Politics

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US Capitol riot asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss his case, arguing that President Donald Trump’s expansive pardon of January 6 rioters applies to him. Brian Cole Jr.’s alleged

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Democratic rival and possible 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom. But lately, he’s become fixated on saying the California governor cannot be president due to his “learning disability.” Newsom has been open about his struggle with dyslexia, which is a learning disorder

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who led controversial immigration sweeps in Democratic-led cities, has told people he plans to retire at the end of the month, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Bovino has not yet submitted the required retirement paperwork, leaving open the possibility that

By John Fritze, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals, agreeing to hear arguments next month on an issue that has been central to the administration’s immigration agenda. The decision came in a

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board of trustees voted Monday to close the storied performing arts institution for two years for renovations. The vote, the arts center said in a press release, was unanimous. Trump announced the planned closure earlier this year. Monday’s stamp of approval from the

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday revealed that a US congressman had faced a “terminal” health condition and said he had only months to live before he personally intervened to help the Republican get surgery. Trump, sitting alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson, was touting the fierce determination of

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, President Donald Trump announced Monday. In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Wiles has an “excellent” prognosis and would be “virtually full time at the White House” while she receives treatment. “Her Strength

By Michael Williams and Masoud Popalzai, CNN (CNN) — An Afghan man who served alongside US special forces and fled his native country after its takeover by the Taliban died over the weekend shortly after being detained by immigration authorities, according to his family and an advocacy group. Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died on Saturday, less

By Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The retirement of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin after nearly 30 years in office sparked an expensive three-way Democratic primary that has showcased the party’s divisions over how to confront President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and introduced pro-crypto forces as an influence seeking to shape the midterm

CNN By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — With the Iran conflict now in its third week and no end in sight, Israel’s military tells CNN it is preparing for at least three more weeks of airstrikes, with “thousands of targets” still to hit. US President Trump is hoping “China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — First Daniel Biss wants to win his primary for an open US House seat in the north Chicago suburbs on Tuesday. Then he has the makings of a plan: Tell as many other Democratic candidates as he can that they could beat AIPAC too. The grandson of Holocaust survivors

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy in February 2025 weighed possible political peril against a long career in medicine, ultimately casting the critical vote to confirm known vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy as the president’s Health and Human Services secretary. But the choice hasn’t guaranteed the senator’s political future.

By Hanna Park, Aleena Fayaz, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major overseeing flight training for dozens of airmen, and a young boom operator remembered for his “million-dollar smile” were among six US Air Force airmen killed when an aircraft crashed in

By Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors charged a lobbyist with trying to extort a former client and his son to recover half a million dollars in debt, according to court filings. Joshua Nass, a lobbyist who worked to obtain a client’s pardon from President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday outside his

By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — The White House is planning to build a sprawling 33,000-square-foot underground security screening facility for visitors, part of a larger renovation effort in President Donald Trump’s makeover of the campus. The new seven-lane entrance would require visitors and tour groups to pass under a nearby park before accessing the

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A slew of documents related to President Donald Trump’s efforts to close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center must be turned over to a Democratic congresswoman who sits on the center’s board ahead of a Monday vote on the president’s plan, a federal judge ruled Saturday. US

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Kat Abughazaleh started off a recent debate in her Illinois Democratic primary with a correction for the moderator: She sees herself as a researcher and journalist, not an “influencer.” “My specialty was actually fighting the far right,” she said of her previous work. “Everyone that runs our country now