National Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal from former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who sued former FBI officials over flawed government surveillance he faced during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Page, a foreign policy adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump in

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if the government may hold noncitizens in detention for prolonged periods without a bond hearing, a case that could have significant implications for the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. At the center of the dispute are two green card holders who

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — When JD Vance published his best-selling book “Hillbilly Elegy” in 2016, he had drifted away from the Christian faith of his childhood — a familiar story amid a broader national retreat from organized religion that had left church pews emptier than in previous decades. Now, Vance as vice president

By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, CNN Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) — For weeks, President Donald Trump and his advisers have looked ahead warily to this week’s Group of Seven summit in France. Overseeing a Middle East war stuck in a dangerous limbo between ceasefire and full-blown conflict, Trump risked arriving to the lakeside resort of Évian-les-Bains

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Janeese Lewis George, a Washington, DC, councilmember and leading candidate for mayor, was knocking on doors when her team got word that President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t “put up with it” if the democratic socialist wins her Tuesday primary. “Maybe we’ll take back Washington, run it on the

CNN, POOL, ABC “THIS WEEK”, @REALDONALDTRUMP, PAKISTAN MFA, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, IRIB, IRANWIRE, FARS NEWS AGENCY (CENTCOM) By Alejandra Jaramillo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Dalia Abdelwahab, Auzinea Bacon President Donald Trump announced Sunday that an agreement with Iran has been reached and that the US will end its naval blockade on the country, marking

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Abigail Roedersheimer, CNN (CNN) — Large striped tarps remained on the Kennedy Center’s exterior Sunday, prompting confusion and frustration from some visitors who arrived to the renowned arts venue to see President Donald Trump’s name removed. Stephen Caken, a New York resident visiting Washington, DC, for an internship, told CNN he

By Manu Raju, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, was admitted to the hospital Sunday morning, according to his spokesperson. “Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” spokesperson David Popp said. The statement did not address the cause of McConnell’s hospitalization or his

By Casey Gannon, Logan Schiciano, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Sunday waded into the Georgia Republican primary for Senate, endorsing Rep. Mike Collins just days before the congressman faces off against Derek Dooley in a runoff election. “Mike Collins is a true Friend, Fighter, and WARRIOR, who has been with us from the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year. In a scathing 63-page ruling on Friday, Judge Angel Kelley wrote, “Under the guise

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center has removed Donald Trump’s name from its building, its executive director said Saturday, erasing a symbolic fixture of the president’s remaking of Washington, DC. Crews placed a tarp over the signage on Friday, blocking any view of the progress made on the

By Michael Williams, Rafael Romo, CNN (CNN) — One of the top leaders of Tren de Aragua, a cartel and US-designated terrorist organization, has been killed in a US military strike, President Donald Trump said Friday. Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero, was credited with transforming a Venezuelan prison gang into a transnational

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A Justice Department probe examining whether some of the nation’s biggest banks closed accounts of defendants charged in the 2021 Capitol riot and others for political reasons had been raised to the Trump administration as a way to support it’s efforts to compensate people the president claims were victims

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has rejected a request from two Virginia residents to block President Donald Trump from hosting a UFC fight at the White House this weekend. Friday afternoon’s decision from US District Judge Amit P. Mehta came in a case brought last weekend by two people

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US’ top general made a secret, rushed visit to US Central Command headquarters in Florida late last month to be briefed in person on plans for the US military to send ground troops into Iran to forcibly seize its highly enriched uranium, the key component necessary