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By Adam Cancryn, Lauren Fox, Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — The Republican Party’s midterm campaign has turned into a triage operation just three weeks out from November, as officials race to avert losses in a string of once-safe seats that they increasingly fear could cost them total control of Congress. The worsening landscape has alarmed

By Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is trying to make America more like him. But voters will soon get to deliver a verdict on the president’s efforts to redefine how the government he leads wields power at home and abroad. Three flashpoints illustrate how his coercive and transactional instincts are changing the character

By Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has warned Ukraine and allies in Europe that the US could suspend intelligence sharing and European purchases of US weapons for Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy facilities, two European officials told CNN. The warnings from the State Department and

By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Monday he is considering dismissing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about alleged misconduct, saying he is “not happy” about the situation. “We’re looking at it — yeah. We’re not happy,” Trump told reporters

By Austin Culpepper, CNN (CNN) — Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico on Sunday denounced the wide-ranging speculation about his whereabouts in recent days as Republicans seized on his absence from the campaign trail. “I had the flu. This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s wild that someone can just post something on

CNN, POOL, CENTCOM, DVIDS, VOLODOMYR ZELENSKY VIA X, @ZELENSKYYUA By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowback in the US as lawmakers warn that the Trump administration is defying a federal law meant to crackdown on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Seven

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is facing bipartisan blowback in the US as lawmakers warn that the Trump administration is defying a federal law meant to crackdown on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. Seven senators, among them four Republicans, released a statement on

By Betsy Klein, Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday ordered the Trump administration to cancel all further airings of President Donald Trump’s controversial taxpayer-funded ads. But the spots continued to air after the deadline, prompting further legal maneuverings. A Justice Department lawyer on Monday apologized “to the court and the plaintiffs”

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Republican Sen. Roger Marshall settled his debts this weekend with a bakery in Kansas after a bill for hundreds of treats his campaign ordered for a 2020 event sat unpaid for six years. Holly Thomas, the owner of the shop that made cookies, brownies and cupcakes for Marshall’s primary

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — After the first days of early voting in Ohio, a state that could help determine control of the Senate, there are clear signs Democrats are more enthusiastic to vote. So far, affiliated Democrats make up larger shares of pre-election voters than they did two years ago, even in the

By Betsy Klein, Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump expressed irritation with Russia and Ukraine a day after he announced a so-called “energy ceasefire,” which appeared to take both countries by surprise. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv supported the surprise ceasefire announcement but did not know about it in advance, and

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Kalshi is scrutinizing a handful of small bets that correctly predicted Katie Zacharia would be the next White House press secretary, according to a person familiar with the matter. The three trades were all under $100, and one was for a mere $19, the person said. But when the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Crews with the Interior Department on Saturday began a new phase of removing trees from the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington DC, the site of one of several Trump administration renovation projects wrapped up in litigation brought by groups seeking to stop those efforts. On Friday, the National

CNN By Tierney Sneed, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday said she was “furious” with the Trump administration’s move over the weekend to cut down at least 430 trees from a Washington, DC, public golf course that President Donald Trump is seeking to renovate. US District Judge Ana Reyes, who is

CNN By Kevin Liptak, David Goldman, Matt Egan, Ivana Kottasová, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized Volodymyr Zelensky as the two sparred over a new US-Russia diesel deal, saying he would “suggest” Ukraine get a new leader. “You know what I suggest? I suggest they get a new leader who

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — The texts from Elon Musk’s super PAC arrived last week, all with the same message to a group of Colorado voters: “Your ballot request is in,” they read. “Confirm now where and when to return it.” But every active registered voter in Colorado automatically receives a mail ballot, and

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across the Pentagon and the Army off guard, three sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Hegseth made the announcement in an interview Wednesday with far-right

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Friday to wade into his years long legal battle with former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and ex-Justice Department officials over the 2016 election, appealing a case that a lower court concluded was “frivolous.” Trump filed the lawsuit in 2022 against

By Gloria Pazmino, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The friendly relationship between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani hit one of its toughest tests yet Thursday after a series of calls over a shooting involving immigration agents in the Bronx. Mamdani, who keeps an open line of communication with Trump, has

By Kevin Liptak, David Goldman, Matt Egan, Ivana Kottasová, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized Volodymyr Zelensky as the two sparred over a new US-Russia diesel deal, saying he would “suggest” Ukraine get a new leader. “You know what I suggest? I suggest they get a new leader who can