FBI’s affidavit for the seizures, several unnamed people used the websites as a front for fake “consulting companies to recruit

By Tierney Sneed, Paula Reid, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump made claims of Democratic vote-rigging in the Los Angeles election, his top appointed prosecutor in the city took to the cameras to validate those beliefs while hinting his office may never be able prove that kind of grand conspiracy. The Justice

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance suggested last summer that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson should interview Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell to clear the president’s name, a new book reveals. The suggestion from the vice president came during a Situation Room meeting of top administration officials on July 17,

By Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb, Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — State election officials could soon face a stark choice: Hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots. That dilemma stems from newly proposed USPS rules that seek to comply with an executive order President Donald Trump

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire Bill Gates told members of the House Oversight Committee that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and that Epstein attempted to use information about his personal life — including that he had been unfaithful in his marriage — to pressure him, according

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Ripple effects from the war in Iran are threatening millions more of the most vulnerable people with crisis levels of hunger or worse, World Food Programme (WFP) acting Executive Director Carl Skau told CNN. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has driven up the cost of fuel exponentially,

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Graham Platner was all but certain to win Maine’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday. But the swirl of controversies over Platner’s past personal behavior had raised a slew of questions about the outcome: Would there be a significant number of protest votes lodged for Gov. Janet Mills, whose name

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is urging a federal judge to reject a bid to stop an upcoming UFC fight at the White House, arguing that a lawsuit from two Virginia residents against the event was brought too late to justify judicial intervention now. Justice Department lawyers told US District Judge

By Kristen Holmes, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump indicated to House Speaker Mike Johnson during a meeting Tuesday that he wouldn’t back down on his decision to elevate Bill Pulte to acting director of national intelligence, despite threats from Democrats to let a key surveillance power lapse over the appointment, two sources

By Kaanita Iyer, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Republican Steve Hilton will advance to the November election in California’s gubernatorial race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Hilton, a former Fox News host who has President Donald Trump’s endorsement, will face former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat. Hilton and Becerra were among a

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump prepares to host a UFC fight at the White House this week, his family is promoting a venture aimed at profiting off the spectacle by selling gold coins priced as high as $12,000. The “Freedom 250”-themed silver and gold medallions feature Trump’s face and are

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Some grand jurors in Chicago told the Justice Department in October they were skeptical of a proposed indictment of six Democratic politicians and activists who had protested outside a federal immigration detention center outside Chicago, according to newly released transcripts of the October grand jury sessions. “Do you have

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Southern Poverty Law Center’s interim president and CEO faced tough questions from Republican lawmakers during a hearing Tuesday over the organization’s former program of running informants in racist groups. The hearing comes as the group faces criminal charges over the program, including allegations that it misused donor money

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Chicks are flocking to the vice presidential residence. Vice President JD Vance and his family are welcoming a dozen chickens to their growing brood, installing a new custom coop at the US Naval Observatory. And while the coop might look like it belongs on Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Waco,

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made this claim Tuesday morning about gasoline prices: “If you notice, the price is not very high, relatively speaking. I mean, it’s lower than during the Biden administration.” Referring to the war with Iran, Trump also told reporters that the price of gas is “lower during

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Earlier this year, Ishant Jawali, a 16-year-old from Raleigh, North Carolina, was scrolling on Instagram when he stumbled upon a little-known way to win money for college: The Trump administration was putting on a national civics contest for America’s 250th birthday. He signed up, becoming one