Kerry Kennedy pleads with Trump: leave the Kennedy Center alone | CNN

Kerry Kennedy issues a direct plea to President Trump after the Kennedy Center's board voted to shutter the historic building indefinitely. The shutdown came hours after a judge blocked Trump's name from being added to the facade — a move the board claimed was the only way to save it. Speaking to Erin Burnett, Kennedy blasted the president: "We have real pain in our country... focus on your job."

FBI Director Kash Patel lashes out when pressed by Senator Welch about the FBI's potential involvement in the 2026 election.

In a White House press briefing in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Supreme Court’s ruling blocking President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict mail-in voting would not dissuade the administration from pursuing investigations and policy proposals to deal with alleged voter fraud. He said the Justice Department would comply with the ruling, but wouldn’t stop looking to make reforms.

The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to sources familiar with the matter. CNN's Sunlen Serfaty reports.

Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member and former Palantir tech engineer, who worked to pass AI safety legislation and lost his Democratic primary bid for Congress in a race with millions spent by AI backed PACs, is launching a political advocacy group called Who Decides. The effort by Bores and his former chief of staff Anna Myers – which hopes to raise $30 million – will focus on Democrats running in 2028 and their messaging surrounding AI safety.

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies the bureau no longer automatically disqualifies job applicants who were accused of some crimes, including bestiality, if they were victims.

While fly fishing in Montana, CNN’s Jake Tapper asks California Governor Gavin Newsom about his relationship with President Trump. This is part of on an ongoing series where Jake Tapper joins politicians from both sides of the aisle in some of their favorite places to discuss how they got to where they are today. Watch the full interview on CNN.com/AllAccess .

Shalini Thakur’s grieving mother is asking whether more could have been done to protect her daughter, who authorities say was shot and killed by a man in the country illegally, who had been stalking her for months.

在肯尼迪中心董事会投票决定无限期关闭这座历史建筑后，凯瑞·肯尼迪直接向特朗普总统发出呼吁。就在几个小时前，一位法官阻止了在建筑外立面上添加特朗普的名字——董事会声称这是拯救这座建筑的唯一途径。肯尼迪在接受艾琳·伯内特采访时抨击总统：“我们国家正经历着真正的痛苦……请你专注于你的工作。”

当参议员韦尔奇追问联邦调查局是否会参与 2026 年大选时，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔勃然大怒。

周二，司法部长托德·布兰奇在白宫玫瑰园举行的新闻发布会上表示，最高法院阻止特朗普总统限制邮寄投票的裁决不会阻止政府继续调查并提出应对所谓选民欺诈的政策建议。他表示，司法部将遵守裁决，但不会停止寻求改革。

据知情人士透露，肯尼迪中心董事会周二投票决定关闭该中心。此前，总统唐纳德·特朗普致电董事会，斥责了一位在该委员会任职的民主党女议员，气氛紧张。CNN记者桑伦·瑟法蒂报道。

纽约州议员、前Palantir公司技术工程师亚历克斯·博雷斯（Alex Bores）曾致力于推动人工智能安全立法，但在民主党国会初选中落败。那场选举中，人工智能支持的政治行动委员会（PAC）投入了数百万美元。如今，博雷斯正着手成立一个名为“谁来决定”（Who Decides）的政治倡导组织。该组织由博雷斯及其前幕僚长安娜·迈尔斯（Anna Myers）共同发起，目标是筹集3000万美元，重点关注2028年民主党候选人及其围绕人工智能安全问题的竞选策略。

FBI 局长卡什·帕特尔作证说，如果求职者是某些罪行（包括兽奸）的受害者，FBI 不再自动取消他们的求职资格。

在蒙大拿州垂钓期间，CNN记者杰克·塔珀采访了加州州长加文·纽森，询问他与特朗普总统的关系。这是杰克·塔珀正在进行的一系列采访的一部分，在这个系列中，他会拜访来自两党的政治人物，在他们最喜欢的地方，探讨他们是如何走到今天的。观看完整采访请访问CNN.com/AllAccess。

沙利尼·塔库尔悲痛欲绝的母亲质问，是否可以采取更多措施来保护她的女儿。据当局称，她的女儿被一名非法入境的男子枪杀，该男子已经跟踪她数月之久。