National Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A fast-moving legal battle over Missouri’s effort to eke an additional Republican seat out of its congressional map for this year’s midterm election returned to the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a day after Justice Brett Kavanaugh had effectively rejected the same proposed map. A group that organized opposition

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The White House has removed from its website an arcade-style “Build the Wall” game closely styled like Tetris, which comes after the gaming company warned of copyright infringement. The White House last week launched a series of games on its website to tout the administration’s priorities. But two games

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The issue of medication abortion was back before a New Orleans-based appeals court on Wednesday, in the latest iteration of a yearslong legal effort to end the provision of abortion drugs via telehealth. Medication abortion now accounts for two-thirds of US abortions, which overall have increased since the 2022

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he expects Iran will abandon its war effort after the US midterm elections – and he conceded American gas prices are unlikely to fall before then. Speaking to reporters on his way to the GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Trump asserted that Iran

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A military aide who was working on the Qatari-gifted jet that’s serving as Air Force One accidentally deployed an emergency slide on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, delaying President Donald Trump’s trip to Dallas for the GOP’s midterm convention. It was quickly

CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The critical Senate contests in both Maine and Michigan feature tight races with no clear leader, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. But voters in the two states see their choices through two very different lenses. In Maine, the race centers more

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — These days, it’s easier than ever to conduct some form of polling and as difficult as it’s ever been to get it right. Completely faked numbers like a phony “poll” of the Los Angeles mayoral race that made waves last month are thankfully rare. That said, even real polls

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The critical Senate contests in both Maine and Michigan feature tight races with no clear leader, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. But voters in the two states see their choices through two very different lenses. In Maine, the race centers more on

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Republicans will gather in Dallas this week for a midterm convention that’s a version of the type normally held in presidential election years. President Donald Trump, party leaders, and battleground candidates comprise the 109 planned speakers who are there to set their agenda and rally voters, with the post-Labor

By Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried under granite has seen a flurry of construction work this year as the war with the US has transpired, according to a group of analysts who reviewed six years of satellite imagery. The Pickaxe Mountain site, located near the

By Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene, CNN Dallas (CNN) — For a decade, President Donald Trump has made himself his party’s main character — a singular force around whom its rallies, conventions and political identity have revolved. Republicans are taking that devotion a step further this week, gathering in the Lone Star State at Trump’s behest

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump gave Natalie Harp and two other White House aides $45,000 each in cash gifts, according to financial disclosure statements. Harp, whose close relationship with Trump has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks, and the other two female aides reported the money as

By David Wright, Katie Doran, Izzy Lippolis, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas will face Republican former Sen. John E. Sununu in the race for New Hampshire’s open Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. The battle for retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s seat could prove critical to her party’s hopes of flipping the chamber

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has for years told false or unproven stories about what he supposedly saw and did on 9/11 and soon after. As the 25th anniversary of the terror attack approaches, Trump told another story at the White House on Tuesday — in which he claimed to have

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Back-to-back court orders on Tuesday injected chaos into Missouri’s plans for this year’s midterms, with state officials and a group opposed to a GOP-friendly congressional map racing into multiple courts with less than two months before Election Day. A federal district court ordered Missouri to proceed with a congressional

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade secrets to save money and bring the coveted technology to market faster, US federal agencies alleged Tuesday. Major Chinese tech companies are using “distillation,” which involves training lesser AI models on more advanced ones, to “extract

By Tim Lister, Zachary Cohen, Hira Humayun, Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — At least seven oil tankers have been struck in and beyond the Persian Gulf since Tuesday evening local time, as the United States and Iran step up tanker attacks in what could mark a dangerous new phase in the war. The escalation led

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A member of the Georgia National Guard assigned to the task force patrolling Washington, DC, is facing assault and gun charges after he was accused of pulling his firearm on a fellow soldier during an argument last month. Zion Mitchell, 21, faces charges of assault with a dangerous weapon

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday honored the heroes who bravely ran toward the danger during the September 11, 2001, terror attacks as the nation prepares to commemorate the day’s solemn 25th anniversary. He also used the event near the White House in Washington, DC, to briefly plug some of

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Lonnie Bunch III said he will retire as the head of the Smithsonian Institution, a role that placed him at the center of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the world’s largest museum organization. “It is with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude that I announce my retirement from