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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A former congressional staffer has been charged for allegedly staging her own violent assault, for which she paid someone $500 to slice dozens of cuts into her body, according to prosecutors. Natalie Greene, who once worked for GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, according to his office, is now facing

By Jamie Gangel, Michael Williams, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Political figures from across the aisle gathered Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics. The funeral, which was attended by two former presidents and all living former vice presidents, was a

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The son of a United States citizen held in Saudi Arabia for criticizing the Saudi government said Wednesday the Trump administration secured his father’s release and thanked US officials for helping bring him home. “They really delivered when it comes to my father’s situation. I understand Saudi Arabia

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to host New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Friday in the Oval Office, the first face-to-face meeting for the two politicians since Mamdani was elected earlier this month. “Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a

By Ellis Kim, Alison Main, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The House on Wednesday unanimously moved to repeal a controversial provision in the government funding law that allows senators to sue the Justice Department for up to $500,000 when their phone records are seized without their knowledge. The provision, included in

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday issued an extraordinary broadside against his two colleagues over their decision to publish their opinion in a major redistricting case in Texas before he had a chance to finish writing his dissent, saying they had lost “any pretense of judicial restraint, good faith, or