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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, Mamdani’s office said Sunday.The meeting will take place at Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence in Manhattan, marking the first time Trump will meet with Mamdani on

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It’s the most powerful office in the world, and hundreds of journalists want to cover it. But how?Enter the White House press pool.Since the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, White House reporters, photographers and technicians have utilized a system to cover the American president wherever he goes by assigning

By Logan Schiciano, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday provided a new reason to justify his proposal to build a 250-foot triumphal arch directly across Arlington National Cemetery, saying the structure would double as a “top grade Military Complex.”The facility on what military veterans argue overlooks hallowed ground would “house, store,

By René Marsh, CNN (CNN) — As the Smithsonian Institution prepares to launch a nationwide search for a new leader, an unexpected question mark hangs over the position that’s long been considered a plum one in the worlds of art, science and history.“Who wants to sign up to deal with the political pressure?” one person

CNN By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising concerns about a wider regional escalation, from renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Harlingen, Texas (CNN) — “Now what?” Gina Hinojosa asked, looking at the half-done house across the lot where the crew hadn’t shown up that morning.Had the workers been pulled over? Would they come tomorrow? Were they just running late?“Your guess,” said Ronnie Cavazos, the chairman of the South Texas Builders Alliance,

By Logan Schiciano, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A group of top Democratic senators is calling on government watchdogs to investigate a series of mistakes in US military targeting plans caused by artificial intelligence, after a CNN report detailed how one such error, according to a source familiar with the incident, “almost started a war.”In

By Jeremy Herb, Sunlen Serfaty, Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump’s name was ordered removed from the Kennedy Center this spring, it seemed that an opening to move on from his reign over the performing arts center might have emerged.“I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with

By Patrick Svitek, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Two vulnerable House Republicans from Iowa voted this week for the first time to rein in President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers. A lawmaker from South Florida, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, released an ad saying Trump’s immigration crackdown had “gone too far.” And a bevy of farm-state

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Dramatic recent advances by the Iran-backed Houthis, including the seizure of a strategically important island in the Red Sea, have dealt another blow to a region reeling from the US war with Iran and exacerbated an already severe global energy crisis. But neither the US

By Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday claimed his son, Donald Trump Jr., paid back the Russian billionaire who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund parts of Trump Jr.’s wedding celebration in the Bahamas.“As I understand it, he paid him back,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, referring

By Kit Maher, Jennifer Hansler, Hira Humayun, Charlotte Reck, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said the United States reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that gives the US “permanent control” over Greenland’s security – months after Trump threatened to forcibly seize the self-governing territory.The president’s demands to take Greenland under US control faced

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration will convene a high-level event on artificial intelligence on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Wednesday, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, as the issue is expected to loom large over the global gathering.The US event, to which multiple countries have been invited,

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance hit the trail in Iowa Friday — a state his boss won by double digits that’s now home to competitive Senate and gubernatorial contests — and made a populist pitch for “Iowa values.”Except the Republican nominee for Senate, Rep. Ashley Hinson, wasn’t there, and the

By Michael Williams, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday gave its approval for President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch, saying it will not interfere with aircraft flying into the nearby Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.The arch, which is expected to stand at around 250 feet, will have no “substantial adverse

By Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the sources added.The

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on regulating artificial intelligence on Friday that will convene a group of “world-leading experts” to begin developing a framework for state law governing the technology.“We’re going to speed up our work on substantial and responsible AI oversight before it’s too late,”

By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.The US military swung into action with plans to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A new Trump administration rule that is expected to make it harder for many legal immigrants to obtain green cards if they receive or are deemed likely to need public assistance went into effect Friday – even as lawsuits seeking to halt it wind their way through federal court.The

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — In December 2024, a bipartisan congressional task force studying the possible perils of artificial intelligence issued 85 recommendations for how lawmakers could act on the issue. GOP Rep. Jay Obernolte, a key figure on the task force, asked Republican leaders to go even further, establishing a special committee to

By Laura Sharman, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has approved a potential multi-billion-dollar sale of stealth F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a move that would bolster the Gulf ally’s military, even as it threatens to shift the balance of power in the Middle East.The US State Department announced the proposed sale

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Another DC institution is fighting to stop President Donald Trump from permanently planting his name on the front of their building.The US Institute of Peace and its ousted board members on Thursday asked a federal appeals court for emergency relief to prevent the administration from carving Trump’s name into

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday called for greater federal regulation of artificial intelligence while criticizing President Donald Trump for minimizing concerns, saying “We cannot ignore the warning signs nor downplay the very real risks.”“I am not a doomer. I don’t think that it is inevitable that AI is

By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — Few things have defined President Donald Trump’s second term as much as his transactionalism. He’s gone to great lengths to wield potential official actions for political and even personal gain in ways simply not seen since at least Watergate.It’s this same sensibility that led to Trump’s first impeachment in

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a championship golf course in Washington, DC, could cost up to $49 million dollars, according to a document reviewed by CNN.The National Park Service outlined in the document that it will start soliciting bids to remake the public golf course in East Potomac

By Jeff Zeleny, David Wright, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump may be omnipresent in American politics, but one place you won’t find him during the midterm elections: starring in Republican TV ads.A new CNN analysis shows that Trump is a bit player – often seldom mentioned at all – in a blitz of

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The White House is pulling former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer’s stalled nomination to serve as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.In June, President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would nominate Schroyer, putting a little-known candidate in line to lead an agency critical to the administration’s immigration crackdown.Homeland

By Lauren Fox, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar tells President Donald Trump in a new ad that Hispanic voters feel betrayed by him as a result of his immigration agenda.The ad is a remarkable break with the president by a member of his own party over immigration, a major