Politics

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — One of the most consequential elections this year isn’t between a Democratic and Republican candidate, but over a ballot initiative in California. Proposition 50 would allow California Democrats to replace the state’s congressional maps with ones the party hopes will help them to flip five GOP-held seats. Democrats launched

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — While condolences for former Vice President Dick Cheney have poured in from both sides of the aisle, President Donald Trump has not addressed his death on Tuesday nor shared anything about it among his many posts on social media. Neither has Vice President JD Vance. The White House offered

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is nearing deals with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to offer some of their obesity drugs to consumers for as low as $149 per month, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. The agreements would also clear the way for Medicare to cover the

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Last November, Donald Trump won a return to the White House amid broad national dissatisfaction with the state of the country. A year later CNN exit polling finds voters expressing similar pessimism and anti-incumbent sentiments — this time, helping to fuel a sweep of Democratic victories in some of

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is facing several court orders that land it in a position it often seeks to avoid: Revealing the private statements of its top political leaders. Judges’ attempts to confidentially review executive branch records and hold hearings where Justice Department attorneys could take the stand are bearing

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Some of the most prominent liberals in Congress are seething at an emerging deal to end the 35-day government funding stalemate without a clear win for Democrats, showcasing a massive splinter within the party that will soon be on full display. The divide among Democrats inside the Capitol over

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in the city’s mayoral race, has multiple proposals that have garnered significant interest throughout the campaign as he aims to make the city more affordable. They include a plan to create New York City’s first universal childcare program, making city buses free and

By Adam Cancryn, Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The White House said Tuesday it would follow through on plans to partially fund critical food aid during the government shutdown, despite President Donald Trump’s threat just hours earlier that he would withhold the federal assistance. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro intervened Monday to reverse the firings of at least four FBI agents axed in the latest Trump administration purge at the bureau, according to multiple sources familiar with the developments this week. While their jobs were briefly restored Monday, the FBI leadership

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — “He did it. He threw the sandwich.” That’s how the defense counsel for Sean Dunn, the man who threw a sub-style sandwich at a Border Patrol officer in Washington, DC, this summer began the federal trial against him Tuesday morning. The United States government, Dunn’s attorney Julia Gatto told

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — More than two weeks after President Donald Trump said he would halt “all payments” to Colombia, there has not been any interruption to the assistance, even after the administration sanctioned the country’s President Gustavo Petro accusing him of playing a “role in the global illicit drug trade.”

By Stephen Collinson, Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the country into the ill-fated Iraq war on faulty assumptions, has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 84. “His beloved wife of 61 years,

By Sarah Ferris, Ted Barrett, Adam Cancryn, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — With Congress now tied for its longest-ever shutdown, a small group of fed-up lawmakers in Washington are furiously trying to end the standoff as soon as this week. Those members insist there’s real momentum this time. Yet the potential off-ramp doesn’t appear to

By Amy O’Kruk, Ethan Cohen, Renée Rigdon, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Republicans have launched an unprecedented effort this year to redraw state congressional maps to help protect the party’s narrow majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Democrats have responded with redistricting efforts of their own, setting

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When the Supreme Court meets Wednesday to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs, the justices will be debating more than a controversial policy with vast implications for the global economy. It will also be deciding the limits of a president’s power – an area in

By CNN staff (CNN) — New York City voters will choose their next mayor Tuesday, closing out an eventful campaign between Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. In the months after Mamdani’s surprise Democratic primary win, the 34-year-old democratic socialist has sought to grow his base and reassure voters