National Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Alabama to use a congressional map that will benefit Republicans in this year’s midterm elections, permitting the state to ditch one of two House districts represented by a Black member of Congress who is also a Democrat. The court dealt with the case

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Rep. George Santos, who went to prison last year on federal fraud charges after being ousted from Congress, is now under scrutiny for his trading on prediction markets, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The prediction site Kalshi identified suspicious activity in a market

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testified to lawmakers Tuesday that the Justice Department has abandoned its plans for an “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate people who say they were wrongly prosecuted by the government. “We are not moving forward with the fund, period,” Blanche told the House Appropriations

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The behind-the-scenes jockeying began almost immediately after Tulsi Gabbard announced last month that she would resign as director of national intelligence. Some allies told President Donald Trump he should replace Gabbard with someone who had more intelligence experience. Others said he should go with someone

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman issued a scathing takedown of Graham Platner as the leading Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race has become embroiled in a scandal over reports that he sent sexual text messages to women who were not his wife. In an interview with CNN

By Pamela Brown, Annie Grayer, Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee is investigating Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez over allegations of sexual misconduct, three sources told CNN. The sources, who asked not to be named to protect their identities, said the panel had made early reach outs in its attempt to follow up

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Tuesday that a second correspondents’ dinner, with bolstered security measures, will be held this summer after April’s event was halted by a shooting incident at the Washington Hilton. President Donald Trump later said he has accepted an invitation to speak at the

By Zachary Cohen, Hannah Rabinowitz, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump on Tuesday named housing official Bill Pulte, who has played a leading role in stoking the president’s retribution campaign, as acting director of national intelligence. Pulte — a wealthy businessman turned Federal Housing Finance Agency director — appears to be an unusual choice

By Davis Winkie, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Members of the US military may soon be barred from using prediction markets to bet on global events if a draft defense policy bill passes Congress and becomes law. The proposal comes after a high-profile case where a US special forces soldier is accused of using classified

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Jill Biden offered, in her words, a “full-blown confession.” It was 2020, and she was opening up about the toll Beau Biden’s death took on her family while at a New Hampshire roundtable with mental health professionals. “For all the tiny gestures the press made so much of, that

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Some prominent supporters of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ now-suspended run for US Senate suggested Monday she should revive her campaign in a last-ditch effort to stop Graham Platner as his bid becomes engulfed by another controversy. “I definitely want her to un-suspend her campaign,” said Lynn Bromley, a former

By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico legislative panel announced on Monday it is issuing more than a dozen subpoenas as a part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein’s “Zorro Ranch,” and called on survivors of the late sex offender and other members of the public to share what they might

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Tom Kean is running unopposed in his primary on Tuesday, seeking a third term in one of the nation’s most competitive seats. But voters haven’t seen or heard directly from Kean in months — and it’s still unclear when he might return to work on Capitol Hill.

By Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has signaled to Republican congressional leaders that it plans to drop the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, though it was unclear how firm or permanent that plan is, according to two sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump has not committed publicly to terminating

By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist congressional candidate endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, deleted a previous Twitter account that included thousands of posts and reposts expressing support for abolishing police, prisons and borders, as well as seizing private property and nationalizing major industries and

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of FBI Director Kash Patel’s efforts to root out so-called weaponization in the agency, firing dozens of employees for their perceived bias, former agents set up their own group to help those struggling under the new leadership. Former Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Feinberg said

By Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hackers breached a senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and temporarily posted a string of pro-Iran and anti-US propaganda on Sunday, some of it invoking the Vietnam War. One video reviewed by CNN used audio from “Hanoi Hannah,” an infamous Vietnam War propagandist, telling US soldiers

By Ted Barrett, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans need more assurances that the Trump administration will completely drop a controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund after the Justice Department said it would abide by a court order temporarily blocking the effort. Many senators told CNN they cannot move

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Jill Biden says she felt she “had to support” President Joe Biden publicly in the wake of his disastrous 2024 debate with Donald Trump, despite acknowledging now that she feared her husband might have been having a stroke. Her latest comments came in an interview