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By Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Early voting data suggests that the Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia are heading into Election Day in a slightly stronger position than Kamala Harris was at the same time last year. In New York City, Andrew Cuomo may have emerged in a stronger position than

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama urged voters to break with President Donald Trump and “set a glorious example for the nation” on Saturday as he campaigned with the Democratic nominees for governor in Virginia and New Jersey ahead of Tuesday’s elections. In his first of two events Saturday, a rally

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go. In Washington, senators left town for the weekend deadlocked and more frustrated than ever, while critical safety net programs could

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina allegedly berated police officers at Charleston International Airport Thursday morning, allegedly “loudly cursing” at officers and saying they were “f**king incompetent,” according to an incident report from police. Mace, who closely aligns herself with President Donald Trump and is currently running for

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion, unsealed late Friday, to challenge the appointment of the US attorney for the Northern District of New York and quash a Justice Department subpoena relating to a criminal investigation into her civil case against Donald Trump’s finances. The motion is

By Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Food stamp recipients will only get half of their typical benefits in November, and for many, that assistance will likely be delayed. The US Department of Agriculture said in a court filing Monday that it will only tap into the program’s contingency fund, which doesn’t have enough

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — One month after Jeffrey Epstein died in a jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, JPMorgan Chase reported to US authorities of more than one billion dollars in transactions it viewed as suspicious, according to newly unsealed court records. The notification was made on September 26, 2019,

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has deliberately shifted its strategy in recent weeks to striking suspected narcotraffickers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea, because administration officials believe they have stronger evidence linking cocaine transport to the US from those western routes, according to people familiar with

CNN By Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. The rulings from judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island reject a controversial

By Kit Maher, Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has renovated the Lincoln Bedroom bathroom, sharing before and after images on social media as he continues to put his touch on the White House. “I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands, according to three US and European officials familiar with the

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative filibuster, just hours after President Donald Trump made a fresh demand for the Senate to do so to end the government shutdown. In perhaps the clearest possible signal

Associated Press (AP) — A Republican-dominated Ohio panel adopted new US House districts on Friday that could boost the GOP’s chances of winning two additional seats in next year’s elections and aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold on to a slim congressional majority. The action by the Ohio Redistricting Commission came as Virginia’s Democratic-led

By Tami Luhby, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kate Carroll (CNN) — The Trump administration has agreed to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay partial food stamp benefits in November amid the government shutdown. But enrollees will only get half their usual allotment and will likely face delays in even receiving that assistance.

By Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — A ghost of the Cold War is rising between the world’s superpowers, just in time for Halloween. In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin bragging about his country testing both a nuclear-powered torpedo and a new cruise missile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has fired

By Daniel Dale, CNN When President Donald Trump was asked Tuesday about the subject of a run for a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution, he said that “if you read it, it’s pretty clear I’m not allowed to run.” That’s true. But Trump also said two things about

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Voters in Virginia, New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania have been inundated with campaign ads this year, with each state hosting critical off-year elections that offer a preview of the issues and arguments both parties are grappling with ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Here are the ads getting the

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Tuesday will feature the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term, a series of tests both for Trump and for Democrats trying to decide on how to oppose him. Here’s when the last polls will close in the four major races on election night, and what to

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — We’re just days away from 2025’s off-year elections. Beyond how the races themselves turn out, the contests will be a valuable source of data to analyze – and perhaps overanalyze – ahead of next year’s midterms. Here’s an overview of what the polls suggest about the four big races