Politics

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Turning Point Action has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in one of the GOP’s nastiest primary battles, supporting the controversial, conservative firebrand in his bid to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn. Paxton announced the endorsement on X, noting he felt “honored” to be supported by the group,

By Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — For two hours inside a classified Congressional hearing last week, Republican and Democrat Senators grew increasingly exasperated as officials from the FBI, the National Security Agency and other agencies refused to say whether the Trump administration wants Congress to renew a powerful foreign surveillance law that is

Associated Press (CNN) — US military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday. The Pentagon’s statement on social media did not say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela, which faces US sanctions on its oil and has relied on

CNN By Hanna Park, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump – who skipped the Super Bowl and instead attended a watch party in Florida – denounced Bad Bunny’s halftime performance as “a slap in the face” and said “nobody understands a word” the Puerto Rican rapper was saying. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show

By Hanna Park, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump – who skipped the Super Bowl and instead attended a watch party in Florida – denounced Bad Bunny’s halftime performance as “a slap in the face” and said “nobody understands a word” the Puerto Rican rapper was saying. “The Super Bowl Halftime Show is

By Kit Maher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Olympic skier Hunter Hess a “real loser” on Sunday after the athlete expressed “mixed emotions representing the US right now” in the Winter Olympic Games. “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,”

By Alison Main, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, a co-author of the law that compelled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, on Sunday called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign over his links to the late sex offender. Asked on CNN’s “Inside Politics” if Lutnick – who the files

By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Top Senate Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on President Donald Trump to pick a side in the party’s nastiest primary battles before it’s too late, with anxiety spiking as the midterm cycle threatens to turn sour for the GOP. GOP leaders are making a last-ditch push for

By Kit Maher, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The top lawyer for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota has left the agency, the same week an ICE attorney was removed after telling a district judge that “this job sucks” and that the Trump administration is “overwhelmed” with immigration cases. Chief Counsel Jim Stolley retired after

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — A federal grand jury indicted a 33-year-old Ohio man on Friday with threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance with an automatic weapon, the Justice Department said in a news release, as the US grapples with rising political violence and threats. Shannon Mathre of Toledo is accused of saying,

By Camila DeChalus, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg in his run for a hotly contested US House seat, according to a source familiar with the matter. Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy’s grandson and a cousin of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is planning its first meeting of the “Board of Peace” this month in Washington, according to a US official and a diplomat from an invited country, as the multinational organization tasked with resolving global conflicts faces lingering questions about its broader mission. The US sent invites

By Kylie Atwood, Tal Shalev, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier Saturday morning after completing talks with Iran on Friday. Kushner and Witkoff were invited to visit the carrier, which is part of the Lincoln Carrier Strike

By Paula Reid, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A rift between two of President Donald Trump’s favorite prosecutors came to a head at the start of the year, when Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the president’s former personal lawyer, removed MAGA firebrand Ed Martin from a key post investigating the president’s political enemies.

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Kentucky may be the last place in America where you can take on President Donald Trump as a hard-right Republican and carry a GOP voting card in Congress. At least for now. A pair of twangy Kentucky rebels – Rep. Thomas Massie and Sen. Rand Paul –

By Arit John, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — During a forum last month, Analilia Mejia was the only person running in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District who raised her hand when asked if she agreed with human rights groups that say Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza, a charge the Israeli

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A divided federal appeals court on Friday ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s policy of detaining millions of undocumented immigrants, even those who have been living in the US for decades, without the opportunity to challenge their detention, handing President Donald Trump a major win as he seeks

By Betsy Klein, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Every year, the nation’s governors convene in Washington, DC, for a friendly winter confab that includes a working meeting at the White House and a black-tie dinner hosted by the president. This year, President Donald Trump is adjusting the guest list for the long, bipartisan tradition. Democratic

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Adam Cancryn, Alayna Treene, Alejandra Jaramillo, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump refused to apologize Friday after posting and then deleting a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes in a jungle, insisting he hadn’t seen the final frames containing the

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in New York ruled Friday that the Trump administration must unfreeze more than $16 billion earmarked for a major New York infrastructure project and allow construction to continue, saying that public interest would be “harmed by a delay.” The temporary restraining order granted by US District

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. Ibrahim was unjustly imprisoned and sentenced to death in Sudan in 2014, in a case centered on her Christian faith, until she was released that same year

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The United States on Friday accused China of carrying out a secret nuclear test in 2020 as the Trump administration calls for a broader nuclear weapons agreement including both China and Russia. The allegation comes a day after the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is named on a flight manifest found among millions of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that have been released in recent months, showing that he flew in 2006 from London to New York on Epstein’s private plane. The manifest lists

By Sean Lyngaas, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — State and local election administrators’ growing suspicion of the Trump administration’s motives has triggered concerns among some federal officials that distrust of even routine moves by the FBI could hinder cooperation with states and give an opening for US adversaries trying to influence elections. An FBI official

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that the FBI has arrested a “key participant” behind the 2012 Benghazi terror attack in Benghazi, Libya. The man, Zubayar Al-Bakoush, is being charged with the murders of Ambassador Chris Stevens and State Department employee Sean Smith, as well as the attempted murder

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The head of the coordinating committee for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is facing calls to step down after emails released by the Justice Department last week show he exchanged racy messages with Ghislaine Maxwell more than 20 years ago. The messages between Casey Wasserman – who,

By Kaanita Iyer, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Police have arrested a Maryland man for attempted murder after he allegedly went to Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought’s home, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Colin Demarco was arrested on January 16 in connection to an August 10, 2025, incident in