Politics

By Annie Grayer, Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The House Oversight Committee released videos Tuesday of closed-door depositions with two men in Jeffrey Epstein’s inner circle as part of its probe into the late convicted sex offender. Darren Indyke, a longtime Epstein employee and attorney, and Richard Kahn, Epstein’s longtime accountant, appeared before the committee

CNN By Molly English, Randi Kaye, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Emily Gregory will win a special state House election in a Palm Beach district that includes President Donald Trump’s Florida home of Mar-a-Lago, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, adding another special election win to a recent string of victories around the country for Democrats. Tuesday’s election

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The House Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to give federal prosecutors classified records related to John Brennan, according to a committee spokesperson, signaling the Justice Department’s investigation into the former CIA director may be heading towards possible charges. The committee held the vote behind closed doors, a source said, and

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina State Senate leader Phil Berger on Tuesday conceded his primary race to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, a political earthquake that took down arguably the most powerful politician in a pivotal swing state. A full machine recount last week held Page’s narrow 23-vote lead in the March

By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 1,000 US soldiers with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are expecting to deploy in coming days to the Middle East, according to two sources familiar with the matter, adding to the growing military firepower in the region as the Trump administration says it is in talks

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is pushing for new restrictions on mail-in voting. To sell his proposal, he is telling lies. Trump has been making false claims about mail-in voting since the 2020 campaign that was held amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, as he asks Congress to pass a bill that

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he regretted using the word “apartheid” to describe the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians, though he warned “that’s a word you may hear others use” if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for territorial gains. Newsom made the initial remark during a live appearance

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told senators during his confirmation hearing that he wanted to keep the department out of the headlines. That won’t be easy. The Department of Homeland Security is charged with one of President Donald Trump’s key domestic priorities: cracking down on immigration. Mullin,

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A US citizen imprisoned in Afghanistan for more than a year has been released, two US officials told CNN on Tuesday, weeks after the Trump administration declared the country a state sponsor of wrongful detention. Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old academic, was detained by the Taliban in Kabul in January

By Molly English, Randi Kaye, CNN Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President Donald Trump voted in Tuesday’s Florida state House special election by mail even as he suggested on Monday that “mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.” “You know, brought to my attention today that we’re the only country that does mail-in voting,” Trump said at

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court spent more than an hour Tuesday debating what “arrives in” the US means, with justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum appearing torn over whether a cryptic provision of federal immigration law could thwart President Donald Trump’s desire to revive a controversial asylum policy. Does

By Sunlen Serfaty, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The new director of the Kennedy Center is a young, well-liked facilities manager who most recently was “in charge of HVAC and toilets” — as one former colleague put it — at the renowned performing arts institution. Moments after the Kennedy Center board voted to rename the

By Molly English, Randi Kaye, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Emily Gregory will win a special state House election in a Palm Beach district that includes President Donald Trump’s Florida home of Mar-a-Lago, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, adding another special election win to a recent string of victories around the country for Democrats. Tuesday’s election was

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to limit mail-in ballots, a move that would reinforce the justices’ pattern of shrinking voter protections and that has, at bottom, favored Republican interests and the Trump administration. And at a time when some justices publicly minimize their internal