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By Linda Gaudino, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Almost every day, Angela O’Neal sits down in her at-home creator’s studio, either painting, sketching or contemplating her next original piece to add to an abundant collection. In recent weeks, her daily ritual has taken on a new meaning as she faces the same challenges as many

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — One year out from the midterm elections, the Democratic Party holds a sizable enthusiasm advantage as views of President Donald Trump dip further into negative territory, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The fall of 2025 is not a replay of 2017, the year before the

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Camila DeChalus, Veronica Stracqualursi, Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Laterese Johnson has roughly a week and a half to two weeks of food benefits left to feed herself and her grandchildren, a reality that sunk in over the weekend when the government shutdown forced delays in payments for food assistance. “With

By Julia Benbrook, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is lending a hand to help save the life of “Dilbert” comic strip creator Scott Adams, he wrote on social media Sunday. The news comes after Adams, a supporter of Trump, previewed on X that he would ask the president for help receiving a treatment that

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A senior Justice Department official has told Congress that the Trump administration can continue lethal military strikes on alleged drug traffickers without congressional approval and that the administration is not bound by a decades-old war powers law, two congressional sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The head of

By Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US military has killed at least 243 people in strikes that have destroyed at least 80 vessels as part of a campaign that Washington says is aimed at curtailing the flow of drugs into the United States, according to official announcements and CNN’s analysis

By Gloria Pazmino, Arit John, CNN New York (CNN) — Rama Duwaji isn’t playing the traditional role of a first lady in waiting. She hasn’t stumped for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Democratic mayoral nominee and front-runner she married earlier this year. She hasn’t done a joint television appearance or agreed to a splashy

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Native American leaders warned senators last week that mass layoffs and potential benefit lapses are making this government shutdown more painful for their communities and insisted that the federal government fulfill its treaty obligations with tribal nations. “The shutdown reductions in force have crept into our classrooms, our early

By Eric Levenson, CNN New York (CNN) — As a Jew and a New Yorker, Norman Needleman said he finds the city’s mayoral election “painful.” Waiting in line Friday to vote on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the 77-year-old Needleman thought Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, would be good for the city’s social needs. But

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Office of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has disseminated a broad list of topics that Defense Department personnel are now required to seek prior approval on before engaging with Congress, which includes any and all “sensitive military operations” and US military strikes on suspected drug boats around Latin

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to New York’s City Hall early Monday morning holding a banner that seemed to answer the president who has opposed him and the portions of the Democratic Party that have been slow to embrace him. “Our time is now,” it said. Mamdani

By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out another deadly strike on alleged drug-traffickers at sea on Saturday, continuing a monthslong campaign by the Trump administration that has been widely criticized as likely illegal. The latest strike targeted a boat in the Caribbean Sea and killed three people on board, according to

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN Senators are returning to Capitol Hill today as the government shutdown enters its 34th day — with no end in sight. The record for the longest shutdown in US history is likely to be broken in less than 48 hours as Democrats and Republicans show no signs of reaching an

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said Saturday he has ordered the Defense Department to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria as he continues to accuse the nation of not doing enough to stem violence against Christians — an accusation Nigeria has repeatedly denied. In a social media

By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — With the high-stakes New York mayoral contest hanging in the balance, the largest police department in the country may find itself caught between the promise of reform and the stability that followed a couple of scandal-scarred years. If Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani wins the election, his choice to lead

By Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Early voting data suggests that the Democratic candidates for governor in New Jersey and Virginia are heading into Election Day in a slightly stronger position than Kamala Harris was at the same time last year. In New York City, Andrew Cuomo may have emerged in a stronger position than

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama urged voters to break with President Donald Trump and “set a glorious example for the nation” on Saturday as he campaigned with the Democratic nominees for governor in Virginia and New Jersey ahead of Tuesday’s elections. In his first of two events Saturday, a rally

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The government shutdown is on the verge of becoming the longest in US history — and lawmakers still have no idea how much longer it will go. In Washington, senators left town for the weekend deadlocked and more frustrated than ever, while critical safety net programs could

By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — US Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina allegedly berated police officers at Charleston International Airport Thursday morning, allegedly “loudly cursing” at officers and saying they were “f**king incompetent,” according to an incident report from police. Mace, who closely aligns herself with President Donald Trump and is currently running for

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion, unsealed late Friday, to challenge the appointment of the US attorney for the Northern District of New York and quash a Justice Department subpoena relating to a criminal investigation into her civil case against Donald Trump’s finances. The motion is

By Tami Luhby, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Food stamp recipients will only get half of their typical benefits in November, and for many, that assistance will likely be delayed. The US Department of Agriculture said in a court filing Monday that it will only tap into the program’s contingency fund, which doesn’t have enough

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — One month after Jeffrey Epstein died in a jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, JPMorgan Chase reported to US authorities of more than one billion dollars in transactions it viewed as suspicious, according to newly unsealed court records. The notification was made on September 26, 2019,

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has deliberately shifted its strategy in recent weeks to striking suspected narcotraffickers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, rather than the Caribbean Sea, because administration officials believe they have stronger evidence linking cocaine transport to the US from those western routes, according to people familiar with

CNN By Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. The rulings from judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island reject a controversial

By Kit Maher, Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has renovated the Lincoln Bedroom bathroom, sharing before and after images on social media as he continues to put his touch on the White House. “I renovated the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House. It was renovated in the

By Devan Cole, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. The rulings from judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island reject a controversial US

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands, according to three US and European officials familiar with the

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative filibuster, just hours after President Donald Trump made a fresh demand for the Senate to do so to end the government shutdown. In perhaps the clearest possible signal

Associated Press (AP) — A Republican-dominated Ohio panel adopted new US House districts on Friday that could boost the GOP’s chances of winning two additional seats in next year’s elections and aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold on to a slim congressional majority. The action by the Ohio Redistricting Commission came as Virginia’s Democratic-led

By Tami Luhby, Alex Leeds Matthews, Kate Carroll (CNN) — The Trump administration has agreed to tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to pay partial food stamp benefits in November amid the government shutdown. But enrollees will only get half their usual allotment and will likely face delays in even receiving that assistance.