Politics

By Tami Luhby, Rene Marsh, Ella Nilsen and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Federal workers spent Monday trying to figure out how – or even whether – to respond to Elon Musk’s weekend email blast telling them to explain their work last week or risk losing their job. A day of confusing and often contradictory

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to inject a dose of reality into President Donald Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace while simultaneously warning of Russia’s poor track record in keeping its international commitments. He stressed repeatedly

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency in a single heist, making it the largest crypto hack on record, security experts told CNN. The hack hit Bybit, which describes itself as the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, with over 40 million users. In a matter of minutes on

By Devan Cole and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge declined on Monday to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of President Donald Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One. US District Judge Trevor McFadden turned down a request from AP to temporarily lift a ban Trump imposed earlier

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who ran into the line of fire to shield President John F. Kennedy and the first lady in Dallas on November 22, 1963, died Friday. He was 93 years old. Hill’s heroic scramble to protect Jackie Kennedy in the moments after the president

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to inject a dose of reality into President Donald Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace while simultaneously warning of Russia’s poor track record in keeping its international commitments. He stressed repeatedly the

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Vivek Ramaswamy announced Monday evening that he is running for governor of Ohio in 2026, capping a rapid-fire sequence of events in recent weeks that included the former GOP presidential candidate exiting President Donald Trump’s government efficiency effort and being passed over for the US Senate seat vacated by

By Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has halted efforts to place migrants in tent structures built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid concerns that the emerging facilities don’t meet detention standards because they lack air conditioning or electricity, a US official and a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

By John King, CNN Milliken, Colorado (CNN) — Take a ride with David Hayes around his Colorado ranch and you learn right away he is a feisty, funny guy. “I tried farming for a while,” he told a visitor. “I would rather get run over by a bison.” There is just one bison remaining on

CNN By John King, CNN Milliken, Colorado (CNN) — Take a ride with David Hayes around his Colorado ranch and you learn right away he is a feisty, funny guy. “I tried farming for a while,” he told a visitor. “I would rather get run over by a bison.” There is just one bison remaining

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court opted against hearing arguments in a pair of appeals Monday seeking to wipe out protest buffer zones around abortion clinics – a move that, for now, will leave those restrictions in place. Two conservative justices – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – said they would have

By Sarah Ferris, CNN Washington (CNN) — On the eve of their first major vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, key House Republicans are warning Speaker Mike Johnson that they won’t simply rubber-stamp steep cuts across the federal government. Johnson plans to hold a vote Tuesday on a sweeping budget plan that calls for

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned right-wing podcaster, has been named the next deputy director of the FBI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday, the latest outsider media personality the president has chosen to be in a significant position of power overseeing

By Katie Bo Lillis, Phil Mattingly, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The CIA is conducting a formal review to assess any potential damage from an unclassified email sent to the White House in early February that identified for possible layoffs some officers by first name and last initial and could’ve exposed

By Kevin Liptak, Tami Luhby and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination. By Sunday evening, leaders at

By Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated on Sunday after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump. Shortly after noon Sunday, organizers of the Principles