National Politics

By John King, CNN Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN) — Angela Lang is about to send her canvassing teams door knocking. But first, a moment to outline the stakes: “Fair maps, abortion, voting rights,” is Lang’s list. “It’s not a seat we can afford to lose because if Republicans and conservatives gain control of the court, that’s

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department officials told a federal judge on Monday that the Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to avoid giving him information about deportation flights from earlier this month that are at the center of a legal dispute over whether the government flouted his judicial commands.

By Alejandra Jaramillo and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday announced the appointment of his one-time personal lawyer, Alina Habba, as interim US attorney for the district of New Jersey “effective immediately.” Habba is currently serving as counselor to the president. “It is with great pleasure that I am announcing Alina

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department pressed a federal appeals court on Monday to lift a judge’s temporary block against President Donald Trump’s use of a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The nearly hour-long hearing before the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals was the

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department pressed a federal appeals court on Monday to lift a judge’s temporary block against President Donald Trump’s use of a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The nearly hour-long hearing before the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals was

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana. Personal Birth date: April 7, 1949 Birth place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania Birth name: Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. Father: Mitchell Daniels Sr., drug company salesman Mother: Dorothy Mae (Wilkes) Daniels Marriage: Cheri (Herman) Daniels (1997-present and May 20, 1978-1994, divorced) Children:

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Michael Dukakis, three-term governor of Massachusetts. Personal Birth date: November 3, 1933 Birth place: Brookline, Massachusetts Birth name: Michael Stanley Dukakis Father: Panos Dukakis, an obstetrician Mother: Euterpe (Boukis) Dukakis, a teacher Marriage: Katharine “Kitty” (Dickson) Dukakis (June 20, 1963-March 21, 2025, her

CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials reacted with shock— and in many cases, horror — to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely highly

By Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — US officials reacted with shock— and in many cases, horror — to revelations in The Atlantic that top members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet sent detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put on hold a federal judge’s ruling reinstating thousands of probationary federal employees who were fired as part of the government’s efforts to quickly downsize its workforce. The emergency appeal is the administration’s latest attempt to get the nation’s

By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — When the House of Representatives was sworn in on January 3, Brittany Pettersen was pushing her luck in being there. The Colorado Democrat was just three weeks away from giving birth to her son, Sam, which she wanted to do in her congressional district with her

CNN By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — When the House of Representatives was sworn in on January 3, Brittany Pettersen was pushing her luck in being there. The Colorado Democrat was just three weeks away from giving birth to her son, Sam, which she wanted to do in her congressional district with

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a long-shot appeal from a group of minors who have for years been attempting to force the federal government to address climate change. Filed by 21 children and teenagers in 2015, the lawsuit alleged that the federal government’s energy policies

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court grappled Monday with a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts during an oral argument in which several of the court’s conservatives questioned whether the state had violated the Constitution because of its focus on race. Several of those justices signaled they are prepared to

CNN By Evan Perez and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As part of the deportation flights of alleged terrorists at the center of a legal and political storm, the US quietly dropped charges against a key alleged MS-13 leader and returned him to the pro-Trump leader of El Salvador. César Humberto López-Larios, an alleged top

By Evan Perez and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As part of the deportation flights of alleged terrorists at the center of a legal and political storm, the US quietly dropped charges against a key alleged MS-13 leader and returned him to the pro-Trump leader of El Salvador. César Humberto López-Larios, an alleged top leader

By Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — Former US Rep. Mia Love, the first Black woman elected to Congress as a Republican, passed away following a fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family announced on X Sunday night. Love, who was 49, represented Utah’s 4th Congressional District from 2015-2019. “With grateful hearts filled

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The IRS is close to finalizing an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to help locate migrants suspected of being in the US illegally, a person familiar with the matter said, as President Donald Trump continues his hardline deportation push. The agreement would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When schools in Kentucky closed for several days last month due to severe flooding, students suddenly began showing up at the Bullitt County Public Library. They had come for the internet. To pay for those high-speed connections that some students lacked at home, the county library – like many