Politics

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump announced he was sending troops to “protect war-ravaged” Portland, his administration cited the need to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities from persistent demonstrations. But behind the scenes, White House officials say, Trump also had another goal in mind: he wanted to use the military

By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes. But with both parties dug in, many believe it could last

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Not since the years before the Civil War had a trial-level federal judge signed off on an opinion simply as “Judge of the United States.” But Senior Judge William Young, a nearly 50-year veteran trial-level judge in Massachusetts, decided the time is now, and then some. In a book-length

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether President Donald Trump can temporarily fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, setting up a blockbuster showdown over the independence of an agency with vast power over the American economy. Cook will remain on the job until the court holds oral

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Abbas Al Lawati, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for the US to guarantee the security of Qatar — a significant commitment to a non-NATO, Arab ally. “The United States shall regard any armed attack on the territory, sovereignty, or critical infrastructure of the State of Qatar

By Eric Bradner, Eva McKend, CNN Chantilly, Virginia (CNN) — The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Early voting is already underway in the

CNN, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government has shut down as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30. Although Republicans control Capitol Hill and the White House, they need at least seven Democrats in the Senate to join them to pass a spending package

By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government has officially shut down after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure to keep the lights on – and no one inside the Capitol knows what will happen next. A weekslong stalemate between Republicans and Democrats over enhanced

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, Nicky Robertson, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Madeleine Dean confronted Speaker Mike Johnson right off the House floor on Tuesday over their parties’ funding standoff hours before the government shut down. Dean could be heard criticizing Johnson multiple times over health care and calling him out for not

By Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN. The withdrawal comes after CNN’s KFile reported earlier this month that Antoni operated a since-deleted Twitter account

By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — In a memo to FBI employees, Director Kash Patel announced that some officials would be returning to the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC, to reexamine the agency’s intelligence work, marking a stark shift for Patel, who has previously celebrated cutting the number of agents in the nation’s

By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. attorney in one of the country’s most important federal prosecutor shops, was effectively set up to fail last Thursday, sources said, when in her first ever presentation before a grand jury, she convinced the panel to indict former FBI Director

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday previewed a $500 million deal on trade schools with Harvard University, following months of talks about a potential settlement amid a broader fight between the Trump administration and the school. “I guess we reached a deal with Harvard today, so we’ll see. What you

By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Before a captive audience of hundreds of senior military officers on Tuesday morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted his vision for how the US military will physically look and act, and offered a stark conclusion: If you don’t agree, resign. “The sooner we have the