Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle. And he recalls being made to sit on the floor and hug other men because, his therapist said, his sexuality

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Norfolk, Virginia (CNN) — A government shutdown that could leave some military service members without paychecks didn’t stop President Donald Trump from visiting one of the largest naval installations in the world on Sunday to celebrate the US Navy’s 250th birthday. Trump told a large crowd of sailors in Norfolk, Virginia,

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Speaking in Virginia at an event for the US Navy’s 250th anniversary Sunday, President Donald Trump did not mention the state’s lieutenant governor, who is the Republican nominee for governor. It was a noteworthy snub of Winsome Earle-Sears, a retired Marine, during a speech in which Trump praised some

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Top congressional leaders from both parties dug in Sunday on their opposing demands amid the government shutdown, signaling the standoff will likely drag on when the Senate returns this week. Democrats have largely withheld their votes from a short-term plan to fund the government, insisting that Republicans make major

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Police arrested and charged a man with possession of explosives Sunday outside a Washington, DC, church where an annual Mass to mark the start of the Supreme Court term was set to take place hours later. The so-called Red Mass is held each year to “invoke God’s blessings on

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Just before the Supreme Court handed down its final crush of opinions at the end of its last term in June, Chief Justice John Roberts strolled onto a stage in Washington and extolled the virtues of taking it easy. He told the audience that the high court’s summer break

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN A blizzard stranded hundreds of trekkers on Mount Everest over the weekend as heavy snow pummeled the Himalayas. Around 350 people have been safely evacuated, but more than 200 others are still awaiting rescue. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told CNN Hamas faces “complete obliteration” if the group refuses to cede power and control of Gaza, amid ongoing efforts to push forward his proposed ceasefire plan. “Complete Obliteration!” Trump told CNN’s Jake Tapper when asked via text message on Saturday what would happen if Hamas

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — This isn’t the first time Charles Munger Jr. has fought to safeguard California’s independent redistricting. When a suit filed by Arizona Republicans to disband their state’s commission threatened to topple California’s five-year-old panel, Munger rallied his former allies and braced for battle. “I’m a redistricting reform zealot,” he told

By Kristen Holmes, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI disciplined an agent after refusing to participate in plans for a surrender and arrest of former FBI director James Comey at the time of his indictment, according to a source familiar with the matter. Comey, a longtime critic of President Donald Trump, was indicted last

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Virginia’s Democratic candidate for attorney general Jay Jones is facing widespread criticism for text messages he sent in 2022 suggesting a colleague should be shot. In a private exchange between Jones and Republican Virginia Delegate Carrie Coyner, Jones griped about how the then Republican speaker of the House of

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When word reached the White House on Friday afternoon that Hamas had, after nearly five days, responded to President Donald Trump’s 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza, officials were so quick to embrace the group’s statement they posted it in full on social media, at one point

By Brianna Keilar, CNN (CNN) — A few years ago, when my husband was still in the army, we went to a semi-regular parent and staff meeting at our kids’ school. It was the beginning of the school year, just after Blue Star Welcome Week, an annual event launched by the nonprofit Blue Star Families

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — The gathering was inside the Brooklyn home of a Jewish film director. The crowd, according to several people in attendance, was skeptical. Zohran Mamdani had arrived to greet approximately 60 people, at least half of them Modern Orthodox, who for the most part are more religiously observant

By Eric Bradner, CNN Dayton, Ohio (CNN) — Howard Patterson stood outside the Wright Cycle Company — part of the national park complex dedicated to the aviation pioneers who honed their mechanical skills repairing bicycles in Dayton — on Friday, and found locked doors with a sign taped to the window. “Due to the current

CNN By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s government and military are preparing for the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, they said early Saturday after Hamas made a similar statement – marking a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war.

By Adam Cancryn, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But with the stalemate now likely to spill into a second week, that calculation is looking increasingly shaky. The opening stage of the high-profile funding fight has emboldened Democratic lawmakers and

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge says he believes the immigrant defendant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the administration wrongly sent to El Salvador, may have been targeted with a criminal charge by the Justice Department this year out of vindictiveness. “The Government had a significant stake in retaliating against Abrego’s success” suing

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The person who admitted to trying to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked decision overturning of Roe v. Wade was sentenced to just over 8 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release – far less than the 30 years sought by