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By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — During the first Trump administration, the Justice Department secretly pursued internal communications at several media outlets and issued gag orders on the news organizations’ leadership and lawyers so even the journalists didn’t know their records were being confiscated. In 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland revised the DOJ’s policy and

By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — New York police are investigating the attack of a Brooklyn woman harassed last week by a pro-Israeli group of men in an encounter captured on multiple videos, which has incited demonstrations and condemnation from religious groups. The incident last Thursday occurred after pro-Palestinian activists had reportedly gathered to demonstrate

By Jade Walker (CNN) — A rainbow of colored lights used to illuminate the Kennedy Center and cast a reflection of joy and pride in the water. But once President Donald Trump took over as its new chairman and replaced most of the board with loyalists, the center’s programming began to change. No longer friendly

By Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Across the United States, local agencies have become immigration enforcers under a federal program officials say strengthens public safety, but critics warn spreads fear, erodes trust and threatens the fabric of immigrant communities. Known as the 287(g) program, it was created under the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — One person was killed and six injured during an overnight shooting at Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black university in North Carolina. The shooting took place in the early hours of Sunday morning at the center of campus following events for “Viking Fest,” a week of school spirit

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Three children who are US citizens were deported to Honduras with their mothers last week, including a 4-year-old receiving treatment for metastatic cancer, according to the families’ attorneys and civil rights and immigration advocacy organizations. In one case, a mother was deported with her 2-year-old, while the other involves

By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 immigrants, allegedly in the country illegally, were detained in Colorado Springs after an overnight raid at what authorities described as an underground nightclub in a strip mall. Over a dozen active-duty military members were also at the club during the raid, and federal officials said some

By Andrew Torgan, Daniel Wine and Kimberly Richardson, CNN (CNN) — April 15 has come and gone, so you can stop worrying about your taxes for another year … or can you? With so many changes taking place at the IRS — including widespread staff departures and the implementation of artificial intelligence — how likely

By Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Saturday the agency and state law enforcement in Florida have arrested nearly 800 people over four days in a “massive, multi-agency immigration enforcement crackdown.” ICE’s office in Miami calls the “highly successful” operation “a first-of-its-kind partnership between state and federal partners.” CNN has

By Amanda Jackson, CNN | Photographs by Gabriel V. Cárdenas for CNN Edinburg, Texas (CNN) — Patriotism runs deep in this South Texas town nestled just along the border with Mexico. American flags fly outside many businesses. Pictures of veterans adorn light poles and traffic signal boxes. And a giant mural inside a popular grocery

By Elise Hammond, CNN (CNN) — In a courtroom where every word is scrutinized, defense attorneys say “the right to remain silent” is golden. Karen Read did not testify in her first trial in the death of John O’Keefe, but comments she made to media outlets and in a recent documentary have already been presented

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Collier Landry heard a piercing scream and two thuds. He pulled the covers over his face as heavy footsteps passed outside his bedroom door. The glowing Batman clock on his wall said it was 3:17 a.m. The 11-year-old boy held his breath, a flurry of questions racing through his

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — “Katie” arrived at the Luigi Mangione protest in downtown Manhattan on Friday wearing a black shirt with a large photo of the 26-year-old suspected shooter. “But Daddy I Love Him,” the shirt read in pink, the title of a recent Taylor Swift song. “I just thought it was fun

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has made a major push to put America’s elite universities on notice over political ideology. But the groundwork for the White House’s stronger stance was laid more than a year earlier. Two months after Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on

By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said Friday a two-year-old US citizen was deported with her mother to Honduras. The Trump administration says her mother asked officials to take her with her, documents show. US District Judge Terry Doughty said the child, identified in the court documents as V.M.L., was released in

By Norma Galeana and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A former magistrate judge in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and his wife are accused of tampering with evidence linked to the arrest of an undocumented migrant suspected of being a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, according to two criminal complaints filed Friday.

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Amy O’Kruk and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — There have been eight school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of March 19. Four were on college campuses, and four were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left five people dead and at least seven other victims injured,

Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service says it will once again offer its forecasts and advisories in Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, French and Samoan. Such translations were paused earlier this month when the weather service’s contract with the AI company that provided them lapsed. Experts had expressed concern that the change would put