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Musician says she was left shocked by ‘bizarre’ emails from acting Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — A heated email exchange between Richard Grenell, the interim head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and one of its artists left the musician “shocked” by what she called a “bizarre” interaction. Grenell seemed “aggressively upset” during the exchange on Tuesday, musician Yasmin Williams told

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Republicans Mike Lawler and Ryan Mackenzie and Democrats Jahana Hayes and Derek Tran will address a live studio audience made up of Republicans

4 battleground members of Congress will face voter questions Thursday

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Four House lawmakers from battleground districts will field questions from American voters Thursday. Republicans Mike Lawler and Ryan Mackenzie and Democrats Jahana Hayes and Derek Tran will address a live studio audience made up of Republicans, Democrats and independents that includes constituents from each member’s district. Lawler and Mackenzie

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Reps. Hakeem Jeffries

Democrats lose another top contender for US Senate seat in Michigan after Whitmer and Buttigieg bow out

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Another top Democratic contender for Michigan’s open Senate seat has begun informing colleagues she will take a pass on the race, according to three people familiar with the conversations, narrowing the field for a seat that Democrats are increasingly worried about whether they can keep next November. Rep. Kristen

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House passes bill targeting noncitizen voting – already illegal in federal elections – in Trump-aligned push

By Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — The House passed a Republican-led bill Thursday to require documentary proof of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, despite the fact that it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections. The move is a push by House Republicans that aligns with actions President

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Trump administration has tightly restricted access to president’s daily intelligence brief

By Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has tightly restricted the number of people who have access to President Donald Trump’s highly classified daily intelligence report, five sources familiar with the move told CNN. Administration officials planned from the earliest days of Trump’s second term to cut

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Social Security’s telephone customer service sucks, acting leader admits. Many senior citizens agree

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Social Security’s acting commissioner recently said out loud what many beneficiaries are thinking these days — the agency’s telephone customer service can “suck.” “We need to show how bad we suck on the telephone so we can understand the problems,” acting commissioner Leland Dudek told agency executives at an

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President Donald Trump is seen here in the Oval Office on April 9 with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Inside Trump’s tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kayla Tausche and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week. “They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on

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President Donald Trump is seen here in the Oval Office on April 9 with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Inside Trump’s tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kayla Tausche and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week. “They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on

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Inside Trump’s tariff retreat: How fears of a bond market catastrophe convinced Trump to hit the pause button

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kayla Tausche and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week. “They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on the

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