National Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts pushed back on President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric against the federal judiciary on Tuesday in a highly unusual statement that appeared to be aimed at the president’s call to impeach judges who rule against him. “For more than two centuries, it has been established that

By Kayla Tausche and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was adamant: The US is not headed toward recession. “Donald Trump is bringing growth to America. I would never bet on recession. No chance,” Lutnick said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” one of dozens of TV appearances he’s made in touting the

By Jennifer Hansler and Harlan Schmidt, CNN Washington (CNN) — Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency, accompanied by DC police officers, gained access to the US Institute of Peace Monday after being turned away last week. The dramatic escalation follows the Trump administration’s Friday gutting of the organization’s board and tees up another court

By Kit Maher and Donald Judd, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his visit on Monday to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to criticize the venue of which he’s now the chairman, claiming that it’s ripe for an overhaul, just like the country he now leads. “It’s in

By Tami Luhby, Ella Nilsen, Marshall Cohen, Rene Marsh and Linda Gaudino, CNN (CNN) — Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the decision – but placing the employees on paid administrative leave. Workers at

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 19, 1982 Birth place: South Bend, Indiana Birth name: Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg Father: Joseph A. Buttigieg, an English professor Mother: Anne

By Marshall Cohen, Alexandra Skores and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations, for now. Here’s a

By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond. Any decision by the administration to defy federal courts would immediately

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Alexandra Skores and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations, for now. Here’s

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Negotiators working to end the Russia-Ukraine war have already discussed “dividing up certain assets,” US President Donald Trump said Sunday as he announced he planned to speak to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Trump’s comments come after he announced last week that Ukraine had accepted a US-proposed 30-day

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law previously used when the US was at war. The law has been invoked three times before — most recently as a justification for some internments during World War II. This time, Trump says

By Alison Main, Michael Rios, Kevin Liptak and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of mostly Venezuelan alleged gang members were deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday, with the Trump administration invoking wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move. In the latest

By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a series of satellite training missions conducted by both countries in recent months as growing evidence of an effort to weaponize outer space. As recently as last week, Russian satellites

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up to

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Donald Trump works to dramatically reshape the federal government, he is also in the middle of transforming another historic aspect of the presidency: the Oval Office. Nearly eight weeks since returning to office, Trump has tripled the number of paintings hanging

By Devan Cole and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ability to use a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport some migrants whom the US has accused of being affiliated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The judge also ordered any planes in the air carrying some