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Sen. Ruben Gallego visits the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines

The 2025 campaign trail becomes popular stop for Democrats with eyes on 2028

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The 2025 campaign trail has become a popular stop for potential 2028 presidential hopefuls looking to help the Democratic Party’s candidates for governor. Pete Buttigieg joined Democratic nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey Thursday morning to criticize President Donald Trump’s threats to cancel a major commuter rail project

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Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden speak to the media on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires at the White House on January 9.

Kamala Harris opens up about ‘complicated’ relationship with Biden, including when he ‘greatly disappointed’ her

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in an interview out Thursday, said a frustrating phone call with Joe Biden ahead of her debate with Donald Trump showed her that the former president wasn’t focused on her success – citing it as an example of why she has a “complicated” relationship

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Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone

Caribbean islands reel from Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact as storm heads north

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Rescue efforts are underway across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa tore through the region as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in more than 150 years. Torrential downpours and forceful winds have already unleashed widespread destruction along the storm’s path in Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas. Melissa lashed

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Nurses at Desert Regional in Palm Springs strike, protesting for better patient care and staffing

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs joined their colleagues at five other Tenet-operated hospitals in the state on Thursday for a one-day strike to protest what they call a refusal by ownership to improve patient care and staffing.   Nurses began striking at 7:00 a.m. Thursday and

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John Boehner Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Boehner, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1949 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: John Andrew Boehner Father: Earl Henry Boehner, bar owner Mother: Mary Ann (Hall) Boehner Marriage: Debbie (Gunlack) Boehner (1973-present) Children:

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King Charles III Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1948 Birthplace: Buckingham Palace, London, England Birth name: Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor Father: Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh Mother: Queen Elizabeth II Marriages: Camilla

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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he walks to Marine One in Washington

Trump instructs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons ‘on an equal basis’ with Russia and China

CNN By Simone McCarthy, Brad Lendon, Betsy Klein, CNN Beijing/Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to begin testing US nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, heralding a potentially major shift in decades of US policy at a time of growing tensions between the world’s nuclear-armed superpowers.

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‘The stress is just always there,’ as thousands of FAA workers go without paycheck

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — For certain workers at the Federal Aviation Administration, the government shutdown hit hardest this week with a $0 paycheck. It’s “disheartening,” to not be paid by an employer, said Cleverson Schmidt, a radar technician based in Washington, DC. “I’m trying to stay level, and I’m praying I don’t

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Both Democratic and GOP-led states are starting to rebel against the national redistricting push

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — National political leaders are making frantic, last-ditch efforts in multiple states to redraw more US House districts ahead of next year’s midterms. But their ambitions face big political and procedural obstacles and in some cases, open rebellion from state lawmakers pushing back against pressure from the top leaders in

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