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By Holmes Lybrand, Brian Stelter, Katelyn Polantz, Alex Stambaugh, Haven Orecchio-Egresitz, CNN (CNN) — CNN has been allowed back into the White House after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate press badges for the network, along with MS NOW and Politico. After multiple attempts to enter the building in the morning,

By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge is weighing whether to restore the ability of CNN, MS NOW and Politico to access the White House, after a 45-minute hearing Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the ban against them announced by President Donald Trump late last week. At the outset, Judge Timothy

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Eight US Navy personnel assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group attempted suicide during a period that included when the ships undertook combat operations against Iran and the carrier set a modern record for its time at sea, according to a letter from the service’s acting secretary,

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Olathe, Kansas (CNN) — Adam Hamilton is asking Kansans to take a leap of faith and do something that hasn’t been done in 94 years: send a Democrat to the US Senate. He’s captured the attention of Republicans, becoming the latest headache in their quest to maintain their Senate majority. From

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Barack Obama said he’s “not surprised” by President Donald Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, arguing that the issue should not be “partisan.” “You do not have, as far as I can tell, any substantial group of Republicans who are standing up

By Michael Williams, Katherine Koretski, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — With less than six weeks until Election Day, the Maine Senate race has been roiled by a report of a pay-to-play scheme allegation against Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ office as Democrats lean into corruption messaging and the senator herself forcefully pushing back on the reporting

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — As Republicans ramp up spending for Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton, a top group supporting his Democratic opponent, James Talarico, is pushing back with a new surrogate: a Republican former state lawmaker who voted to impeach Paxton in 2023. “I’ll never trust Ken Paxton, I’ll never support Ken Paxton

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Greenland deal signed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday after months of threats appears to make small changes to a 1951 treaty that frames the US military’s footprint on the self-governing territory, according to experts, keeping non-NATO countries out and permitting a small uptick in US forces. Trump

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — With President Donald Trump at record unpopularity, Republicans are facing an even bleaker midterm political landscape than they did eight years ago, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. Nationally, voters say they prefer Democratic candidates over Republicans by an eight-point margin – slightly more modest than their

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said late Tuesday that CNN, MS NOW and Politico can be shut out from areas of the White House at the president’s will. The lawyers argue that the outlets’ coverage of the Iran war and of President Donald Trump’s ballroom construction could

By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is investigating an apparent breach of its networks after a prolific cybercriminal group claimed on Tuesday to have stolen thousands of FBI agents’ personal data, according to two sources familiar with the matter. “The FBI is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a request from a surrogate who is fighting for custody of a baby boy who was born with a serious heart defect, steering clear of a complicated legal battle that has become wrapped up in broader national debates over abortion and surrogacy. McKenna

By Betsy Klein, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump has implemented a ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico at the White House, seizing reporters’ credentials amid what he deems unfair coverage. First lady Melania Trump, however, is taking a different approach on press freedom. The office of the first lady formally approved

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The GOP candidate for Florida governor, Rep. Byron Donalds, has removed several references to Donald Trump from his campaign website, as a growing number of Republicans try to distance themselves from the unpopular president ahead of elections taking place this fall. Earlier this month, the landing page of

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has informed Congress it intends to accept 17,500 refugees, primarily White South Africans, in fiscal year 2027, according to a report submitted Tuesday and obtained by CNN. President Donald Trump has previously said that nearly all refugees admitted to the United States would be White South

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made multiple false claims in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, though he largely stuck to a prepared text. Here is a fact check of some of his assertions. Trump and wars Trump, repeating a frequent false claim, said, “Since I took

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A White House task force will remove hundreds of thousands of enrollees from Affordable Care Act coverage, citing widespread fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced Tuesday alongside Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The action will save $2.2 billion in improperly paid federal subsidies,

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is giving herself a deadline. The 36-year-old ascendant leader of the Democratic Party’s progressive movement will decide whether to run for president in 2028 after the upcoming midterm elections. In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, Ocasio-Cortez said she is

By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. John Curtis is requesting that the Senate Judiciary Committee investigate after a report that a Russian oligarch helped to fund parts of a wedding celebration for the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. The Utah Republican asked in a letter for the committee to review the