National Politics

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, including military commanders, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency’s office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed this month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and obtained by CNN. “Unauthorized

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — One of the nation’s premier historic preservation groups on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to pause demolition of the White House East Wing, which excavators began tearing into this week to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom. The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Congressionally chartered non-profit

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN More than a million federal workers are missing paychecks as the government shutdown stretches into its third week. Find out which workers are still being paid, who’s stuck in limbo — and who faces the possibility of losing compensation altogether. Here’s what else you need to know to get up

CNN By Kit Maher, Kristen Holmes, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Paul Ingrassia is no longer the nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, two White House officials told CNN on Tuesday, after his chances of getting through the Senate confirmation imploded following reports of racist text messages that he allegedly sent to a

By Kit Maher, Kristen Holmes, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Paul Ingrassia is no longer the nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, two White House officials told CNN on Tuesday, after his chances of getting through the Senate confirmation imploded following reports of racist text messages that he allegedly sent to a group

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress – who was elected in late September – due to the government shutdown. “This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House,” Kris

By Kaanita Iyer, Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN) — Summer Kerksick waited in line for two hours Tuesday to receive a box of canned and dry goods at a food bank event for federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown. “With my rent due next week, I can take anything I can get,” Kerksick, a federal

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would give the money to charity. “It could be,” Trump responded when

By Adam Cancryn, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Republican leaders have stuck to a straightforward position in their standoff with Democrats over government funding: No negotiations until the shutdown ends. But as the impasse drags on, some rank-and-file Republicans are starting to wonder if it’s time to change tactics. Several GOP lawmakers have suggested that

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress – who was elected in late September – due to the government shutdown. “This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House,” Kris Mayes

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Newark, New Jersey (CNN) — Rep. LaMonica McIver appeared in federal court Tuesday as she continues to fight a three-count indictment alleging she impeded and interfered with federal officers in a highly publicized incident at a Newark, New Jersey, ICE detention facility in May. Her attorneys have argued she’s being

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is leaning on a new appeals court ruling that endorsed his deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, as he urges the Supreme Court to let his administration carry out a similar effort in Chicago. Describing those protesting the administration in Chicago as “rioters” who

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith rebutted claims by Republican lawmakers that investigators in the January 6 election subversion case had “wiretapped” GOP members of Congress. Senate Republicans in recent weeks accused Smith and the FBI of “political weaponization” after the FBI disclosed 2023 court orders

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has made a series of inaccurate claims in recent days about the Insurrection Act, the old law he has mused about invoking to deploy troops to some US cities. The law – more precisely described as a collection of related laws from the 18th and 19th

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US Marine Corps is no stranger to firing live ordnance as part of training, but it had been years — more than 70, according to one US official — since Marines had fired artillery over a stretch of the I-5 interstate in California like troops did last weekend

CNN By Alayna Treene, Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance downplayed concerns about the fragility of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire while speaking in Israel on Tuesday, even as some Trump administration officials are privately concerned the deal could fall apart, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. “What we’ve seen the past week

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A New York man who was convicted of charges related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack was arrested Sunday on a charge that he threatened to kill Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. According to New York State Police, an anonymous source told the FBI that the man,

By Alayna Treene, Eugenia Yosef, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance downplayed concerns about the fragility of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire while speaking in Israel on Tuesday, even as some Trump administration officials are privately concerned the deal could fall apart, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. “What we’ve seen the past week gives

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party’s majority in the US House after next year’s midterm elections. The vote came one day after Republican lawmakers who control North Carolina’s legislature formally

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — An edge comes to Michael’s voice when he speaks about his time serving in Afghanistan and his struggles living with post-traumatic stress disorder. A hardened Marine veteran, Michael — who asked to use the pseudonym to speak candidly about sensitive health issues — describes in tones that are measured