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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Gov. Wes Moore said President Donald Trump blocked him from speaking at a Tuesday event near Baltimore meant to unveil a new multi-billion-dollar investment in submarine manufacturing.A White House official did not dispute the account.Moore played a role in negotiating the deal, which involved bringing the defense tech

By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Katie Polglase, Allegra Goodwin, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — A top Democratic lawmaker is seeking information on Jared Kushner’s financial investments following a CNN investigation last week that found his private equity firm is the largest shareholder in an Israeli company backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.Rep. Robert Garcia,

By Katherine Koretski, CNN (CNN) — Mike Lawler is one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress this election cycle, one of only three representing a district that Kamala Harris won in 2024.But in a year when political headwinds seem to be blowing in Democrats’ favor, combat veteran and Biden administration alum Cait Conley may

By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The FBI opened preliminary investigations targeting anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters in Southern California, a former FBI intelligence official alleged in a whistleblower complaint, adding that she believed the move violated the law and agency policy.The investigations were opened in early 2025 in the early

By Lauren Chadwick, CNN (CNN) — Officials in California denounced comments made by President Donald Trump as “dangerous” on Monday after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego – major cities in a state he has often criticized.Speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, ahead of the midterm

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — A group of potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates is heading to Denver days after the midterms to discuss the party’s future, in one of the party’s first major gatherings following the election.Attendees will include former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, as well

By Kylie Atwood, Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has discussed beginning reciprocal nuclear site visits with China and plans to continue pushing for that possibility during in-person meetings in the coming months, according to sources familiar with the matter.The discussions, which have been informal and preliminary, come amid mounting US concerns about

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday that the White House had offered no new evidence to support its repeated claims that the news outlets’ reporting has endangered national security.The argument, made in a court filing late Monday, is the companies’ final written

By Brad Lendon, Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has approved the use of a firing squad for the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. It would be the US Army’s first

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC.“The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur to attack Democratic South Carolina Senate nominee Dr. Annie Andrews, as he tries to push his handpicked GOP candidate, Sen. Darline Graham, over the finish line in the midterm election.“Annie ‘Trannie’ Andrews is running against our wonderful Darline

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Grand Island, Nebraska (CNN) — The midterm elections were just two days away the last time a sitting president visited Grand Island, the fourth-largest city in the middle of one of the nation’s most reliably Republican states.It was November 5, 2006, and George W. Bush was barnstorming red cities in red

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join Fox News as an on-air contributor next month, weeks after stepping down from her prior role to spend more time focusing on her family.Fox News said in a statement that Leavitt “will provide political analysis and commentary” across Fox platforms

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a First Amendment appeal from two middle school students who were ordered to remove sweatshirts emblazoned with the words “Let’s Go Brandon,” steering clear of a case that could have clarified the power schools have to police potentially offensive speech

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The campaign arm working to elect House Democrats released a political advertisement on Monday featuring the family of Virginia Giuffre, who was the first victim of Jeffrey Epstein to go public with allegations of abuse.The advertisement was released in support of Democratic candidate Jessica Killin, who is facing incumbent

By John Fritze, CNN The Supreme Court appeared conflicted Monday about how it will resolve a lawsuit from a Colorado city that is attempting to hold two fossil fuel companies responsible for the impacts of climate change, though several conservative justices said they were concerned about the possibility of letting states wade into an area

By Brett H. McGurk, CNN (CNN) — Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan and I had gone to one of those rooms to brief our successors two weeks

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The United States moved all of its long-range bombers stationed in the United Kingdom back to their American home bases on Sunday after an unspecified new threat, officials said. It comes days after the British government arrested a number of individuals in connection with an alleged

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Latino voters have deeply soured on President Donald Trump and his party, particularly on crucial economic issues, a new NBC/Telemundo poll released Sunday finds.In the survey, Latino voters say by a 24-point margin, 59% to 35%, that they’d prefer to see the Democrats win control of Congress over the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When the Supreme Court kicks off a new, nine-month term on Monday, one key player will be noticeably absent: President Donald Trump.After months of near-constant confrontation with the White House, the nine justices will retake their seats behind the court’s mahogany bench without a docket full of Trump-driven, separation-of-powers blockbusters

By Julia Benbrook, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the leadership and duties of a “Super Intelligence Force,” which he said will “ensure that America continues to lead the world” when it comes to artificial intelligence.The president said in his announcement on Truth Social that the task force will “protect the interests”

By Annie Grayer, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Ahead of the November midterm elections, top Democrats are planning for doomsday scenarios for how President Donald Trump and his administration could intervene in the voting process and laying the groundwork for a forceful response.In closed-door meetings, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has convened Democratic senators, legal

By Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Americans should cast their ballot using “every appropriate tool,” in a pre-recorded video imploring Republicans to vote in the midterm elections, including using methods that he has historically opposed like early and mail voting.“If your state has early voting, do not wait. Go out and

By Molly English, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump railed against Sen. Tom Cotton in a series of posts on Saturday, accusing the Arkansas Republican of holding up a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and encouraging people to call the senator at his cellphone number.“Everybody in Arkansas, Tom Cotton, a

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Ken Paxton’s estranged wife threw her support behind the Texas GOP Senate nominee without naming him, saying in a new ad that she will be “voting for the Republican ticket.”Angela Paxton, who filed for divorce from Ken Paxton last year and accused him of adultery, argued that in the

By Kaanita Iyer, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said late Friday he will give around 20 million senior citizens $90 each to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, marking his latest effort to dole out funds to certain Americans weeks before the midterm elections.The funding will come from the Medicare

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — As one of the Supreme Court’s most stalwart conservative and prolific justices, Clarence Thomas’ views on the biggest cases of the day — from guns to race to religion — are rarely in doubt.Yet when it comes to perhaps the most significant climate change-related case to reach the high

By Sarah Ferris, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Four weeks to Election Day, a growing number of House Republicans privately fear their chances of holding onto the majority are vanishing and have begun focusing on how to limit the size of a potential Democratic wave.Inside the House GOP, Republicans have watched with alarm as President

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department argued that President Donald Trump should be allowed to reinstate his White House ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico in a court filing late Friday ahead of a hearing next week in the lawsuit from the news companies.“[T]he President determined that Plaintiff news networks had

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC. “The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I