Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop certain investigative actions in its hunt for noncitizen voters, writing that the department’s efforts rely on faulty data that includes US citizens legally allowed to vote. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín wrote in the order that DHS’s

By Stephen Collinson, Gloria Pazmino, Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts. The Michigan Senate debate between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers was bitterly personal and ferociously contested

CNN By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday warned Ohio Republicans not to break ranks over a controversial new ad from their gubernatorial nominee, Vivek Ramaswamy, that drew bipartisan criticism for featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent. “Politics is a tough business, and my message to my fellow

By Jason Morris, Gabe Cohen, Nicky Robertson, CNN Whitfield County, Georgia (CNN) — On his nationwide campaign swing for Republicans, President Donald Trump traveled to Dalton, the self-proclaimed “Carpet Capital of the World,” last week and revived a familiar falsehood: that Georgia’s past elections were rigged. In the rural manufacturing hub, democracy was humming. More

By Kaanita Iyer, MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against two of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest advisers, accusing them of having “facilitated and concealed” Epstein’s crimes. The advisers, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, have faced scrutiny over their ties to the late sex offender since

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The State Department is publicly warning Americans about violent crime in parts of Latin America, but privately, it has given asylum officers new assessments arguing that conditions in some of those same countries are no more dangerous than in some US cities, according to internal documents reviewed by CNN.

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from suspending hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender Americans in federal prisons, a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative high court. The court handed down a one-sentence order that did not explain the decision. “This is a

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — No law required Sen. Roger Marshall to file lawsuits against patients who had unpaid medical bills. Marshall, a Republican obstetrician-gynecologist who is in a competitive race for re-election in Kansas, has faced criticism over a New York Times report that he launched hundreds of lawsuits against patients who had

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party, riding a tide of anti-Donald Trump sentiment, enters the final stretch of the midterm campaign with a 10-point advantage over Republicans nationwide in voters’ choice in their own congressional district, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. More than three-quarters

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Two weeks before the midterm elections, liberal Justice Elena Kagan bluntly sized up the Supreme Court handling of election and voting-related cases, saying, “The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effects of their rulings on how the political system works.” The court

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump still has two weeks to salvage his Republican congressional majorities and defy expectations of a midterm wipeout. But all around him, aides and allies are bracing for what happens if he fails. Administration officials have grown increasingly convinced that steep GOP losses will trigger

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — As Kansans were waiting for President Donald Trump to arrive at his rally in Wichita this week, they were treated to a new addition to the pre-show program: footage of this weekend’s violent protests in France, most of it clipped from Fox News, aired on large screens. That the

By Patrick Svitek, Lauren Fox, CNN Wharton, Ohio (CNN) — Some leading Ohio Republicans began distancing themselves from a controversial new ad from their gubernatorial nominee, Vivek Ramaswamy, even as the president and vice president defended it. Vice President JD Vance warned Republicans on Wednesday not to break ranks over the commercial, telling them to

By Jeff Zeleny, Eric Bradner, CNN Detroit (CNN) — Abdul El-Sayed often talks about building a new and broad coalition of Michigan voters. A looming question in the state’s pivotal Senate race is whether he can keep the old one intact — particularly with the Black voters who are pivotal to any Democratic victory. The

By Tierney Sneed, Katelyn Polantz, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — One of the tensest showdowns between the Trump administration and the federal bench in Washington, DC, came to a head on Monday in a marathon court hearing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul a public golf course that has been the subject of months

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Investigators have interviewed Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the matter. It comes as the Justice Department is investigating the Democratic congresswoman, focusing on immigration fraud related to suspected false statements made on government paperwork and a potential conspiracy, CNN

By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday called on New Mexico to change its name to “New America” — the latest example of him seeking geographical name changes that fit his political agenda. “New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America. We are not Mexico, we are the United

By Patrick Svitek, CNN Woodsfield, Ohio (CNN) — Holding a town hall Saturday in the second least populous county in Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy seemed further than ever from the presidential campaign trail where he made his political debut three years ago. President Donald Trump barely came up. The war in Iran wasn’t mentioned. Instead, Ramaswamy