Politics

By Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin will resign from Congress early, handing another blow to Speaker Mike Johnson and his razor thin Republican majority. In a statement, Gallagher confirmed he will resign effective April 19. Gallagher did not include a reason for stepping down but said he came

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US House on Friday approved a $1.2 trillion government funding package that could help avert a government shutdown with a critical deadline looming. The House vote was bipartisan, with 286 members for it — 185 Democrats and 101 Republicans — and 134 against. Twelve members did not vote. The US

CNN By Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Manu Raju, CNN Days after his speakership was put on notice by a far-right member, Mike Johnson strategized with a key – and perhaps surprising – source: firebrand GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the architect of the last effort to remove a speaker. Gaetz, who is making

By Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — At a fundraiser in New York, Donald Trump asked donors what they thought of Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake as a running mate. In recent conversations, the former president has appeared fixated on Ohio Sen. JD Vance. And Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New York Rep. Elise

By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Friday filed a motion to oust Mike Johnson from the speakership, according to sources familiar with the matter, amid anger about the government funding bill from the House Republican Conference’s right flank. The House would have

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — On the morning of January 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to overturn his election loss, then-President Donald Trump told then-Vice President Mike Pence that his decision to uphold his constitutional duty and certify the results later that day would be “a political career killer,” according to a witness who overheard part

CNN By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania – two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election – begin this year’s general election campaign more dissatisfied than pleased with the candidates they have to choose from, with a fairly small but crucial share saying they are

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania – two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election – begin this year’s general election campaign more dissatisfied than pleased with the candidates they have to choose from, with a fairly small but crucial share saying they are open

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emerged from meetings in Tel Aviv emphasizing his clear warning to the Israeli government about the perilous stakes of an incursion into Rafah, but with little evidence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to heed his words. The top US diplomat told Netanyahu and the war cabinet Friday that

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The joint fundraising agreement that Donald Trump has inked with the Republican National Committee and state parties first sends donors’ money to his campaign committee and then to the leadership PAC that pays his legal bills before the national party gets its share, an invitation to an upcoming fundraiser

By Haley Talbot, Melanie Zanona, Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey announced Thursday he will not run for reelection in the Democratic primary for his US Senate seat, but left open the possibility that he could run as an independent candidate. “I will not file for the Democratic

By Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The House Judiciary Committee is suing two Justice Department tax prosecutors involved in the Hunter Biden criminal investigation whom Republicans have been trying to interview for months, ratcheting up a separation of powers fight between Congress and the Biden administration that is now spilling into court. The Republican-led committee filed the lawsuit in

By Sahar Akbarzai, Ivonne Valdes and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Mexico is warning a federal US court that if its judges permit a controversial Texas immigration law to take effect, the two nations would experience “substantial tension” that would have far-reaching consequences for US-Mexico relations. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Thursday with the 5th US

CNN By Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Priscilla Alvarez CNN Lawmakers unveiled a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday, setting up a high-stakes sprint to pass the legislation as a shutdown deadline looms at the end of the week. It’s not yet clear if lawmakers will be able to pass the legislation ahead of Friday’s

By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress released a massive $1.2 trillion bill on Thursday to fund the rest of the federal government. The package, which runs more than 1,000 pages, would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch. Lawmakers have

By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — Fani Willis, the embattled Fulton County District Attorney, plans to press ahead with her goal of putting Donald Trump on trial before the November election, and intends to ask the judge presiding over the Georgia criminal case to schedule a trial date as soon as this