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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was pressed Friday on whether he believes President Donald Trump is a fascist. Standing beside his host in the Oval Office, Mamdani began to answer – until the president, seated, interrupted. “That’s OK – you can just say yes. That’s easier. It’s easier

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he and his family are among the Republicans targeted in a wave of threats against state officeholders this week as President Donald Trump pressures Hoosier State lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional maps. At least eight Republican state senators said they had been the

By Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey are asking a federal judge to dismiss the charges against him because, they say, a grand jury never approved the final indictment in the case. The motion to dismiss comes after prosecutors, including interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan,

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the IRS from giving ICE the home addresses of taxpayers who might be undocumented immigrants — dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. The ruling is a significant victory for immigrant-rights group and liberal activists who are trying to resist

By Annie Grayer, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee is expanding its investigation into convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and searching for new targets — guaranteeing that the Epstein controversy is unlikely to die down even after the Justice Department was compelled by Congress to release the files that it has

By Natasha Bertrand, Avery Schmitz, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted its largest show of force to date near Venezuela on Thursday, ahead of a key Monday deadline that will see the US designate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government allies as members of a foreign terrorist organization. The designation of

By Holmes Lybrand, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton could face more charges, Justice Department prosecutors suggested at a Friday court hearing in his criminal case. The Justice Department continues to go through the large amount of documents recovered in the case, including from Bolton’s home in

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard on Thursday issued a memo that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “hate symbols,” in a rapid about-face after facing intense scrutiny for a previous policy change which downplayed their display as merely “potentially divisive.” The newest memo expressly prohibits the display of nooses, swastikas or

By Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Believing they have a new window of opportunity to restart peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Trump administration officials are rushing ahead with a new framework to end the Ukraine war modeled after the Gaza deal President Donald Trump pushed, despite little initial input from

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026. Medicare Part B premiums will jump nearly 10% next year, the largest increase in four years and second-largest hike, in dollar terms, in the program’s history. The standard monthly premium

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — The White House is preparing for possible turnover in the Cabinet after President Donald Trump reaches the one-year mark of his term, potentially shaking up his otherwise stable team of secretaries, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. Trump’s cadre of secretaries, administrators and

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — As he celebrated a decisive victory earlier this month, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a direct appeal to President Donald Trump: “Since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn the volume up!” The two leaders will hear each other loud and clear when

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson may want to put the Jeffrey Epstein saga behind him, but some Republicans saw rank-and-file members’ success in forcing Tuesday’s vote as an opportunity to push their own legislative priorities to the floor — even if it doesn’t have leadership’s blessing. GOP Rep. Anna Paulina

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Thursday he will enter the California gubernatorial race, joining a crowded field of candidates looking to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom. Swalwell, a longtime adversary of President Donald Trump, announced his run on his campaign website just before his appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing to make the censure process more difficult after the House weighed three separate complaints against sitting members this week. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he is “very interested in raising the threshold” of votes to censure a member, expressing

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — North Korean operatives created a fake job-application platform targeting applicants to major US artificial intelligence and crypto firms as part of a new effort to steal money and know-how for the Kim Jong Un regime, researchers said on Thursday. It’s a twist on a yearslong campaign to infiltrate Fortune

CNN By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable

CNN By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable

By Haley Britzky, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Nigerian officials are meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau this week amid increasing focus from the Trump administration on Christians in Nigeria and as President Donald Trump has floated potential US military action in the country. Trump said earlier this

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department will require its diplomats describe enforcement of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, alleged facilitation of mass migration, and government funding that supports abortion medications as “human rights infringements” in its next human rights report, a senior State Department official said Thursday, as the Trump

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Washington, DC’s attorney general’s office had sued the Trump administration in early September over the National Guard’s deployment in the city, which came as Trump surged federal law enforcement

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday acknowledged that the Trump administration faces growing skepticism over its economic record, issuing a plea for patience ahead of what he predicted would be an eventual “economic boom.” “We get it and we hear you, and we know that there’s a lot of

CNN By Jamie Gangel, Michael Williams, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Political figures from across the aisle gathered Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics. The funeral, which was attended by two former presidents and all living former vice presidents, was

By Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating whether people impersonated federal agents in mortgage fraud probes of prominent Democrats, a development that could complicate efforts to prosecute political enemies of President Donald Trump, people briefed on the matter told CNN. The new probe led by

By Samantha Waldenberg, Arlette Saenz, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among Democrats on Capitol Hill that the president was seeking to incite violence. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by

By Jennifer Hansler, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A new Trump administration plan for the end of the war in Ukraine would see Kyiv cede territory to Russia, US “de facto” recognition of Crimea and other Ukrainian territory forcibly seized by the Kremlin as Russian, and limits to the size of Ukraine’s military,

By Adam Cancryn, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong, tooth-and-nail fight to prevent their disclosure. The decision represents

CNN, POOL, HOUSE TV, REP. RASHIDA TLAIB By Adam Cancryn, Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong,

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett watched GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologize on national television for her role in perpetuating divisive rhetoric and immediately instructed her staff to see if the Georgia Republican wanted to work with her on a bill addressing lawmaker safety. Crockett had reached out to Greene

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A former congressional staffer has been charged for allegedly staging her own violent assault, for which she paid someone $500 to slice dozens of cuts into her body, according to prosecutors. Natalie Greene, who once worked for GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, according to his office, is now facing