National Politics

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Top House Democrats have privately coalesced around a strategy in this month’s high stakes government funding fight: A public battle with President Donald Trump to extract health care wins, even if it means a government shutdown. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries plans to formally articulate their stance to Senate

By Randi Kaye, CNN Fort Pierce, Florida (CNN) — Twelve jurors and four alternates have been chosen in the trial of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last September at a Florida golf course. Routh is defending himself at the trial, sitting alone at the defense table in a

By Betsy Klein, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales is set to host US first lady Melania Trump for a special joint appearance at Windsor Castle’s Frogmore Gardens to highlight scouting next week, underscoring a broader diplomatic effort by the United Kingdom to cultivate close ties with the Trump administration. The princess

By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Three former senior FBI officials summarily fired last month are suing FBI Director Kash Patel and the Trump administration, alleging that their terminations were part of a White House-directed purge driven at least in part by social media bullying from MAGA loyalists. Brian Driscoll, the former acting

By Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Arlette Saenz, Ted Barrett, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Republican senators are ratcheting up their demands for President Donald Trump to put new sanctions on Russia, as the White House has signaled an openness toward a second phase of sanctions against Moscow. “I think Russia is playing, they’re really playing

By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Chuck Schumer’s attempt to compel the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files, hours after the Democratic leader made a bold procedural move to force a vote on the issue. The Senate voted 51-49 to block the measure, with GOP

By Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday with a degree of bemusement toward Russia’s drone incursion into Poland, a NATO member that Trump has previously vowed to defend amid heightened tensions with Moscow. “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones?” Trump asked in a short post on Truth

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from replacing the US’ top copyright official as the fight over executive branch firings and President Donald Trump’s use of executive power continues. Shira Perlmutter, who had been the register of copyrights since the Librarian of Congress appointed her

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump doesn’t mind letting his 30-day takeover of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department lapse on Wednesday, White House officials told CNN — mainly because he feels the city has taken steps to cooperate. Those officials argued the executive order signed by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser last week,

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — As public outrage grew over last month’s killing on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Vi Lyles focused her initial statement on addressing mental health issues, warning that “we will never arrest our way” out of some of the underlying causes of crime. A day later,

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — “In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.” That is the assessment that the former vice president makes in her forthcoming memoir of her abbreviated 2024 run,

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s 30-day emergency declaration in Washington, DC, expires at the end of Wednesday, the mayor’s office says, but the federal law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital is expected to continue. Here’s what you need to know: What happens Thursday? Once the emergency ends, Trump will lose

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s breezy suggestion this week that Americans who are roughed up by ICE can sue agents in federal court is drawing pushback from civil rights attorneys who note the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has in recent years made those cases nearly impossible to win. Writing to explain

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — For sale: A 348-foot mega yacht with an infinity pool, eight staterooms, a sauna and helipad. The seller: The US government. The Amadea was seized three years ago on the shores of Fiji in an operation run by the Justice Department’s KleptoCapture task force that targeted Russians on the

By Dan Berman, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s unprecedented effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The Trump administration said Wednesday it will appeal to the DC US Circuit Court of Appeals. “President Trump has not identified anything related to Cook’s conduct or job performance

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego will soon offer a resolution to block the Pentagon from offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran and pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching a sensitive area of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to

By Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Ted Budd blasted FEMA for “stonewalling” funds to his state to recover from Hurricane Helene and said that he plans to use his leverage in the chamber to stall Department of Homeland Security nominees until the issue is addressed. The North Carolina lawmaker voted to filibuster a

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will testify to Congress following her abrupt ouster last month amid a clash with US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. The Senate’s health committee announced Tuesday that

By Donald Judd, Kristen Holmes, Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, Tuesday evening, his first foray to an outside eatery in the district since taking office in January. Trump has eschewed the capital’s restaurant scene since returning to Washington, choosing instead

By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Some advisers to President Donald Trump are angry over Israel’s decision to strike Hamas leaders inside Doha, Qatar Tuesday morning, with many particularly frustrated that they weren’t able to weigh in or warn the Qataris. Trump was informed of the strike only shortly before it began —