National Politics

By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday said she doesn’t believe President Donald Trump’s plan for a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is fully dead, and issued an order indefinitely blocking the proposal. Judge Leonie Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia said she has decided to block the fund

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — A growing number of Hill Republicans say they are frustrated with President Donald Trump’s ever-changing strategy in Iran — dangling a ground invasion one day, touting progress in peace talks the next — in a conflict many fear will cost them their majority this fall. Hours after

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Alabama from executing a man using nitrogen hypoxia, a relatively new method of carrying out the death penalty that experts say causes “air hunger” and that a federal court ruled violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. As is often

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — After President Donald Trump unveiled his signature Trump Accounts earlier this year, child welfare advocates realized it would be challenging, if not impossible, for one eligible group of children to access the IRA-style savings accounts. The accounts must be opened by an “authorized individual,” who is most typically a

By Betsy Klein, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday denied a last-minute effort by the Kennedy Center to avoid pulling President Donald Trump’s name off the historic performing arts venue while its appeals play out. Late Thursday, the center asked US District Judge Casey Cooper to pause a ruling he issued

By Jake Tapper, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors came out in opposition to Todd Blanche’s nomination as President Donald Trump’s permanent attorney general, citing his participation in secret White House meetings on how to contain the political fallout from the Epstein files. In a new statement obtained by CNN,

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio extolled the virtues of the Ultimate Fighting Championship as being intrinsically American, likening its creation to putting the first man on the moon. In remarks that at times took on the tone of a campaign speech, Rubio commended the convening power of mixed

By Adam Cancryn, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be his next director of national intelligence. “Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The numbers “8647” — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump’s birthday on Sunday. Live webcam images

CNN By Haley Britzky, Pamela Brown, Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon was locked down and partially evacuated on Thursday due to a false alarm by a hazardous materials sensor, two sources familiar told CNN. Multiple floors and corridors inside the building had been locked down and others were evacuated due to

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon is facing new scrutiny from congressional Democrats over his reported effort to retain the bank’s top lawyer months after she said she would resign over revelations about her ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a letter sent Wednesday, Sen. Elizabeth

By Haley Britzky, Pamela Brown, Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon was locked down and partially evacuated on Thursday due to a false alarm by a hazardous materials sensor, two sources familiar told CNN. Multiple floors and corridors inside the building had been locked down and others were evacuated due to a

CNN 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

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, Massachusetts, Illinois, North Carolina and Connecticut told CNN they declined an invitation

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,