Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — During his first news conference Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche showcased his loyalty to President Donald Trump while declining to answer specific questions about the war with Iran, why Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired or other investigations into the president’s enemies. “I love working for

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Chris Taylor has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, expanding the liberal majority on the panel in a key battleground state. Taylor, a state appeals court judge from Dane County, defeated conservative judge Maria Lazar, a state appeals court judge from Waukesha County. Liberals have now

By Molly English, Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, CNN Rome, Georgia (CNN) — Republican Clay Fuller has won the special election runoff in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District to replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset win and allowing national Republicans to breathe a sigh of relief. Fuller will defeat Democrat

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — The war with Iran is raging, gas prices are rising and spending battles endure on Capitol Hill. So why is the No. 2 man in the White House in Budapest? Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Hungary this week, days ahead of the country’s national elections, is

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made a series of false claims at his Monday press conference about the war with Iran, during which his remarks strayed into other foreign policy issues. Trump also made multiple uncorroborated claims that can’t be definitively fact-checked, such as an assertion that every living former president

By Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing new allegations he sent a former campaign staffer lewd texts, just weeks after revelations of his affair with another former employee rocked and ultimately ended his reelection bid. The San Antonio Express-News on Monday published previously unreported texts that Gonzales allegedly sent

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist as part of a hunt for the “leaker” behind initial reports Friday that a second Air Force officer from a downed US fighter jet was missing. The public revelation complicated the administration’s military rescue efforts in Iran, Trump said at a

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Shortly before President Donald Trump was flanked by the defense secretary, CIA director and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to talk about Iran on Monday, he had a softer sidekick. “I don’t think it gets much more hostile than Iran. They’re capable fighters,” Trump said from the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to drop the government’s criminal case against Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser convicted in 2022 of defying a subpoena from lawmakers investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The Supreme Court’s decision follows a

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — CNN will host a California gubernatorial primary debate next month, a potential inflection point in a crowded campaign that Democrats are concerned could provide an opening for Republicans. The two-hour debate will be held May 5 at 6 p.m. Pacific time (9 p.m. Eastern time), just under a month

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The DC US attorney’s office under Jeanine Pirro has had an unusually low win rate in trials in Washington’s federal district court this year, at a moment when the White House has been clamoring for President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to deliver on prosecutions. In its first eight criminal

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Finally, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat will be filled in Congress. Three months after Greene abruptly left Washington in the midst of a remarkably bitter feud with President Donald Trump, voters in northwest Georgia on Tuesday are poised to cast their ballots — again — in a runoff election to