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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday found the Justice Department’s firing of Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor who presided over several high-profile cases including those of Jeffrey Epstein and Sean “Diddy” Combs, was unconstitutional.Comey, an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York for nearly a decade,

By Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — US forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Iran “within 96 hours of receiving” an order from President Donald Trump, according to two US officials.Sufficient forces are now deployed in the region to carry out the potential

By Jeremy Herb, Katelyn Polantz, Aleena Fayaz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A three-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals panel expressed significant skepticism Sunday over the Justice Department’s desire to inject itself into California’s midterm vote-counting process by forcing election officials to set aside the votes of suspected noncitizens who have been issued mail ballots.During

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Voters will pick the winners of next month’s midterm elections, but it is the conservative Supreme Court that has set the rules.Long before early voting got underway to decide control of Congress, the court exerted an unusually profound impact on the election with a series of decisions that have

By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — The campaign signs across New Hampshire read “Sununu” in block letters.They’re for Republican Senate nominee John E. Sununu, who held the seat from 2003 to 2009 and is running to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. But they also invoke the legacy of New Hampshire’s preeminent GOP family, including

By Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, CNN Cincinnati (CNN) — Democrats could be poised for a revival in the heartland, as furor over high costs and doubt about President Donald Trump’s willingness to change the nation’s trajectory threaten to loosen the GOP’s grip on working-class voters.A decade after the Trump era began, when he first turned

By Sarah Owermohle, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — As the debate season kicked off in Iowa’s heated gubernatorial race, one question seemed to animate and, in some ways, unify the candidates.“What are the immediate and specific steps that you would take to combat Iowa’s cancer crisis?” the moderator asked the Democrat Rob Sand and Republican

By Annie Grayer, CNN QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (CNN) — GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was weaving through the crowd of a fall street festival when he was confronted by a man enraged by the skyrocketing costs he’s experiencing.Dave Woods, a contractor and registered Democrat, held up red signs with big white letters in Fitzpatrick’s face to show

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — The videos that pop up on social media appear alarming: A voter seemingly touches one candidate’s name, only to see the machine highlight an opposing candidate instead.With early voting underway, there have been a scattering of reports across the country already about voting machines “flipping votes” to the wrong

By Eric Bradner, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Vivek Ramaswamy is ending his run for Ohio governor the same way he launched himself onto the political scene four years ago — with a bet that voters will reward him for a never-back-down bombast that mirrors President Donald Trump’s instincts.But interviews with voters over three days

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Friday he wanted an election-related lawsuit to be filed in Alaska.The man to do it for him was Stanley Woodward, the associate attorney general.Holding the third highest ranking job at the Justice Department and having never appeared in federal court in Alaska

By Karina Tsui, Maria Aguilar Prieto, Isa Mudannayake, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballots — warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability.The action marks an escalation in the Trump

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Fox News stars Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt are getting married on Saturday. The couple wanted to celebrate with President Donald Trump, so on Friday evening they held a pre-wedding rehearsal dinner at Mar-a-Lago.Both the president and first lady Melania Trump were present at the celebration, sources confirmed to

By Sarah Ferris, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — In the final sprint to the midterms, Speaker Mike Johnson went to President Donald Trump with a crucial ask, according to a person familiar with the exchange. Johnson’s message: Could Trump spare more cash to help House Republicans in this tough political climate?He wasn’t the only one

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches, according to a new CNN analysis.This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While small-scale

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.The departures have been described as a frustrating and chaotic

By Tierney Sneed, Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate election if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in the critical contest which could decide the balance of power in the Senate.The lawsuit represents the latest attempt of the Trump

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused on whether FBI investigators sought to minimize allegations of Biden family corruption and evidence of Hunter Biden’s laptop, according to people briefed

By Kit Maher, Anna Chernova, Kosta Gak, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump announced on Friday that she helped secure a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the city of Oleshky to facilitate the humane evacuation of elderly residents.Trump worked directly with Ukrainian and Russian leadership as the “exclusive intermediary,” according

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — In last week’s Georgia Senate debate, Democrat Jon Ossoff accused Republican congressman Mike Collins of calling for immigrants to be thrown to their deaths from helicopters, referring to a social media post Collins sent in 2024.Collins didn’t address the accusation directly and instead pivoted to immigration enforcement and criticized

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Top Trump political advisers James Blair and Chris LaCivita have donated money they made earlier this month in the Balkans on behalf of a pro-Russian government to President Donald Trump’s presidential library.“Yes, it’s true we donated our full fee. I love the President and am eternally grateful for the

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s highly competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing.Enough Promises Ohio has poured money into ads and mailers that criticize Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown,

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Sioux City, Iowa (CNN) — When Christine Brenden, an Iowa paralegal who staunchly supports President Donald Trump, went to fill her gas tank a year ago, it cost around $40.Now, she said, the cost has jumped to $60. Standing in line to see Trump speak at an airport in Sioux City

By John Fritze (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed New Hampshire officials to limit when voters may use a student ID to receive a ballot, agreeing that a lower court ruling that blocked enforcement of the policy was too close to Election Day.The unsigned order was a win for New Hampshire Secretary of

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Republicans working to keep the Senate are increasingly anxious about holding onto a seat in Mississippi — a GOP stronghold in the deep South — and are investing money in the final weeks to shore up incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.Senate Leadership Fund, the leading GOP

By Sarah Owermohle, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Calley Means, a prominent figure in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, resigned from his position as a senior Trump health official on Thursday over frustrations with the government’s progress tackling chronic disease, according to multiple people familiar with his decision.Means confirmed his departure in a statement,

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Kaitlan Collins, Priscilla Alvarez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Justice Department prosecutors are investigating allegations of contract misconduct at the Department of Homeland Security, including the role of Corey Lewandowski who worked as de facto chief of staff to former Secretary Kristi Noem, according to multiple people familiar with the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Miami (CNN) — A federal judge warned President Donald Trump could see his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed if he does not work harder to produce information the news outlet is entitled to in the case, including sitting for a deposition.“Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia grand jury has indicted Democratic state Sen. L. Louise Lucas and six others, including members of her family, on charges that she engaged in a racketeering conspiracy to sell marijuana and launder the proceeds.According to the indictment, Lucas, the 82-year-old president pro tempore of Virginia’s