
Rep. Eric Swalwell said he would withdraw from the California governor’s race in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct that led to a nearly immediate campaign collapse and prominent Democratic supporters urged him to drop out.

Rep. Eric Swalwell said he would withdraw from the California governor’s race in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct that led to a nearly immediate campaign collapse and prominent Democratic supporters urged him to drop out.

While touring the East Wing construction site at the White House with reporters, President Donald Trump said he was on the verge of launching new strikes on Iran on Monday before he postponed the attack at the request of several Gulf nations.

The Department of Justice posted a document on Tuesday that says President Trump, his family and companies can never be pursued by the IRS for any questions related to whether or how they paid their taxes again. CNN's Jake Tapper reports.

President Trump unexpectedly gathered reporters Tuesday to show off construction of his sprawling East Wing ballroom, emphasizing the security necessity as congressional funding remains in jeopardy. CNN's Alayna Treene reports.

US military surveillance flights off Cuba are on the rise, with drones and manned aircraft operating near Havana and Santiago de Cuba, according to a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data.

Vice President JD Vance pushed back against criticism over comments from President Donald Trump that he didn't care about Americans' finances when making decisions about the war with Iran. Vance defended the president's comments to CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, when asked by Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley about whether the Justice Department had any open investigations related to Jeffrey Epstein, said sharply: “He’s dead.”

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson critiqued the Supreme Court’s handling of a recent high-profile redistricting case, saying the court needed to be “really, really careful” to avoid appearing political and suggesting it had failed to do so in that case.

During his heated opening remarks Tuesday, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen tore into acting Attorney General Todd Blanche at the budget hearing for the Justice Department, accusing him of weaponizing the department to singularly help President Donald Trump.


