Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in remarks at the first Cabinet meeting of his new administration. The falsehoods spanned a wide variety of topics, including aid to Ukraine, trade with the European Union, the history of the EU, inflation, mail-in voting, drug overdose deaths, and where

CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration moved forward Wednesday with its plans to conduct large-scale layoffs across agencies, the latest move to downsize the federal workforce. The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management issued a memo to agency leaders with guidance on how to conduct their

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration moved forward Wednesday with its plans to conduct large-scale layoffs across agencies, the latest move to downsize the federal workforce. The Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management issued a memo to agency leaders with guidance on how to conduct their reductions

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared virtually certain to side with an Ohio woman who lost a “reverse discrimination” suit against her employer when her gay boss declined to promote her, a decision that will likely make it easier for some White and straight employees to win similar claims. At a

By Priscilla Alvarez and Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration is preparing to invoke a sweeping wartime authority to speed up the president’s mass deportation pledge, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions. In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said that he planned to invoke a little-known, 18th-century law, the

By Annette Choi, Danya Gainor and Kate Carroll, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of the Trump administration’s plan to cut spending and downsize the federal government. In recent months, however, hundreds of employees have had their firings rescinded or, in some departments,

CNN By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled off a stunning turnaround Tuesday night to rescue a critical vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda that had seemed doomed just moments earlier. Surprising even some of his critics, Johnson and his leadership team capped hours of drama

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is set to convene his first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday – a gathering of agency leaders who’ve taken different approaches to proving their loyalty to Trump in public and private. Cabinet meetings, typically staid affairs with brief photo opportunities at their start, morphed into something much

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s new point man for dealings with the Department of Homeland Security is a former far-right podcast host and election denier who once shared an article calling for “martial law” to keep Donald Trump in office following his loss in the 2020 election. Paul

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that more than 100 intelligence officers will be fired for participating in sexually explicit messages in National Security Agency chat rooms. “There are over 100 people from across the intelligence community that contributed to and participated in what is really

By Michael Williams and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US would sell a “gold card” to wealthy foreigners, giving them the right to live and work in the US and offering a path to citizenship in exchange for a $5 million fee. “We’re going to be selling

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s presence at President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday will solidify his power in the administration — and how quickly he’s amassed it despite not being elected or Senate confirmed. But Musk’s attendance at the meeting comes as his attempts to gut the federal workforce and

By Katelyn Polantz and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The White House is suspending the active security clearances of lawyers from the large legal defense firm Covington & Burling who are working with former special counsel Jack Smith, who prosecuted Donald Trump unsuccessfully on behalf of the Justice Department under the Biden administration. According to

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled off a stunning turnaround Tuesday night to rescue a critical vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda that had seemed doomed just moments earlier. Surprising even some of his critics, Johnson and his leadership team capped hours of drama in

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans to retire Friday, the agency announced Tuesday, after weathering weeks of chaos and cutbacks at the agency since President Donald Trump took office. Acting IRS Commissioner Doug O’Donnell’s departure comes abruptly as the agency heads into the crunch time of

By Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday. The announcement, after weeks of questions about Elon Musk’s official role and authority over DOGE, reveals the

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Three different federal judges delivered legal setbacks and slap downs to President Donald Trump in the span of an hour and a half on Tuesday in a series of cases challenging controversial moves taken during the early days of his second term. The rulings from judges in Washington, DC,

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Several House Republicans pleaded with leadership Tuesday for guidance on how to respond to the deluge of questions from their home districts on recent federal cuts, and called for more involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency’s process, multiple sources in the closed-door meeting told CNN. In an effort

By Devan Cole, John Fritze and Brynn Gingras, CNN (CNN) — A fractured Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose appeal drew national attention and support from the state’s conservative attorney general, in light of allegations that the state withheld evidence related to its main witness.

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration may soon be forced to answer central questions about its Department of Government Efficiency and about major other actions by government agencies that are now being challenged in court, as the quick-moving legal proceedings head to the next phase. In multiple cases, President Donald Trump’s legal

CNN By Alejandra Jaramillo, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned right-wing podcaster, has been named the next deputy director of the FBI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday, the latest outsider media personality the president has chosen to be in a significant position of power

By Tami Luhby, Rene Marsh, Ella Nilsen and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Federal workers spent Monday trying to figure out how – or even whether – to respond to Elon Musk’s weekend email blast telling them to explain their work last week or risk losing their job. A day of confusing and often contradictory

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to inject a dose of reality into President Donald Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace while simultaneously warning of Russia’s poor track record in keeping its international commitments. He stressed repeatedly

By Devan Cole and Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge declined on Monday to temporarily restore the Associated Press’ access to some of President Donald Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One. US District Judge Trevor McFadden turned down a request from AP to temporarily lift a ban Trump imposed earlier

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — North Korean hackers have stolen $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency in a single heist, making it the largest crypto hack on record, security experts told CNN. The hack hit Bybit, which describes itself as the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, with over 40 million users. In a matter of minutes on

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who ran into the line of fire to shield President John F. Kennedy and the first lady in Dallas on November 22, 1963, died Friday. He was 93 years old. Hill’s heroic scramble to protect Jackie Kennedy in the moments after the president

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — French President Emmanuel Macron tried Monday to inject a dose of reality into President Donald Trump’s ambitions to end the war in Ukraine, insisting they sought the same outcome of peace while simultaneously warning of Russia’s poor track record in keeping its international commitments. He stressed repeatedly the

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Vivek Ramaswamy announced Monday evening that he is running for governor of Ohio in 2026, capping a rapid-fire sequence of events in recent weeks that included the former GOP presidential candidate exiting President Donald Trump’s government efficiency effort and being passed over for the US Senate seat vacated by

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy. The vote against the Ukrainian and European-backed resolution saw the US at odds with its longtime European allies and instead aligned

By Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has halted efforts to place migrants in tent structures built at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid concerns that the emerging facilities don’t meet detention standards because they lack air conditioning or electricity, a US official and a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

CNN By John King, CNN Milliken, Colorado (CNN) — Take a ride with David Hayes around his Colorado ranch and you learn right away he is a feisty, funny guy. “I tried farming for a while,” he told a visitor. “I would rather get run over by a bison.” There is just one bison remaining

By John King, CNN Milliken, Colorado (CNN) — Take a ride with David Hayes around his Colorado ranch and you learn right away he is a feisty, funny guy. “I tried farming for a while,” he told a visitor. “I would rather get run over by a bison.” There is just one bison remaining on

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court opted against hearing arguments in a pair of appeals Monday seeking to wipe out protest buffer zones around abortion clinics – a move that, for now, will leave those restrictions in place. Two conservative justices – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito – said they would have

By Sarah Ferris, CNN Washington (CNN) — On the eve of their first major vote to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, key House Republicans are warning Speaker Mike Johnson that they won’t simply rubber-stamp steep cuts across the federal government. Johnson plans to hold a vote Tuesday on a sweeping budget plan that calls for

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent turned right-wing podcaster, has been named the next deputy director of the FBI, President Donald Trump announced Sunday, the latest outsider media personality the president has chosen to be in a significant position of power overseeing

By Katie Bo Lillis, Phil Mattingly, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The CIA is conducting a formal review to assess any potential damage from an unclassified email sent to the White House in early February that identified for possible layoffs some officers by first name and last initial and could’ve exposed

By Kevin Liptak, Tami Luhby and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all federal employees state their weekly accomplishments or risk termination. By Sunday evening, leaders at

By Donie O’Sullivan and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated on Sunday after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump. Shortly after noon Sunday, organizers of the Principles

By Betsy Klein, MJ Lee and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 2,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development will be laid off Sunday and a majority of the remaining full-time staff will be put on administrative leave overnight, workers were informed in an email. “All USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Looking right at Donald Trump on Friday afternoon in the Oval Office, Gov. Kathy Hochul tried a different approach from telling him he was acting like a king for his attempt to end New York’s pay-for-entry congesting pricing system. Just before heading to the White House, the Democratic governor

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Elon Musk has repeatedly misled the public about federal spending while playing a leading role in President Donald Trump’s effort to cut that spending. When Musk was asked earlier this month about one of the inaccurate statements he had promoted, he conceded that “some of the things that

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after Donald Trump blindsided senators and endorsed the House’s plan to advance the president’s agenda last week, Senate Majority Leader John Thune convened his leadership team to navigate next steps. Leadership needed to decide fast: would they plow ahead with their plan to advance their own Senate budget

By Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, Oren Liebermann and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The retired Air Force general announced as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump after the abrupt Friday night firing of his predecessor is a respected career F-16 pilot who is described by current and

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — After a four-week absence from Washington, first lady Melania Trump returned to the White House on Saturday for an annual dinner and reception with the nation’s governors. “She worked very hard on making sure that everything was beautiful. And she’s very good at that,” President Donald Trump said in

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump keeps lying not only about the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. In a Saturday speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump correctly noted that he earned 77 million votes in 2024 — then falsely said his vote total was “actually

By Shania Shelton, Tami Luhby, Josh Campbell, Eva McKend and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — In President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s latest move targeting the federal workforce, employees began receiving emails Saturday afternoon asking them to explain what work they did last week, as Musk announced that “failure to respond will be taken as

By Jennifer Hansler and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The United States has proposed its own United Nations resolution marking the third anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine after refusing to back one drafted by Kyiv and backed by Europe. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described it as “a simple, historic resolution … that we

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Last week, Leland Dudek, a mid-level career employee at the Social Security Administration, posted on LinkedIn that he was placed on administrative leave for cooperating with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency and asked for help finding another job. Days later, courtesy of President Donald Trump, he had one:

By Steve Contorno, CNN Oxon Hill, Maryland (CNN) — The public detente between President Donald Trump and Big Tech titans, forged in the wake of his return to power, has yet to take hold at the country’s annual gathering of his most devoted supporters. Inside the Conservative Political Action Committee this week, mentions of Facebook

By Steve Contorno and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Over the past 10 days, Vice President JD Vance put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on notice, rattled the confidence of century-old allies in Western Europe during his first foreign trip, decamped to Capitol Hill to help in delicate budget talks and delivered a spirited defense of

By Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN (CNN) — Less than three years before Elon Musk tapped him to take part in a sweeping overhaul of the US government, Edward Coristine, then 17, was the subject of a heated dispute between two executives at the Arizona-based cybersecurity firm where he was an intern. At issue was

By Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force. Trump announced he was dismissing Chairman

By Tierney Sneed and Emily R. Condon, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out certain directives of the president to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI – programs US District Judge Adam Abelson said that the government could not freeze or cancel “equity-related” contracts,

CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week. By declining to back Trump’s emergency appeal, the conservative

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday dashed President Donald Trump’s plan to immediately fire the head of an independent agency that investigates whistleblower claims, allowing Hampton Dellinger to remain in the job through at least the middle of next week. By declining to back Trump’s emergency appeal, the conservative court

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge has vacated the upcoming trial date for New York City Mayor Eric Adams, but declined to immediately dismiss the charges all together in a case that has roiled the Justice Department. Judge Dale Ho, instead, is appointing conservative attorney Paul Clement to present arguments challenging

By Annie Grayer and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Cory Mills of Florida is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District Columbia for allegedly assaulting an individual, the police department told CNN. MPD said they were called to a Washington, DC, address on Wednesday with a report of an assault,

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA late last week moved to fire more than a dozen officers for working on diversity issues, in what amounts to a deeply unusual round of mass firings at the agency, according to court filings and current and former officials familiar with the effort. In a court

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A group of Holocaust victims may not sue Hungary in American courts to recover property stolen during World War II because their funds were comingled with other funds, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a long-running case about how much reach US courts should have to settle disputes abroad.

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles expected to be terminated next week. While that is a small percentage of

By Eric Bradner, CNN Cedarburg, Wisconsin (CNN) — Ask voters in this politically divided Wisconsin suburb about President Donald Trump’s first month in office, and another name quickly follows: Elon Musk. Opinions about the tech billionaire’s role in the Trump administration’s efforts to slash government spending are shaping how those in Cedarburg – a city

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk look like they’re having a blast in Washington, clear-cutting elements of the federal government and seizing power from states and Congress. Their glee is at odds with the growing evidence of repercussions and anger out in the country at their

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A developing Trump administration plan for deep staff cuts and drastic changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is raising alarm among some state officials and even Republican lawmakers, who worry that it will weaken responses to future disasters. Republicans have had trouble getting details of the administration’s plan,

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — A Republican congressman from Georgia faced some tough criticism and occasional boos from constituents Thursday night as he fielded questions about the Trump administration’s early actions. The at-times cool reception that greeted GOP Rep. Rich McCormick in Roswell was among other public displays of unrest from Republican voters and

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An executive order issued by President Donald Trump this week that seems to give him huge power to interpret the law is raising concerns among legal experts that it could dissuade military commanders from refusing unlawful orders and allow the president to exert influence over the military’s legal processes.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN. It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team

By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda early Friday morning, voting to adopt a budget blueprint that sets up a clash with House Republicans, who have put forward a competing plan. The final vote came after a rare

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A diplomatic back-and-forth is underway among Group of Seven members over a joint statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the United States resisting a reference to “Russian aggression” in the document. The dispute, described by two Western officials familiar with the matter, reflects the

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Kash Patel as FBI director in a mostly party-line vote, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial appointments. Fifty-one Republicans voted for Patel, who in the past vowed to help dismantle the same organization he will now

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy has relieved the commander of an aircraft carrier that collided with a mercantile vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Suez Canal. Capt. Dave Snowden was serving as the commander of the USS Harry S. Truman when it collided with a ship near

By Gloria Pazmino and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday she will not use her executive powers to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office, at least for now, instead opting to propose a set of guardrails that aim to severely limit the New York City mayor’s independence. “After careful

By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Kash Patel as FBI director, installing a staunch loyalist of President Donald Trump and conservative firebrand at the head of the nation’s top law enforcement agency. The Senate voted 51 to 49 to confirm Patel with Republican Sens. Susan

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could soon move to fire more than half a dozen generals and flag officers, according to two sources familiar with the matter, part of an effort to purge the department of senior leaders perceived as either too political or too close

CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — At the one-month mark of Donald Trump’s second term as president, his approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS tilts negative but still lands above the level he reached at any point in his first four years in office. There are signs in the poll,

By Fredreka Schouten and Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election this spring will decide just one seat, but the contest already is shaping up as one of the most costly and contentious battles of the new year – with the control of the seven-member court and the fate of a 19th century

CNN By Zachary Cohen, Ella Nilsen, Rene Marsh and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration and Elon Musk have insisted that they are carefully purging the federal workforce by firing only low-performing employees serving in non-critical roles, or recent hires on probationary status. But interviews with more than a dozen recently laid-off federal

By Zachary Cohen, Ella Nilsen, Rene Marsh and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration and Elon Musk have insisted that they are carefully purging the federal workforce by firing only low-performing employees serving in non-critical roles, or recent hires on probationary status. But interviews with more than a dozen recently laid-off federal workers,

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — At the one-month mark of Donald Trump’s second term as president, his approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS tilts negative but still lands above the level he reached at any point in his first four years in office. There are signs in the poll, though,

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump moved at a blistering pace in his first month back in the White House. He lied fast and furious, too. In speeches, interviews, exchanges with reporters and posts on social media, the president filled his public statements not only with exaggerations but outright fabrications. As

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — As the long-fraught relationship between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky ripped apart Wednesday, a question that lingered among allies of both men was whether the fight would dash hopes for a US-brokered peace — or, potentially, help it along.

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — As the long-fraught relationship between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky ripped apart Wednesday, a question that lingered among allies of both men was whether the fight would dash hopes for a US-brokered peace — or, potentially, help it along. Firing

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An appeals court will not allow the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship for certain children of immigrants, in a ruling that could propel the issue to the Supreme Court. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday declined an emergency Justice Department request that it lift the

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years, with an exception for border security, according to a new memo obtained by CNN. The memo, dated Tuesday, calls for military leaders to provide a proposal for eight

CNN By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years, with an exception for border security, according to a new memo obtained by CNN. The memo, dated Tuesday, calls for military leaders to provide a proposal for

By Sarah Ferris and Lauren Fox, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Republicans announced Wednesday they are muscling ahead with their preferred legislative strategy to jumpstart Donald Trump’s agenda — just hours after the president himself backed a much different approach. That power move by Senate Majority Leader John Thune is setting up a dramatic clash

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s executive order grasping far greater control over independent federal agencies embraces a constitutionally questionable theory that presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan have considered – and ultimately rejected. In a far-reaching executive order Tuesday, Trump demanded that the White House review regulations at the Securities and

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump is on a lying spree about Ukraine. In remarks to reporters on Tuesday and in a social media post on Wednesday, Trump made numerous false claims about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Russian war on Ukraine – some of which echoed inaccurate talking points

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week are raising concerns with their superiors that the summary firings could break the law and potentially harm US military readiness, a senior defense official told CNN. Title

By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — Wednesday’s much anticipated hearing on the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has ended without an immediate ruling from Judge Dale Ho. Ho said he was not going to “shoot from the hip” on the

By Jeremy Herb, Kevin Liptak and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — When Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts by a jury last May, there was one person in his courtroom entourage who wasn’t one of his lawyers, aides or family members: Steve Witkoff. While a parade of Trump allies came in and out

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — As federal workers get fired by the thousands, the news has sometimes come in unceremonious, callous ways. “Read this immediately,” – went the subject line of a termination email received by one worker. For another, it was the prepaid UPS label that showed up without warning—along with instructions for

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to issue a public health order as soon as this week labeling migrants at the US southern border as risks for spreading diseases, marking an escalation in the president’s effort to severely restrict immigration, according to three sources familiar with the discussions. The

By Marshall Cohen and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — While Trump administration officials were preparing to install a seasoned conservative lawyer as the top prosecutor in Washington, DC, the firebrand right-wing activist in the job on a temporary basis was waging a public campaign to keep the job permanently. Within hours of becoming interim US

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s false declaration Tuesday that Ukraine “started” the Russian war on Ukraine generated the most attention. But Trump also made another wildly inaccurate assertion about Ukraine during those remarks to the media at Mar-a-Lago: a claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has a 4% approval rating.

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — President Donald Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution as a blank check in his broader drive for power. Trump’s personal lawyers and his Justice Department

By Kit Maher and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to develop policy recommendations to expand access to and affordability of in vitro fertilization. The executive order states that within 90 days, the assistant to the president for domestic policy should submit a list of “policy recommendations

By Priscilla Alvarez and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration ordered legal service providers working with unaccompanied migrant children to stop their work, according to a memo obtained by CNN. The move is the latest in a string of actions stripping key resources from immigrants in the United States – this time,

By Associated Press Washington (AP) — Louis DeJoy, the head of the US Postal Service, intends to step down, the federal agency said Tuesday, after a nearly five-year tenure marked by the coronavirus pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts. In a Monday letter, Postmaster General

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was briefly closed due to the “sudden dismissal of federal employees,” the library’s foundation said in a statement to CNN. “As the Foundation that supports the JFK Library, we are devastated by this news and will continue to