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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The brother of an American scholar detained in China welcomed the news Thursday that he was declared…

By Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Scott Jennings has emerged as an early favorite for next White House press secretary, multiple…

By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — The Alaska primary on Tuesday presented us with something unusual ahead of the 2026 midterm elections: An actual…

By Kevin Liptak, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — First, Michael Cohen was Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and self-described “pit bull.” Then he…

By Allison Gordon, Pamela Brown, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at…

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Melania Trump grew up attending Formula 1 races with her father in Europe. On Thursday, America’s first lady…

By Gabe Cohen, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Former Census Bureau leaders, statisticians and voting-rights advocates are raising alarms about…

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s director of legislative affairs is expected to depart the White House in the coming…

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — State Rep. Angie Nixon’s win in the Florida Senate primary on Tuesday was the latest in a growing list of…

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The number of US service members wounded since the start of the Iran war has passed 750, according to…

By Kaanita Iyer, Francesca Giuliani Hoffman, CNN (CNN) — Jason Watson, the US service member who was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol…

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump unveiled a new White House construction project Wednesday, issuing an impromptu invitation…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he intends to meet later this year with Kim Jong Un, claiming he gets along…

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center plans to add President Donald Trump’s name back to the front of its building in early…

By Allison Gordon, Pamela Brown, CNN (CNN) — A woman has told the House Ethics Committee that Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez sexually harassed and…

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had urged GOP Rep. Cory Mills to drop out of…

By Katelyn Polantz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said in a court filing that its senior leadership wasn’t involved in…

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — As Florida voters prepare to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republicans on Tuesday chose a close ally of…

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Interim GOP Sen. Darline Graham declined to answer a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea during a…

By Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Natalie Harp wouldn’t take no for an answer. It was October 2023, and Donald Trump was due at a…

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — For weeks, President Donald Trump has tried willing positive developments with Iran into existence,…

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US Justice Department on Tuesday charged eight Iranians for their alleged roles in a years-long hacking…

By Associated Press (CNN) — More governors are shifting their stances or taking steps to squeeze data centers as the midterm elections near and…

By Arlette Saenz, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Jon Ossoff stood next to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday and delivered the kind of…

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio targeted two top International Criminal Court officials with new sanctions…

By Michael Williams, Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end…

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from abandoning a Biden-era plan to relocate the FBI…

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — Some Republicans are growing impatient with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as it stretches to nearly six…

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Florida Republicans are set to choose their nominee in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis on…

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump told a story about South Korea on Monday. Every single part of it is false. Trump has…

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The House Ethics Committee announced on Monday that it is investigating Democratic Rep. Jimmy Gomez over…

By Betsy Klein, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — A key Democratic lawmaker and potential 2028 contender’s jab at a close aide to President…

By Kristen Holmes, Adam Cancryn, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing relying again on a rotating cast of Cabinet…

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday turned away President Donald Trump’s longshot effort to deny a $5.6 million payment…

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday declined to commit to always acting independently of the White House,…

By Julia Benbrook, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, an increasingly sharp critic of President Donald Trump, on Sunday…

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — Democrats on Saturday adopted a 2028 presidential primary schedule that moves states with…

By Alayna Treene, Adam Cancryn, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has finally given the green light to pour millions of dollars…

By Davis Winkie, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The USS Abraham Lincoln is in the midst of a record-setting deployment, kept out of…

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump, surrounded by his top law enforcement officials, touted Friday the significant drop in…

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has directed the US Navy to scrap the modern electromagnetic launch system on an upcoming…

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed claims that families of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln…

By Devan Cole, Tierney Sneed, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to build a ballroom at…

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — After years of battling fellow Republicans and helping lead the culture wars in Texas, Ken Paxton is campaigning…

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Confusion has ensued after the Justice Department decided to, at least for now, not challenge a federal court ruling…

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge gave a chilling warning to Justice Department lawyers fighting the further releases of…

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is enlisting private companies to conduct cyberattacks on foreign cybercriminals in a…

By Kit Maher, Holmes Lybrand, Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A woman has been arrested and charged for vandalizing the World War II memorial in…

By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump walked onstage at the end of last month’s NATO…

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board of the Kennedy Center has voted a second time to close the…