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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — “In retrospect,” Kamala Harris writes of letting Joe and Jill Biden decide on their own whether the then-president should have tried to run for re-election, “I think it was recklessness.” That is the assessment that the former vice president makes in her forthcoming memoir of her abbreviated 2024 run,

By Dan Berman, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge late Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s unprecedented effort to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The Trump administration said Wednesday it will appeal to the DC US Circuit Court of Appeals. “President Trump has not identified anything related to Cook’s conduct or job performance

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego will soon offer a resolution to block the Pentagon from offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran and pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching a sensitive area of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will testify to Congress following her abrupt ouster last month amid a clash with US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. The Senate’s health committee announced Tuesday that

By Donald Judd, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump dined at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, Tuesday evening, his first foray to an outside eatery in the district since taking office in January. Trump has eschewed the capital’s restaurant scene since returning to Washington, choosing instead to dine

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are gearing up to consider more than a dozen bills that would further limit Washington, DC’s self-governance, impose tougher punishments and roll back criminal justice reforms in the wake of President Donald Trump’s federal crime crackdown. The House Oversight Committee will take up the bills

CNN By John Fritze, Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear arguments over President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, taking up a fast-moving appeal that deals with the centerpiece of the administration’s economic agenda. In the meantime, the tariffs will remain in place while the court hears the case. Trump is pressing

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Two Supreme Court justices – a conservative and the court’s senior liberal – appeared to shut down talk of a third term for President Donald Trump in separate appearances this week, with both suggesting that the two-term language included in the 22nd Amendment is clear. The 22nd Amendment was

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Americans’ median household income rose less than 3%, or about $2,150, during the Biden administration, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. Former President Joe Biden had to contend with the aftermath of the economic upheaval wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic and a period of soaring inflation. Median household

By Michael Williams, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Oliver North married his former secretary, Fawn Hall, on August 27 in Virginia, according to a copy of the marriage certificate

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday that he will run for reelection in 2026, seeking a second term in a deep-blue state even as the rising Democratic star sparks speculation about a potential 2028 presidential bid. “While we stand up for middle-class Marylanders, the president of the United States

By Marshall Cohen, Casey Tolan, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — One month after President Donald Trump’s administration effectively took over Washington, DC’s police department, surging federal law enforcement and troops across the capital, crime in the city is down, homeless encampments have been cleared, and hundreds of people accused of being in the US illegally

CNN By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Two of President Donald Trump’s top economic officials — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte — almost came to blows last week, two sources familiar with the altercation told CNN. Bessent threatened to punch Pulte in the face

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has appointed three Democratic members to sit on the GOP’s new panel investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol – casting the move as an effort to avoid allowing the committee to “whitewash” the violence from that day. Rep. Eric Swalwell of

By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee released a trove of records Monday evening from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, including a note bearing President Donald Trump’s name that was part of a collection of letters gifted to the late convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday. In addition to

By Ellis Kim, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday attempted to clean up earlier remarks he made claiming that President Donald Trump had been an “FBI informant” in the Jeffrey Epstein case. “What I was referring to in that long conversation was what the (Epstein) victims’ attorney said,” Johnson told

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission for now, a temporary win for the White House as it extends control over independent agencies throughout the federal government. The short-term order, known as an administrative stay, is designed

By John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday backed President Donald Trump’s push to allow immigration enforcement officials to continue what critics describe as “roving patrols” in Southern California that lower courts said likely violated the Fourth Amendment. The court did not offer an explanation for its decision, which came

By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Two of President Donald Trump’s top economic officials — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte — almost came to blows last week, two sources familiar with the altercation told CNN. Bessent threatened to punch Pulte in the face during

By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Frustrated Republicans are expected to begin as early as Monday a process to change Senate rules to allow them to quickly confirm a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees, according to a source familiar with the planning. Democrats, angry at many of Trump’s policies – such as

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched a new federal immigration enforcement effort in Massachusetts focused on deporting criminals who entered the country illegally, according to the Department of Homeland Security. “ICE launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state of Massachusetts, following

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — The eclectic Democratic field in Maine seeking to end the nearly 30-year run of Republican Sen. Susan Collins includes a brewery owner, an oyster farmer and a former congressional staffer who was in grade school when the senator was first elected. Any chance Democrats have of defying expectations and

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump posted a meme on social media Saturday saying that Chicago “will find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” as the city’s officials brace for an immigration crackdown. “I love the smell of deportations in the morning … Chicago about to find out why it’s

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals. When asked by CNN’s Victor Blackwell on Saturday if

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — As President Donald Trump tried to push candidates out of the New York City’s mayoral race, a longtime state senator called on other Democrats to put aside differences with Zohran Mamdani, who has roiled the party since his stunning win in June’s mayoral primary. “Whether you agree

By Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a multitude of options for carrying out military strikes against drug cartels operating in Venezuela, including potentially hitting targets inside the country as part of a broader strategy aimed at weakening leader Nicolas Maduro, according to multiple sources

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser privately pressed the city’s attorney general to delay a lawsuit aimed at halting President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops, according to two sources familiar with the conversation. DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb ended up filing the lawsuit anyway on Thursday. The dispute

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Amid reports the Justice Department is weighing banning transgender people from owning firearms in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church, the National Rifle Association said Friday it will oppose any blanket rule that limits Second Amendment rights. Their declaration comes after CNN and other

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Social Security Administration’s acting inspector general has opened a review of the agency’s call center wait times and its ability to deliver services to Americans. The investigation was requested by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has repeatedly voiced concerns about the agency’s performance after a Department

By John Fritze, CNN Memphis (CNN) — Justice Brett Kavanaugh appeared eager Thursday to squelch growing tension within the federal judiciary, praising a meeting of judges for their work on the “front lines of American justice” and defending the high court’s opaque emergency decisions as a product of compromise. “Keep doing what you’re doing,” Kavanaugh