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Supreme Court won’t reinstate top federal labor officials in a victory for Trump’s firing powers

By Marshall Cohen, Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said President Donald Trump doesn’t have to rehire senior officials he fired from two independent federal labor agencies that enforce worker protections, while the officials continue fighting in court to reverse their terminations. The officials were already taken off

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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks alongside Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary

First MAHA health report calls for reassessing medicines, processed foods, pesticides

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — Poor diet, environmental toxins, unhealthy habits and pharmaceuticals are contributing to a national rise in chronic illnesses, particularly among children, top Trump officials said in a Thursday report that lays the groundwork for a “Make America Healthy Again” overhaul of government policy. Leaders of the MAHA Commission including Health

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A police officer is seen outside the Supreme Court of the United States is seen on Thursday May 15

Supreme Court deadlock leaves in place ruling blocking nation’s first religious charter school

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court split evenly Thursday in a high-profile challenge over the nation’s first religious charter school, leaving in place a ruling from Oklahoma’s top court that found the proposed Catholic school unconstitutional. The 4-4 split was made possible because conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself from the

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to reporters as he departs for the White House as ongoing negotiations between House leadership

Johnson and Trump muscle domestic policy bill through House in massive win for president’s agenda

By Sarah Ferris, Haley Talbot, Veronica Stracqualursi, Lauren Fox, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early Thursday morning, quashing a conservative rebellion and driving a deeply divided House GOP to pass a bill that many of them were still pushing fiercely

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters after returning to the U.S. Capitol Building on May 21 in Washington

Key committee advances Trump’s agenda bill to House floor after meeting for almost 22 hours and intense partisan debate

By Sarah Ferris and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — A key House committee voted late Wednesday evening to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda to the House floor after marathon proceedings that lasted almost 22 hours, setting up a high-stakes vote in the chamber and a showdown between warring wings of the Republican conference. The

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Drivers charge their Teslas in Fountain Valley

Senate nullifies California’s electric vehicle mandate, using fast-track authority to bypass filibuster

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

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Acting Director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons speaks during a news conference about a recent migrant flight to South Sudan at ICE Headquarters in Washington

Trump administration ‘unquestionably’ violated court order with possible deportation flight to South Sudan, judge rules

By Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it tried to transfer detainees to war-torn South Sudan without a meaningful opportunity to contest their removal to a place where they might face torture, a federal judge said Wednesday. Eight detainees of various nationalities

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon in Washington

Hegseth hosts first meeting of what he says will be a monthly Christian prayer service at Pentagon

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “sovereignly appointed.” The service, which Hegseth told the audience would be a monthly event

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In this June 2020 photo shows a Minneapolis Police officer in uniform in Minneapolis

Justice Department ends police reform agreements and halts investigations into major departments

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and dropping investigations into several major US police departments. The move, announced

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