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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

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The first debate in the Texas Senate Democratic primary on Saturday revealed few policy differences between US Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico. The contrast was instead between their styles and the approaches each would take to try to flip a Republican-held seat. No Democrat has won

By Jeremy Herb, Phil Mattingly, Matt Egan, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Scott Bessent was everywhere in Davos. At one press conference during the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, the Treasury Secretary dismissed Denmark as “irrelevant” amid President Donald Trump’s demands that the country sell Greenland. He mocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom,

By Jake Tapper, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Newly unsealed court documents show the Trump administration did not have evidence that Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested and her visa was revoked, and the action was taken because of an opinion article she wrote that contained criticisms

By Clay Voytek, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. “On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal

By Alayna Treene, Priscilla Alvarez, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The ongoing protests and images coming out of Minnesota have prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown as Americans grow alarmed by the chaotic scenes unfolding in the state. President Donald Trump has expressed frustration behind closed doors

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday said the Trump administration is expanding the so-called Mexico City Policy, to not only bar US government funding for organizations that perform and promote abortions, but also to those the administration says promote diversity, equity and inclusion and “gender ideology.” His

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling toward much of the United States, according to two sources familiar with the directive. The concern is that the word

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — For Zohran Mamdani, nearly a month into the job as mayor of New York City, this weekend’s snowstorm is a challenge he’s been anticipating for a while. Over the next three days, Mamdani will face the most crucial moment of his nascent administration, with a series of

By Devan Cole, Katelyn Polantz, Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a government contractor with unlawfully sharing classified information with a Washington Post reporter, expanding the criminal case brought against him earlier this month for allegedly mishandling the information. The case has become a flashpoint for press freedom advocates over the

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to deport dozens of Iranians back to their home country as soon as this Sunday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. It would be the first known deportation flight to Iran from the United States since sweeping anti-government protests broke out in the

By Josh Campbell, Eric Levenson, Holmes Lybrand, and Valeria León, CNN (CNN) — A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and the largest cocaine distributor in Canada, according to officials, has been arrested and was placed in US custody. Ryan Wedding was one of FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives, with a $15 million reward for his capture,

By Tierney Sneed, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — As thousands of protestors demonstrate in Washington, DC, at Friday’s annual March for Life, the Trump administration faces a deadline to explain why it opposes a lawsuit that would achieve a key goal of its allies in the anti-abortion movement by ending the availability of abortion pills

By Aleena Fayaz, Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city’s Independence National Historical Park. The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday against the US Interior Department, Secretary Doug Burgum, the park service and its

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has abruptly halted ongoing terminations of hundreds of disaster workers as the agency prepares for an enormous winter storm expected to pound a large swath of the country in the coming days. In an email Thursday afternoon, obtained by CNN, staff were told that

CNN By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick

By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — As Republican Rep. Troy Nehls attempted to place blame for the January 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Police officials and not on President Donald Trump, former Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone — who was severely beaten by protestors that day — interrupted with a cough and a quick message.

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — With an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo that allows officers to enter homes without a judicial warrant, the Trump administration is seeking to usurp guardrails that are enshrined in the Fourth Amendment and have protected Americans’ civil liberties for centuries, experts in constitutional law and immigration policy told CNN.

By Annie Grayer, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was disappointed after nearly half of the House Oversight Committee’s Democrats voted Wednesday to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. And on Thursday, she let them know it. In a private

By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge expressed deep skepticism Thursday that the White House has legal authority to construct President Donald Trump’s massive new ballroom without express authorization from Congress. US District Judge Richard Leon said during a hearing in a challenge to the project that the White House was

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two now-defunct criminal cases against President Donald Trump, defended the integrity of his investigation during a combative hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. Making his first public appearance before lawmakers, Smith pushed back against Trump’s claims that he was a crooked prosecutor during

By Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota filed paperwork on Thursday to form a campaign committee to run for governor of her home state, which has become an epicenter of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. “This is a preliminary step necessary for any candidate considering a run,” a person close

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The luxury Qatari jet being transformed into a new Air Force One will be delivered this summer, the Air Force said in a statement, roughly a year after its extensive modification began. “The Air Force remains committed to expediting delivery of the VC-25 bridge aircraft in support of the

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that a large bruise on his left hand came after he bumped it on furniture in Switzerland. “I clipped it on the table,” he told CNN’s Samatha Waldenberg aboard Air Force One. “I put a little — what do they call it?

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend, a source told CNN. “The Attorney General is enraged at the magistrate judge’s decision,” a person familiar with

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Phil Mattingly, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has ordered a review of federal funding sent to more than a dozen Democratic-led states, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The sweeping scale of the review is outlined in a budget data request that was sent Tuesday to all

By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reached a verbal understanding about Greenland during their meeting on Wednesday, but no document has been produced yet memorializing a future deal, people familiar with their discussion told CNN. Trump and Rutte agreed to

By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — A group of Senate Democrats are demanding to know whether President Donald Trump’s inner circle stands to profit from Venezuelan oil sales after CNN recently reported details of the administration’s private talks with the nation’s biggest oil companies. In a letter sent Wednesday night to White House chief of

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court has gone along for years with President Donald Trump’s unconventional moves and brash legal arguments, as the conservative majority emphasized its regard for the presidency and appeared willing to accept the cost to its own reputation. Not this time. During Wednesday arguments over

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Jack Smith is “not afraid” of Donald Trump, whom he unsuccessfully tried to take to trial during the 2024 campaign, his legal team told CNN Wednesday. The former special counsel has spoken to the House Judiciary Committee before, in private, but on Thursday the cameras will be on, and

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — The “electrical issue” aboard Air Force One Tuesday night that forced President Donald Trump’s Europe-bound plane to turn back is raising troubling questions about the age of the decades-old aircraft flying the president. The Air Force has long been working to upgrade the aging fleet, and Trump has been

By John Fritze, Devan Cole, Bryan Mena, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in posing pointed questions of the lawyer defending the president. By the end

By Adam Cancryn, Kevin Liptak, CNN Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point. Trump complained relentlessly about the United States being taken advantage of by Europe,

CNN By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president. Shortly afterward, Newsom accused the Trump administration of blocking him from entering

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president. Shortly afterward, Newsom accused the Trump administration of blocking him from entering a

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire. Trump also repeated numerous long-debunked false claims about foreign

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama said in an interview released Wednesday that the country is moving in the direction of having a woman president, clarifying what she meant after previously saying the country is not ready for one. “It takes time, right, so, but we’re moving,” Obama said on

By Kaanita Iyer, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday offered some biting words about Denmark, which maintains territorial control over Greenland, after the European country’s pension fund announced it would unwind its investment in US government bonds. Bessent said in response that Denmark and its investment in the United States

By Tami Luhby, Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing Tuesday. The Social Security Administration is still unable to determine what information was shared through a third-party server that’s

By Adam Cancryn, Kevin Liptak, CNN Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — An urgent diplomatic intervention is awaiting President Donald Trump in Davos after days spent hurling threats at US allies over Greenland. Top European officials are planning to use this week’s annual summit of global elites as their staging ground for averting a fast-blooming crisis that

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Michele Tafoya, a longtime sportscaster and conservative commentator, has officially announced she will run for US Senate in Minnesota, giving the Republican Party a well-known candidate in a state that’s being roiled by the ongoing federal immigration crackdown. In a video announcing her campaign launch on Wednesday morning, Tafoya

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A commission convened by Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore recommended a new congressional map Tuesday that targets the state’s lone Republican in the US House. The proposal, which needs state legislative approval, still faces headwinds in Maryland’s Democratic-controlled state Senate, however. The commission-backed map takes aim at eight-term Republican

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza — and that he will indefinitely chair — will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump celebrated the first anniversary of his return to office with many of the false claims he told most frequently during that year. During a meandering address to reporters at the White House and a subsequent question-and-answer session, Trump sought to tout the progress the US has

By Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department officials pushed the FBI to investigate political campaigns in Minnesota over whether they illegally benefited from fraud in public service organizations, according to two people familiar with the internal discussions. Some of the Justice Department’s interest, according to one of the sources, comes

By Devan Cole, Kristen Holmes (CNN) — Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s handpicked interim US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, left her position at the Justice Department Tuesday, marking an end to her turbulent tenure bringing cases against the president’s political enemies. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Halligan’s exit in a post on

By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A recently unsealed federal court filing suggests that Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Barack Obama and now the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, acted as a key legal adviser to Jeffrey Epstein during some of his most perilous moments, raising questions about her

By Arlette Saenz, Sarah Ferris, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Julia Letlow has launched a run for US Senate in Louisiana, taking advantage of President Donald Trump’s endorsement to wage a primary battle against incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy. “Today, I am announcing my candidacy for the United States Senate to ensure the

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — In an extraordinary message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his pursuit of the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland to his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He repeated his long-debunked claim that he ended eight wars. And he made another false claim – that no

By Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — When a rogue House Democrat surprised his own party with an impeachment vote against President Donald Trump last month, drama quickly rippled through the rank-and-file. The party’s staunchest Trump antagonists wanted to push forward with a showy rebuke of the commander-in-chief over recent violent threats to Democratic

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared poised Tuesday to strike down a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns onto private property without the explicit approval of the property owner, a stance that would that would be a setback to states that have tested new ways to reduce the presence

By Piper HudspethBlackburn, CNN (CNN) — A giant reproduction of a birthday message bearing Donald Trump’s name that was included in a collection of letters gifted to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein decades ago has been erected on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The work is most recent installation by a group

By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he’s openly trying to annex. “How did we come up to

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A military recruiter in Minnesota, pointing to fears over the ongoing ICE operations in Minneapolis, promoted joining the National Guard to high school students highlighting a program that can offer the immediate family of service members some protection against deportation. The email, sent last week with the subject line

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Josh Shapiro wasn’t the only finalist to be Kamala Harris’ running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. Tim Walz was, too. The Minnesota governor — whom Harris ultimately picked —

By Arit John, Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are kicking off the process of setting their 2028 presidential primary calendar this month, after 12 states submitted applications to lead the process. For decades, Democrats closely mirrored Republicans with their primary schedule, with the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primaries leading the race to the

By John King, CNN Kellerton, Iowa (CNN) — Shanen Ebersole is smiling, keeping an eye on her cows as they graze. Calving season is soon, so election season will have to wait. “We’ll walk them the mile and a half home in a month or so,” Ebersole tells a visitor. “Then they will calve in

By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson is actively working to unite his conference behind another Republican-only policy bill ahead of the midterms, with members clamoring for more wins and eager not waste what they fear could be the waning days of their majority. Despite facing one of the smallest House

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — In the end, the Supreme Court’s blockbuster case on whether President Donald Trump may temporarily fire members of the Federal Reserve may come down to a single, 26-word sentence. After repeatedly allowing Trump to remove leaders of other independent agencies, the conservative court seemed to draw a line around

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — A number of forces on the left questioned Josh Shapiro’s ties to Israel during Kamala Harris’ rushed running mate selection process in 2024. In his new memoir out next week, the Pennsylvania governor says the former vice president and her vetting team were among them. So much so, Shapiro

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. All funds raised will go toward rebuilding Gaza, the official said, adding that “there will not

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order aimed at preventing any football games from competing with the annual Army-Navy matchup, seeking to preserve what he described as one of the country’s most cherished sporting traditions. The announcement Saturday night signaled an unusually direct effort by

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party has a deeply motivated base and a clear advantage on the generic congressional ballot ahead of this fall’s midterms despite dismal impressions of its current leaders in Congress, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Democratic registered voters are far more motivated

By Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — On a breezy autumn morning beneath skittering clouds, the demolition crew strikes quicker than almost anyone expected. Working at the behest of President Donald J. Trump, who has long fashioned himself the builder-in-chief, they take only days to reduce the 123-year-old East Wing of the White House to rubble.

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Few Americans are satisfied with the amount of evidence released in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with most saying they believe the government is intentionally holding back information. The poll was conducted a little less than a month after the December 19 deadline

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The US on Saturday announced it conducted a lethal strike in Syria on an al Qaeda affiliate leader it says had direct ties to an ISIS attacker who killed three Americans in early December. “The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our

By Haley Britzky, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered the military command that processes new recruits to hold off on initial training for people who are HIV-positive and recently joined the military, CNN has learned, saying that a decision on reinstating a Defense Department ban on their enlistment is “expected in the

By Betsy Klein, Alejandra Jaramillo, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice. Trump granted a slew of pardons on Friday, including one for Adriana Camberos, who was convicted for a second time after

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis has seen tense demonstrations against the Trump administration’s deployment of federal agents to the city for an immigration crackdown, raising questions about what these officers can do on the ground and how President Donald Trump can respond. As protests escalated following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The anti-abortion movement is testing new strategies to force a legal confrontation over so-called shield laws in Democratic-led states that protect abortion providers in those states from prosecution. The escalation in tactics is driven by the reality that the number of US abortions has only increased since the Supreme

By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — After pushback from both gun rights and gun control groups, the Trump administration has quietly abandoned its plan to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to people briefed on the matter. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche

CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A person familiar with the matter told CNN that grand jury subpoenas had been issued for

By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A person familiar with the matter told CNN that grand jury subpoenas had been issued for both

By Betsy Klein, Devan Cole, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration took a major step toward giving President Donald Trump’s sweeping new ballroom the green light with the appointment of four new officials to a key Washington, DC, board this week. The new members of the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether police warrants that allow access to large amounts of cellphone location data to identify people near a crime scene are constitutional. The practice of issuing geofence warrants has divided lower courts, some of which have ruled that it constitutes the kind

By John Fritze, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will decide whether tens of thousands of people claiming the pesticide Roundup caused their cancer will have a day in court, or whether a federal law that regulates pesticide labeling will effectively block their cases from moving forward. The court’s

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The National Guard mission in Washington, DC that has seen hundreds of troops patrol the streets of the US capital as well as undertake public service projects like trash collection and laying mulch has been extended through the end of 2026, according to two officials familiar with the matter.

By Kevin Liptak, Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said he is considering applying new tariffs on countries that oppose his ambition of annexing Greenland. Trump has insisted for months that the US should control the world’s largest island, declaring earlier this week that anything less would be “unacceptable.” He argued that

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is issuing a slew of pardons, a White House official said Friday, including granting clemency again to a woman who was convicted for a second time after he commuted her sentence in his first term. Trump’s latest pardon of Adriana Camberos, along with her brother Andres,

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Virginia on Friday became the latest state to escalate the nationwide redistricting battle ahead of November’s midterm elections that will determine which party controls the US House during the final two years of President Donald Trump’s time in office. Democrats who control the state Senate moved forward on a

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Seeking to show Americans that he’s concerned about affordability, President Donald Trump on Thursday released his long-awaited plan to tackle the high cost of health care. Light on details, the proposal is largely a broad framework of the president’s health care priorities, including reducing drug prices, lowering health insurance

By Zachary Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday, according to a US official. “During the meeting in Caracas, Director Ratcliffe discussed potential opportunities for economic collaboration and that Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries, especially

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little to

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta, Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with a majority of Americans saying Trump is focused on the wrong priorities and doing too little

By Eric Bradner, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered a stern message one week ago to federal agents following the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman who was protesting their efforts to round up immigrants in the state. “Get the f**k out of Minneapolis,” Frey said. The remark immediately put Frey

By Kevin Liptak, Zachary Cohen, Alayna Treene, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Emerging on Tuesday from a late-night Situation Room meeting to discuss options for striking Iran, some of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials were relatively sure a decision on military action was close at hand. The president, they felt, was moved by

By Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The longtime government contractor whose activity prompted the controversial search of a Washington Post reporter’s home acknowledged he mishandled classified information, prosecutors said, according to a court hearing transcript obtained by CNN. Aurelio Perez-Lugones told federal investigators he was angry about “recent government activity,” Assistant US Attorney

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump unveiled a multipart proposal on Thursday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices and reducing health insurance premiums, as well as increasing price transparency within the health care system. The White House is positioning the package – dubbed the “Great Healthcare Plan” – as a framework to

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Madison Sheahan announced Thursday she is stepping away from her position to run for Congress in Ohio. A close confidant to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Sheahan was one of ICE’s most visible faces as the agency carried out President Donald

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Rebranding the Department of Defense to the Department of War, as per President Donald Trump’s September executive order, could cost up to $125 million, the Congressional Budget Office said in an estimate published Wednesday. Depending on how the department chooses to implement the change, costs could range from $10

By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Three-quarters of Americans say they oppose the United States attempting to take control of Greenland, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, indicating that President Donald Trump’s push to expand America’s territory faces stiff headwinds with the public. The survey finds just 25% of Americans

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans blocked an effort to curb the Trump administration’s military action in Venezuela, a victory for the president who was incensed that some Republicans tried to tie his hands on a key foreign policy. Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill Wednesday night