Politics

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota’s Democratic Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday that she will not seek reelection in 2026, a decision that could spark a competitive Democratic primary as the party faces a challenging Senate map next year. “I’ve decided not to run for re-election to the Senate in 2026,” Smith wrote on

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet appointments. The vote split mostly on along party lines, with 52 Republicans supporting the

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1965 Birth place: Tampa, Florida Birth name: Pamela Jo Bondi Father: Joseph Bondi, educator Mother: Patsy (Hammer) Bondi Marriages: Scott Fitzgerald (1997-2002, divorced); Garret Barnes, (1990-1992, divorced) Education: University of Florida, B.A.,

By Priscilla Alvarez and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Officials at the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department are racing to set up multiple tent facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to house thousands of migrants, but the scattered efforts have prompted questions internally about who’s in charge and what will happen once

By Jeremy Herb, Ella Nilsen, Rene Marsh and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Federal agencies across Washington are finding ways to keep funding frozen even after judges last month temporarily blocked the White House’s effort to pause trillions of dollars in federal assistance. FEMA has clawed back $80 million intended to help New York City

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Even though most Americans don’t like some of the Supreme Court’s highest-profile recent decisions, a new poll Thursday found that a vast majority believe presidents must still honor them. Eighty-three percent of Americans believe a president is required to follow the Supreme Court’s rulings, according to a Marquette Law

CNN By Rene Marsh and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN Wednesday. The firings mark the first from the Trump administration as President Donald Trump

By Rene Marsh and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies, with terminations of probationary employees underway at the Department of Education and the Small Business Administration, federal employees and union sources told CNN on Wednesday. The probationary employee firings mark the first from the Trump administration as President

CNN By Jake Tapper, Pamela Brown, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has elected President Donald Trump as its chairman. “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We

By Paula Reid, Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to move forward for the moment with its deferred resignation offer for federal employees. US District Judge George O’Toole said federal employee unions, which brought a lawsuit on behalf of their members, are

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after they were ordered to return from their assignments in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Several employees, as part of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a group representing the agency’s foreign service members,

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Ali Main, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson’s budget plan is in trouble as multiple GOP hardliners seek last-minute changes that could risk support from the party’s centrist middle — jeopardizing leadership’s plans to kickstart President Donald Trump’s agenda in Congress. Just hours after the House GOP’s compromise

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The Mack truck Elon Musk and President Donald Trump are driving through the government as we know it is fueled by some stories that aren’t true, but fester anyway. Justifying their plan to gut the federal workforce and slash government spending, Musk and Trump told tales on

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump keeps making false claims about not only the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. When a Fox News anchor noted to Trump, in an interview segment that aired Monday, that Vice President Kamala Harris received 75 million votes in the 2024

By Jake Tapper, Pamela Brown, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has elected President Donald Trump as its chairman. “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will

CNN By Morgan Rimmer and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, a major win for President Donald Trump as Gabbard had been among the most controversial of his Cabinet picks. The vote was 52-48 mostly along party lines,