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‘We fight or we die’: How days of frantic diplomacy and dire warnings culminated with Israel’s attack on Iran

By Betsy Klein, Sarah Ferris, Katie Bo Lillis, Kylie Atwood and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum this spring to Iran’s Supreme Leader: Strike a nuclear deal in 60 days, by mid-June, or face consequences. He urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on attacking Iran to give

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Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday evening after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading to the Capitol Rotunda, according to the Capitol Police. The group, made up of veterans and military family members, planned a

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With bibles, tokens and watches, Trump made millions, new disclosures show

By Fredreka Schouten, Kit Maher and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has made millions from his family’s cryptocurrency venture, private golf clubs and hawking everything from bibles to watches – as he’s capitalized on his political prominence to expand his business empire, according to financial documents released Friday afternoon. One of the

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleads not guilty to federal human smuggling charges

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national mistakenly deported from the US three months ago, pleaded not guilty Friday to federal human smuggling charges. But at the end of an all-day hearing, a federal magistrate judge didn’t decide whether Abrego Garcia’s alleged smuggling of undocumented immigrants through Tennessee

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Federal judge blocks Trump executive order that requires proof of US citizenship to vote and limits mail-in ballots

By Dan Berman, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked part of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to revamp how elections are run in the United States. Judge Denise Casper issued a preliminary injunction halting requirements to show written proof of US citizenship when registering to vote in elections

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Appeals court pauses ruling requiring Trump to return control of California National Guard to state

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court late Thursday paused a ruling that required President Donald Trump to return control of members of California’s National Guard to the state. Senior US District Judge Charles Breyer had ruled that Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard and must return control

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Tensions rising in GOP over Trump border plan as Rand Paul squares off with Stephen Miller

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month. Key Trump adviser Stephen Miller came to Capitol Hill to meet with

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US senator forcefully removed from DHS event in LA, triggering Democratic outcry on Capitol Hill

CNN By Michael Williams, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — US Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla was forcefully removed from a press conference in Los Angeles Thursday and coerced to the ground after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question. Padilla, California’s first Latino elected to the

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DHS posted an image calling for help locating ‘all foreign invaders.’ It was previously circulated by far-right accounts

By Clare Duffy, Sean Lyngaas and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a striking graphic on its official X account. Uncle Sam, a symbol of American patriotism, is depicted nailing a poster to a wall that reads, “Help your country… and yourself.” Written underneath the poster

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US senator forcefully removed from DHS event in LA, triggering Democratic outcry on Capitol Hill

By Michael Williams, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — US Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla was forcefully removed from a press conference in Los Angeles Thursday and coerced to the ground after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question. Padilla, California’s first Latino elected to the US

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Democratic governors slam Trump’s military deployment in California as ‘flagrant abuse of power’

By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic governors on Thursday slammed President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to California amid protests over the administration’s immigration enforcement policies. “As we speak, an American city has been militarized over the objections of their governor,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul began

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Exclusive: Trump administration tells migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela their legal status is terminated

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday told hundreds of thousands of migrants that their permission to live and work in the United States had been revoked and they should leave the country, according to a copy of the notice obtained by CNN. The termination notice was addressed to

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Senate GOP aims to pare back proposed food stamp work requirements for parents in Trump megabill

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing some notable changes to the controversial food stamp provisions in the House-approved version of Republicans’ megabill. The committee, which unveiled its proposal on Wednesday, would dial back the introduction of work requirements for parents of dependent children in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

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Trump says ‘of course’ Rand Paul invited to congressional picnic at White House after dispute over invitation

By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Rand Paul is “of course” invited to the annual congressional picnic Thursday, President Donald Trump said after a dispute with the Kentucky Republican over his invite to the long-held bipartisan gathering. “Of course Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White

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Fulbright scholarship board members resign over ‘unprecedented actions’ by the Trump administration

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Nearly all of the members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned on Wednesday, claiming the Trump administration is taking “unprecedented actions” they believe are “impermissible under the law.” The board said the Trump administration denied a “substantial number” of Fulbright awards to people who had already been selected

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Rand Paul attacks ‘immaturity’ of White House after rescinded picnic invitation, says he’s lost a ‘lot of respect’ for Trump

By Manu Raju, Alison Main and Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Rand Paul is accusing the White House of “immaturity” and engaging in “petty vindictiveness” after he and his family were disinvited from the annual White House picnic long held with members of both parties. Paul, a libertarian-minded deficit hawk who has been

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Group tracking Russian abductions of Ukrainian children prepares to shut down following Trump admin funding cut

By Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The preeminent body tracking alleged Russian war crimes in the war with Ukraine, including the abduction of Ukrainian children, has transferred its data to Ukraine’s government and the US State Department as it prepares to shut down in the coming weeks after the Trump administration terminated its funding. “Right

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ICE protests nationwide come as agency scrambles to meet Trump’s immigration arrest quotas

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Protests unfolding nationwide against President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda come as Immigration and Customs Enforcement races to meet White House arrest quotas. Since Trump took office, ICE, which had previously been operating with a set of guidelines focused on public safety and national security threats, has had to pivot

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Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli win New Jersey governor primaries

By Arit John, David Wright, Arlette Saenz and Danny Freeman, CNN Parsippany, NJ (CNN) — Mikie Sherrill, a four-term Democratic congresswoman, and former Republican state Rep. Jack Ciattarelli have won their parties’ nominations for New Jersey governor. Tuesday’s results set the stage for one of this year’s two potentially competitive gubernatorial races, along with Virginia,

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Idaho Democrats launch “All In for Idaho” initiative ahead of 2026 elections

“For too long, Republican politicians have taken this state for granted, and the result is a set of laws that are completely out of touch with working Idahoans,” said Idaho Democratic Party Chair Lauren Necochea. “After a long day of work, you ought to be able to put food on the table and afford a home for your family. But the math doesn’t pencil for too many Idaho families, and the Republican supermajority refuses to do anything. Instead, Republican rule is making it even harder for the next generation by gutting education funding and closing doors to career training for good jobs. All In for Idaho is how we start turning the page.”

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Smithsonian says it’s committed to being free from ‘partisan influence’ after Trump tries to remove gallery director

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Smithsonian Institution on Monday emphasized its “nonpartisan stature” and said “all personnel decisions” are made by its secretary more than a week after President Donald Trump said he would remove the director of the National Portrait Gallery. The institution said in a statement on Monday that “all personnel

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Hegseth defends military involvement in LA protests as defense secretary faces questions over costs and authority

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday strongly defended the Trump administration’s military response to protests in Los Angeles, his first appearance in a series of congressional hearings over the next week that are likely to be a major test of

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Trump officials quietly discuss moves in LA that avoid invoking Insurrection Act, but it’s not off the table

By Evan Perez, Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, the architect of his immigration crackdown, have repeatedly used the word “insurrection” to describe the protests in Los Angeles, hinting they might invoke a rarely-used law by that name to dramatically escalate US military intervention on

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US State Department orders embassies to resume processing Harvard student visas

By Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US State Department ordered diplomatic posts around the world to “resume processing” of Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas on Friday after a judge halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to the institution. The new guidance replaced one that posts

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As DC welcomes the world for Pride, marchers spotlight rollbacks of LGBTQ rights in US

By Julia Benbrook, Alison Main and Aileen Graef, CNN Washington (CNN) — Even with a theme of reaching people around the world, US politics took center stage as Washington, DC, hosted World Pride 2025, an international festival celebrating the LGBTQ community. The celebrations throughout the weekend, which included a parade, free concerts featuring artists Cynthia

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Inside the Trump administration’s decision to deploy the National Guard to California

By Priscilla Alvarez and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Tensions between the Trump administration and California intensified this weekend as President Donald Trump decided to deploy 2,000 National Guard members to the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s Democratic leaders cast as an unnecessary escalation amid protests over the administration’s immigration policies. Trump campaigned

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Supreme Court restores DOGE’s access to sensitive Social Security data and says it doesn’t have to turn over documents

By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court handed the Department of Government Efficiency a pair of significant wins on Friday, allowing the entity to access sensitive Social Security data for millions of Americans while simultaneously pausing an effort to look into whether it is subject to a key

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Ex-DC Police officer sentenced to 18 months in prison for tipping off Proud Boys leader about arrest warrant

By Molly Reinmann, CNN (CNN) — A former Washington, DC, police lieutenant was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for leaking confidential information to Enrique Tarrio about his force’s investigation into the Proud Boys leader’s burning of a Black Lives Matter flag and for misleading federal agents. Retired DC Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane

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Army preparing for largest military parade on the capital’s streets in decades, featuring 7 million pounds of hardware

By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of pounds of military hardware are expected to roll down the US capital’s streets in less than two weeks, fulfilling a dream of President Donald Trump but also sparking concerns about how the roads of Washington, DC, will fare under the literal

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Rubio unveils new sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court for attempts to investigate US and Israel

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled new sanctions to target the International Criminal Court for its attempts to investigate the United States and Israel for alleged war crimes. Thursday’s sanctions were imposed against four ICC judges under a executive order signed by President Donald Trump authorizing punitive measures

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