CNN – US Politics

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that it will revive a lawsuit from fuel producers challenging California’s strict vehicle emission rules, with both conservative and liberal justices signaling that the companies have standing to sue. Several of the justices suggested a federal appeals court in Washington, DC, erred when it

By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Dick Durbin, the longtime second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, announced plans to retire at the end of next year, setting off a succession scramble to take his powerful leadership spot in the chamber and a likely crowded primary in Illinois for the seat. “The decision of whether to run

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education has recently announced that it will restart collecting federal student loans in default on May 5, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished. More than 5 million borrowers are in default, the department said in

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in a second group chat where he shared sensitive military operations details has focused attention on the prominent role she has occupied at the Pentagon without being formally employed during her husband’s short

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Alliances among the nine Supreme Court justices can shift back and forth, as in recent cases over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of migrants. But religion is different. The fundamental irreconcilable conflict on today’s Supreme Court was laid bare during an intense courtroom drama Tuesday over

CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations that he discussed military plans in a second Signal group

By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations that he discussed military plans in a second Signal group chat,

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is not acting in “good faith” as part of the expedited fact-finding process unfolding in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the federal judge overseeing the matter ruled Tuesday, accusing officials of intentional noncompliance with their obligation to produce information. The 8-page order from US District

By John Miller, Josh Campbell and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The man who allegedly stole a Gucci bag loaded with cash from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was sitting at the table next to hers, according to video of Sunday’s incident reviewed by Secret Service investigators. The surveillance footage of the incident at The

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday signaled it will require schools to provide opt-outs for parents who have religious objections to LGBTQ+ books read in elementary schools, an outcome that would continue the court’s years-long push to expand religious rights. During more than two hours of feisty oral

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio rolled out the first stage of a major plan to reorganize the US State Department on Tuesday with changes that will eliminate 132 domestic offices, cut around 700 positions in Washington, DC and close offices focused on war crimes and global

By Gabe Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — At a time when critical funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a crawl, some states — with Republican governors — have been luckier than others in prying money loose. The Trump administration directed FEMA to prioritize payments to GOP-led Missouri and Virginia

By Arit John and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ efforts to land on a winning message against President Donald Trump have led the party to consider how fully to embrace a new, politically complex cause: pressuring the administration to follow a Supreme Court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The party

By Betul Tuncer and Sylvie Kirsch, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida faced frequent shouting from the crowd at a contentious town hall on Monday with a number of attendees asking critical questions about the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. The congressman repeatedly asked the crowd to let him

CNN By Betul Tuncer and Sylvie Kirsch, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida faced frequent shouting from the crowd at a contentious town hall on Monday with a number of attendees asking critical questions about the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. The congressman repeatedly asked the crowd to let

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education announced on Monday that it will restart collecting federal student loans in default on May 5, ending a pandemic-era pause that began roughly five years ago. More than 5 million borrowers are in default, the department said in a news release. Federal student loans

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The logos of Big Tech companies and key associations were featured prominently Monday at the White House Easter Egg Roll, offering an unprecedented scene and use of the grounds to promote private business. Children danced on the grass as a military band performed Martha and the Vandellas’ “Nowhere to

By John Fritze and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday signaled it may uphold a task force that recommends which preventive health care services Obamacare requires to be covered at no-cost, with several conservative justices voicing skepticism about a challenge that is based on how members of the panel are appointed.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — When the newly elected Pope Francis returned to the front desk of his hotel in Rome to personally settle his bill a day after being introduced to cheering crowds in St. Peter’s Square in 2013, it was a first glimpse into the modesty that would come to define his

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear arguments in a case against the US Postal Service filed by a Texas woman who claims her carrier declined to deliver the mail to her rental properties because she is Black. Lebene Konan, a realtor and licensed insurance agent, alleged that the

By Josh Campbell and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, the secretary confirmed Monday. Noem, who was asked about the theft at the White House Easter Egg Roll, acknowledged the incident and said

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee collected a staggering $239 million for the festivities surrounding his swearing-in this year — with some of the nation’s wealthiest people and biggest companies writing large checks as they sought to ingratiate themselves with the Republican ahead of

CNN By Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat

By Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat told

By Tierney Sneed, Tami Luhby and Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is defending the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court – a notable contrast to his first term, when his administration sought to repeal the law in Congress and then refused to defend it in a major challenge brought

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who recently met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, slammed the Trump administration for its handling of the Maryland man’s mistaken deportation, telling CNN it poses a threat to “the constitutional rights of everybody in America.” Van Hollen, in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN, argued

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ panic over what they stand for and whether they can credibly compete beyond the bluest states is already erupting in the rush to recruit Senate candidates across the country for next year — a desperate effort to dig out from years of losses that have them far from

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to use a controversial 18th century wartime authority to speed deportations, the issue has rocketed back to the justices in a second short-fuse appeal with enormous potential consequences. The situation was entirely foreseeable. After

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US Naval Academy canceled a lecture that author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to give to students there last week after he refused to remove slides from his planned presentation that criticized the academy’s decision to remove nearly 400 books from its main library. Holiday, a writer and philosopher

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Comedian Tim Dillon isn’t expecting a certain member of the British royal family to stream his newly released stand-up special on Netflix. And he thinks the same logic should apply to Democrats who may fault him and other entertainers for President Donald Trump’s return to power. “You can’t go

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — For Billy Moges, the fight with a Washington, DC-area school district over the reading of LGBTQ+ books in elementary school is a matter of faith. “We have no hate for anyone,” said Moges, one of the Christian parents who sued Maryland’s largest school district over the policy in a

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Gary Shapley, whom President Donald Trump named acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week with the support of Elon Musk, will no longer serve in the role, sources told CNN — a win for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s office, which

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration this week escalated its efforts to portray the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador as a gang member with a violent history who they say is “never coming back” to the United States. A renewed push to cast Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a violent member

By Jennifer Hansler and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — A second round of high-level talks between US and Iranian delegations on Tehran’s nuclear program has concluded in Rome on Saturday, amid tempered optimism about a diplomatic way forward. Saturday’s negotiations came a week after an initial round was held in the Omani capital Muscat. Although

CNN By Lauren Fox and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at the country’s notorious CECOT prison and has since been moved. “He said he was not

By John Fritze, Emily R. Condon and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The Supreme Court early Saturday morning paused the deportation of immigrants potentially subject to the Alien Enemies Act, freezing action in a fast-developing case involving a group of immigrants in Texas who say the Trump administration was working to remove them.

By Lauren Fox and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador described being “traumatized” by his time at the country’s notorious CECOT prison and has since been moved. “He said he was not afraid

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — This year’s White House Easter Egg roll will feature high-dollar partnerships with YouTube, Meta and Amazon, among others, underscoring the close relationships the leaders of those tech companies have sought to cultivate with the Trump administration. The White House, through an outside production company called Harbinger, solicited corporate sponsors

By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Jake Tapper and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not recommend invoking the Insurrection Act in a memo the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to send to President Donald Trump about the conditions at the

By Kevin Liptak, Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Gary Shapley, whom President Donald Trump named acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week with the support of Elon Musk, will no longer serve in the role, sources told CNN — a win for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s office, which had

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Friday morning launched a new website championing the theory that the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 was a human-made pathogen that leaked from an infectious disease laboratory in Wuhan, China. The page revives a long debate about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic that has seen

By Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge paused the Trump administration’s efforts to lay off nearly 1,500 of the 1,700 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as she considers whether the mass firing violated a court order halting the dismantling of the agency. Judge Amy Berman Jackson will scrutinize

By Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The increase in high-profile cases this year has led to 67 judges being provided “enhanced” security measures by the US Marshals Service and the office that runs the federal judiciary, according to a letter to Congress seeking additional funds. The Judicial Conference outlined the threat in a letter to

By Kylie Atwood, Alayna Treene and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Last month a private jet belonging to Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff winged its way from Abu Dhabi to Doha to Moscow and Baku, before finally flying to Florida, where Witkoff briefed President Donald Trump on his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin —

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is considering eliminating funding for two key federal programs that help millions of low-income Americans educate their young children and heat their homes. A draft of President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year calls for ending support for Head Start, which provides early

By Dianne Gallagher and Andy Buck, CNN (CNN) — At a town hall in South Carolina, veteran congressman Jim Clyburn emphasized that Democrats are limited in what they can do in the minority in Congress, urging attendees to speak out and vote to help tip the scales and the balance of power. The friendly crowd

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — It took Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni exactly two sentences in the Oval Office on Thursday to signal to her host she was a kindred spirit. “We both share another fight, which is the fight against the woke and DEI ideology that would like to erase our history,”

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that some states saw gas prices fall to just $1.98 on Wednesday. Trump was responding to a journalist who asked him at the White House how long Americans can expect to experience higher prices because of his trade policies.Trump claimed Americans have

By Morgan Rimmer and David Culver, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen said he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador, Thursday night. “I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance,” the Maryland Democrat said in a post

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s call for the “termination” of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell landed Thursday as the Supreme Court is weighing a fast-moving appeal over two independent agencies that has increasingly become a proxy battle for control of the nation’s powerful central bank. A decision in the emergency appeal

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request that it halt the next steps Judge Paula Xinis is seeking to take in the case concerning a migrant who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, with a strident warning about the rule of law and the

By Daniel Dale and Alicia Wallace, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump has falsely claimed this week that grocery prices are “going down” and “are down.” In fact, grocery prices have continued to rise under Trump – and they were up even before he imposed near-global 10% tariffs earlier this month. Trump made the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear oral arguments over President Donald Trump’s request to enforce a plan to end birthright citizenship against all but a handful of individuals, though it deferred a request from the administration that would have allowed it to implement its plan immediately. The

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration in the United States. Following a Supreme Court ruling that the

By Em Steck, Annie Grayer and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, failed to report hundreds of media appearances he’s made in the past few years, including many on far-right outlets and Russian-state media, when he first filed his mandated disclosure forms

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Judge James Boasberg – who ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration showed “willful disregard” for his mid-March order halting deportation flights amid dispute over the legality of the removals – is the first judge to find “probable cause exists” to hold administration officials in criminal contempt. But the legal

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — As Trump administration lawyers assess whether it is legally viable to send American citizens who have committed violent crimes to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, legal experts made clear that President Donald Trump lacks any legal authority to ship domestic convicts out of the US. Two White House officials familiar

By Sarah Owermohle and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is formulating plans to cut roughly a third of the federal health budget, eliminate dozens of programs and vastly whittle down health agencies, according to an internal document reviewed by CNN. The preliminary memo, sent from White House budget officials to the Department

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — The wife of the Maryland man who the US government mistakenly deported to El Salvador acknowledged that she had filed a civil protective order against him four years ago, but said it was out of an abundance of caution and that the couple had

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Actor and major Democratic donor George Clooney told CNN there should have been a primary election last summer after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, while sharing which Democrat has caught his attention for 2028. Clooney’s comments, made in a sit-down interview Tuesday with CNN’s Jake

CNN, GETTY IMAGES By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Actor and major Democratic donor George Clooney told CNN there should have been a primary election last summer after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, while sharing which Democrat has caught his attention for 2028. Clooney’s comments, made in a sit-down interview Tuesday

By Evan Perez, Alayna Treene and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that

By Jake Tapper, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colin Carroll, the chief of staff of Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, has been placed on administrative leave, two defense sources said Wednesday, the third such appointee to be placed on leave reported this week. One defense source told CNN that Carroll

By Lauren Fox and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — US Sen. Chris Van Hollen told reporters in El Salvador Wednesday that he was unable to visit Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in the maximum-security mega-prison where he is being held. Instead, the Democrat announced he met with the Salvadoran vice president and vowed to “keep pressing”

By Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. The long-awaited decision on Wednesday from a

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is suing Maine over its refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in high school sports, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. The lawsuit, which alleges that Maine is violating Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that

CNN, REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — A merchant ship full of wheat set sail from Oregon earlier this month, headed towards the port of Aden in Yemen. But when that carrier eventually arrives at its intended destination in mid-May, there will be no one authorized to receive the wheat, store it and ensure that

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two US service members were killed after their vehicle was involved in an accident Tuesday morning near the southern US border, the military said in a statement. The service members were “deployed in support of Joint Task Force Southern Border,” US Northern Command said in the statement. A third

CNN, REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ON RUMBLE By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it,

By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference GOP lawmakers continue to show

By David Wright, Fredreka Schouten and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — Donors filled the coffers of Democrats who have emerged as prominent critics of President Donald Trump in the first months of his second term – signaling an early surge of enthusiasm among progressive contributors, new campaign reports filed Tuesday show. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

By Tami Luhby and Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — In his first major action on health care costs this term, President Donald Trump issued a multi-part executive order on Tuesday aimed at lowering drug prices and reducing costs for Medicare. The move comes as his administration seeks to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports that many

By David Wright, Tami Luhby and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden offered his first public critique of President Donald Trump’s second term Tuesday, painting the Trump administration’s handling of the Social Security Administration as destructive. “Look what’s happened now. Fewer than 100 days, this new administration has made so – done

CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and close allies, who note they’re sad to say it — are desperate for the former president to stick to a quiet retirement. But Tuesday in Chicago, Biden

By Evan Perez, Alayna Treene and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is set to name Gary Shapley, the former IRS criminal investigator who alleged that the Justice Department slow-walked the investigation of Hunter Biden, as acting commissioner of the IRS, three people briefed on the matter told CNN. Shapley provided whistleblower testimony

By Devan Cole and Angelica Franganillo Diaz, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the case of a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador said she would allow for expedited fact-finding to help her figure out whether the Trump administration is complying with her order that it “facilitate” his return from one of the country’s

By Majlie de Puy Kamp, Danny Freeman and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — In the days before Cody Balmer allegedly set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, his family repeatedly called police and mental health agencies for help as his condition dramatically worsened, according to interviews with relatives and phone records shared with CNN. But

By Steve Contorno, CNN Fort Madison, Iowa (CNN) — A room full of frustrated Iowans urged Sen. Chuck Grassley to stand up to President Donald Trump and push back against the executive branch during a Tuesday town hall. In a tiny southeast Iowa city council chambers that couldn’t fit everyone who turned out, Grassley mostly

By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has fired an immigration lawyer who the Trump administration has accused of sabotaging its legal case over the mistaken deportation of a Salvadoran man, according to a person familiar with the matter. Erez Reuveni argued the government’s case in the deportation of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts has been outmatched by President Donald Trump in the fight over the administration’s wrongful deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador. No matter how much the right-wing justices wanted to balance deference for the executive branch with the effort to free

By Marshall Cohen and Rene Marsh, CNN Washington (CNN) — A staggering 25% of Internal Revenue Service employees are planning to take buyouts and resign, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The deadline for IRS employees to accept the latest round of “deferred resignation” buyout offers was Tuesday morning. The latest

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration is looking at closing nearly 30 overseas embassies and consulates as it eyes significant changes to its diplomatic presence abroad, according to an internal State Department document obtained by CNN. The document also recommends reducing the footprint at the US diplomatic missions in Somalia and

By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — US envoy Steve Witkoff has said that moving forward, talks with Iran would be about verification of its nuclear program. “The conversation with the Iranians will be much about two critical points,” Witkoff told Fox News on Monday. The first is verification of uranium enrichment, “and ultimately verification on

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden has been hankering to do more. Many leading Democrats across the country — including some former top aides and close allies, who note they’re sad to say it — are desperate for the former president to stick to a quiet retirement. But Tuesday in Chicago, Biden waded

By Kayla Tausche and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Internal Revenue Service workers are expecting to soon learn their employment fate, coinciding with Tuesday’s tax-filing deadline and their busiest week of the year. Two sources familiar with the matter said the agency will begin to announce individual decisions by the end of this week, spelling

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A Maryland man’s efforts to return to the US after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador last month hit a major new roadblock on Monday when the country’s president vowed to keep the father of three locked in a notorious mega-prison. The comments from Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele mark

By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN (CNN) — The man charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence Sunday was an auto mechanic who faced personal and financial turmoil in recent years – including allegations that he assaulted his wife and young children amid a suicide attempt. Cody

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Stress and anxiety had been building for weeks in Monique Lockett, a 25-year veteran of the Social Security Administration, about the fate of her colleagues and the sensitive agency data she had vowed to protect, her sister Ksha told CNN. In February, amid sweeping changes to the federal workforce,

By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele made clear during an Oval Office meeting on Monday that the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador won’t be returned to the United States. Despite a Supreme Court ruling that the US must “facilitate”

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Social Security Administration is set to implement on Monday new anti-fraud measures that have sparked widespread concern and confusion, heightened by the agency’s repeated changes to one of the new policies. Social Security will now conduct an anti-fraud check on all phone applications for benefits and flag claims

By Devan Cole and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, to open an investigation into President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be the district’s top prosecutor. The

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it is not required to work with officials in El Salvador to secure the return of a man mistakenly deported to the country, days after the Supreme Court endorsed a federal judge’s directive that US officials must “facilitate” bringing him back stateside. The

By Kevin Liptak, CNN West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN) — President Donald Trump is “fully fit” to perform the duties of the presidency, the White House physician said in a memorandum released Sunday following Trump’s yearly physical that cited his “frequent victories” in golf tournaments as evidence of his robust health. The note, which included

By Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson has relied on one strategy so far in his chaotic GOP House: Survive and advance. The Louisiana Republican notched another unlikely victory last week, convincing his most recalcitrant conservatives to back a budget blueprint they detested — all without losing the votes of

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN Miami (CNN) — President Donald Trump traded the Oval Office for The Octagon on Saturday night. The president arrived to raucous applause at the Kaseya Center in Miami, participating in the “walkout” traditionally reserved for athletes as he became the first sitting president to attend a UFC event. Trump, who

By Betsy Klein, CNN Miami (CNN) — President Donald Trump traded the Oval Office for The Octagon on Saturday night. The president arrived to raucous applause at the Kaseya Center in Miami, participating in the “walkout” traditionally reserved for athletes as he became the first sitting president to attend a UFC event. Trump, who walked

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security has administered lie detector tests to about 50 staffers in recent weeks, including FEMA’s acting administrator and roughly a dozen officials at the disaster relief agency, as part of an intensifying effort to root out what the department alleges are leaks of national security

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Recent Pentagon policies are having direct impacts on students at Defense Department schools around the globe and leaving students and their parents concerned they’re being disadvantaged by attending the schools, multiple students and parents told CNN. Many of the changes stem from President Donald Trump’s executive order banning programs

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week made his strongest endorsement yet of the measles vaccine amid an ongoing outbreak that has killed three and infected more than 600 people across the US. But his recent push for people to get vaccinated for measles stands