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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Taxpayers have paid more than $300,000 in confidential sexual harassment settlements on behalf of six former members of the House of Representatives or their offices, according to GOP Rep. Nancy Mace and documents reviewed by CNN. The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights was compelled to turn over the settlement

By Brian Todd, Josh Campbell, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service says its officers shot an armed man Monday afternoon near the Washington Monument after he fired at agents and wounded a juvenile bystander. Moments before the gunfire, Secret Service officers and agents who patrol the outer perimeter of the White House

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Louisiana to redraw a hotly contested congressional map that the court ruled days earlier was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, a highly technical decision that nevertheless sparked a bitter back-and-forth between three conservatives and a member of the court’s liberal wing. The

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — One of President Donald Trump’s top fundraising lieutenants has been enlisted to solicit money for his personal endeavor to develop a new golf course and sculpture garden on a prime piece of land along the Potomac River in Washington, DC. Meredith O’Rourke, a longtime GOP fundraiser whom Trump has

By Kevin Liptak, Adam Cancryn, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s initiative to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz was a high-stakes, high-risk attempt to jolt loose a resolution to the standoff that had come to define his war against Iran. But the gambit has put the US’ fragile ceasefire with Iran

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The House Democratic campaign arm on Monday inflamed ongoing tensions over the influence of party leadership by taking sides in several competitive primaries for battleground House seats. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee waded in by announcing its latest round of “Red to Blue” candidates, a designation that is tantamount

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Gavin Newsom, governor of California.PersonalBirth date: October 10, 1967Birth place: San Francisco, CaliforniaBirth name: Gavin Christopher NewsomFather: William Alfred Newsom III, lawyer and California state appeals court judgeMother: Tessa Thomas Menzies, waitress, secretary, paralegal and businesswomanMarriages: Jennifer (Siebel) Newsom (2008-present); Kimberly Guilfoyle

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge compared the Department of Corrections’ treatment of the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to that of January 6, 2021, Capitol riot defendants during a Monday hearing over the man’s jail conditions. Attorneys for Cole Tomas Allen said in court

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a false claim about the military in his testimony to the House on Wednesday. Then he repeated the false claim in his testimony to the Senate on Thursday. Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda asked Hegseth at a Wednesday hearing of the House Armed Services Committee

By Fredreka Schouten, Ethan Cohen, Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a map he designed to give Republicans an edge in as many as four seats now held by Democrats. State lawmakers approved the new boundaries just hours after the US Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — For decades, it’s generally been assumed that any mass purges of voter rolls had to be completed at least 90 days out from an election. But Republicans and the Trump administration are now testing the scope of the federal law that imposes that ban on “systematic” removal programs within

CNN By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalized in critical but stable condition as he recovers from pneumonia, his spokesperson said. “Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he was “looking at” a new Iranian peace proposal. Then a reporter reminded Trump that he had said the previous night that the US might be better off not making a deal with Iran. “Well, I wouldn’t have to. I didn’t

By Camila DeChalus, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that she may reopen a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, depending on what an inspector general’s probe uncovers over building renovations at the Federal Reserve. Her comments come just over a week after she wrote

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Winding down a major US airline is a complicated business. Doing so when the president of the United States hints it could be saved adds another layer of complexity. Wracked with financial trouble, Spirit Airlines had filed for bankruptcy for the second time in August 2025. Months later, the

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, a candidate in the state’s competitive Democratic US Senate primary, made the case for her “authenticity” while responding to criticism she’s facing after an investigation by CNN’s KFile revealed she deleted old social media posts criticizing the rural Midwest and praising California. McMorrow told

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that the Secret Service agent who was shot at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend was hit by a shotgun blast from the suspect charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. “We now can establish that a pellet that came from

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The race to lead the country’s biggest blue state has been defined by voter concerns about their quality of life in California and the influence of special interests in Sacramento. It might not seem like the right moment for California’s next governor to come from Silicon Valley. Matt Mahan

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As the Supreme Court was barreling toward the final weeks of its term last year, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to defend his colleagues from criticism that they were all too eager to kick decades-old precedent to the curb. Still bruising from anger on the

By Aleena Fayaz, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The FBI seized 2020 election materials from Georgia just a few weeks after opening a criminal probe, an unusually fast pace for a case of its kind, experts told CNN. The newly released timeline, filed on Friday, was provided by the Justice Department following an order from

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail. The fast-track case, filed with conservative Justice Samuel Alito, puts the drug and

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Two decades have passed since California last elected a Republican governor, but GOP candidate Steve Hilton points to 6 million reasons why he believes it’s possible to do so again. Those are the number of votes President Donald Trump won in California in 2024, despite losing the state to

By Kaanita Iyer, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — When tourists see a statue of Gustavus Cheyney Doane, a 19th-century explorer, at a Grand Teton National Park visitor center this spring, a marker beneath it that used to be there will now be missing. It had asked visitors: “How do we acknowledge the

By Jeff Zeleny, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump sought to reshape the Kentucky Senate race on Friday to fill the seat of Sen. Mitch McConnell, delivering an endorsement of Rep. Andy Barr moments after offering a rival candidate an ambassadorship as an enticement to leave the race. The president offered his endorsement

By Natasha Bertrand, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon said on Friday the US will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, a move President Donald Trump said is just the beginning. The decision, which came after Trump lashed out the German chancellor over his criticism of the US war with

CNN By Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN. “I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present