Month: October 2025

CNN By Kit Maher, Kristen Holmes, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Paul Ingrassia is no longer the nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, two White House officials told CNN on Tuesday, after his chances of getting through the Senate confirmation imploded following reports of racist text messages that he allegedly sent to a

By Kit Maher, Kristen Holmes, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Paul Ingrassia is no longer the nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, two White House officials told CNN on Tuesday, after his chances of getting through the Senate confirmation imploded following reports of racist text messages that he allegedly sent to a group

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “could be” seeking $230 million from his own Justice Department as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would give the money to charity. “It could be,” Trump responded when

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress – who was elected in late September – due to the government shutdown. “This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House,” Kris

By Kaanita Iyer, Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN) — Summer Kerksick waited in line for two hours Tuesday to receive a box of canned and dry goods at a food bank event for federal workers amid the ongoing government shutdown. “With my rent due next week, I can take anything I can get,” Kerksick, a federal

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has sued the US House of Representatives over Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat an Arizona member of Congress – who was elected in late September – due to the government shutdown. “This case is about whether someone duly elected to the House,” Kris Mayes

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Newark, New Jersey (CNN) — Rep. LaMonica McIver appeared in federal court Tuesday as she continues to fight a three-count indictment alleging she impeded and interfered with federal officers in a highly publicized incident at a Newark, New Jersey, ICE detention facility in May. Her attorneys have argued she’s being