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By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Xavier Becerra’s rise in the California gubernatorial race was made clear in a recent debate when a rival went after him. “Mr. Becerra, you have all these lovely plans, but there are never any numbers, any revenue plan, any details, anything that pushes on the status quo,” former Rep.

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled the Pentagon can require escorts for journalists inside the building while litigation over the Defense Department’s restrictive press policy continues. In a 2-1 ruling, the panel found the Pentagon is likely to succeed in arguing its new escort policy is valid,

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that he and Kid Rock went “for a ride” Monday with US Army Apache helicopter pilots — less than a month after the military sparked criticism when Army pilots flew Apaches over the entertainer’s Nashville-area home. “Kid Rock is a patriot and huge supporter

By Kaanita Iyer, Jack Clifton, CNN (CNN) — Seven candidates have qualified to participate in CNN’s California gubernatorial primary debate on May 5. Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, along with Democrats Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer and Antonio Villaraigosa, are eligible to take part in the debate, which will take place

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Dalia Abdelwahab, Morgan Leason, Maureen Chowdhury, Gillian Roberts, CNN (CNN) — White House and Department of Homeland Security leaders will meet this week to discuss security procedures around events involving President Donald Trump after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The incident has raised security questions, including over the

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — No sooner had a gunman tried to storm the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place Saturday night, than social media was awash with conspiracy theories about what was still unfolding in real time. From the collapse of the Francis Scott Key

By Betsy Klein, Kevin Liptak, CNN Politics (CNN) – Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president among other charges. The 31-year-old made his first appearance in federal court on Monday. Investigators are examining a message alleged to be from the suspect.

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Top Republicans on Capitol Hill have spent 10 weeks struggling to end the bitter stalemate over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Now, as federal workers — including US Secret Service agents who protected the president in this weekend’s shooting in Washington — prepare to miss

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Monday for ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel after he jokingly called first lady Melania Trump an “expectant widow” during a White House Correspondents’ Dinner skit on his show last week. Hours earlier, Melania Trump had implied Kimmel should lose his job

By Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — The Republicans who control Florida’s Legislature on Tuesday will take up a new map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to give the GOP an edge in four seats now held by Democrats – in what is likely the final maneuver in the coast-to-coast redistricting battle

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the US Department of Labor is empowered to enforce working conditions for foreign farm laborers, delving into an immigration program that the Trump administration is attempting to expand. At the center of the case is a dispute between a New Jersey

By Sarah Owermohle, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When a group of mothers and wellness influencers, including surgeon general nominee Casey Means, was asked to go to the White House this month, some of them assumed a few staffers would hear their grievances about the health risks of weedkillers. Instead, it turned into a two-hour

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — “A bad noise.” That was first lady Melania Trump’s first reaction, according to her husband, to hearing gunshots outside the ballroom where she and President Donald Trump were seated onstage for Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. She straightened, eyes ahead, as law enforcement rushed toward the dias, then crouched

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When an investigation into a Virginia bank robbery went cold a few years back, local police turned to Google. Authorities served the tech giant with a “geofence warrant,” which required the company to parse location data on millions of people to find a handful whose cellphones pegged them within

CNN, KCBS, KCAL, KABC, WJLA, OBTAINED BY CNN, KCBS/KCAL By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The suspected gunman who charged past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has renewed questions about Secret Service protocols and whether there should be changes to the already tight cordon at the annual

CNN, POOL, CBS, OBTAINED BY CNN, TRUTHSOCIAL, @REALDONALDTRUMP, TruthSocial/@realDonaldTrump By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The suspected gunman who charged past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has renewed questions about Secret Service protocols and whether there should be changes to the already tight cordon at the annual

By Evan Perez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The suspected gunman who charged past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday has renewed questions about Secret Service protocols and whether there should be changes to the already tight cordon at the annual star-studded event. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, appearing on

By Renée Rigdon, Gillian Roberts, Kevin Liptak, Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, CNN (CNN) — A suspected gunman was apprehended Saturday after blowing past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton just as events were getting underway for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, first lady Melania Trump and many Cabinet

By Eric Bradner, CNN Rockville, Indiana (CNN) — Five months ago, Indiana Republican legislators withstood pressure from President Donald Trump and rejected his urgent political demands. Now there are signs here on the ground that GOP voters may be poised to do the same. Trump and his allies are out for revenge in the Hoosier

By Jeremy Herb, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were seated on the stage of the cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom just after 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday evening, playfully engaging with the evening’s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman. Just outside, a man sprinted through a security checkpoint with a shotgun