National Politics

By Adam Cancryn, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings in the event of a government shutdown – an apparent threat by the Trump administration amid a standoff with congressional Democrats over federal funding. The directive, outlined in an Office of Management

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Top congressional Republicans and White House allies are working behind the scenes to prevent a politically charged floor vote to release the government’s Jeffrey Epstein case files next month, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. The intensifying effort to halt that floor vote

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is demanding an investigation following what he described as a “triple sabotage” during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, taking to social media to claim that a series of technical mishaps, involving a stopped escalator, a teleprompter failure and audio issues, were

By Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — The National Park Service before dawn on Wednesday removed a statue titled “Best Friends Forever” of President Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein holding hands – only a day after it was erected on the National Mall. Patrick, an organizer from “The Secret Handshake” group that placed it, who

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House. “The Presidential Walk of Fame has arrived on the West Wing Colonnade,” special assistant to the president and communications adviser Margo Martin wrote in a post

By Elex Michaelson, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” “Well, I’m not surprised that he said that,” Schwarzenegger told

CNN By Elex Michaelson, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks at the UN General Assembly that the scientific consensus about climate change was a “scam” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” “Well, I’m not surprised that he said that,” Schwarzenegger

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Budowich, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff overseeing communications, will leave the administration later this month for a new job, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. His imminent exit makes him the highest-profile staffer to leave the White House in Trump’s second term, which is

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is in New York for the start of her book tour, but she also took care of a little political business while in town: fielding a call on Wednesday afternoon from Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City. The call, according to two

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Podcaster Theo Von called out the Department of Homeland Security for using footage of him to tout deportations in a video that since appears to have been removed from DHS’ account on the social media platform X. The 31-second video, posted on DHS’ account on Tuesday, featured Von saying,

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors are preparing to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey on perjury charges, but have just days to make a final decision, according to people familiar with the investigation. The investigation, run by federal prosecutors at the

By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration proposed a 21-point peace plan to end the war in Gaza to Arab leaders on Tuesday, which led to an exchange of ideas among the leaders over how to agree on a final proposal that could potentially drive an end the conflict,

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said two high-level Justice Department employees may have violated her order limiting public opinions about the prosecution of accused killer Luigi Mangione by reposting President Donald Trump’s statements about the case on X. Judge Margaret Garnett ordered the Justice Department to respond by the end of

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House. “The Presidential Walk of Fame has arrived on the West Wing Colonnade,” special assistant to the president and communications adviser Margo Martin wrote in a post on

By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A top Justice Department official has retracted a letter he sent to an FBI agent who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that suggested the agent was being investigated in relation to a defamation lawsuit against Alex Jones. In a letter to William

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Federal investigators seized multiple documents labeled “secret,” “confidential,” and “classified,” including some about weapons of mass destruction, during the late August search of the office of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, according to newly released court records that are part of an investigation into whether