Politics

By Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard announced Friday night it has suspended its search for people in the water after US strikes on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean earlier this week. The US military on Tuesday said it struck a “convoy” of three drug-trafficking boats in international waters,

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — “Wicked” composer Stephen Schwartz says he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to attach President Donald Trump’s name to the venue — becoming the latest artist to push back against the president’s takeover of Washington’s most iconic performing arts center. The Oscar and Grammy-award

By Jennifer Hansler, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Russia filed a formal diplomatic request that the United States stop pursuing an oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela that has evaded US custody for almost two weeks, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The demarche sent to the State Department on New Year’s Eve

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was seeking to send a “strong warning” to Iran on Friday when he suggested in an early morning Truth Social post that the US would forcibly intervene if Tehran shot and killed protesters. But as of now, there have been no major changes to

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A super PAC aligned with President Donald Trump has built more than $304 million in cash reserves that it can deploy to help shape this year’s midterm elections, according to information released Friday by the political committee. MAGA Inc.’s massive stockpile underscores the unrivaled fundraising by a president who

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent his Friday morning perusing samples of stone in Florida for a new White House ballroom, as he pushes ahead on a controversial effort to replace the East Wing. Before his visit to Trump International Golf Club, the president made a detour to Arc Stone &

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of being the Washington, DC, pipe bomber will remain in jail until he faces trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. The decision to keep Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed explosives outside the Democratic and Republican National Committee buildings on January 5, 2021, was made two

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his executive powers to revoke a handful of orders put into place by his predecessor after the former mayor was federally indicted, including a directive that expanded the definition of antisemitism and another that barred city employees and agencies from boycotting or

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Americans feel more politically connected by generation than they do by race or gender, CNN polling data finds. Nearly 6 in 10 say they share a lot of common interests and concerns with other people of their generation, according to a late-summer CNN survey. By contrast, fewer than half

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is abruptly cutting dozens of disaster response and recovery staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week, according to internal emails obtained by CNN and sources familiar with the plan. On New Year’s Eve, some employees received emails saying their positions “would not be renewed”

By Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan security forces have detained at least five Americans in recent months as the US has built a pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a US official familiar with the matter told CNN. The circumstances of the individual cases vary, and some could have been involved

By Kaanita Iyer, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that he takes a higher dose of aspirin than his doctors have recommended, blaming that for the visible hand bruises that have generated renewed questions about his health. “They say aspirin is good for

CNN, HEALTHCARE.GOV, GOODRX, AARP By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The cavalry didn’t come to save the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium subsidies, which ended when 2025 did. And while the House is expected to vote in January on a Democratic proposal to extend them for three years, the effort faces significant hurdles in the

CNN By Gloria Pazmino, Jeremy Herb, Harmeet Kaur, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, vowed to govern “expansively and audaciously” as he was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor Thursday.

By Gloria Pazmino, Jeremy Herb, Harmeet Kaur, Nicki Brown, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who campaigned on a promise to tackle the affordability crisis in one of America’s most expensive cities, vowed to govern “expansively and audaciously” as he was sworn in as New York City’s 112th mayor Thursday. Mamdani’s

By Kevin Liptak, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — Champagne and caviar? Anyone can do it. A massive portrait of Jesus Christ painted rapidly onstage while the president of the United States watches on reverently before auctioning it off to a woman in a top hat for $2,750,000? That is New Year’s Eve at

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The CIA has assessed Ukraine was not targeting a residence used by Russian President Vladimir Putin in a recent drone attack in the north of his country, according to US officials, undercutting an assertion the Russian leader had made to President Donald Trump in a Monday phone

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is terminating a nonprofit’s management of three public Washington, DC, golf courses, in what may be the latest effort to put President Donald Trump’s stamp on local institutions. The Department of the Interior said National Links Trust’s lease was terminated because the group defaulted on several

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution in an annual report Wednesday that steered clear of direct discussion of modern controversies. Focusing on the Declaration of Independence as

By Michael Williams, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — US military strikes against alleged drug boats have killed at least eight people over the past two days – the latest salvos in the United States’ escalating actions against what it says are drug traffickers. On New Year’s Eve, US Southern Command said the military struck two

By Steve Contorno, Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — A conservative influencer’s viral video alleging widespread fraud at taxpayer-funded child care centers in Minnesota’s Somali community kicked off a political firestorm years in the making. President Donald Trump has long singled out Minnesota’s Somali population of approximately 108,000 for criticism and, even before the video emerged,

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Tierney Sneed, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The House Judiciary Committee on New Year’s Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump. The deposition conducted earlier this month lasted more than eight hours,

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead. Postmarks – which include a date stamp from the USPS – can offer proof that a piece of mail, such

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department charged a Virginia man on Tuesday for allegedly sending a threatening text message to presidential envoy and Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell. Scott Bolger has been accused of “transmitting threats in interstate commerce and making false statements,” according to a Justice Department press release. While the

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Crew members aboard the aging, rusted oil tanker that the US has been pursuing at sea for nearly two weeks appear to have painted a crude image of a Russian flag on the ship’s hull, which American officials believe is an attempt at claiming Russian protection, a US official

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term Tuesday, blocking two bipartisan, infrastructure-related bills. The president argued that blocking both measures was necessary to save taxpayer dollars. “Enough is enough. My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spent the last several weeks sprinting towards a deadline. After publicly committing to filling many of the top posts in his new administration before taking office, Mamdani, 34, is closing 2025 with a still-evolving image of the team that is going to

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — New bruising on Donald Trump’s left hand is reviving questions about his health nearly one year after he became the oldest president to take the oath of office. Across a series of events last week, the 79-year-old Trump appeared with discoloration or light bruising on the back of his