Politics

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the US military will no longer require the annual flu vaccine for troops. “Our new policy is simple. If you, an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best interest, then you’re free to

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made false claims about inflation and birthright citizenship in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday morning. Inflation CNBC anchor Joe Kernen correctly informed Trump that while there were significant price increases during former President Joe Biden’s administration, the inflation rate “was down to about where it

By Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The two US embassy officials who died in a car accident in Mexico on Sunday worked for the CIA and had been collaborating with Mexican officials on expanded counternarcotics operations in the country, three people briefed on the matter confirmed to CNN. Two Mexican officials who were

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday for allegedly using funds to secretly pay leaders of violent extremist groups to act as confidential informants without telling donors, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. The indictment, which was handed up by a federal grand jury in Alabama, charged the

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche traveled to Florida on Monday where he met with a new prosecutor tapped to handle one of the most important cases to President Donald Trump — the investigation into former CIA director and Trump critic John Brennan. The meeting comes as Blanche

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Virginia is the latest front in an unprecedented coast-to-coast redistricting war, with voters on Tuesday set to determine whether to accept or reject a Democratic plan to dramatically redraw the state’s congressional maps and help shape the midterm elections. Nearly 1.4 million Virginians have already cast early ballots, a

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — One day after he posted — then deleted — an image comparing himself to Jesus Christ, President Donald Trump sat at his desk in the Oval Office and read from the Bible directly to a camera. The president recorded his two-and-a-half-minute passage, 2 Chronicles 7:11-22, last week, and it

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war. Then President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try negotiating via the press, posting about ongoing

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is stepping down from the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector amid an internal investigation into possible misconduct. “Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector,” White House communications director

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A senior US delegation met with Cuban government officials in Cuba as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to pressure Havana into a deal as it continues to exert its economic chokehold on the island. It was the one of the highest-level visits of US officials in roughly

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a Colorado law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important First Amendment showdown at the high court that pits religious rights against LGBTQ families. At the same time, the court declined to

By Renée Rigdon, Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Democrats hope the new congressional map voters approved Tuesday will flip four Republican House districts, delivering 10 of 11 seats in a state former Vice President Kamala Harris won with just 52% of the vote in 2024. Here’s how they drew it up. The plan dramatically

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Michigan’s attorney general is rejecting an effort by the US Justice Department to obtain ballots and other voting materials from the Detroit area, a target of the Trump administration’s efforts to probe elections in states that the president falsely claims he won in 2020. Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ’s assistant

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — Quietly, someone no one had been thinking about as a 2028 contender showed up to a meeting of Democratic activists here and started to incept a presidential campaign – including for himself. It helped that the meeting was in the city that gave Mitch Landrieu the accent

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Sitting in a coffee shop in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Abdul El-Sayed is ready to dispel the notion that he’s unelectable. The 41-year-old son of Egyptian immigrants whose sharply progressive views align with those of Sen. Bernie Sanders, El-Sayed is seen by many Democrats in Washington

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — It was envisioned as an expansive sculpture garden to honor America’s 250th birthday, with 250 statues of figures like Kobe Bryant, Elvis Presley and Rosa Parks. But with July 4th rapidly approaching, it’s unlikely that even one statue for President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes will be

By Kaanita Iyer, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will participate in a public Bible reading this week as the administration continues to integrate religion, particularly Christianity, into official business. “On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,”

By Riane Lumer, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House opened its gates to members of the public for the annual spring garden tours this weekend, offering DC locals and tourists a chance to roam its outdoor grounds and view the South Lawn, trees planted by former presidents, and see its historic gardens in