National Politics

CNN By Elex Michaelson, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” “Well, I’m not surprised that he said that,” Schwarzenegger

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Budowich, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff overseeing communications, will leave the administration later this month for a new job, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. His imminent exit makes him the highest-profile staffer to leave the White House in Trump’s second term, which is

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is in New York for the start of her book tour, but she also took care of a little political business while in town: fielding a call on Wednesday afternoon from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City. The call, according to two

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government has shut down for the first time in six years because Congress failed to approve a federal spending bill before October 1. Republicans and Democrats are still far apart in coming to an agreement to continue funding the federal government. One of the central issues is

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Podcaster Theo Von called out the Department of Homeland Security for using footage of him to tout deportations in a video that since appears to have been removed from DHS’ account on the social media platform X. The 31-second video, posted on DHS’ account on Tuesday, featured Von saying,

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors are preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges, but have just days to make a final decision, according to people familiar with the investigation. The investigation, run by federal prosecutors at the

By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration proposed a 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza to Arab leaders on Tuesday, which led to an exchange of ideas among the leaders over how to agree on a final proposal that could potentially drive an end the conflict,

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said two high-level Justice Department employees may have violated her order limiting public opinions about the prosecution of accused killer Luigi Mangione by reposting President Donald Trump’s statements about the case on X. Judge Margaret Garnett ordered the Justice Department to respond by the end of

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to name cancer researcher Dr. Anthony Letai as the new head of its National Cancer Institute, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. The expected appointment, reported first by CNN, would put Letai at the helm of a sprawling operation within the National

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House. “The Presidential Walk of Fame has arrived on the West Wing Colonnade,” special assistant to the president and communications adviser Margo Martin wrote in a post on

By Morgan Rimmer, Arlette Saenz, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a stopgap government funding bill. “This is a program that needs reform, but

By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A top Justice Department official has retracted a letter he sent to an FBI agent who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that suggested the agent was being investigated in relation to a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones. In a letter to William

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators seized multiple documents labeled “secret,” “confidential,” and “classified,” including some about weapons of mass destruction, during the late August search of the office of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to newly released court records that are part of an investigation into whether

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting body armor and appropriate health care. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a post on X on Tuesday that Defense

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A team of suspected Chinese hackers has infiltrated US software developers and law firms in a sophisticated campaign to collect intelligence that could help Beijing in its ongoing trade fight with Washington, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Wednesday. The hackers have been rampant in recent weeks, hitting the cloud-computing firms

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt shift on the war in Ukraine this week came amid fresh frustration at Russian President Vladimir Putin, and was intended to apply more pressure on Moscow to come to the negotiating table, according to US officials. By publicly declaring Ukraine could regain all its territory

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he vowed merely to call “balls and strikes,” to his dramatic switched vote to preserve the Affordable Care Act, to his weeks

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The group in charge of nationwide planning for the United States’ 250th birthday celebrations has fired its Trump administration-appointed executive director for “breaches of authority and trust,” a spokesperson said Tuesday. The nonpartisan US Semiquincentennial Commission said in a statement that Ari Abergel, who was put in place