Politics

By Alex Leeds Matthews and Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — The House passed a bill Tuesday, 217-213, that would keep the government funded through September. The measure next heads to the Senate where prospects for passage remain uncertain as the threat of a shutdown looms. House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday he’s confident a

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents by censuring her last month and barring from speaking or voting on the House floor. State Rep. Laurel Libby has been an outspoken

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An employee tasked with implementing the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau testified in court Tuesday that she believed the plan to dismantle the agency was still on — appearing to undermine a narrative set forth by the Justice Department a day earlier. The

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Two senior members of the federal judiciary on Tuesday pushed back on Republican threats to impeach judges who rule against President Donald Trump, asserting that such a move would “short circuit” the appeals process. “It is a concern,” said US Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, whom Trump nominated to the

By Sunlen Serfaty, Kaanita Iyer, Rene Marsh, Alayna Treene and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The US Education Department announced Tuesday that it is cutting nearly 50% of its workforce, as President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating the agency altogether. Hundreds will be laid off starting Tuesday evening, in addition to those who took voluntary

By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — As DC Council members roamed the halls of Congress on Monday, lobbying GOP lawmakers against a federal funding bill that would strip more than $1 billion from the district’s budget, city crews were simultaneously tearing up a road 2 miles away, all in an effort to appease President

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump waited to appear in public on Tuesday until the final hour of trading on Wall Street, when he stepped out of the Oval Office to forcefully defend his whipsaw tariff decisions that have roiled the financial markets. “We had the greatest economy

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday that the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management won’t testify at a hearing later this week in a major case challenging the government’s efforts to cull the federal workforce, after the judge had rejected a DOJ request to

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk on Monday highlighted the cost of federal spending on entitlement programs, the latest sign of the tech billionaire and presidential adviser’s focus to downsize the federal government amid fears of cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “Most of the federal spending is entitlements. So that’s the

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline. Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 billion compared to fiscal year 2024 and decrease nondefense spending by $13 billion. While Republicans have described

CNN, TRUTH SOCIAL, POOL, HOUSE TV By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The House on Tuesday approved a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after the Friday deadline. The legislation now moves to the Senate, where it’s largely up to the Democrats to decide whether to

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — The California governor’s race isn’t waiting for former Vice President Kamala Harris to make up her mind whether she’s going to run. Former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter, who represented Orange County in the US House for three terms, announced Tuesday she’s entering the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom,

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is waging a war against the legal community in the United States with a target list growing by the day. Thus far, President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that have targeted two law firms representing his perceived enemies, and his administration has attacked firms and

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats are ready to seize on the first big leverage point of President Donald Trump’s second term, lining up against a bill to avert a government shutdown this week. But the party’s position is far murkier in the Senate, showcasing

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the US Department of Government Efficiency is likely covered by the Freedom of Information Act, a federal transparency law that allows outsiders to obtain internal government records detailing agency conduct. The new preliminary ruling from US District Court Judge Casey Cooper is a