Politics

By Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center board told a federal judge Thursday it will not attempt to add President Donald Trump’s name to the building or grounds until October 8 at the earliest, a one-month delay from previous plans.The announcement came in a one-sentence court filing following a

CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” further needling Canada as he engages in a tense trade war with the United States’ northern ally. Flanked in the Oval Office by large maps of the Great Lakes

By Lauren Fox, Allison Gordon, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards is lobbying his colleagues to vote against a possible censure over allegations that he repeatedly made unwanted advances toward two female staffers, asserting that familiar conduct toward his employees was not necessarily inappropriate.“An affectionate friendship is not a sexual proposition,” the North Carolina

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has disclosed making another 1,000-plus stock transactions in June, continuing an unprecedented pace of trading activity while in office that has drawn scrutiny over his ability to personally profit off of the presidency.The trades, submitted in a filing to the Office of Government Ethics, included the

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s central intelligence chief traveled to Moscow this week with a warning to Russia not to stage an attack in NATO territory, among other issues, according to two people familiar with the matter.CIA Director John Ratcliffe also used the trip, which wasn’t

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has touted his one-of-a-kind midterm convention as the spectacle his party needs to reenergize voters and alter its political fortunes ahead of the midterms.But as the two-day extravaganza approaches, Republicans are privately questioning if it strikes the right tone amid the electorate’s tightening budgets

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former leaders of the National Archives — which preserves and protects the nation’s most important documents — are urging a federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration’s effort to ignore the Presidential Records Act, a decades old law that requires presidents save all official records from their

By Lauren Fox, CNN Cleveland (CNN) — The senior US senator from Ohio sat with his daughter on a wooden bench in the hallway of the Cuyahoga County courthouse Wednesday, awaiting their turn as a judge in the room next door considered other domestic relations cases, then waiting again as that same judge swiftly declared

By Ashley Killough, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge declined on Wednesday to intervene in a politically sensitive extradition fight over an ICE agent who is currently detained in Texas but is facing state charges in Minnesota for allegedly shooting an immigrant in Minneapolis earlier this year.Texas hasn’t agreed to extradite the agent

By Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration sent the nuclear cooperation agreement it had signed with Saudi Arabia to Congress on Monday, an administration official and multiple congressional aides told CNN.The civil nuclear deal, which could allow for uranium enrichment on Saudi soil, will go into effect in 90

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — A month after he became the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, Troy Jackson is ramping up his appeals to women and voters who care about abortion rights, looking to sharpen a contrast with Republican Sen. Susan Collins that has long been at the center of the race.The task

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials on Wednesday exposed a major alleged Chinese cyber-espionage campaign they say has compromised or attacked numerous federal agencies including NASA, the Federal Reserve, the departments of Justice and Energy and the US Senate.Hackers affiliated with the Chinese military and intelligence services allegedly used a Chinese tech company

By Aleena Fayaz, Kaanita Iyer, Richa Sharma, CNN (CNN) — A man arrested with a guillotine in the bed of his pickup truck near the US Capitol told officers it was “the real deal,” according to an affidavit.Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, California, was arrested Tuesday and charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, US Capitol

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Two Dan Sullivans will be on the ballot in November for Alaska’s Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, an outcome that could benefit Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola’s bid to flip the seat.While incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan and Peltola were virtual locks to advance from last week’s all-party primary,

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump demonstrated his might with Republican primary voters Tuesday in South Carolina, as CNN’s Decision Desk projected that Darline Graham — the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and the president’s pick in the state’s special Senate primary runoff — will claim the GOP nomination.Now favored

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Three Secret Service officials, including the agency’s director of communications, have been placed on leave as an investigation into potential misconduct unfolds, a source familiar with the decision told CNN. The nature of the alleged misconduct was not immediately clear.All three officials, including comms chief Anthony Guglielmi, have lost

By Devan Cole, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center may need to be demolished and replaced with an open-air performance space if its current building cannot undergo extensive renovations, lawyers for the venue said in court papers on Monday.Citing efforts by President Donald Trump to shutter the historic performance arts venue for a

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump keeps attacking Canada with fiction instead of fact.Throughout his on-again, off-again trade war with Canada, which has erupted again this week, Trump’s criticism of the US neighbor has been filled with lies – a remarkable variety of assertions that either wildly distort a kernel of truth

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to revoke visas from potentially hundreds of thousands of foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum in the United States.The planned action would go after people who came to the US on temporary visas for reasons like tourism or business and then

By Whitney Wild, Rob Kuznia, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is considering whether to charge an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg this winter in Minneapolis, according to a source familiar with the deliberations and a DOJ spokeswoman.Federal charges would mark a significant move for the

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow overnight Monday to meet with Russian officials, a US official familiar with his travel told CNN.The official declined to share the substance of the meetings or the topics discussed. The CIA declined to comment.The US asked Ukraine to

CNN By Davis Winkie, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A US airman who was arrested twice, once on the steps of the US Capitol while calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, was officially criminally charged Monday for his comments, according to a charging document his attorney shared with CNN. Maj. Jason Watson faces

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is defending himself after facing some criticism over his meeting with Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser.Jeffries recently met with Kushner privately in New York to discuss ways the White House can collaborate with Democrats on key issues, such as immigration,

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday escalated his feud with Canadian leaders, suggesting the United States is considering renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as tensions between the two countries rise amid an ongoing trade war.“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to