National Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is prepared to rule against Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for minors, with several justices indicating they sympathize with a licensed counselor who says the law violates her First Amendment rights. In one of the most significant cases the high

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani reflected on the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks Tuesday, issuing a statement in memory of Israeli victims and hostages still held by Hamas but also critical of the US and Israeli governments. “Two years ago today, Hamas carried out

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Tami Luhby, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is considering not giving back pay to all federal employees once the government shutdown ends, suggesting it could depend on the worker in the GOP’s latest attempt to force Democrats to concede in the ongoing funding battle. “I would say it depends

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has far-reaching implications for the 2028 presidential race, upcoming midterms and future redistricting in the premier battleground state. Shapiro, a potential 2028 contender himself, appears in an ad launching Tuesday for

By Sean Lyngaas, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and to help promote another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “extremist speech,” ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said in a report published Tuesday. The report sounds the alarm about how a

By Jake Tapper, CNN Spin Ghul’s desire for jihad started when he was a child in Saudi Arabia, where his parents had remained after traveling from Niger on holy pilgrimage. From his elementary school days, he was determined to become a religious soldier, especially after learning about the Soviet-Afghan War, and how the Islamist holy

By Eva McKend, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Top Virginia Democrats have sharply criticized attorney general nominee Jay Jones but are stopping short of calling on him to leave the race after newly revealed text messages showed he suggested that a colleague be shot. Gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger and lieutenant governor nominee Ghazala Hashmi called

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” The Republican, who represents one of the nation’s most competitive House districts in southeastern Iowa, has faced questions for months over when she’ll hold a public town

By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans announced Monday the FBI, as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation, used court orders in 2023 to obtain the phone records of nine GOP lawmakers, a move the senators called “political weaponization.” It’s unclear what exactly investigators were seeking to determine by

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The opinion, which was produced by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge in Oregon who ruled against President Donald Trump by temporarily blocking his push to deploy troops to Portland has received bipartisan praise throughout her career and has issued rulings that could be viewed as benefiting both left- and right-wing causes. US District Judge Karin Immergut on

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP over his own party. State Auditor Matthew Dunlap’s bid sets the stage for a high-profile showdown in

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal from Laura Loomer, the prominent far-right influencer and ally of President Donald Trump who sued social media companies for yanking her off their platforms. Loomer, who had previously sued X and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms, filed a new lawsuit alleging

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to step into a fight over a land transfer in Arizona that the Western Apache people say will destroy a sacred site in order to build a massive copper mine. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the decision to deny the case. The federal government had been

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an appeal from the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, brushing aside an argument from Ghislaine Maxwell that she should have been shielded from prosecution under a plea agreement that Epstein struck with federal authorities. Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison in

By Tami Luhby, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also take on the newly created role of Chief Executive Officer of the Internal Revenue Service, the Treasury Department announced Monday. Bisignano, who was CEO of the payments multinational Fiserv before being confirmed as the head of Social Security in

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump likes to portray himself as a visionary, someone who sees important things before others. Trump has been claiming for the last decade that in a book he published the year before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, he warned the authorities that they needed to

Associated Press (CNN) — Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the US Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign. The two-term Houston-area congressman said he’s running because he doesn’t believe Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who’s had a cool relationship with President Donald

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Shira Levine was on her third case of the day. By the afternoon, she had already presided over two immigration cases in a San Francisco courtroom and was in the middle of another — this one, about an asylum claim. As she took notes on her computer, a notification