Politics

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The former US attorney who negotiated a controversial 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein defended that agreement in a closed-door meeting with House investigators Friday, according to Democrats in the room. “It’s very clear that Alex Acosta ran a deeply flawed investigation of the Epstein case,” Rep. Robert Garcia,

By Katie Bo Lillis, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — In the week since NATO fighter jets scrambled to shoot down multiple Russian drones that had crossed into alliance airspace in Poland, US and Western intelligence officials have been unable to determine whether the incursion was accidental or an intentional effort by Russia to

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients testified behind closed doors at length about former President Joe Biden’s aging throughout the course of his term, including how he pushed Biden’s doctor to conduct a full medical workup, according to a person familiar with the transcribed interview. Zients told

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in one sweeping vote on Thursday, marking the first bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate rules to speed up the consideration of nominees. The nominees confirmed included Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the Ambassador to Greece, Christine Toretti to

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his Thursday news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deliver a laundry list of long-debunked false claims about a variety of subjects, including inflation, immigration, tariffs and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact

By Eric Bradner, CNN Indianapolis (CNN) — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Indiana Republicans are “ashamed of what they’re doing” on Thursday as he rallied opponents of a potential effort by GOP lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of next year’s midterm elections to add one or two US House seats more

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales and first lady Melania Trump traded in their gowns and heels on Thursday for an afternoon of outdoor crafting with young scouts — marking a more casual venture for the two private spouses after the previous night’s lavish state banquet. Their joint appearance with 4-to

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of nonprofit groups, most of them left-leaning, are joining together to urge President Donald Trump to end what they call the “unjustified” targeting of liberal organizations following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In an open letter issued Thursday and shared first with CNN, more than 500

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his Thursday news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deliver a laundry list of long-debunked false claims about a variety of subjects, including inflation, immigration, tariffs and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Erika Kirk has been named CEO of Turning Point USA, taking over the organization that her husband, Charlie Kirk, helped found and led until his assassination last week. The move was announced by the organization’s board in a post on X. The post said Charlie Kirk had in prior

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been quietly pushing his national security officials for months to find a way to get Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back from the Taliban, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump hinted at those discussions publicly for the first time on

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took his effort to remove a governor from the Federal Reserve to the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to remove Lisa Cook from the powerful board a day after it cut interest rates for the first time in months. Trump’s emergency appeal put the

By Angélica Franganillo Díaz (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the US government from repatriating some Guatemalan minors in its custody, citing concerns the Trump administration may be violating their legal and constitutional protections. The decision Thursday from Judge Timothy Kelly halts the removals while the court considers a lawsuit that argues that the