President Donald Trump has attended oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a first for a sitting president
April 02, 2026
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful
April 01, 2026
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon are driving thousands of families to flee again, and some longtime Hezbollah supporters are now openly blaming the group
March 11, 2026
A partisan battle to redraw U.S. House districts is raging in some states, even though campaigning is underway
February 21, 2026
Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous
March 02, 2026
Trump deliberated on Iran for weeks. His ‘massive and ongoing’ operation comes with acknowledgment US lives could be lost
February 28, 2026
President Donald Trump’s vision of the Supreme Court, in which his three appointees are personally loyal to him, collided with the court’s view of itself when six justices voted to strike down Trump’s signature economic policy, global tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law
February 20, 2026
CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
February 17, 2026
With budgets under strain, states are split on taxing the rich
February 17, 2026
Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say
February 13, 2026
North Korean state media says the country's leadership will convene a major political conference later this month
February 08, 2026
Trump wants Republicans to ‘nationalize’ US elections. The Constitution might get in the way
February 04, 2026
The release of many more records from Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein is revealing more about what investigators knew of his sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful such as Donald Trump and Bill Clinton
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion
January 30, 2026
President Donald Trump is making a big pitch in Iowa as the White House tries to focus on affordability ahead of midterm elections despite fallout over his administration's immigration crackdown
January 27, 2026
Chris Madel, a Republican running for Minnesota governor, ends his bid and criticizes ICE
January 26, 2026
President Donald Trump has made lots of promises during the first year of his second term in the White House
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and increased immigration raids in the U.S. These actions have created turmoil as voters prepare for midterm elections that will determine control of Congress
January 14, 2026
Portland Police Chief Bob Day joins The Lead.
January 09, 2026
Newsom contrasts California ‘blueprint’ with Trump’s ‘carnival of chaos’ in final state of state address
January 08, 2026
Will Amy Klobuchar run for Minnesota governor? ‘I’m seriously considering it,’ she says
January 05, 2026
CNN's David Culver sees massive crowds building up in Doral, Florida, outside of Miami, a place where there are a lot of Venezuelans celebrating President Nicolas Maduro's capture Saturday.
January 03, 2026
The Court will decide several cases that could expand the president's power, making it one of the most significant terms in decades.
December 29, 2025
Zohran Mamdani has promised to transform New York City government when he becomes mayor
December 29, 2025
President Donald Trump’s newly appointed envoy to Greenland says the Republican administration is looking to begin a conversation with residents of the semi-autonomous Danish territory about the best way forward for the strategically important island
December 23, 2025
A judge has scolded Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime confidant Ghislaine Maxwell for including confidential victim names in court papers seeking to set aside her 2021 sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence
December 22, 2025
Fact check: Trump repeats numerous false claims in prime-time address
December 18, 2025
A year on from the ousting of Assad, Syrians remember the pain but rejoice at their freedom
December 08, 2025
About a third of Hong Kong's registered voters has elected a new 90-member legislature
December 07, 2025
Rank-and-file Republicans in the House are increasingly going public with anger towards their leadership
December 04, 2025
Switzerland will vote on a proposed wealth tax on Sunday that will be a litmus test of appetite for wealth redistribution in one of the world's richest countries.
November 28, 2025
Federal judges have allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map designed to give Republicans an additional U.S. House seat
November 26, 2025
President Donald Trump and his supporters cast their domestic opponents as disloyal, traitorous or worse, rather than seeing dissent as part of democracy.
November 26, 2025
New Yorkers praise Zohran Mamdani’s charm offensive on Trump, say they remain cautiously optimistic
November 22, 2025
Trump and Mamdani bond over affordability issues, love of New York and winning in collegial Oval Office meeting
November 21, 2025
Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 20, 2025
President Donald Trump was
November 15, 2025
The U.S.
November 14, 2025
The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district
November 14, 2025
Georgia running back Dante Dowdell sidelined indefinitely after off-campus accident
Judges' pick for Seattle's federal prosecutor sues Trump after ouster
Interactive Brokers' quarterly profit leaps on brisk trading
US and Solomon Islands discuss deepening ties, return of Peace Corps
Gang claims responsibility for hack at Coca-Cola's fairlife unit
Capital One second-quarter profit rises on higher interest income
US history museum head says patriotism is at its best when it is 'not instructed but inspired'
Stephen Curry to have a dedicated exhibit at the Basketball Hall of Fame, a 1st for an active player