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By Kaitlan Collins, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he offered the White House press secretary job to Dana White, but a source familiar with the matter says the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO declined the unorthodox idea. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Schumer is confident he’ll continue leading Senate Democrats after they captured the chamber’s majority in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Not all Democrats are so sure. During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan —

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Saturday said she intends to appoint a former US attorney to investigate whether government lawyers committed “ethical violations” in the heated, protracted legal case surrounding President Donald Trump’s desired renovation of a Washington, DC, golf course — adding another chapter to the Trump administration’s battles

By Joan Biskupic, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court first agreed to hear the case that launched the justices’ current trajectory protecting the free exercise of religion in January 2016. But after Justice Antonin Scalia suddenly died the next month, creating a possible 4-4 split, the court postponed the hearing for 15 months, past the presidential

By Adam Cancryn, Priscilla Alvarez, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump responded to this week’s GOP drubbing by initially suggesting that he might soften his approach, expressing openness to collaborating with Democrats. But after growing increasingly agitated by the midterm results, Trump abruptly changed course, replacing chief of staff Susie Wiles with longtime

By John King, CNN (CNN) — Fear was the word Daisy Alcazar used most during an October visit CNN’s All Over the Map made to her ice cream shop near the US-Mexico border in South Texas. Hope is what she voices most now, when she can stop crying tears of joy. “Texas has turned BLUE!”

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — As the dust settled on Election Night, Democratic operatives working to elect James Talarico were surprised by the breadth of his victory across Texas’ 254 counties. But even then, one area stood out. Kaufman County, southeast of Dallas, is the site of two massive data center projects that have

By Davis Winkie, CNN (CNN) — A group of American diplomats was riding in an Israeli helicopter in early 1960 when one of them spotted a construction site rising out of the Negev desert about 20 miles west of the Dead Sea. The US official pointed and asked the party’s Israeli escort, Addy Cohen from

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service arrested a man near the White House Thursday who allegedly had several guns in a stolen car and was threatening to kill President Donald Trump. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service agents noticed Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos – a Venezuela national

By Curt Devine, CNN Palmer, Alaska (CNN) — Days before the midterms, federal prosecutors ordered Gerald Heikes, a longshot Senate hopeful in Alaska, to appear before a grand jury with any records he has related to political groups and other candidates in the race, according to documents reviewed by CNN. The subpoena was sent as

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, is departing her role days after catastrophic Republican midterm losses. She will be replaced by Stephen Miller, a longtime aide to President Donald Trump who orchestrated his hardline immigration agenda. The move is the

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump dangled the promise of $5,000 checks to every American adult before the midterm elections, with a key stipulation: Republicans had to win. And it wasn’t the only such promise he made, all tied to Republican wins and several in states critical to Senate control. During his

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe,” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday – but the proposal has few details and left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a very big. It’s going to

CNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe,” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday – but the proposal has few details and left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a very big. It’s going to

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Three high-profile officials have resigned from the Justice Department in the days since the midterms, including Jason Reding Quiñones, the senior federal prosecutor who led a sprawling investigation into President Donald Trump’s political foes. Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has promised a new security deal for Ukraine that “might involve all of Europe” after meeting a top Russian envoy on Thursday, but the proposal offers few details and has left European capitals puzzled. “It’s going to be a big agreement…It’s going to involve more

By Sunlen Serfaty, Isabelle Khurshudyan, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch for 14 days after a final vote approving the structure passed late Thursday despite fierce opposition from citizens who voiced concern during a marathon public hearing. The National Capital Planning Commission, one of two federal

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump hosted representatives from the highest levels of Russia’s and Ukraine’s governments at the White House on Thursday to celebrate the conclusion of a localized ceasefire — a humanitarian breakthrough, albeit limited, that came as President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war have so

CNN By Fredreka Schouten, Annie Grayer, Tierney Sneed, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — National party operatives, lawyers, grassroots activists and content creators are descending on Mississippi to observe the vetting of thousands of provisional ballots in the coming days and to gear up for possible legal challenges over the final results. Mississippi, a state not