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White House "border czar" Tom Homan speaks during a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis

DHS withdrawing 700 personnel in Minnesota “immediately,” border czar says

By Michael Williams, Jennifer Sherwood and Rebekah Riess Minneapolis (CNN) — White House border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday announced that the Department of Homeland Security would be withdrawing 700 personnel from Minneapolis “effective immediately.” Roughly 3,000 DHS personnel had been deployed to Minneapolis as part of Operation Metro Surge, the immigration crackdown that began

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Justice Department review found Trump ally Ed Martin improperly leaked grand jury material in probe of president’s foes

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — A Justice Department review found that Ed Martin improperly handled grand jury materials that were part of an investigation targeting Donald Trump’s political enemies, at least two sources familiar with the review told CNN. It was at least part of the reason Martin was pushed

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Trump wants Republicans to ‘nationalize’ US elections. The Constitution might get in the way

By Marshall Cohen, Michael Williams, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A wide array of election experts say President Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to “nationalize the voting” is an alarming and potentially dangerous escalation of his continued efforts to transform how US elections are administered. Trump’s remarks were notable both for their ambiguity and for

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Sen. Mark Kelly takes his seat during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill

Judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in case challenging Pentagon’s efforts to punish him over ‘illegal orders’ video

CNN By Devan Cole, Austin Culpepper, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is violating his First Amendment rights through its effort to punish him over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. During a high-stakes hearing in

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Judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in case challenging Pentagon’s efforts to punish him over ‘illegal orders’ video

By Devan Cole, Austin Culpepper, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge appears likely to side with Mark Kelly in the Democratic senator’s case alleging the Pentagon is violating his First Amendment rights through its effort to punish him over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. During a high-stakes hearing in Washington,

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US carrier shoots down Iranian drone as tensions escalate and diplomatic talks hit a snag

By Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — A US aircraft carrier shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively approached” the ship in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday hours before two gunboats operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps approached a US-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to

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Madeleine Albright Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Personal Birth date: May 15, 1937 Death date: March 23, 2022 Birth place: Prague, Czechoslovakia Birth name: Marie Jana Korbelova Father: Josef Korbel, diplomat Mother: Mandula Korbel Marriage: Joseph Albright (1959-1983, divorced) Children: Katharine, Anne

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Elon Musk and Howard Lutnick walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on March 14

There are many famous names in the Epstein files

CNN By Zachary B. Wolf, Michael Williams, Austin Culpepper, CNN (CNN) — The major headlines from the latest dump of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein focus on President Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and the former Prince Andrew, among others. And rightly so. Those names are sprinkled

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The Kennedy Center in Washington DC

Trump hints at dramatic Kennedy Center renovations that will leave steel ‘fully exposed’

By Betsy Klein, Kristen Holmes, Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested the Kennedy Center’s two-year renovation project could be dramatic — a demolition effort short of a complete teardown, but one so severe that it would leave the Washington building’s steel “fully exposed.” A source close to the center said

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Texas Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign roiled as he denies referring to ex-rival as ‘mediocre Black man’

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — With now just a month to go until Election Day, the Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas has become so fraught that a TikToker’s accusations have roiled the race and prompted a major endorsement in the backlash. The incident started Sunday night when Morgan Thompson posted a video

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Committee Chairman James Comer

Clintons agree to in-person depositions in 11th-hour offer to avoid contempt vote in Jeffrey Epstein investigation

CNN 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

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Clintons agree to in-person depositions in 11th-hour offer to avoid contempt vote in Jeffrey Epstein investigation

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

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Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image released by the Department of Justice on December 19

Epstein victims’ lawyers ask judges to force takedown of released files, citing ‘thousands of redaction failures’

By MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein are asking judges to force the Justice Department to take down the millions of Epstein-related documents it has posted online, saying in a letter dated Sunday that the failure to properly redact victims’ information has triggered an “unfolding emergency.” The letter, written by

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Program cuts, staff cuts, furloughs: Education leaders say budget cuts would cause fallout

Another round of budget cuts would force immediate staff cuts and furloughs across Idaho campuses, college and university officials said Friday.

The cuts would lead to larger classes and reduced student support.

And cuts could affect some of higher education’s highest-profile programs. The University of Idaho would have to cut back its longstanding medical school partnership with the University of Washington, a training ground for Idaho doctors since the early 1970s. Boise State University said cuts could affect even its athletics programs — which is bankrolled largely by boosters and ticket and TV revenues.

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Georgia General Election 2020 ballots are loaded onto trucks by the FBI

Fulton County expected to make new court filing challenging legality of FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records

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

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Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities

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

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Eric Trump

UAE-linked firm bought major stake in Trump family crypto company, Wall Street Journal reports

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,

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Deputy attorney general signals no new Epstein charges, defends Gabbard role in Georgia election search

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

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With contempt vote looming, here’s what Epstein documents say about the Clintons

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

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Trump jokes about suing his Federal Reserve nominee Warsh over interest rates at elite Washington dinner

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

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Trump says federal government won’t step into protests in Democratic-led cities ‘until they ask us for help’

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

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Democrat Christian Menefee wins special US House runoff in Texas, shrinking GOP majority even further

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

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From a recalibration in Minnesota to an Epstein files release: Inside the Trump administration’s chaotic week

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.

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Here’s what military equipment the US has positioned in the Middle East as Trump considers an Iran strike

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

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Trump-backed funding bill clears the Senate, putting pressure on House to quickly end shutdown

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,

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Critchfield rejects budget committee’s request to plan for cuts

One day after legislative budget-writers asked state superintendent Debbie Critchfield to plan for cuts to public schools, the first-term Republican delivered her response: No. 

“I will not be recommending further cuts to the public schools budget,” Critchfield wrote in a Thursday letter to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee’s co-chairs. “The public schools budget is more than numbers on a spreadsheet. It represents every one of our students, classrooms, teachers and communities.”

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Journalist Don Lemon promises to fight federal charges following his arrest after Minnesota church protest

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

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Ryan Wedding: Mexico’s president pushes back on FBI Director Kash Patel’s telling of pro-snowboarder’s arrest

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

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Fact check: Trump twice promotes phony claim that Walmart is closing 250 California stores

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

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Trump’s deal with Senate leaders to avert government shutdown hits snags as lawmakers refuse to allow quick vote

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Senate leaders have a bipartisan funding deal in hand but it remains to be seen whether they will avert a costly government shutdown as the clock ticks down toward Friday’s midnight deadline. Lawmakers left Capitol Hill late Thursday after all rank-and-file senators could not come

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US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon at Alpha School Austin on September 9

‘What if I told you this school had no teachers?’: Is AI schooling the future of education — or a risky bet?

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

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How Stephen Miller micromanages Trump’s immigration policies

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

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Trump’s National Guard deployments have cost taxpayers nearly $500 million

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

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Takeaways from CNN’s Minnesota town hall

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

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Trump weighs major new strike on Iran as nuclear discussions show no progress

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

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People shop for fruit in a grocery store in the Manhattan borough of New York City on December 13

Fact check: Trump says Democrats don’t talk about affordability anymore (they do) because inflation is over (it isn’t)

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

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Trump’s immigration approach is gumming up the courts, frustrating his Justice Department and judges

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

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Sen. Ruchti to host three-part 2026 Legislative Town Hall series

Looking to bridge the gap between the Statehouse and the community, State Senator James Ruchti (D-Pocatello) has announced three town halls for District 29 residents and surrounding community members during the 2026 legislative session. Ruchti says these forums are designed as a nonpartisan space for Idahoans to discuss the future of Medicaid, ask questions about policy priorities, and share concerns directly with leadership.

“Our democracy works best when the people are heard,” said State Senator Ruchti. “These events give folks the chance to speak directly with their elected representative, and for me to better understand how the decisions we’re making in Boise are affecting everyday Idahoans.”

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Legislative budget-writers tell agencies to prepare for additional cuts

State agency budget cuts could deepen to 5% for the current fiscal year and next fiscal year.

Leaders of the Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee (JFAC) told agency directors Monday to make plans for additional across-the-board spending cuts at 1% and 2%, according to a memo obtained by Idaho Education News. 

These would be in addition to the 3% cuts that Gov. Brad Little made through an executive order last year.

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Analysis: Trump’s team almost never backs down from its false claims. This past week has been different

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

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