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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — First Daniel Biss wants to win his primary for an open US House seat in the north Chicago suburbs on Tuesday. Then he has the makings of a plan: Tell as many other Democratic candidates as he can that they could beat AIPAC too. The grandson of Holocaust survivors

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy in February 2025 weighed possible political peril against a long career in medicine, ultimately casting the critical vote to confirm known vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy as the president’s Health and Human Services secretary. But the choice hasn’t guaranteed the senator’s political future.

By Hanna Park, Aleena Fayaz, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major overseeing flight training for dozens of airmen, and a young boom operator remembered for his “million-dollar smile” were among six US Air Force airmen killed when an aircraft crashed in

By Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — The White House is planning to build a sprawling 33,000-square-foot underground security screening facility for visitors, part of a larger renovation effort in President Donald Trump’s makeover of the campus. The new seven-lane entrance would require visitors and tour groups to pass under a nearby park before accessing the

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A slew of documents related to President Donald Trump’s efforts to close and extensively renovate the Kennedy Center must be turned over to a Democratic congresswoman who sits on the center’s board ahead of a Monday vote on the president’s plan, a federal judge ruled Saturday. US

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Kat Abughazaleh started off a recent debate in her Illinois Democratic primary with a correction for the moderator: She sees herself as a researcher and journalist, not an “influencer.” “My specialty was actually fighting the far right,” she said of her previous work. “Everyone that runs our country now

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s dignified transfer honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.” The email, sent by Never Surrender, Inc., promotes what it calls a “National

By Sunlen Serfaty, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is replacing Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center, he announced on Friday. Trump posted on Truth Social that Grenell would be replaced by Matt Floca, the arts center’s current vice president of facilities operations. The move comes as the arts and culture

By Tierney Sneed, Jake Tapper, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to court documents unsealed Friday. The ruling is a major blow to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates, and an

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department charged a man Friday whom they say sold the gun used in the Old Dominion University shooting, and the charging documents reveal new details about the Virginia attack. Kenya Mcchell Chapman was arrested Friday in connection to his sale of a pistol to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh,

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans released an online ad this week in which a real-looking but fake version of a Democratic candidate, fabricated with artificial intelligence, appears to speak directly into the camera for more than a minute. The National Republican Senatorial Committee’s deepfake of James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump disputed a recent report that he has bought members of his Cabinet dress shoes but then offered detailed thinking on why he has replaced top officials’ footwear, saying he doesn’t want his Cabinet sporting sneakers. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Trump has

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As deadly tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Plains last weekend, state and local search-and-rescue crews rushed to the devastated areas to look for survivors. It wasn’t until the teams deployed that they realized they were operating without a critical tornado-tracking tool typically provided by FEMA. That left responders

By Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is planning soon to hold the first public oversight hearing of the Iran war with top US Department of Defense officials testifying, CNN has learned. Details on when and who will appear have not yet been finalized. Asked if he expects Defense Secretary

By Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon and National Security Council significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US military strikes while planning the ongoing operation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump’s national security team failed to

By Isabelle Khurshudyan, CNN (CNN) — Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures that added up to a record $93 billion price tag for the month, according to new