CNN’s guide to the most important elections of 2026
This year’s midterms will serve as a referendum on the first two years of President Donald Trump’s second term and…
Politics
admin Trump’s vendettas deliver, but at what cost to the GOP?
Trump destroyed the reelection hopes of Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and will send Pete Hegseth to Kentucky as part of…
Trump’s compensation plan is a metaphor for a brazen presidency
President Donald Trump’s new $1.776 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were unfairly targeted by the Biden administration…
Both say there’s no race, but Rubio and Vance take a 2028 turn
Vice President JD Vance followed Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who held his own briefing two weeks ago.
Who will pay for Trump’s pet projects? Taxpayers
President Donald Trump frequently boasts that his projects are ahead of schedule, under budget and saving taxpayers money.
Trump seeks redemption in Cuba after his regime-change failure in Iran
President Donald Trump is chasing the kind of regime-altering triumph in Cuba that has eluded him in Iran. But any…
Trump’s second term is increasingly about one thing: Trump
Donald Trump is putting an overly literal spin on the words in his presidential seal — e pluribus unum, meaning,…
What happened to the Trump administration’s in-your-face mass deportations?
The White House has intentionally retreated from its in-your-face deportation approach after confrontations between federal and state officials in multiple…
This year could produce the largest loss of Black political representation ever. Here’s why
The redistricting frenzy across Republican-controlled Southern states threatens to resurrect some of the gravest racial injustices in American political history.
Why Trump’s possible Iran deal may be almost as divisive as his decision to wage war
The best hope for ending a poorly planned war started with scant consultation with Congress or the American people may…