
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders administered the public oath of office to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a ceremony outside City Hall.

Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders administered the public oath of office to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a ceremony outside City Hall.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced Zohran Mamdani before he takes his public oath of office as the mayor of New York City.

The House Judiciary Committee on New Year’s Eve released a transcript and video of its closed-door hearing with Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the two failed prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump rang in the New Year with the First Lady at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump auctioned off a portrait of Jesus for nearly $3 million dollars. Trump says half of the money would go to St. Jude’s Children's Hospital and the rest would go to the local sheriff’s department.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security say they are surging resources into Minnesota to investigate allegations of fraud there, including at child care centers, days after YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim videos in the past, posted a viral video in which he claimed to find widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers. CNN's Holmes Lybrand reports.

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country. CNN's Zachary Cohen reports.

CNN's Manu Raju has perfected the art of chasing down officials at the Capitol to get answers to tough questions. Take a look at his 2025 year in asking tough questions of lawmakers on Capitol Hill.


