Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s White House spokespeople have a favorite two-step reply when reporters ask them to comment on one of the president’s false claims. First: They say, “President Trump is right.” Second: They defend some related point that isn’t the one Trump actually made. Trump’s communications team has returned to

By Riane Lumer, Alison Main, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Immigration agents will deploy to airports on Monday under the direction of border czar Tom Homan, President Donald Trump said Sunday, as talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security have yet to yield a breakthrough. Trump first threatened Saturday that if lawmakers didn’t reach

By Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN (CNN) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, speaking in JD Vance’s home state of Ohio on Saturday, tore into the vice president, questioning his Appalachian roots and telling voters they “deserve better.” The comments from Beshear — who is viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party and has been floated

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — “It’s disgusting,” says one woman in the ad. “Disqualifying,” says another. They’re shown reacting to old social media posts from Graham Platner, the Maine Democratic Senate candidate who’s been endorsed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, in a new ad from his rival, Maine Gov. Janet Mills. The

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Supreme Court case examining state deadlines for election ballots sent in the mail is just the tip of the spear in President Donald Trump’s war on mail-in voting. Trump has never let go of his unfounded beliefs that voting by mail is rife with fraud, as he has

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to US airports on Monday if an agreement isn’t reached to fund the Department of Homeland Security as Transportation Security Administration workers go without pay and travel disruptions mount. “If the Democrats do not

By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, has died. He was 81. “With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” his family said

By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of stalemate — and mounting airport delays nationwide — leaders in both parties are scrambling to work out a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, though it remains unclear if a compromise is in reach. A Friday night meeting on Capitol

By Kaanita Iyer, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Veterans’ advocates are raising concerns that a new agreement between the departments of Veterans Affairs and Justice could take away veterans’ autonomy over their health care decisions and deter them from seeking care, particularly those facing homelessness. The memorandum, announced by the departments last week, would authorize

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials are making a desperate push to secure every available barrel of oil amid a worsening energy crisis — even if it means lifting sanctions on the very country that they’re fighting against. But three weeks into war with Iran, the administration is running out of options

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of Live Nation testified Thursday that it was “disgusting” that a top ticketing employee talked about “robbing fans blind” in internal messages. CEO Michael Rapino, who has led Live Nation since 2005, parsed his answers and pushed back at times to repeated questions about rising ticket

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday voided various parts of a restrictive press policy rolled out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last year, ruling that they trampled on the constitutional rights of reporters who seek to cover the US military from within its sprawling headquarters. The ruling from senior US

By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of posting inflammatory and racist comments on a pornography website. Robinson initially denied the report and sued CNN

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly stated that the number and intensity of the strikes the US is carrying out against Iran is only increasing, data provided by the US military shows a pace of operations that has ebbed and flowed over the last three weeks. As Hegseth