National Politics

By Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security’s oversight arm opened an investigation into the controversial arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil only days before officials working for that office were placed on administrative leave, according to a whistleblower disclosure exclusively obtained by CNN. It’s an example, according to

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane preparations at Federal Emergency Management Agency have slowed to a crawl, and the disaster relief agency “is not ready” for the June 1 start to the season, according to an internal agency review obtained by CNN. Prepared at the direction of new acting Administrator David Richardson as part

By Arit John and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are leaning into a corruption argument against President Donald Trump, pointing to his crypto meme coin and plans to accept a luxury jet from Qatar as evidence that the president is potentially violating ethical norms and the US Constitution. In floor speeches and interviews, on

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Many taxpayers could see even more money in their pockets in coming years under a sweeping tax and spending cuts package that House Republicans hope to finalize before Memorial Day. The tax portion of the legislation, which the House Ways and Means Committee approved on Wednesday, makes permanent essentially

CNN By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The Qatari prime minister and minister of foreign affairs dismissed controversy surrounding President Donald Trump’s plan to accept from his country a Boeing 747-8 to be used initially as Air Force One, telling CNN it’s simply a “government-to-government transaction,” not a personal gift to Trump. “This is a

CNN By Jeff Zeleny, Betsy Klein and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — No, President Donald Trump is not going to Turkey to personally mediate Ukraine-Russia peace talks. For days, Trump repeatedly stirred speculation that he might upend his Middle East travel schedule – one his team meticulously crafted for weeks — to join

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits challenging election policies that allegedly discriminate based on race in several states, a major blow to the civil rights law that has long been under conservative attack. The ruling, which

CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Some members of former President Joe Biden’s Cabinet did not believe that he could be relied upon to perform at 2 a.m. during an emergency by the final year of his presidency, according to a new book from CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson. Several secretaries told

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A former member of the Michigan Army National Guard has been arrested after he allegedly tried to carry out a plan to conduct a mass shooting at a US military base in Michigan on behalf of the ISIS terrorist organization, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19,

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s internal legal advisers cleared a memo signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi endorsing the legality of President Donald Trump accepting a 747-8 luxury jet from Qatar, a DOJ official said Wednesday. The Office of Legal Counsel approved the memo before Bondi signed it and sent it

By Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A key federal prosecutor in the classified documents case against President Donald Trump declined to answer questions during a House Judiciary Committee deposition Wednesday, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as a spokesperson suggested the government had been weaponized against him. Jay Bratt is a former Justice