Markwayne Mullin confirmed to lead a DHS in turmoil
By Morgan Rimmer, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Markwayne Mullin will serve as Donald Trump’s next Department of Homeland Security secretary,…
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By Morgan Rimmer, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Markwayne Mullin will serve as Donald Trump’s next Department of Homeland Security secretary,…
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CNN, CNN AIR, POOL, WBBM, SENATE TV, THE WHITE HOUSE By Morgan Rimmer, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Markwayne Mullin will serve as Donald Trump’s…
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The Idaho House is set to debate a new bill that would introduce strict work requirements for the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
House Bill…
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By Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen, Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump was departing Washington last week for…
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A bill that would give city councils authority to hire and fire directors of city-owned libraries easily cleared the Senate.
Currently, library…
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — An already massive gap between Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee finances widened in…
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By Tierney Sneed, John Fritze, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared dubious of state laws that allow…
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The chief district judge in New Jersey appointed Robert Frazer, a career prosecutor, to serve as US attorney for…
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars were spent on expenses for hair and makeup artists and a horse for the…
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A bill that aims to restore a program allowing parents of disabled children to be paid for their work as caregivers is at a standstill inside the…
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By Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was presented Sunday with a potential off-ramp to the more than month-long…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A consortium of the nation’s top architectural and historic preservation groups is targeting President Donald…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s White House spokespeople have a favorite two-step reply when reporters ask them to comment on one…
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“We’ve delivered $4.6 billion in tax relief in just the past few years,” said Gov. Brad Little. “Why? Because we believe money belongs in the…
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A statue of Christopher Columbus has been erected outside of an ornate federal office building on the…
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By Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN (CNN) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, speaking in JD Vance’s home state of Ohio on Saturday, tore into the vice…
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By Riane Lumer, Alison Main, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Immigration agents will deploy to airports on Monday under the direction of border czar…
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — “It’s disgusting,” says one woman in the ad. “Disqualifying,” says another. They’re shown reacting to…
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A Supreme Court case examining state deadlines for election ballots sent in the mail is just the tip of the spear…
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The Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce hosted a legislative town hall meeting on Saturday evening at the College of Eastern Idaho. The topics of the…
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By Kaanita Iyer, Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s attempt to strike a US-UK base over 2,000 miles (over 3,000 kilometers) off its…
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Riane Lumer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents…
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CNN By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged…
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By Marshall Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the historic probe into alleged…
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — In the days after winning the Democratic nomination for Senate, Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton spoke to the…
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By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — After weeks of stalemate — and mounting airport delays nationwide — leaders in…
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Trump administration officials are making a desperate push to secure every available barrel of oil amid a…
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Governor Brad Little has officially signed House Bill 623 into law, mandating that all Idaho public schools begin the instructional day with a…
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday voided various parts of a restrictive press policy rolled out by Defense Secretary Pete…
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Idaho lawmakers are considering a temporary funding plan to restore critical mental health services after recent cuts, as behavioral health leaders…
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By Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile…
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has repeatedly stated that the number and intensity of the strikes the US is…
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By Kit Maher, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is reshaping a Colorado Republican primary by offering one of the candidates a…
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By Camila DeChalus, Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — More than a month into the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, lawmakers on…
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By Sunlen Serfaty, Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — The White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark…
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By Alayna Treene, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — US officials are furiously trying to avert a…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration slapped a new multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Harvard University on Friday, alleging…
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday revived a First Amendment lawsuit from a street preacher who used a loudspeaker to call…
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By Kaanita Iyer, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Veterans’ advocates are raising concerns that a new agreement between the departments of Veterans…
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The co-founder of Super Micro Computer and two others were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of servers…
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Treasury Department will begin to manage federal student loans in default, taking on a key…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked Commission of Fine Arts voted Thursday to approve a commemorative coin for…
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Thom Tillis on Thursday blasted talk of ending the Senate filibuster to pass the “SAVE America Act” as a…
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By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The chief executive of Live Nation testified Thursday that it was “disgusting” that a top ticketing employee…
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By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The war with Iran has raised concerns about possible retaliatory terrorist attacks in major cities…
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By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department on Thursday seized several websites it says were used by Iran as part…
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Senators Thursday passed 5% budget cuts to colleges and universities next fiscal year, after a debate that revolved around whether the state should…
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By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Conservative hardliners who supported subpoenaing Attorney General Pam Bondi in the House…
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By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Cracks are emerging among congressional Republicans over the…
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A transparency law passed by Congress has forced the release of more Epstein files than ever before, but some lawmakers and victims are exploring…
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By Em Steck, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime employee and attorney Darren Indyke testified to lawmakers on Thursday that…
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Judge Steven Boyce has officially announced his re-election campaign for Idaho’s Seventh Judicial District, setting the stage for the region’s…
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By Morgan Rimmer (CNN) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote Thursday to advance Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as…
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By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it…
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By Alayna Treene, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — When White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told President Donald Trump she had breast cancer last…
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By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Former US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent sat Wednesday for an extensive interview with…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, Annie Grayer and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — When Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
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Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher updated Local News 8 on the Middle East situation today, outlining his expectations for a timeline for U.S. actions to…
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A high-stakes Republican primary rematch is set for May 19 as former three-term Representative Julianne Young challenges incumbent Ben Fuhriman…
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The Idaho House is set to consider changing its rules to make ethics hearings against sitting lawmakers…
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is moving away from operations tied to the Iran war and sailing to the US…
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By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — A typically friendly setting for one of their own turned tense on Capitol Hill Wednesday with senators grilling…
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By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — Top Trump administration officials testified publicly Wednesday for the first time since the launch of the Iran war…
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By Adam Cancryn (CNN) — The White House is temporarily lifting key limits on the shipping of oil, gas and other commodities throughout the…
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein…
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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — In nominating Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for the Senate on Tuesday, Illinois Democrats chose a candidate whose…
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By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has won the Democratic primary for an open Senate seat, a stunning rise for a…
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Bonneville County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Neal has officially thrown his hat into the ring for District Judge in Idaho’s Seventh Judicial…
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted…
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By Devan Cole, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s arguments in defense of the massive White House ballroom project on…
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By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Both parties on Capitol Hill remain unmoved in their fight over President Donald…
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Governor Brad Little signed the 2026 Budget Rescissions Act into law late Monday night without fanfare, narrowly beating a deadline to approve the…
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By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump continues to make false and unproven claims about the war in Iran. Trump claimed Monday that…
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s attorney general has filed the first-ever criminal charges in the US against a major prediction…
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By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate has kicked off extended debate on the “SAVE America Act” — one of President Donald…
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s brief and aggressive attempt to corral an international coalition to police the Strait of Hormuz…
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A bill that would have required local law enforcement agencies across Idaho to seek cooperation agreements with federal immigration officials is no…
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CNN By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down…
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that while…
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CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that…
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By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Oversight Chair James Comer on Tuesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear for a…
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By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A senior US intelligence official appointed by President Donald Trump abruptly announced he is stepping down from…
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Facing deadly Iranian drone attacks across the Middle East, the US military has been rushing defensive systems…
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By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — In his early days in Congress, Markwayne Mullin tried pairing his suit jacket and…
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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Virginia man accused of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, DC, the night before the 2021 US…
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By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken aim at Democratic rival and possible 2028 presidential candidate Gavin…
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A bill to criminalize violations of Idaho’s bathroom law is headed to the Senate.
The House-passed bill would make it a misdemeanor to use a…
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who led controversial immigration sweeps in Democratic-led cities,…
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By John Fritze, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court announced Monday it will decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate…
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By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board of trustees voted Monday to close the storied performing…
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By Sarah Ferris, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday revealed that a US congressman had faced a “terminal” health…
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, President Donald Trump…
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By Michael Williams and Masoud Popalzai, CNN (CNN) — An Afghan man who served alongside US special forces and fled his native country after its…
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By Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The retirement of Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin after nearly 30 years in office sparked an…
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In quiet ways a life is known,
Not by noise and power shown,
But steady work from year to year,
A faithful voice that others hear.
He walked the…
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CNN By Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — With the Iran conflict now in its third week and no end in sight, Israel’s military tells CNN it is…
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — First Daniel Biss wants to win his primary for an open US House seat in the north Chicago suburbs on…
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By Lauren Fox, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy in February 2025 weighed possible political peril against a long career…
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By Hanna Park, Aleena Fayaz, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A squadron operations chief who had recently earned her wings as a pilot, a major…
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By Kara Scannell, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors charged a lobbyist with trying to extort a former client and his son to…
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