Politics

By Sunlen Serfaty, Betsy Klein, Devan Cole, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center, but inside the renowned performing arts venue, a difficult financial picture is forcing tough choices. A federal judge is demanding the center continue to operate during renovations. But plummeting

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is rebuffing a judge’s request that it supply a court declaration from senior administration officials that would confirm that the so-called anti-weaponization fund is not moving forward. In a new court filing Friday, the Justice Department said that the declarations were “unnecessary” and that the judge’s

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The wood paneling on the new presidential aircraft is the highest quality, President Donald Trump says. The flag on the tail is waving just right. The colors, no longer robin’s egg-blue, are a “much better” and “more appropriate look.” Unveiling “the world’s most luxurious plane,” as he called it

By Jennifer Hansler, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump deepened his feud with Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, doubling down on claims that she insisted on a photo with him at the G7 summit in France this week. “Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked, over and over,

By Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. will return to the House on June 30, a spokesperson told The New York Times, which would mark an end to the New Jersey congressman’s mysterious, three-month long absence from Capitol Hill. “As the congressman has previously stated, upon his return he will be

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance jumped at the chance to be the face of a peace agreement designed to end months of unpopular war with Iran, a significant risk given the administration had spent months trying to get Tehran to fold with little success. The last week has

By Kristen Holmes, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he could assess whether to fire

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — For more than a half century, the Supreme Court was anchored by a series of conservative centrists who controlled the most anticipated end-of-term rulings in June, pragmatic justices like Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy. O’Connor, a former state senator with keen political instincts, also created

By Haley Britzky, Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — After an early Thursday morning landing near Washington, two White House officials posted social media farewells to the heavily modified Boeing 747-200, which has flown as Air Force One since 1990, as the first of three planes being modified for the role is set to

By Abigail Roedersheimer, Michael Williams, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by President Donald Trump. On Thursday at the National Mall, CNN observed a

By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — As key Republicans on Capitol Hill first learned the details of President Donald Trump’s agreement with Iran, some were so stunned that they simply wouldn’t speak about it. But within 24 hours, a significant bloc of GOP senators has begun openly

By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview in March with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for their new book, he showed them a document arguing he was more powerful than some of the most feared and treacherous leaders in history —

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama on Thursday is getting what he wanted for so long: his words carved into stone, a monument to his presidency entering the Chicago skyline. Walking through his $850 million, multiuse presidential center the past few months, Obama went down the slide in the playground

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — As Barack Obama opens his presidential center, he does so as by far the most popular living president. Obama is viewed positively by 57% of Americans, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, far surpassing the ratings for his two Oval Office successors. Only 34% of the public