National Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week. Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them. Trump was discussing the issue of “affordability” after Democrats won state and local elections Tuesday in

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Monday that a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut in prison five years ago should be able to sue correction officials for damages. Damon Landor had a few weeks left in his sentence for drug possession when guards at a Louisiana prison handcuffed

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Senators have approved a funding package to reopen the federal government, sending the compromise deal to their colleagues in the House. Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an

By Curt Merrill, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Sunday advanced a deal that would bring an end to the shutdown by extending government funding through January that would be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies. The weekend vote tees up another vote in the chamber this week to pass

By Kaitlan Collins, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fresh off of pardoning a slew of allies who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election, President Donald Trump is being strongly encouraged to intervene in the conviction of Tina Peters, according to several people familiar with the matter. Peters, the former Republican clerk of Mesa,

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamie Raskin said he learned from a whistleblower that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving special treatment in prison and is in the process of filing a commutation application. The Maryland Democrat detailed the whistleblower allegations in a strongly worded letter sent to President Donald Trump, revealing what he says

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out another attack against suspected drug boats on Sunday, killing six people in the Eastern Pacific according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The military launched two lethal strikes against two separate vessels “operated by designated terrorist organizations,” Hegseth wrote on X, without disclosing which

By Karina Tsui, Michael Williams, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. The individuals listed in a proclamation, which Martin posted on

CNN, POOL By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of his political allies for their support or involvement in alleged plans to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to the Department of Justice’s Pardon Attorney, Ed Martin. The individuals listed in a proclamation, which Martin posted on X

CNN, POOL, SENATE TV By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the standoff. The negotiators argued that Republicans’ “flat refusal” to move

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — A group of Democrats and one Democratic-aligned independent have helped clinch an agreement to end the government shutdown, saying they had secured a vote on the Affordable Care Act subsidies at the center of the standoff. The negotiators argued that Republicans’ “flat refusal” to move on Democrats’ earlier proposals

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has floated a proposal to put the billions of dollars that back Affordable Care Act tax credits directly in the pockets of Americans instead, as lawmakers have so far failed to find a solution to address the rapidly approaching expiration of the enhanced subsidies that is

By Manu Raju, Ted Barrett, Alison Main, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A critical bloc of eight Senate Democratic centrists on Sunday helped advance a funding deal to reopen the government in exchange for a future vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, putting Congress on a path to end the longest shutdown in

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The White House said Sunday it would be “beautiful” if the Washington Commanders NFL team named their planned stadium in the nation’s capital after President Donald Trump. That statement comes after ESPN reported that there have been backchannel talks between the White House and the Washington Commanders ownership group

By Tami Luhby, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Agriculture ordered states to stop issuing full food stamp benefits for November and to “immediately undo” any issuance of the full allotments, after a Supreme Court justice on Friday paused a lower court order requiring the agency to pay Americans their full assistance.