National Politics

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly attempting to profit off of a congressional program intended to defray housing costs for lawmakers’ Washington, DC, residences — a claim she has denied. According to a newly published report from the Office of Congressional

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Monday approved an emergency appeal from a Republican congresswoman in New York who asked the justices to block a state court ruling that ordered her Staten Island-based district to be redrawn ahead of the midterm election. The high court’s three liberal justices dissented from

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The first US service members to die in the conflict between the US and Iran were killed by a direct Iranian strike on a makeshift operations center at a civilian port in Kuwait on Sunday morning local time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. The death toll

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, Aaron Blake, Emily Condon, Dugald McConnell, CNN (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee on Monday released video of the closed-door depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton that occurred last week as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The former president and secretary of state each faced roughly 4

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — A new rash on the right side of President Donald Trump’s neck is the result of a cream that he’s using as a “preventative skin treatment,” his personal physician told CNN on Monday. “President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has decided to drop its prolonged court fights against four law firms with ties to Democrats, after it had sought and failed to cut out the firms’ access to the federal government as part of an apparent retribution campaign by President Donald Trump. Despite Trump’s dislike

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to curb the government’s ability to disarm a frequent marijuana user, though several of the justices were also wary of completely undermining a 1968 law that was intended to ensure that Americans addicted to drugs don’t have access to firearms. Over the course

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The poll, fielded shortly after US and Israeli attacks

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A visible fracture has emerged in President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement in the aftermath of the United States’ latest military campaign against Iran, and many outspoken conservative opponents across social media have rallied around the words of one influential figure to express their concern: the late activist Charlie Kirk.

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told CNN in a nine-minute phone interview Monday morning that the US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran – but the “big wave” is yet to come. “We’re knocking the crap out of them,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think it’s going very

CNN By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told CNN in a nine-minute phone interview Monday morning that the US military is “knocking the crap” out of Iran – but the “big wave” is yet to come. “We’re knocking the crap out of them,” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think it’s going

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — At a time when the Democratic Party is calling for fighters, Rep. Valerie Foushee of North Carolina takes a quieter approach. Her work, she said, should speak for itself. “I don’t care a whole lot about the limelight. I care even less about attention,” she said. “What I care

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — As gala-goers in gowns and tuxedos were dancing the night away inside Mar-a-Lago’s ballroom Friday evening, a very different scene was unfolding on the other side of the rambling estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Out the gilded doors, past layers of security and behind a set of black curtains,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A major Second Amendment case pending at the Supreme Court is firing up marijuana legalization advocates who fear the Trump administration’s defense of a 1968 gun ban could expose millions of recreational pot users to prosecution, even as a growing number of states relax their cannabis laws. The 6-3

By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Tal Shalev, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — For months, Israeli and American intelligence agencies — including the CIA — had been secretly watching Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for just the right moment. They were monitoring for his daily patterns — where he lived, whom he met with, how he communicated

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, Sarah Ferris, CNN Houston (CNN) — Sen. John Cornyn stood before TV cameras in Houston recently and issued a warning to Ken Paxton, the man threatening to take the seat he’s held for nearly two dozen years: Things were about to get a whole lot uglier. “After we get through

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Top Capitol Hill Democrats, and a small number of Republicans, watched in alarm Saturday as the US launched a major assault on Iran, decrying President Donald Trump’s call for the overthrow of another foreign government without their expressed approval. Trump ordered the strikes on Tehran just days before the