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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency can now access sensitive Treasury Department systems that control trillions of dollars of payments and contain private information for millions of Americans, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas said in her ruling that she was clearing the

By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed full pardons for imprisoned reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2022 for a conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million, according to a White House official. In addition to

CNN By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed full pardons for imprisoned reality show couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2022 for a conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million, according to a White House official. In addition

CNN By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine,

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday against North Carolina election officials targeting the registration records of potentially hundreds of thousands of registered voters in the state. The new lawsuit alleges the North Carolina State Board of Elections violated the Help America Vote Act by failing to collect and

By Samantha Waldenberg and Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to withhold federal funding from California over a transgender athlete’s participation in an upcoming sporting event — the latest example of the president trying to use funding as leverage to enact his agenda. “Please be hereby advised that large scale

By John Fritze, Angélica Franganillo Díaz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to make it easier for his administration to deport people to South Sudan and other countries that are not their homeland, the latest in a series of controversial immigration policies the administration has put

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand “social media screening and vetting” to all applicants for student visas, according to a diplomatic cable seen by CNN. It’s the latest move from the

By Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Chadwick, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge, in his latest finding that immigrant detainees the US intended to send to South Sudan aren’t being given due process, told the Trump administration he believes it is manufacturing chaos and trying to evade court orders. The latest written order from

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt a land transfer in Arizona that Western Apache people say will destroy a scared site in order to mine for copper. The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that allowed the transfer by the federal government to go forward. Two

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Massachusetts middle school student who was forced to remove a T-shirt that claimed “there are only two genders.” Two conservative justices – Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas – dissented from the decision to not hear the case.

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the agency will further investigate several unsolved incidents, including the discovery of cocaine at the White House, the DC pipe bombs case and the Supreme Court Dobbs decision leak. “Shortly after swearing in, the Director and I evaluated a number of cases of

By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine, according

By John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court is turning to the final weeks of a busy term that started off with blockbuster appeals over transgender rights and TikTok but that has increasingly become wrapped up in the policies and politics of President Donald Trump. With more than half of its argued cases

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced he is granting a “full and unconditional pardon” to a former Virginia sheriff, Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud and bribery. “This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day

By Donald Judd and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump honored fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day hours after blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as “scum” in a social media post marking the solemn day. Largely sticking to scripted remarks, Trump — who also laid a wreath

CNN By Kit Maher and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY,” after the Russian leader launched the largest aerial attack of Moscow’s three-year full-scale war on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to

By Kit Maher and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY,” after the Russian leader launched the largest aerial attack of Moscow’s three-year full-scale war on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him.

By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat mission

CNN By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federally owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and boost the United States’ mining and enrichment of uranium, a senior

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily paused action in an emergency appeal dealing with whether the Department of Government Efficiency must turn over public documents – like other government agencies – or whether it is shielded from such requests because it is part of the White House. The

By Kylie Atwood, Kit Maher and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has put more than 100 officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave on Friday as part of a restructuring under interim national security adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two US officials

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday. Others could see smaller monthly assistance. The analysis is the latest to show the impact of