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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Two years ago, the US Supreme Court surprised observers and even some inside the court when it narrowly preserved the 1965 Voting Rights Act and race-based remedies intended to counteract historic discrimination against Blacks and other minorities. But new signals from the justices point to a

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Declaring that he is leading a “movement that won the battle over the soul of the Democratic Party,” Zohran Mamdani used a raucous rally with over 3,000 supporters in Manhattan’s Washington Heights on Monday night to assert his mayoral campaign as proof of a politics much bigger than his

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James took the stage at a rally for New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Monday evening, her first public appearance since being indicted by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. James, who has been a key supporter of Mamdani in recent

By Associated Press (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s US House district map, making theirs the latest state to embrace President Donald Trump’s call to secure more GOP seats nationwide and resist rival moves by Democrats. The push to retool already right-leaning boundaries

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has arrived in the United States after being freed from prison in Cuba, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. Ferrer was released and allowed to depart for the US after a formal request from the US government, according to the Cuban Foreign

By Kristen Holmes, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Maggie Cleary — the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led the powerful US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia last month before Trump ally Lindsey Halligan took over — has been removed from the office, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Barack Obama ripped into the law firms, universities and businesses that have worked out settlements or other deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing that “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.” The former president said the organizations that concede to Trump should be able

By Camila DeChalus, Sarah Davis, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo shut their doors Sunday as the government shutdown enters its third week, the Smithsonian Institution posted on its website. The Smithsonian Institute’s 19 museums and the zoo had remained open since the government shut down on October 1 by

By Camila DeChalus, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Frustration in Washington and on Capitol Hill has reached a boiling point amid the government shutdown. What began as a standoff over spending priorities around enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies has turned into a full-blown political stress test — revealing cracks within party ranks, fiery exchanges across

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Norfolk, Virginia (CNN) — Bashtye Bailey stood beneath the warm October sun at a food bank for military families near Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base. She waited her turn for a supply of fresh vegetables, chicken and eggs. A Navy wife and a veteran herself, Bailey was already

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The last time an American president traveled to Israel, 11 days after the October 7 terror attacks, passengers aboard Air Force One received pocket-sized notecards describing how to behave should the motorcade come under rocket fire (“Do not exit the vehicle,” the tiny print helpfully read). Ultimately, the air-raid

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we have identified funds” to pay military troops on October 15 as the government shutdown is headed into a third week. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said he will “direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors are meeting on Saturday to finalize the details of a potential indictment against former national security adviser John Bolton, who has been under criminal investigation for years related to his handling of national security information, according to a source familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors in the Maryland

By Devan Cole, Angelica Franganillo Diaz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Officials from three different African nations have said they won’t let the US deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to their countries, potentially frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to keep him in custody. The rejections – two of which were revealed by a senior Immigration and

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Barack Obama ripped into the law firms, universities and businesses that have worked out settlements or other deals with President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing that “We all have this capacity, I think, to take a stand.” The former president said the organizations that concede to Trump should be

By Kevin Liptak, Fadel Allassan, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden has started radiation therapy as part of his treatment for prostate cancer, a spokesperson for the former president told CNN. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson said. The news was

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he has secured “$17 trillion” in investment this year – or even more than that. “We have over $17 trillion being invested now in the United States,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday. He added moments later, “We have more than $17

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Speaking with democracy activists recently from Hungary and Poland, former President Barack Obama warned about the “rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe,” even in countries once believed unsusceptible to an erosion of liberties. “We’re seeing politicians target civil society, undermine freedom of the press, weaponize the justice system,”

By Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military. It’s the most dramatic step yet by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson to attempt