National Politics

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a perfect mirror of the Washington Monument and a grey November sky. If the pool

CNN By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday quickly shut down President Donald Trump’s effort to force California to sideline potentially thousands of ballots that the Justice Department claims may have been cast by noncitizens, rejecting the administration’s emergency request hours after it was filed. The unusually fast

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a perfect mirror of the Washington Monument and a grey November sky. If the pool was

By Eric Bradner, Patrick Svitek, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Late last fall, Haley Stevens decided to get off social media. The Michigan congresswoman told staffers working on her Democratic Senate campaign to send her important news — but she didn’t need to be distracted by mean-spirited comments about her appearance or mannerisms. But Jason

By Rhyannon Bartlett-Imadegawa, Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — It’s almost Election Day, and the balance of power in Washington is at stake as Americans vote to determine control of the Senate and House of Representatives — plus, settle races for governor and decide many other key issues. This is a comprehensive guide to poll closing

By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday quickly shut down President Donald Trump’s effort to force California to sideline potentially thousands of ballots that the Justice Department claims may have been cast by noncitizens, rejecting the administration’s emergency request hours after it was filed. The unusually fast decision

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Can the polls be trusted? It depends on what you’re trusting them to do. Even the most carefully conducted polls are imprecise snapshots of public opinion, not precision instruments — and when they’re pressed into predictive tools, they don’t always get it right. But while surveys can’t provide an

By Gabe Cohen, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials have spent months preparing to run the 2026 vote — and bracing for what could disrupt it. They’re training workers, tightening security and readying legal challenges for threats that could stretch well beyond Election Day. “Lately we have to take into account really horrible, worst-case

By Eric Bradner, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Brian Todd, CNN Detroit (CNN) — As recently as Saturday night, the prospect of Democrat Haley Stevens endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race had seemed implausible. Stevens issued a statement praising Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed for saying he disagreed with a controversial advertisement that blamed the high cost

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — As Election Day comes to a close and results start to roll in, it can be difficult to understand what the numbers you’re seeing might be saying about who will ultimately win a key race. CNN Sightline, a new election tool designed to surface insights from CNN’s Decision Desk,

By Dan Berman, Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to segregate ballots and delay certification of Alaska’s Senate race, the latest legal rebuke to a rash of Trump administration attempts to meddle in the 2026 midterms. US District Judge Sharon Gleason said

By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy has been hospitalized after experiencing a stroke and is expected to make a full recovery, his team announced Sunday. The 53-year-old experienced “numbness in his arm” on Saturday afternoon and was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he suffered a stroke, according to

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN) — No part of a rolling, decadelong existential crisis is ever easy, even when things seem on the cusp of going well — and especially when Democrats have had their hopes raised and dashed so many times. “It’s a little bit of deja vu,” said Elaine Luria,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Holly Hendricks, who is battling an autoimmune disease that leaves her with open wounds down to the muscle, did everything she could to maintain her Affordable Care Act coverage after the enhanced premium subsidies lapsed at the start of this year. But after a few months, the 49-year-old couldn’t

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Millions of voters will cast their ballots Tuesday in an election that will decide the balance of power in Congress and set the tone for President Donald Trump’s remaining two years in the White House. Democrats and Republicans are battling in tight contests across the country, while the governor’s

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — With the midterms just days away, the channels for federal officials to communicate foreign threats to election officials are at their weakest since the 2016 vote, numerous sources who work in elections told CNN. US intelligence officials are tracking familiar efforts by Russia, China and Iran to influence American

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Eighteen months after President Donald Trump stepped in to remake the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his image, a top official worried about the Washington institution’s hemorrhaging finances urged for it to be shut down, according to court documents filed on behalf of the Ohio

By Sarah Owermohle, Isabelle Khurshudyan, CNN (CNN) — Just two years after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “Make America Healthy Again” movement helped propel President Donald Trump into the White House, the now-Secretary of Health and Human Services is highlighting a political vulnerability in a bellwether state. A measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has made

By Casey Tolan, Audrey Ash, Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman, CNN (CNN) — As a Justice Department investigation scrutinizes whether Democrats recruited a Senate candidate to confuse Alaska voters, a big-money effort propping up a different fringe name on the ballot could also hurt Republicans in that race – and in another pivotal contest in Ohio.