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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A Minnesota judge has wiped away an order he issued last month that required federal investigators to preserve evidence gathered at the scene of Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting by immigration officers. US District Judge Eric Tostrud said he was lifting the emergency order he issued the day of Pretti’s

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Ed Martin, who has been working inside the Trump Justice Department for over nine months after failing to secure a confirmation as US Attorney in Washington, DC, is expected to leave the department in the coming weeks, according to a source familiar with his plans. Martin had

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to appear for in-person depositions in Washington, DC, in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein probe, caving in hopes of avoiding a looming House contempt of Congress vote. It was not immediately clear whether the last-minute acquiescence would work, as GOP leaders indicated Tuesday the

CNN By Logan Schiciano, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump on Monday slammed the Grammy Awards and threatened to sue host Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the president and Jeffrey Epstein’s island. “The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent

By Logan Schiciano, Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump on Monday slammed the Grammy Awards and threatened to sue host Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the president and Jeffrey Epstein’s island. “The Grammy Awards are the WORST, virtually unwatchable! Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time

By Jason Morris, CNN (CNN) — An official in Fulton County, Georgia, has announced the county will challenge the legality of the FBI’s search and seizure of 2020 election records. Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. said the effort will seek to “force the government to return the ballots taken.” Arrington said that the county’s attorneys are

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — After a fierce lobbying push by President Donald Trump and GOP leaders, Congress is on the cusp of ending the partial government shutdown in the next 24 hours. Key House conservative holdouts appeared ready to stand down after threatening to catapult Washington into a bitter

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Justice Department officials are expected to meet Monday to discuss how to reenergize probes that are considered a top priority for President Donald Trump — reviewing the actions of officials who investigated him, according to a source familiar with the plan. Almost immediately after Pam Bondi stepped

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — An investment firm tied to the United Arab Emirates acquired nearly half of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company, a $500 million stake, four days before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, according to a report Sunday by The Wall Street Journal. The deal, signed by the president’s son Eric Trump,

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President Donald Trump said Sunday, a move that comes as the nation’s preeminent arts institution contends with a flood of cancellations. Trump has made reshaping the Washington institution a priority

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s actions on multiple fronts Sunday, signaling that no new charges will be brought in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, downplaying Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s involvement in a probe into alleged voter fraud in Georgia, and defending the decision to

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Wes Moore struggles to describe how he’d feel if he falls short in his push to gerrymander another Democratic seat in his state and the US House of Representatives ends up staying Republican. The easy smile and motivational speaker energy evaporate. The prepared lines disappear. His eyes close. “So

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN Portland, Maine (CNN) — Gov. Janet Mills was laying out her case against Sen. Susan Collins to several dozen supporters recently when one attendee raised a question on the minds of many voters in Maine. “How are you and your campaign going to push back against the argument that

By Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of a horrific shooting that shocked the nation, President Donald Trump starkly broke with pro-gun groups in off-the-cuff remarks: “Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said during a televised meeting with lawmakers. That was nearly eight years ago — after

By Jeremy Herb, Em Steck, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s latest release of the Epstein files offers fresh insights into how former President Bill Clinton’s staff communicated with Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, including sometimes-lewd email exchanges. The document dump comes just days before an expected House contempt vote

By Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats notched another victory Saturday in special elections during President Donald Trump’s second term, flipping a seat in the Texas Senate in a district Trump won by 17 points in 2024. Taylor Rehmet, a union president and Air Force veteran, defeated Trump-backed Leigh Wambsganss in a runoff for the

By Kristen Holmes, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump joked that he might sue his newly selected Federal Reserve chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, over lowering interest rates in a speech to an elite group of Washington’s power set on Saturday night, according to a person who attended the dinner. The speech, delivered to

CNN By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Laura F. Dogu, the United States’ new top envoy to Venezuela, arrived in Caracas on Saturday as the Trump administration aims to reopen an embassy there for the first time in nearly seven years. “I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,” Dogu

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Laura F. Dogu, the United States’ new top envoy to Venezuela, arrived in Caracas on Saturday as the Trump administration aims to reopen an embassy there for the first time in nearly seven years. “I just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work,” Dogu said

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests or unrest in Democratic-led cities unless local officials formally request assistance, amid criticism over heavy-handed immigration enforcement tactics. “I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — New York Giants co-owner and American filmmaker Steve Tisch sought out Jeffrey Epstein’s help connecting him with women more than a decade ago, according to emails released Friday by the Justice Department. In an email from April 26, 2013, Tisch asked Epstein if he knew anything about a “very

By Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 1,000 times in the 3 million Jeffrey Epstein documents released Friday, after the president initially resisted the effort. While some of the references are benign, others include newly disclosed unverified sexual assault claims against Trump as well as fresh details

By Eric Bradner, CNN Carmel, Indiana (CNN) — Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day. So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has taken the extraordinary step of inserting herself into a federal probe of the 2020 election as she hunts for elusive evidence of voter fraud. Gabbard was on the scene Wednesday after FBI agents executed a search warrant for the Fulton County elections

By Molly English, CNN (CNN) — Democrat Christian Menefee, a former Harris County Attorney, won the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District, ending a long vacancy and narrowing Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor-thin majority in the US House. Menefee defeated former Houston city councilmember Amanda Edwards, also a Democrat. Texas’ 18th Congressional District has

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — For a brief moment following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, President Donald Trump appeared to recalibrate. Faced with mounting outrage over the second killing of a US citizen in an encounter with federal agents, Trump swiftly moved the head of his Minnesota immigration crackdown out of the state.

By CNN staff (CNN) — The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after Congress passed a law last year forcing the Trump administration to do so. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference the Justice Department

CNN By Brian Stelter, Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, Nick Watt, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. “I have spent my

By Haley Britzky, Avery Schmitz, Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump considers a major strike on Iran after discussions about limiting that nation’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production haven’t progressed, the US military has accelerated a weekslong buildup of military hardware in the Middle East, open-source data shows. That includes near-constant

By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate has put Congress on path to stave off another prolonged government shutdown, approving a major spending deal struck with the White House that only temporarily funds the Department of Homeland Security to allow for long-term negotiations on federal immigration enforcement. With the funding deadline passed,

By Brian Stelter, Kara Scannell, Hannah Rabinowitz, Nick Watt, Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Don Lemon vowed to fight the charges brought against him by federal prosecutors Friday, after he and another independent journalist were arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. “I have spent my entire

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem strode into the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters last week, ahead of a monster winter storm that walloped much of the country, she caught staffers buzzing around the agency’s response center off guard. “I was shocked she showed up after all the sh*t

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has whisked through major US cities, trial-level judges attempting to restrain the frenzied actions of federal agents have been repeatedly slapped down by higher courts – sometimes with the help of judges the president put on the bench in his first term. A

By Betsy Klein, Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump wants you to know that her new documentary is not a documentary. “Some have called this a documentary. It is not,” she told a crowd of Cabinet members, conservative influencers and minor celebrities gathered in the opera house of the newly rebranded Trump

CNN, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL , @REALDONALDTRUMP, SENATE TV, KGBT , KNXV, Truth Social / @realdonaldtrump, KGBT / KNXV By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful

By Holmes Lybrand, Valeria Leon, CNN (CNN) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum pushed back during a press conference Thursday on suggestions that law enforcement in the country worked closely with the FBI to apprehend former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding. Instead, Sheinbaum said Wedding had self-surrendered and was handed over to

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump did another social media posting spree on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. As with Trump’s previous posting blitzes, this one was filled with wildly inaccurate and often conspiratorial claims about elections and other subjects. Here’s a debunking of two of them. No, Walmart isn’t shutting down

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — As the Trump administration prepared late last year for the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a handful of officials began studying the US approach to oil resources in Iraq following the 2003 US invasion. During a State Department briefing in late December, among the key

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump did it after the 2021 attack on the US Capitol. He did it after the 2022 attack on the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He did it after the murder last month of filmmaker and Democratic activist Rob Reiner. And he did it again on

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched a Democratic bid for governor on Thursday, pledging to unify her state and move beyond a deadly battle with the federal government over immigration. “These times call for leaders who can stand up and not be rubber stamps of this administration,” Klobuchar said in an

By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Vague descriptions of presidential signing ceremonies, policy meetings and industry executive sit downs — mostly behind closed doors — began peppering President Donald Trump’s public schedule at the end of last year. The additions to the schedule, which is blasted out to the media every night, were

By Sunlen Serfaty, Linda Gaudino, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Chatty, bright-eyed children surrounded US Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon as she walked with them through an airy building in Texas. Part of a 50-state tour, this stop last year was at an unusual institution: the Austin campus of Alpha, a chain of private

By Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Stephen Miller has sought this week to distance himself from the recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis and the administration’s miscalculated response. But more than anyone, Miller has been the overall architect of Trump’s aggressive deportation push, encouraging heavy-handed operations in blue cities and urging agencies to cast

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — For decades, the unwritten rule of the East Wing was that an American first lady’s private life was a gift to the National Archives, eventually traded for a post-presidency memoir and maybe a library wing. But as Melania Trump prepares to walk the red carpet at the newly rebranded

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping deployment of National Guard troops to several major cities across the United States cost taxpayers approximately $496 million from June through December last year, according to an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO, which aims to provide objective, nonpartisan information to Congress, estimates

By Manu Raju, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — The White House and Senate leaders are moving closer to a deal to avert a government shutdown but are seeking to resolve final sticking points in eleventh-hour negotiations ahead of Friday’s deadline, according to several sources familiar with the talks. The sources indicated that the White House

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — More than a million fewer people have signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage for 2026, according to federal data released Wednesday. The drop comes after the expiration of the enhanced federal premium subsidies caused monthly payments to skyrocket for many enrollees. Just under 23 million people selected plans

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a CNN town hall Wednesday night, stood by the city’s sanctuary policies and repeated his demand that federal immigration agents leave the city. Frey’s comments come as state, local and federal officials look for ways to tamp down tensions in the wake of the

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is weighing a major new strike on Iran after preliminary discussions between Washington and Tehran over limiting the country’s nuclear program and ballistic missile production failed to make progress, according to people familiar with

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than the record-long impasse last fall for two main reasons. First, only certain agencies are shuttering since others

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Democrats in Congress are digging in against any funding deal with President Donald Trump this week that doesn’t include major changes to federal immigration enforcement – dramatically increasing the odds of a shutdown at week’s end. Inside the US Capitol, Democrats firmly lined up behind

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris, Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The FBI served a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. A source familiar with the matter told CNN the search is related to an effort by the

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Tierney Sneed, Jason Morris, Shawn Nottingham, CNN (CNN) — The FBI served a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election. A source familiar with the matter told CNN the search is related to an effort by

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump tried Tuesday to concoct an alternative reality on the subject of “affordability” – piling lie on top of lie to try to convince Americans that the issue has vanished. “You know, inflation we’ve solved; it’s done,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News during a trip to

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department and federal courts are struggling to keep up with the exponential increase in federal court cases of immigrants in custody who are challenging their detentions – another result of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies across the country. The cases, in which a person can

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday morning, giving her a high-profile platform in the business world as she seeks to build momentum toward the release of her documentary later this week. The first lady stood on the iconic marble stage,

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — From the start, this has been a say-anything presidential administration. A White House led by President Donald Trump, who lies frequently and brazenly, has rarely appeared concerned about factual accuracy. And guided by Trump’s no-apologies ethos and penchant for dogged repetition, the administration has almost never retreated from even the most outlandish

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — As a combat medic with the Army National Guard more than a decade ago, Lauren Feringa says she was exposed to toxins from burning oil fields during the Iraq War. A few years later, as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan, she says she suffered from concussive blasts, including a

CNN By Eric Bradner, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ignored staffers’ pleas to end a town hall early and get a medical check Tuesday after a man rushed the podium and sprayed a substance at the Democratic congresswoman. Omar, who was not injured in the attack, said after the town hall

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When the Supreme Court agreed last September to hear a dispute over President Donald Trump’s billion-dollar tariffs on foreign goods, it heeded the administration’s plea that time was of the essence. To Trump, the case is a matter of “LIFE OR DEATH for our Country,” as

By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department leaders said in a court filing Tuesday they expect to release the department’s Jeffrey Epstein-related files “in the near term.” Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton told two federal judges the

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a federal court to pause a Louisiana lawsuit seeking to end access to abortion pills by mail. The new filing from the US Food and Drug Administration said the court should put the case on hold while it conducts its own review of

CNN By Eric Bradner, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ignored staffers’ pleas to end a town hall early and get a medical check Tuesday after a man rushed the podium and sprayed a substance at the Democratic congresswoman. Omar, who was not injured in the attack, said after the town hall

By Eric Bradner, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar ignored staffers’ pleas to end a town hall early and get a medical check Tuesday after a man rushed the podium and sprayed a substance at the Democratic congresswoman. Omar, who was not injured in the attack, said after the town hall ended

By Sarah Ferris, Kristen Holmes, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Top Democrats in Congress are plunging into an impeachment fight with Kristi Noem, as even some moderate Republicans say they’ve lost faith in the embattled Department of Homeland Security chief – upping the pressure on the administration over what they see as a complete failure

By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why the Customs and Border Protection team in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — a remarkable acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the Trump administration’s most

CNN By Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Top White House aide Stephen Miller said Tuesday that officials were evaluating why the Customs and Border Protection team in Minneapolis “may not have been following” proper protocol before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti — a remarkable acknowledgment of possible wrongdoing from one of the Trump administration’s

By Holmes Lybrand, Lauren Fox, Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Two officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, according to an initial report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security reviewed by CNN. The report – from Customs and Border Protection’s initial investigation into the shooting of

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A state court on Tuesday blocked Virginia Democrats’ redistricting effort, delivering a setback to the party’s plans to redraw congressional lines ahead of November’s midterm elections. Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley Jr. ruled that Democrats in the General Assembly failed to follow the correct procedures when they launched

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Philip Glass has withdrawn his symphony based on Abraham Lincoln from the Kennedy Center, with the award-winning composer writing to the board of the arts institution that its values conflict with the work. “Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump on Tuesday called on Americans to unify in the wake of the fatal shootings of two US citizens by federal law enforcement and widespread protests in Minneapolis this month. “We need to unify. I’m calling for unity. I know my husband, the president, had a

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons has been ordered to appear in federal court this Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating a judge’s order in the case of a man who is challenging his detention. Judge Patrick Schiltz, the chief

By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — As the US military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching for a way home, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Chad Joseph, 26, had been in Venezuela for

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump met for nearly two hours with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her senior adviser, Corey Lewandowski, in the Oval Office on Monday evening, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN, after Noem had asked to speak with Trump in person. The meeting comes as

By Tierney Sneed, Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi’s demand that Minnesota hand over sensitive voter registration records to the federal government amid tensions over ICE and immigration enforcement underscores the importance of the administration’s nationwide data grab that is facing resistance in multiple states and has stumbled in the courts. The

CNN, WCCO, KARE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, POOL, TRUTH SOCIAL , @REALDONALDTRUMP, X , @GOVTIMWALZ, OBTAINED BY CNN, WDJT, Truth Social / @realDonaldTrump, X / @GovTimWalz By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents in Minnesota

By Adam Cancryn, Kristen Holmes, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday showed his first signs of retreat since surging federal immigration agents in Minnesota late last year — replacing the leader of the crackdown on the ground and signaling new willingness to cooperate with the state’s Democratic elected officials. But the

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti had

CNN By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Two days after Department of Homeland Security officers shot and killed Alex Pretti, a confused investigation is unfurling. The Justice Department has not opened a civil rights investigation, a crisis coordination center was erected in Minneapolis to investigate protesters and senior administration officials won’t definitively say whether Pretti

CNN By Tricia Escobedo, CNN A week after a US-owned joint venture took control of TikTok, some users are accusing the app of censorship after failing to upload videos about ICE. TikTok says the ongoing glitches are related to a power outage. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and

By Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins, Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday and return to their respective sectors, according to three sources familiar the discussions, sidelining a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The move

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The White House border czar who President Donald Trump is dispatching to Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of two US citizens is a longtime law enforcement official who has pushed for some of the Trump administration’s controversial immigration-related policies. Trump said Monday he was sending

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration sent about a dozen Iranians back on a deportation flight Sunday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. It was the first known deportation flight since sweeping anti-government protests broke out in Iran, in which thousands have been killed. President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation

By Ted Barrett, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Democrats and Republicans are weighing how to move forward on funding the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies after another deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis, according to sources familiar with the matter. The options include potentially having the House

By Devan Cole, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Claims by Trump administration officials that the man fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with the president. The

By Betsy Klein, Alayna Treene, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his top lieutenants are doubling down on their hardline immigration policies and rhetoric following the shooting of a US citizen by a federal officer in Minneapolis — even as the incident has revealed cracks in the president’s coalition. A

By Alison Main, Aileen Graef, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — The chance of a partial government shutdown by week’s end is growing, as the fate of funding for the Department of Homeland Security and other key government agencies hangs in the balance. In the wake of another deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis,

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have responded to the killing of Alex Pretti by the Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday with a torrent of claims that are either contradicted by video footage or unsupported by any evidence presented so far. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed

By Aileen Graef, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the longtime nonvoting delegate for Washington, DC, moved Sunday to end her House reelection campaign as the 88-year-old Democrat faces questions about her fitness for office. Norton’s campaign filed a notice of termination to the Federal Election Commission on Sunday. CNN has reached out

CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A year ago, few Americans knew Gregory Bovino’s name. Now he’s the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. And everything from the Border Patrol commander-at-large’s tactics in the field to his wardrobe choices have become lightning rods in a storm with no end in sight. On

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — From UFC matches to the US Open, President Donald Trump has had box seats at some of the most high-profile sporting events in the country during his second term. But the president won’t be attending football’s biggest night: the Super Bowl. “It’s just too far away. I would. I’ve

By Kaanita Iyer, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said the US used a weapon he referred to as a “discombobulator” to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this month, but a senior US official said he’s likely conflating tools used by the US military. “The discombobulator, I’m not allowed to talk about it,”

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A year ago, few Americans knew Gregory Bovino’s name. Now he’s the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. And everything from the Border Patrol commander-at-large’s tactics in the field to his wardrobe choices have become lightning rods in a storm with no end in sight. On the

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump and Amazon MGM Studios face a high-stakes test this week with the release of the “Melania” documentary: Will the multimillion-dollar investment pay off? Approximately $35 million has been spent on marketing “Melania,” a film documenting the 20 days around Trump’s return to the White House,

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Utah police arrested a man who allegedly shouted that Rep. Maxwell Frost would be deported before punching him in the face at a Sundance Film Festival event, the Florida Democrat said. The Park City Police Department said the suspect, Christian Young, entered the private party after previously being turned

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Democrats will block a government spending bill following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, the Senate minority leader said Saturday – dramatically increasing the chances of a partial government shutdown next week. “Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security