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By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — We don’t yet know how the 2026 midterm elections will shake out. What we can say right now is that President Donald Trump’s handling of inflation is a historic liability — the likes of which we’ve rarely seen in modern American politics. As many as 8 in 10 Americans

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed charges against David Hearn, the former US Olympian initially accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, with prejudice, citing President Donald Trump’s comments to ensure charges cannot be brought in the future. The judge found Hearn faced threats of a

By Priscilla Alvarez, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will only be allowed to conduct vehicle stops if they have completed related training courses and must ensure that vehicles used for stops are equipped with lights and sirens, according to new internal guidance reviewed by CNN. The memo, which a senior

By Kit Maher, Betsy Klein, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said this week that he doesn’t think there will be peace with Iran in a sit-down interview that comes a little over a month before Republicans face a key test on Americans’ faith in their leadership. The interview with TIME Magazine, which

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review President Donald Trump’s policy of imposing mandatory detention without bond hearings for people who entered the country illegally, taking up one of the administration’s most aggressive and controversial moves to crack down on immigration. By granting an appeal on the Immigrations and

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Suspected Chinese hackers impersonated an Anthropic employee and ex-US officials in an espionage campaign aimed at gaining insights into American AI developments, a US cybersecurity firm said Thursday. The hackers targeted the email accounts of experts in AI export controls and the military applications of AI, among other topics,

By Ethan Cohen, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Election Day is still a month away, but more than 700,000 Americans have already voted across at least 30 states. There are signs emerging of the advantage Democrats have in motivating their voters – a trend that’s played out in polling all summer long. In several states

By Sarah Ferris, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Bernie Sanders has spent the last decade growing his political movement by muscling left-wing hopefuls through Democrat-on-Democrat primary fights across the country. Now for the first time, Sanders’ handpicked candidates are battling it out in some of the toughest – and most expensive – races of the