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By MJ Lee, Andrew Seger, CNN (CNN) — Food insecurity remains at elevated levels for Washington, DC-area residents in 2025 and the percentage of people experiencing the most severe level of food insecurity has risen, exacerbated in recent months by the Trump administration’s cuts to federal jobs and funding, according to the Capital Area Food

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — On the precipice of retirement, Mitch McConnell has become a pariah among the Republicans trying to succeed him. The top three Republicans running in Kentucky’s Senate primary started in state politics interning for McConnell. Two of them once referred to him as a mentor. Now, they are racing to

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Charlie Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, continued its national tour of college campuses on Wednesday evening, stopping at Virginia Tech ahead of a pivotal election for the state. The “American Comeback Tour” event – headlined by conservative media pundit Megyn Kelly and Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin – celebrated

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — NATO allies are divided over whether the alliance should make it a policy to shoot down Russian jets that violate NATO’s airspace, with some countries including the US, Poland and Baltic nations signaling that future violations should be met with force, while others, including Germany, urge more

By Adam Cancryn, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government shutdown – an apparent threat by the Trump administration amid a standoff with congressional Democrats over federal funding. The directive, outlined in an Office of Management

CNN By Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service before dawn on Wednesday removed a statue titled “Best Friends Forever” of President Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands – only a day after it was erected on the National Mall. Patrick, an organizer from “The Secret Handshake” group that placed it,

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Top congressional Republicans and White House allies are working behind the scenes to prevent a politically charged floor vote to release the government’s Jeffrey Epstein case files next month, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The intensifying effort to halt that floor vote

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is demanding an investigation following what he described as a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, taking to social media to claim that a series of technical mishaps, involving a stopped escalator, a teleprompter failure and audio issues, were

By Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service before dawn on Wednesday removed a statue titled “Best Friends Forever” of President Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands – only a day after it was erected on the National Mall. Patrick, an organizer from “The Secret Handshake” group that placed it, who

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House. “The Presidential Walk of Fame has arrived on the West Wing Colonnade,” special assistant to the president and communications adviser Margo Martin wrote in a post

By Elex Michaelson, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” “Well, I’m not surprised that he said that,” Schwarzenegger told

CNN By Elex Michaelson, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” “Well, I’m not surprised that he said that,” Schwarzenegger

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Budowich, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff overseeing communications, will leave the administration later this month for a new job, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. His imminent exit makes him the highest-profile staffer to leave the White House in Trump’s second term, which is

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is in New York for the start of her book tour, but she also took care of a little political business while in town: fielding a call on Wednesday afternoon from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City. The call, according to two

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government has shut down for the first time in six years because Congress failed to approve a federal spending bill before October 1. Republicans and Democrats are still far apart in coming to an agreement to continue funding the federal government. One of the central issues is

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Podcaster Theo Von called out the Department of Homeland Security for using footage of him to tout deportations in a video that since appears to have been removed from DHS’ account on the social media platform X. The 31-second video, posted on DHS’ account on Tuesday, featured Von saying,

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors are preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges, but have just days to make a final decision, according to people familiar with the investigation. The investigation, run by federal prosecutors at the

By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration proposed a 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza to Arab leaders on Tuesday, which led to an exchange of ideas among the leaders over how to agree on a final proposal that could potentially drive an end the conflict,

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said two high-level Justice Department employees may have violated her order limiting public opinions about the prosecution of accused killer Luigi Mangione by reposting President Donald Trump’s statements about the case on X. Judge Margaret Garnett ordered the Justice Department to respond by the end of

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to name cancer researcher Dr. Anthony Letai as the new head of its National Cancer Institute, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. The expected appointment, reported first by CNN, would put Letai at the helm of a sprawling operation within the National

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House. “The Presidential Walk of Fame has arrived on the West Wing Colonnade,” special assistant to the president and communications adviser Margo Martin wrote in a post on

By Morgan Rimmer, Arlette Saenz, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a stopgap government funding bill. “This is a program that needs reform, but

By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A top Justice Department official has retracted a letter he sent to an FBI agent who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that suggested the agent was being investigated in relation to a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones. In a letter to William

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators seized multiple documents labeled “secret,” “confidential,” and “classified,” including some about weapons of mass destruction, during the late August search of the office of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to newly released court records that are part of an investigation into whether

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is terminating a decades-old advisory group that offered recommendations on how to support women serving in the military, including past suggestions that women needed properly fitting body armor and appropriate health care. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a post on X on Tuesday that Defense

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A team of suspected Chinese hackers has infiltrated US software developers and law firms in a sophisticated campaign to collect intelligence that could help Beijing in its ongoing trade fight with Washington, cybersecurity firm Mandiant said Wednesday. The hackers have been rampant in recent weeks, hitting the cloud-computing firms

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt shift on the war in Ukraine this week came amid fresh frustration at Russian President Vladimir Putin, and was intended to apply more pressure on Moscow to come to the negotiating table, according to US officials. By publicly declaring Ukraine could regain all its territory

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts’ 20 years on the Supreme Court have been punctuated by a series of vivid episodes, from his confirmation hearings as he vowed merely to call “balls and strikes,” to his dramatic switched vote to preserve the Affordable Care Act, to his weeks

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The group in charge of nationwide planning for the United States’ 250th birthday celebrations has fired its Trump administration-appointed executive director for “breaches of authority and trust,” a spokesperson said Tuesday. The nonpartisan US Semiquincentennial Commission said in a statement that Ari Abergel, who was put in place

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN The world’s first commercial space station is getting closer to launch. NASA is working with private companies to develop a modern successor to the aging International Space Station as its lifespan draws to a close. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with