What 3 million new documents tell us about Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the three million Jeffrey Epstein documents released Friday, after the president initially resisted the effort. While some of the ...

Here is why a congressman won’t vote to fund DHS.

Bennie Thompson tells CNN’s Victor Blackwell that he expects significant opposition from his fellow Democrats to the funding. He also called Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem “incompetent.” ...

Wes Moore confronts the limits of his own power in a clash with Maryland Democrats

Wes Moore can barely describe how he’d feel if he falls short in his push to gerrymander another Democratic seat in his state and the US House of Representatives ends up staying Republican.

How Alex Pretti’s killing scrambled the world of gun politics

Several niche, left-leaning gun advocacy groups said that since Alex Pretti was killed, they can hardly keep up with the surging demand for firearms training.

As Susan Collins awaits, a generational divide splits Maine Democrats in pivotal Senate race

Gov. Janet Mills was laying out her case against Sen. Susan Collins to several dozen supporters earlier this month when one attendee raised a question on the minds of many voters in Maine.

A ‘bizarro world’: How Trump’s words have scrambled America’s gun politics

In the wake of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump starkly broke with pro-gun groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” ...

A US House special election in Texas is set to narrow the GOP majority even further

Voters on Saturday will select one of two Democrats in a runoff election to fill a vacant US House seat, further narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s already razor-thin Republican majority.

We asked retired astronauts about their favorite space movies, and this is what they shared with us

Ahead of the launch of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, astronauts share the movies that capture the danger, teamwork, and wonder of spaceflight. Their picks ...

Anti-ICE protests spread across the US this weekend as court battles deliver wins and losses for the Trump administration

The phrase, “ICE Out,” reverberated around the nation this weekend as protesters took to the streets, holding up signs and chanting in unison as they called for an end to the Trump administration’s ...

She wants to self-deport. But this pregnant mom is stuck in a strange subplot of Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown

After President Donald Trump changed not only the immigration rules of her new country but the political landscape of her native one, Franyelis found herself in a strange subplot of the US immigration ...

Here’s how brands leverage your motivation to market their products around the new year

How can we sift through the mountain of marketing and figure out what we actually need? We spoke with experts to investigate — and help you spend your money wisely in 2026.