National Politics

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to cancel $810 million of funding that has been appropriated by Congress for refugees, immigrants and other services it argues are unnecessary, according to a spokesperson for the Office of Management and Budget. In what is called a pocket rescission, the package of proposed

By Logan Schiciano, Julia Benbrook, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday declined to say whether he agreed to allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missiles to fend off Russian attacks, an assertion made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a day earlier. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly

By Lauren Fox, Patrick Svitek, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Some Republicans are growing worried that two key Senate races once considered critical to holding their majority are slipping from their grasp. In more than a dozen interviews with campaign officials, senators and operatives, there is recognition that North Carolina and Georgia are looking less

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller have subpoenaed his former father-in-law Sen. Bernie Moreno as part of the ongoing custody battle between Miller and his ex -wife Emily Moreno, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. It is the second time that Miller’s lawyers have issued

By Aleena Fayaz, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Whistleblowers are alleging that Kennedy Center officials halted plans earlier this year to repair leaks in the building, which the Trump administration has highlighted as its reason to close the storied arts institution. In a letter to Congress Thursday, obtained by CNN, a lawyer representing the anonymous

CNN By Brian Stelter, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. CNN had been scheduled to fly aboard the president’s plane on his trip to Tennessee for

By Brian Stelter, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks. CNN had been scheduled to fly aboard the president’s plane on his trip to Tennessee for a

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Sylvie Zhuang, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent months plotting ways to impress Xi Jinping. But even after enlisting two military bands, ordering up a flyover, speeding construction of his new helipad and rolling out a literal red carpet, Trump ended up directly undercutting what the Chinese

By Sean Lyngaas, Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — A data breach at the Pentagon’s vast HR system has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information of current and former military personnel, raising counterintelligence concerns among national security experts. The Pentagon has confirmed that the breach affects 2.76 million “living individuals,” a category that potentially

By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party’s two worst midterm elections in the 21st Century were in 2006 and 2018. In the former, an unpopular Middle Eastern war cost George W. Bush dearly. In 2018, voters balked at the upending of historic norms and chaotic style of a new president named Donald Trump.

By Sunlen Serfaty, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch did not originally include the idea for an open-air observation deck that would tower 161 feet above the surrounding landscape. The feature, which would give tourists a 360-degree panoramic view, was only added to the design later when the Trump administration

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — In a major win for President Donald Trump’s efforts to find non-citizen voters, the Supreme Court on Friday said states can use a controversial citizenship data collection tool for reviewing voter rolls. The court’s unsigned opinion rejected arguments that the administration broke the law by making it easier for

By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Inside the Senate GOP’s campaign headquarters on Wednesday, dozens of Republicans gathered for a strategy session during what was expected to be their final days in Washington before the November midterms. Then Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio – one of the most endangered Republicans in

By Gabe Cohen, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his allies inside and outside his administration are aiming to blanket polling places with an expanding network of party and federal election monitors this November, intensifying scrutiny of the nuts and bolts of voting as Trump hunts for what he claims, without evidence,

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Satellite imagery and intelligence support provided by Chinese groups have helped Iran threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz and launch precision strikes on US military bases in the Middle East, part of a dramatic improvement in Iranian targeting capabilities over the

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — FBI agents who probed Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home asked Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday whether they could testify before a grand jury — or even consult their lawyers — as part of an investigation into whether former government officials

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to remove migrants to countries other than their homeland without giving them an opportunity to raise human rights concerns. The Justice Department filed an emergency appeal after a decision from the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were allowed back into the White House on Thursday roughly 10 hours after a federal judge temporarily reinstated their press credentials. But the legal fight over President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban the three outlets from the grounds may continue over the