Politics

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Hanover, Maryland (CNN) — As he rallied Maryland Democrats at a state party fundraiser Saturday night, former President Joe Biden decried the actions of the man who succeeded him in the White House, painting him as vain and corrupt. “It’s not just his vanity projects, tearing down the East Wing of

By Casey Gannon, Julia Benbrook, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency that has spurred controversy amid the administration’s ramped-up deportation efforts. The Department of

Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man with the same name and Republican party affiliation as Alaska US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary, a judge ruled Friday, the latest turn in a drama surrounding the broader fight over control of the US Senate. Superior Court Judge

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Julia Letlow will win the Republican nomination for Senate in Louisiana, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, defeating state Treasurer John Fleming in a runoff in which she made her endorsement from President Donald Trump a centerpiece of her pitch. Letlow’s victory all but ensures another Trump ally will

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — When Next250 organizers began planning for America’s 250th birthday, they envisioned bringing together communities in a polarized country to celebrate democracy. But then Donald Trump returned to office as the 47th president. Now, the left-leaning group has reframed its commemoration in response to Trump’s takeover of the country’s

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday seized on the electoral success of several democratic socialist candidates to ramp up his attacks on the Democratic Party, claiming it was being taken over by “godless Communists” who pose an existential threat to the nation. The heated rhetoric marked the latest bid by

By Donald Judd, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump unveiled a new rendering of a special commemorative US passport bearing his likeness Friday, debuting a limited-edition passport to mark America’s 250th anniversary this year. “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’” Trump posted on Truth Social. He included a sample

By Associated Press (AP) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false and that he says forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins. Buttigieg wrote in a Substack post that a Michigan State Police officer told him they found nothing to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The highly unusual exchange between Justice Samuel Alito and Justice Sonia Sotomayor over a dissent read from the bench was based on a “misunderstanding” by the conservative justice, the Supreme Court said Friday. “Justice Alito was notified in advance by Justice Sotomayor’s chambers that she would be reading a

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted strikes on Friday against Iranian military targets around the Strait of Hormuz in response to Tehran’s Thursday attack against a commercial vessel near the key waterway, according to US Central Command. “US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar

By MJ Lee, Nicky Robertson, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chairman James Comer said Friday his committee will issue two subpoenas for billionaire investor Leon Black as part of the panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The dramatic move — in the middle of a closed-door interview with the panel on Capitol Hill —

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an “economic reset for America” agenda, which aides explicitly say is part of his considering to launch a presidential campaign. “The system America’s founders built was designed to prevent

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, Catherine E. Shoichet, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Until Thursday morning, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were legally living and working in the United States, along with thousands of Syrians. Now, their work permits are set to expire and their deportation protections will be terminated, throwing them in legal limbo.

By Gabe Cohen, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN. White House officials appointed Gregg Phillips in December to lead FEMA’s Office of Response

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Thursday that he had “profound differences” with one of the candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in Tuesday’s primary elections, underscoring Democratic Party fractures heading into the midterms. Shapiro was asked about Darializa Avila Chevalier,

By Abigail Roederhsheimer, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Several months before blue strips started floating to the surface of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a company involved in its last renovation more than 15 years ago was approached with an opportunity to do this remodel as well. But the company said no. Specifically,

By Sean Lyngaas, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Bad cybersecurity practices from Secret Service agents have left their phones vulnerable to hacking and risked the lives of senior US officials they are charged with protecting, according to a new inspector general report. Foreign “adversaries” — a term that can encompass spies and terrorists — “could

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority delivered President Donald Trump a pair of significant affirmations of his immigration policy Thursday, paving the way for the administration to effectively remove more than 1 million people from the US and keep many others from entering in