National Politics

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have interviewed Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the matter. It comes as the Justice Department is investigating the Democratic congresswoman, focusing on immigration fraud related to suspected false statements made on government paperwork and a potential conspiracy, CNN

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — In the final months of the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump told an outlandish lie that schools in parts of the US were sending children for gender surgeries without the knowledge of their parents. Trump has now revived the lie for the final weeks of the 2026 midterm

By Patrick Svitek, CNN Woodsfield, Ohio (CNN) — Holding a town hall Saturday in the second least populous county in Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy seemed further than ever from the presidential campaign trail where he made his political debut three years ago. President Donald Trump barely came up. The war in Iran wasn’t mentioned. Instead, Ramaswamy

By Kit Maher (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday used an antisemitic term that he has used publicly at least once before as he​ defended Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall against criticism over medical billing practices. Trump invoked the term “Shylock” while defending Marshall’s​ suing more than 700 patients for outstanding medical bills during his

By Kit Maher, Tal Shalev, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Monday declined to say whether he endorses Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, after President Donald Trump recently threw his support behind the Israeli prime minister. “I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on is the midterm,” Vance said in

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The Muslim Brotherhood has become a flashpoint in Michigan’s Senate race, with Republicans trying to cast Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed as sympathetic to interests connected to Islamic terror and El-Sayed arguing that he is being unfairly accused of the same “dual loyalties” that former Presidents John F. Kennedy and

By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” — the latest example of him seeking geographical name changes that fit his political agenda. “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United

By Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin is drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans after suggesting congressional investigations could deter recent graduates from joining the Trump administration. The controversy stemmed from Slotkin’s remarks at a University of Chicago event last week, when she was asked how Congress could

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When John Ream got into brewing beer at home nearly two decades ago, starting out was as easy as opening the kit his wife bought for him as a gift. But the Ohio engineer’s plans ran dry when he tried to switch to making whiskey. That’s because a 160-year-old

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to cancel plea agreements with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attack. By denying the appeals, the high court left in place a decision from an appeals court

By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — One of the tensest showdowns between the Trump administration and the federal bench in Washington, DC, came to a head on Monday in a marathon court hearing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul a public golf course that has been the subject of months

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson over the past two years has been nearly as visible on the book circuit as she has been at the Supreme Court, recounting her personal struggles and professional successes and emphasizing that she is the embodiment of her “ancestors’ dreams.” As she

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan are expected to be allowed to continue to live and work in the United States for now after their deportation protections were set to expire this week, the Department of Homeland Security said. Temporary Protected Status is a form of humanitarian relief that provides

By Patrick Svitek, CNN Greenville, Ohio (CNN) — A day after President Donald Trump offered his latest appraisal of Ohio Sen. Jon Husted’s muscular physique, it had already become a running joke — if not an explicitly stated one — during a GOP gathering in rural western Ohio. “I know the president’s been talking about

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Sunday called the Justice Department’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar “appalling,” saying the government is attempting to intimidate and deport one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics. “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected

By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — One year after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the organization he founded for young conservatives is building out its political operation in a purple state that has often evaded Republicans’ grasp at the federal level. New Hampshire appears to have become a centerpiece of Turning Point Action’s midterm work, according to

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades before David Hearn faced up to 10 years in prison over allegations from the Trump administration that he intentionally damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, he did something that would be considered unthinkable today. The then-18-year-old dropped an oblong yellow canoe into the shallow water and,

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — As potential 2028 presidential candidates crisscross the country to campaign in the midterms, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is wielding an advantage that none of the others can match: his massive personal wealth. The billionaire has funneled nearly $40 million to Democratic candidates and groups in the midterms, donating to

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — GOP operatives conducting a focus group in a traditionally red Midwestern state this month were taken aback by what they heard from their own party’s voters. Asked what they blamed for rising gas prices, those voters pointed to “corrupt politicians” and “billionaires” — a response that surprised some longtime