National Politics

By Kit Maher, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has formally tapped acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to take on the top law enforcement job on a more permanent basis, sending his nomination to the Senate on Monday. Blanche – formerly one of Trump’s personal lawyers – would succeed Pam Bondi, who was

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center website logo no longer includes “Trump” after a federal judge ruled President Donald Trump’s name had to be removed from the institution’s branding. For now, the large lettering on the building’s facade still features “Donald J. Trump.” But the Kennedy Center’s general counsel said in a

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump’s requirement of a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, ruling that he lacked authority to impose the new policy for a program used by companies to hire highly skilled foreign workers in specialized fields. US District Judge Leo Sorokin said

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has updated its list of verified religious affiliations for service members used in HR systems and removed the “Christian” designation from several faiths after facing backlash over the weekend that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not designated as Christian. A list shared online

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department announced Monday that it will move to revoke citizenship from 17 people nationwide, marking the latest move in the Trump administration’s unprecedented push to target naturalized citizens. Since President Donald Trump returned to office, his administration has doubled down on its denaturalization campaign, targeting foreign-born American

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told a bunch of lies before he abruptly walked out of an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” One of them was about what he had promised Americans about war. While discussing the Iran war Trump started this year, NBC anchor Kristen Welker

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told a bunch of lies before he abruptly walked out of an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” One of them was about what he had promised Americans about war. While discussing the Iran war Trump started this year, NBC anchor Kristen Welker pressed

By Ethan Cohen, Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — Nithya Raman pulled ahead of former reality TV star Spencer Pratt in the race for the second spot in the November election for Los Angeles mayor after a vote update Sunday evening. Raman, a city councilmember, won about 40% of the nearly 48,000 votes Los Angeles County

By Aileen Graef, Julia Benbrook, CNN (CNN) — Two Virginia residents have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the UFC fight President Donald Trump is holding at the White House as part of celebrations for the nation’s 250th birthday. The lawsuit, filed Saturday by the Public Integrity Project on behalf of a Vietnam War veteran

By Manu Raju, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — It was three days before the filing deadline when Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan learned of an eleventh-hour Republican challenger in his high-stakes reelection race. The challenger’s name: Dan J. Sullivan. Sen. Sullivan says it’s not a joke. The two-term Republican incumbent, and the GOP’s Senate campaign arm,

CNN By Manu Raju, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — It was three days before the filing deadline when Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan learned of an eleventh-hour Republican challenger in his high-stakes reelection race. The challenger’s name: Dan J. Sullivan. Sen. Sullivan says it’s not a joke. The two-term Republican incumbent, and the GOP’s Senate campaign

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump uses a lot of fictional statistics. He usually deploys them with a breezy confidence. At an event in Wisconsin on Friday, though, he made a statistical claim that sounded so clearly dubious that he wondered aloud where it had come from. “And we’ve also had huge

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A Los Angeles-based Justice Department official late Friday debunked a baseless claim of a discrepancy in the vote count of the city’s mayoral race that has circulated on social media. The claim, which has been pushed by several right-wing figures on X, including billionaire Elon Musk, alleges a vote-count

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of sick Americans could have a tougher time retaining — or even signing up for — Medicaid coverage after the first-ever federal work requirement begins in January in most states. That’s because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a new rule this week that takes a

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — After two weeks of turmoil at the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Illinois, the acting attorney general has jumped in to publicly defend his leader on the ground in Chicago, Andrew Boutros. Boutros, an ambitious, boastful, longtime line prosecutor-turned-defense attorney in a city filled with storied

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — For the better part of four decades, a member of the Bush family held office somewhere in the United States, a run that seemed to end in 2023 when former Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush left office. But Jonathan Bush, running for governor of Maine, hopes to restore

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump remains the clear leader of the Republican party. Yet his grip is weakening among Republicans on Capitol Hill who’ve grown frustrated by what they view as increasingly brazen decisions in his second term. Republicans are still on track to muscle through a top party

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot “triumphal arch” less than two miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport would likely pose no risks to air travel but recommended red obstruction lights be added. The FAA released a feasibility study concluding that the arch

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, will advance to the November election in California’s governor’s race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. It’s not yet clear who he’ll face. Becerra’s advancement guarantees a Democrat will be in the general election after some feared that their wide field

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin (CNN) — As President Donald Trump took his seat Friday for a roundtable conversation on agriculture, speaking beneath a green sign with a giant slogan, “Fighting for American Farmers,” he quickly moved on to other matters on his mind. “We’re very proud of Washington,” Trump said. “We had