Politics

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Designs for a towering, gold-accented triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery were revealed by the White House on Friday – providing more insight into the latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s desire to mold the physical footprint of Washington, DC, into his own vision. The proposed 250-foot arch, pictured

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling on the White House physician to conduct a cognitive test of President Donald Trump amid his heightened rhetoric about the US war with Iran. The Maryland Democrat joins a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers – and some right-wing personalities – who have expressed concern

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The White House recently warned staff not to engage in insider trading on prediction markets and other platforms, according to a White House official. The internal warning came amid a flurry of controversial trades on prediction sites and in oil futures markets, mostly related to the Iran war. There

By David Wright, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed Friday that she is “thinking about” running for president in 2028 at the 2026 National Action Network Convention – in her most open public remarks to date about her political future. “Listen, I might, I might. I’m thinking about it. I’m

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The right-wing media ecosystem that has long served as a useful bullhorn for President Donald Trump unraveled into disarray this week, as deepening fears over his management of the war — and fragile ceasefire — with Iran spilled into public infighting among some of his most prominent allies. From

By Adam Cancryn, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance spent the last month largely out of the limelight as the US waged a war with Iran that he’d privately worried would spiral out of control. Yet with President Donald Trump now eager to broker an end to the conflict, he’s

By René Marsh, CNN (CNN) — A “Christ is Risen” Easter message sent by the secretary of agriculture has sparked backlash inside the department, angering some of its nearly 100,000 employees and prompting a formal complaint against the secretary for the religious message. Employees at the department’s 4,500 offices across the country received an email

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon’s latest bid to limit press access, tearing into the Department of Defense in a stinging ruling that warned “suppression of political speech is the mark of an autocracy, not a democracy.” US District Judge Paul Friedman blasted the department for attempting

CNN By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump blasted “lies linking me to the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein” in extraordinary and rare remarks from the White House Thursday, attempting to distance herself from the convicted sex offender while calling on Congress to hold public hearings allowing his victims to

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last year. Men ages 18 to 26 must already register for selective service in case a draft

By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump blasted “lies linking me to the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein” in extraordinary and rare remarks from the White House Thursday, attempting to distance herself from the convicted sex offender while calling on Congress to hold public hearings allowing his victims to testify

By Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche sent a series of memos to Justice Department staffers Thursday marking his first official day running the agency. In a memo to the staff obtained by CNN, he wrote, “Our mission here at the Department remains the same today as it was yesterday. President

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Sen. Elissa Slotkin knows how to win in Trump country. She’s trying to show her fellow Democrats the way. “We don’t help ourselves by pretending we don’t have a problem, OK?” Slotkin told Democrats at a party dinner here Tuesday night. “Staying on defense only doesn’t

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump White House touted its surge of National Guard members to Washington, DC, last summer as the way to put more dangerous perpetrators in the nation’s capital behind bars. But in nearly a dozen criminal cases since the surge began, people who were found to be carrying weapons

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A North Carolina woman has been charged with sharing classified defense information to a journalist following her work as a civilian operational support technician at Fort Bragg, a large US Army base in the state. Courtney Williams worked in a Special Military Unit from 2010 to 2016 and had

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice said Wednesday that Pam Bondi will not appear for her upcoming deposition in the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation given that she is no longer serving as the US attorney general. It marks the latest roadblock in Congress’ fight to secure Bondi’s sworn testimony

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Iran-linked hackers have successfully targeted and caused disruptions at multiple US oil and gas and water sites in recent weeks, according to a federal advisory released Tuesday and three sources familiar with the investigation. The hacking campaign marked an escalation of the cyberattacks launched by Tehran since the US-Israeli

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The campaign of Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democratic candidate for governor, on Tuesday sought to rebut claims made by several people on social media that multiple women plan to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct involving staffers. “This false, outrageous rumor is being spread 27 days before

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — During his first news conference Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche showcased his loyalty to President Donald Trump while declining to answer specific questions about the war with Iran, why Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired or other investigations into the president’s enemies. “I love working for

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Chris Taylor has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, expanding the liberal majority on the panel in a key battleground state. Taylor, a state appeals court judge from Dane County, defeated conservative judge Maria Lazar, a state appeals court judge from Waukesha County. Liberals have now

By Molly English, Isabel Rosales, Jason Morris, CNN Rome, Georgia (CNN) — Republican Clay Fuller has won the special election runoff in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District to replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, dashing Democratic hopes for an upset win and allowing national Republicans to breathe a sigh of relief. Fuller will defeat Democrat

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Budapest, Hungary (CNN) — The war with Iran is raging, gas prices are rising and spending battles endure on Capitol Hill. So why is the No. 2 man in the White House in Budapest? Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Hungary this week, days ahead of the country’s national elections, is

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump made a series of false claims at his Monday press conference about the war with Iran, during which his remarks strayed into other foreign policy issues. Trump also made multiple uncorroborated claims that can’t be definitively fact-checked, such as an assertion that every living former president

By Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales is facing new allegations he sent a former campaign staffer lewd texts, just weeks after revelations of his affair with another former employee rocked and ultimately ended his reelection bid. The San Antonio Express-News on Monday published previously unreported texts that Gonzales allegedly sent

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump threatened to jail a journalist as part of a hunt for the “leaker” behind initial reports Friday that a second Air Force officer from a downed US fighter jet was missing. The public revelation complicated the administration’s military rescue efforts in Iran, Trump said at a