Politics

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region, three people

By Kara Scannell, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury indicted the governor of Sinaloa and other Mexican state officials with drug trafficking and weapons charges for allegedly working with cartels to bring drugs into the United States in exchange for bribes and favors. Ruben Rocha Moya, the governor of the Mexican state

By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday kicked yet another leg out from under the Voting Rights Act, the landmark 1965 civil rights law that Chief Justice John Roberts’ court has repeatedly undermined over the years. Wednesday’s opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito with the dissent from the court’s

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Artemis II astronauts’ journey to the moon and back landed them at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon — standing by while President Donald Trump talked UFOs, the Space Force and the Iran war. Sporting blue jackets, NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Applicants for visas to the United States will now have to affirm that they do not fear persecution in their home countries as the Trump administration seeks to further restrict potential asylum seeks from entering the country. The new rule, outlined in a diplomatic cable to all embassies and

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Days after a gunman charged security at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner in what investigators say was an attempt to kill President Donald Trump with legally-owned firearms, his Justice Department is further rolling back gun control measures. “We’re repealing rules that went beyond what the law allows,”

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has told his top advisers in recent days he wants the US naval blockade of Iranian ports to continue, sources familiar with the talks said, and his team has begun laying the groundwork for such an extension, including a longer-term closure of the Strait

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Emily Condon, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement before his first appearance in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey, who is charged with making a threat against President Donald Trump by photographing seashells on a North Carolina beach,

By Aileen Graef, Katherine Dautrich, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday offered the most robust look yet at the government’s case against the suspected gunman who allegedly charged past security at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner where President Donald Trump and top Cabinet officials gathered last weekend, including evidence they say shows he

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will back President Donald Trump’s push to end temporary deportation protections for potentially millions of foreign nationals who hail from countries enduring war and natural disasters. In one of the most significant immigration appeals to reach the high court during

By Kara Scannell (CNN) — A split federal appeals court said its full bench of judges would not rehear President Donald Trump’s appeal of the $83 million jury award for defaming magazine columnist E Jean Carroll. The decision paves the way for Trump to ask the US Supreme Court to hear his arguments involving presidential

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify next month in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe. Bondi’s appearance – now set for May 29, according to a committee spokeswoman – comes as the panel has pushed in recent months to hear from the former top Trump

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a group of faith-based “crisis pregnancy centers” in New Jersey to fight a subpoena from the state’s Democratic attorney general. The decision may make it easier for liberal and conservative groups to challenge similar investigatory subpoenas. At a time when red and

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Eight years ago, in the Supreme Court’s first significant battle over a Donald Trump policy, the justices dismissed the president’s anti-Muslim rhetoric and upheld a travel ban on majority-Muslim countries. Now, Trump’s lawyers are invoking the decision as they urge the justices to ignore his derogatory

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s budget office sent a memo to Capitol Hill on Tuesday evening urging House Republicans to agree to partly reopen the Department of Homeland Security – even without new cash for immigration enforcement. The existence of the memo, which was confirmed by a person familiar with its

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Eight candidates seeking to become California’s next governor met for an unwieldy debate Tuesday, where the candidates discussed their plans to make the state more affordable and sought to gain ground in an unsettled field. The debate, hosted by CBS News-owned stations in California, comes as the race’s remaining

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kristen Holmes, Holmes Lybrand, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday over a photo of seashells officials said threatened President Donald Trump, marking the administration’s second attempt to prosecute one of his biggest political opponents, three sources first told CNN. The charges, approved by a