National Politics

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the final month of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump put his critique of FEMA’s response to Hurricane Helene front and center, making false claims that funding was stolen for illegal migrants and the agency ignored requests for help. One particular claim had legs – that Republican residents

By Katie Bo Lillis, Sean Lyngaas, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s intelligence service. The attack, described to CNN by four sources familiar with the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Most judges who have considered President Donald Trump’s disputed tariffs have ruled against him. But when the Supreme Court hears his appeal next week, it may be influenced by a forceful dissenting opinion that highlighted a 1981 case from the Iranian hostage crisis. Chief Justice John

By Riane Lumer (CNN) — President Donald Trump has said it is “pretty clear” the US Constitution does not permit him to run for the third term in office, after days of speculation prompted by claims from allies there was a plan to let him do just that. “I have my highest poll numbers that

By Boer Deng, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump sits down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, trade will be the subject at hand. But it is also an opportunity for something else: a chance to secure the release of US citizens detained by the People’s Republic. More Americans are thought to be

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Premiums for Affordable Care Act coverage will skyrocket 26%, on average, next year, according to a KFF analysis released Tuesday evening, just days before open enrollment starts on November 1. The price hike is one of the largest jumps since Obamacare plans debuted more than a decade ago —

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter. The firings come as President

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at ending President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats in a rare bipartisan rebuke of the president over trade policy. Sens. Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — On Monday, a day before the House Oversight Committee released a 93-page report outlining its conclusions from its monthslong investigation into former President Joe Biden’s use of the autopen to formalize clemency decisions, Justice Department official Ed Martin wrote an email to its chair. Martin, the pardon attorney, told

By Marshall Cohen, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A coalition of 25 Democratic-run states sued the Trump administration Tuesday to prevent billions of dollars of cuts to federal food assistance that are set to kick in this weekend. Democratic attorneys general and governors from 25 states and Washington, DC, claimed in the lawsuit that the

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his Tuesday speech to US service members on an aircraft carrier stationed in Japan. Trump repeated his regular lie that he won the 2020 election (he lost to Joe Biden). He also deployed some of his favorite recent false claims about

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia went back and forth during a private call with House Republicans on Tuesday, according to two sources on the call, as tensions rise during the government shutdown. Greene, who has been publicly critical of Johnson’s

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Annie Grayer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he has spoken with Donald Trump about the possibility of the president seeking a third-term but that he sees no path for it as any change to the US Constitution would be well after Trump has left office.

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. National Republicans including Vice President JD Vance mocked

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted strikes against four more boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 14 people on board the vessels, with one survivor, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It marked the first time multiple strikes were conducted on the same day as part of

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump appealed his criminal conviction on state charges related to a hush money scheme, arguing the case should never have been brought and the verdict should be overturned. Lawyers for Trump repeated many of the arguments that had been rejected throughout the investigation and trial, accusing Manhattan

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In an unprecedented situation, millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program in the coming weeks amid the federal government shutdown. The US Department of Agriculture has said it does not have the money to pay $8 billion in food stamp benefits for November amid

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Passaic County, New Jersey (CNN) — In the race for New Jersey governor, Democratic nominee Mikie Sherrill is trying to reverse Donald Trump’s gains with Latino voters in the 2024 election while her Republican rival, Jack Ciattarelli, is seeking to build on them. Their dueling missions collided on recent back-to-back days

By Clarissa Ward, Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — “The Americans drove through here,” the Syrian army guard said, pointing to a steep road behind him. “I don’t know where they headed, I’m not allowed up there.” The barricaded road leads to a labyrinth of military facilities wedged into the rocky slopes of Mount Qasioun