Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump did it after the 2021 attack on the US Capitol. He did it after the 2022 attack on the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He did it after the murder last month of filmmaker and Democratic activist Rob Reiner. And he did it again on

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched a Democratic bid for governor on Thursday, pledging to unify her state and move beyond a deadly battle with the federal government over immigration. “These times call for leaders who can stand up and not be rubber stamps of this administration,” Klobuchar said in an

By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Vague descriptions of presidential signing ceremonies, policy meetings and industry executive sit downs — mostly behind closed doors — began peppering President Donald Trump’s public schedule at the end of last year. The additions to the schedule, which is blasted out to the media every night, were

By Sunlen Serfaty, Linda Gaudino, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Chatty, bright-eyed children surrounded US Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon as she walked with them through an airy building in Texas. Part of a 50-state tour, this stop last year was at an unusual institution: the Austin campus of Alpha, a chain of private

By Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Miller has sought this week to distance himself from the recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis and the administration’s miscalculated response. But more than anyone, Miller has been the overall architect of Trump’s aggressive deportation push, encouraging heavy-handed operations in blue cities and urging agencies to cast

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — For decades, the unwritten rule of the East Wing was that an American first lady’s private life was a gift to the National Archives, eventually traded for a post-presidency memoir and maybe a library wing. But as Melania Trump prepares to walk the red carpet at the newly rebranded

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping deployment of National Guard troops to several major cities across the United States cost taxpayers approximately $496 million from June through December last year, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO, which aims to provide objective, nonpartisan information to Congress, estimates

By Manu Raju, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — The White House and Senate leaders are moving closer to a deal to avert a government shutdown but are seeking to resolve final sticking points in eleventh-hour negotiations ahead of Friday’s deadline, according to several sources familiar with the talks. The sources indicated that the White House

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — More than a million fewer people have signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage for 2026, according to federal data released Wednesday. The drop comes after the expiration of the enhanced federal premium subsidies caused monthly payments to skyrocket for many enrollees. Just under 23 million people selected plans

By Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is bracing for a new wave of resignations in the Minnesota federal prosecutors’ office over recent immigration enforcement efforts in the state, sources familiar with the matter said. Prosecutors threatened to resign during a recent meeting in which US Attorney Daniel Rosen

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of the

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a major new strike on Iran after preliminary discussions between Washington and Tehran over limiting the country’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production failed to make progress, according to people familiar with

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government is on the verge of partially shutting down, with Senate Republicans and Democrats at an impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security after the recent fatal shooting of a US citizen during a protest in Minneapolis. It would come less than three months after a

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Democrats in Congress are digging in against any funding deal with President Donald Trump this week that doesn’t include major changes to federal immigration enforcement – dramatically increasing the odds of a shutdown at week’s end. Inside the US Capitol, Democrats firmly lined up behind

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris, Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The FBI served a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. A source familiar with the matter told CNN the search is related to an effort by the

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris, Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The FBI served a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. A source familiar with the matter told CNN the search is related to an effort by

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump tried Tuesday to concoct an alternative reality on the subject of “affordability” – piling lie on top of lie to try to convince Americans that the issue has vanished. “You know, inflation we’ve solved; it’s done,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News during a trip to

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and federal courts are struggling to keep up with the exponential increase in federal court cases of immigrants in custody who are challenging their detentions – another result of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies across the country. The cases, in which a person can