National Politics

By Kit Maher and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY,” after the Russian leader launched the largest aerial attack of Moscow’s three-year full-scale war on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him.

By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat mission

CNN By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Justice said Friday that it struck a deal with aircraft maker Boeing to avoid prosecution of the company over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max, according to a Friday court filing in the case. The filing makes official a proposal publicly reported last week,

By Kylie Atwood, Kit Maher and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has put more than 100 officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave on Friday as part of a restructuring under interim national security adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two US officials

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A new battle is stirring on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats have threatened to not move forward with confirmations of President Donald Trump’s US attorney nominees around the country – already following through with a hold on one of his picks. Senate Democrats say they are merely following precedent

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday struck down an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, ruling the effort ran afoul of the Constitution’s First Amendment. The decision from US District Judge John Bates in Washington, DC, represents the second

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily paused action in an emergency appeal dealing with whether the Department of Government Efficiency must turn over public documents – like other government agencies – or whether it is shielded from such requests because it is part of the White House. The

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federally owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and boost the United States’ mining and enrichment of uranium, a senior

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee has set a June vote to decide whether it will hold a redo of the election of David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta as vice chairs. The move stems from a challenge to how the initial vice chairs election was conducted in February

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump’s golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with tales of his 2024 victory. The black-tie dinner

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said late Thursday that she will continue to halt President Donald Trump’s orders for mass terminations at several agencies, handing down a preliminary injunction that follows up the temporary restraining order she issued earlier this month. The new order is set to escalate a legal fight

By Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act, the victims, and the suspected shooter.

CNN, POOL, YONI RIVER KALIN, KATIE KALISHER, CNNI, WJLA, @ISRAELINUSA, WUSA By Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The federal government may have partial answers on the purported causes of autism by this fall, but not the full picture, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised in April. Kennedy sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday shortly after a White House event

CNN By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The federal government may have partial answers on the purported causes of autism by this fall, but not the full picture, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised in April. Kennedy sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday shortly after a White House

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A US federal indictment unsealed Thursday accused a Russian man of leading a global cybercrime ring that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to victims around the world. The crime group victimized people throughout the US and in various sectors of the economy, according to the indictment,

By Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump doesn’t have to rehire senior officials he fired from two independent federal labor agencies that enforce worker protections, while the officials continue fighting in court to reverse their terminations. The court, in its unsigned opinion,