Politics

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Calgary, Alberta (CNN) — It’s a tableau no world leader — except perhaps President Donald Trump — wants to repeat. Convening in the Canadian Rockies for this week’s Group of 7 summit, presidents and prime ministers are hoping to avoid the acrimony that pervaded the last time this country played host

By Paula Reid and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Over the next few weeks, the Supreme Court will release its final opinions of the term, including a decision that could help define the extent of President Donald Trump’s executive authority. Justices traditionally release their most significant opinions in late June, and Trump lawyers are watching

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Betsy Klein, Kylie Atwood and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump opposed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to two sources, amid ongoing waves of tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and Iran as the US president is making publicly and privately clear he

CNN By Shania Shelton and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump praised the United States Army as the “greatest, fiercest and bravest fighting force” at the conclusion of a grand display of military might in the nation’s capital Saturday as the Army celebrated its 250th birthday with a parade. “Time and again, America’s

By Shania Shelton and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump praised the United States Army as the “greatest, fiercest and bravest fighting force” at the conclusion of a grand display of military might in the nation’s capital Saturday as the Army celebrated its 250th birthday with a parade. “Time and again, America’s enemies

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Voters in New York City will once again be asked to rank up to five candidates in the Democratic primary for mayor, four years after the process was slow and marred by a major tabulation error. City officials are confident that the ranked-choice voting process will be faster and

By Betsy Klein, Sarah Ferris, Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum this spring to Iran’s Supreme Leader: Strike a nuclear deal in 60 days, by mid-June, or face consequences. He urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on attacking Iran to give

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday evening after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda, according to the Capitol Police. The group, made up of veterans and military family members, planned a

By Fredreka Schouten, Kit Maher and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon. One of the

By Lauren Chadwick, CNN (CNN) — The director of the National Portrait Gallery has resigned from her post, according to a memo sent to Smithsonian employees and obtained by CNN. Kim Sajet’s departure from the gallery comes just two weeks after President Donald Trump called for her employment to be terminated in a post on

By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected another attempt by President Donald Trump to review a $5 million judgment against him for sexually abusing and then defaming E. Jean Carroll. A three-judge panel from the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Trump in December. Trump asked the