Barack Obama’s past comments haunt Virginia Democrats’ efforts to gerrymander new districts

Barack Obama’s past comments are haunting Democrats’ efforts to draw new congressional districts in Virginia to give their ...

Liberals will try to expand their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a Tuesday election

One year after Elon Musk donned a cheesehead hat and unsuccessfully poured millions of his personal fortune into a judicial ...

Supreme Court debates what ‘arrives in’ the US means as it scrutinizes former asylum seeker policy

The Supreme Court spent more than an hour Tuesday debating what “arrives in” the US means, with justices on both sides of the ...

Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false or unproven claims about the Iran war

President Donald Trump continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran. Trump claimed Monday that “nobody” expected Iran to retaliate by targeting US allies in the region. In fact, ...

Justice Department leans on prosecutors in Brennan probe as other Trump-foe investigations fizzle

Justice Department prosecutors leading an investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan are facing increasing pressure ...

Federal judge quashes Justice Department subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

A federal judge has quashed subpoenas the Justice Department had issued against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ...
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Day 17 of Middle East conflict — Trump criticizes nations not committing to assist with Hormuz strait crisis

The Israeli military said it killed the head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force in a targeted strike on Monday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the killing of Gholamreza Soleimani “constitutes an ...
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Strait of Hormuz: Trump needs a coalition. Here’s how to build one

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. The first two weeks of the Iran ...
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A big part of Trump’s immigration crackdown is unfolding behind closed doors

A key part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is far less visible than the aggressive arrests we’ve seen in the streets. But the detention centers that hold tens of thousands of ...
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Iran crisis: Three ways this could end

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. From one moment to the next, ...
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The admiral navigating the battlefield — and the politics of Trump’s Iran war

In the summer of 2024, the threat to maritime shipping in the Red Sea was at its peak. Houthi rebels in Yemen were firing on international vessels, forcing marine traffic to avoid one of the world’s ...