Republicans avoided a nightmare in Tennessee. Their electoral picture is still scary

Analysis: Republicans avoided disaster on Tuesday night by winning a special election in a solidly red Tennessee congressional district. read more...

Projection: Republican Matt Van Epps will win Tennessee special election | CNN Politics

Republican Matt Van Epps will win the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, preventing an upset but emboldening Democrats as they were on track to over-perform in a normally deep-red district. read more...

Strikes and blackouts create uncertainty for Ukrainians | CNN

As Russia continues its strikes on Ukraine, people are living with freezing homes, rolling outages and constant fear. read more...

Hegseth says he didn’t see survivors before second strike | CNN

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he “did not personally see survivors” before the second strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean in September. read more...

Republican Matt Van Epps will win Tennessee special election, averting Democratic upset, CNN projects

Republican Matt Van Epps will win the special US House election for Tennessee’s 7th District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, preventing an upset but emboldening Democrats as they were on track to over-perform in a normally deep-red district. read more...

Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off – again.

At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden. read more...

Trump and Hegseth insist they didn’t know of follow-up strike that killed survivors on suspected drug boat

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday sought to distance themselves from the decision to launch a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, insisting they weren’t aware of what the military had done after the f… read more...

GOP senator: Hegseth is either lying about second boat strike or incompetent

Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of either lying in his public response to news reports that the US military carried out a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in September or being incompetent. read more...

Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting

As usual, President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in his televised Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. And, as usual, most of them had previously been debunked. read more...

Trump envoy to meet with Putin as US pushes to end war in Ukraine

US special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday following high-level talks between the US and Ukrainian officials this weekend. Follow here for the latest live news updates read more...