Politics

By Christopher Hickey, CNN When Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed to keep his leadership post, his 269-day speakership became the shortest in more than 140 years. In a historic move, the US House of Representatives voted Tuesday to oust McCarthy as speaker. The House will now need to elect a new speaker, but there is no clear alternative

By Curt Devine, Audrey Ash and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — A retired US Coast Guard captain stepped down as president of a college in Massachusetts on Tuesday after CNN revealed that he had been accused of sexual misconduct involving several students he taught at the prestigious Coast Guard Academy a decade ago. Glenn Sulmasy,

By David Wright and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Kari Lake, who lost the 2022 race for Arizona governor but has repeatedly claimed without proof that she won, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for the US Senate in Arizona. Lake, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is

CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A group of eight House Republicans joined with Democrats Tuesday in a historic vote to remove Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The House will now have to elect a new speaker. The vote in the House of Representatives on the motion to vacate was 216-210, with

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A group of eight House Republicans joined with Democrats Tuesday in a historic vote to remove Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The House will now have to elect a new speaker. The vote in the House of Representatives on the motion to vacate was 216-210, with Florida

By Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump spent the last two days in a Manhattan courtroom, listening intently to the civil trial where the fate of his business and his brand is at stake. Once he walked outside the courtroom’s wooden doors, he unleashed on everyone involved

By Oren Liebermann and Jared Formanek, CNN (CNN) — Two US soldiers were killed and twelve were injured when an Army transport vehicle flipped over in a training accident near Salcha, Alaska, on Monday, the Army said. The soldiers were riding in a transport vehicle, known as a light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV), when the

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — NATO says it is “actively addressing incidents” affecting its unclassified websites after a hacking group claimed to have stolen numerous strategic planning and research documents from the alliance. The apparent cyber intrusions raise questions about NATO’s ability to protect communication networks where the alliance shares unclassified but non-public insights

CNN Opinion by Thomas Balcerski (CNN) — California Rep. Kevin McCarthy has once again made history, this time for being the first House speaker to be removed from his post. Of course, his earlier entry into the record books — needing an unprecedented 15 rounds of votes to be elected to the chamber’s top job in the

By Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell, Sabrina Souza and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Judge Arthur Engoron rebuked Donald Trump after the former president attacked his clerk in a social media post on Tuesday and forbade the parties from making any future comments about his staff. “This morning one of the defendants posted on (a)

By Jack Forrest, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler made history Tuesday when she was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as the first out Black lesbian to enter Congress and the only Black woman presently serving in the Senate. Butler, who was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the

CNN By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker – a historic moment that threatens to plunge House Republicans even further into chaos and turmoil. The House will now need to elect a new speaker, but

By Alison Main and Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Tuesday that the Republican National Committee had blocked a planned joint appearance with rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Fox News. “When the RNC stops conversations between candidates from happening that is real cause for concern,” the former New Jersey governor said

CNN By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar was carjacked in Washington, DC, Monday evening, the congressman said. He was physically unharmed. The armed carjacking took place at the intersection of K Street and New Jersey Avenue in Southeast DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood, according to an

By Clare Foran, Melanie Zanona, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Kevin McCarthy will not run for speaker again after the House ousted him from the top leadership post in a historic vote on Tuesday, a move that threatens to plunge House Republicans into even further chaos and turmoil. The House

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The manufacturers of the 10 initial drugs chosen for Medicare’s price negotiation program have agreed to participate in the historic initiative, the Biden administration said Tuesday. However, they are not giving up their efforts to overturn the program in court, even after the industry lost its first legal battle

By Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The US is increasingly urging Ukraine to do more to combat governmental corruption, issuing several notices to Kyiv in the last few weeks indicating that certain kinds of US economic aid will be linked to Ukraine’s progress in reforming its institutions, multiple US officials told CNN.

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson confronted top White House officials late Sunday, demanding they take fast and concrete steps to address a migrant crisis they believe is about to reach a breaking point in the Windy City, according to two people on

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — After declaring Donald Trump “missing in action” at last week’s Republican presidential primary debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed up by taking shot after shot at the former president. He challenged Trump to a one-on-one debate, asserted the GOP front-runner’s political shortcomings “turned Georgia and Arizona