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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his advisers are debating whether to call off plans to livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, with Trump having remarked privately that he did not initially know that Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down, two sources familiar with the

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli has caught the attention of federal and state authorities again. Since his 2022 release from prison for securities fraud, Shkreli — who gained national notoriety for inflating the price of a life-saving drug — has been livestreaming on YouTube his stock trades, including several positions

By Jeff Zeleny, Patrick Svitek, CNN Fort Worth, Texas (CNN) — Democrats have been dreaming big in Texas for decades, awash in optimism that this could finally be the year to win a US Senate seat. For the first time, lifelong Republican Pete Nodecker is joining them, planning to cast his ballot for James Talarico

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Trying to put a happy spin on the high gas prices that are causing Republicans major problems in the midterm election campaign, President Donald Trump told his supporters at an Ohio rally on Monday to remember something. “Remember, your prices – your gas prices – are lower than when

By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Several White House officials are questioning how long Katie Zacharia will keep the press secretary job after her first briefing Tuesday, saying her performance was unlikely to satisfy President Donald Trump. Several advisers and officials offered negative reviews of the briefing to CNN,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take up a pair of appeals from President Donald Trump’s administration, including a case about the Department of Government Efficiency, the government-cutting entity once run by Elon Musk, and a dispute about a Nigerian man who was denied asylum because he once cooked

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Kimberly Guilfoyle, the embattled US ambassador to Greece, has been forced out of her job by the White House following a string of reports about alleged misconduct, marking a sudden and spectacular downfall for a high-profile figure in the MAGA movement

By Christopher Lamb, Jedd Rosche, CNN (CNN) — The archbishop assigned to serve Catholics in the US military strongly condemned the Pentagon’s plan to livestream a firing squad execution and said Monday that Catholic personnel should not participate. “As I would in the case of a procured abortion, I oblige any Catholics assigned to the

By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Conservative leaders are sounding the alarm that more needs to be done in the final weeks before the midterm elections to educate and mobilize White evangelicals, a critical voting bloc in the president’s coalition. Republicans fear if they stay home, that could hand victories to Democrats in

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas boldly declared in July that “the midterms will be decided by the price of gasoline in October.” That prediction now looks strikingly prescient — though not in the way Marshall may have hoped: October has arrived with gasoline prices sharply higher,

By Molly English, Betsy Klein, Donald Judd, CNN Youngstown, Ohio (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday kicked off a week of red-state campaigning with a raucous rally in Ohio, where Republicans are fighting to hold onto a Senate seat that could be key to the majority. He spent portions of his nearly 90-minute remarks

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has shared another fake quote on social media, this time a fabricated comment in which “Denzel Washington” supposedly heaps praise upon him. The phony quote that Trump’s Monday post wrongly attributed to the legendary actor has previously been wrongly attributed to fellow celebrities Mick Jagger and

By Tierney Sneed, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday said she was “furious” with the Trump administration’s move over the weekend to cut down at least 430 trees from a Washington, DC, public golf course that President Donald Trump is seeking to renovate. US District Judge Ana Reyes, who is overseeing

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk has poured at least $276 million into the midterms since the summer, re-emerging as the top known donor to the Republican Party. A spokesperson for Musk’s main political group, America PAC, confirmed the figure on Monday, three days before a key campaign finance disclosure deadline. A majority

By Michael Williams, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal officers executed a search warrant early Monday at the Washington, DC-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat who has been the persistent target of ire from President Donald Trump’s administration, according to a Justice Department spokesperson and a source familiar with the matter. The

By Eric Bradner, CNN Highland, Michigan (CNN) — After hearing Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy unload his characteristically colorful combination of homespun quips, over-the-top insults and Talladega Nights movie quotes to reporters on Friday, former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Michigan Senate GOP candidate with whom Kennedy was campaigning, knew his own words wouldn’t be getting much

By Adam Cancryn, Lauren Fox, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party’s midterm campaign has turned into a triage operation just three weeks out from November, as officials race to avert losses in a string of once-safe seats that they increasingly fear could cost them total control of Congress. The worsening landscape has alarmed

By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to make America more like him. But voters will soon get to deliver a verdict on the president’s efforts to redefine how the government he leads wields power at home and abroad. Three flashpoints illustrate how his coercive and transactional instincts are changing the character

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has warned Ukraine and allies in Europe that the US could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy facilities, two European officials told CNN. The warnings from the State Department and

By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering dismissing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about alleged misconduct, saying he is “not happy” about the situation. “We’re looking at it — yeah. We’re not happy,” Trump told reporters