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CNN By Betsy Klein, Katherine Dillinger, Meg Tirrell and Isabelle D’Antonio, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms.

By Aileen Graef, Haley Talbot and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The House Budget Committee voted Sunday night to advance the Republican bill to enact President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda after a weekend of negotiations. After passing with a vote 17-16, the bill will be moved to the House Rules Committee, where a vote

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A House measure that would make it easier to yank the tax-exempt status of nonprofits the Trump administration deems as supporting terrorism marks the latest effort by the president and his Republican allies to hobble organizations that oppose his agenda, some nonprofit leaders argue. The provision comes as President

By Julia Benbrook and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will speak on Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the Ukraine war, the US president announced. “THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE “BLOODBATH” THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND

By Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration agreed on Friday to permit the sale of a device that allows for semi-automatic rifles to be fired quicker, a decision that gun control activists say paves the way for more mass shootings. The Department of Justice announced the agreement as part of a settlement

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A month after instituting a controversial anti-fraud policy that sparked widespread concern among senior citizens, the Social Security Administration has quietly dropped a key piece of the measure. The agency will no longer hold retirement benefit applications for three days to check for fraud, according to an email sent

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — James Comey’s controversial, now-deleted Instagram photo of seashells spelling out the numbers “86 47” only adds to a long list of social media posts from the former FBI director that have sparked a mix of both anger and — more often — a heavy dose of eye rolls. Comey’s

CNN By Michael Williams and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing a reality TV pitch where immigrants would compete for American citizenship, according to a spokesperson who said in a statement to CNN that “the show in question is in the very beginning stages of that vetting process and

By Devan Cole and Angélica Franganillo Díaz, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared extremely frustrated Friday by the Trump administration’s efforts to thwart a search for answers on what officials are doing to facilitate his return from El Salvador. The lengthy hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, unfolded a

CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Audio of then-President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur in the now-closed probe over Biden’s handling of classified documents was published by Axios on Friday. The interview became one of the most notable and politically controversial parts of Hur’s investigation, which concluded there wasn’t enough

By John Miller and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by US Secret Service agents at their Washington, DC, field office on Friday afternoon, according to law enforcement sources. Comey was interviewed by agents investigating a social media post he posted Thursday showing shells in the sand on a

By Michael Williams and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing a reality TV pitch where immigrants would compete for American citizenship, according to a spokesperson who said in a statement to CNN that “the show in question is in the very beginning stages of that vetting process and has

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from moving forward with deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act for a group of immigrants in northern Texas, siding with Venezuelans who feared they were poised for imminent removal under the sweeping wartime authority. The decision

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court order that has blocked mass firings and major reorganizations at federal agencies, a case that could have enormous consequences on President Donald Trump’s ability to reshape the federal government. The emergency appeal follows a decision

CNN By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s agenda has been thrown into chaos after a group of GOP hardliners blocked the bill in a key committee vote on Friday – dealing a major embarrassment to House Republican leaders and Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership

CNN By John Miller and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former FBI Director James Comey was interviewed by US Secret Service agents at their Washington, DC, field office on Friday afternoon, according to law enforcement sources. Comey was interviewed by agents investigating a social media post he posted Thursday showing shells in the sand on

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s agenda has been thrown into chaos after a group of GOP hardliners blocked the bill in a key committee vote on Friday – dealing a major embarrassment to House Republican leaders and Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team

CNN, POOL, WFTV, GETTY IMAGES, THE SUPREME COURT By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Thursday with what it called a “modest” request in its effort to end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship. Yet over two-and-a-half hours of arguments, the ramifications of President

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee is requesting records from Pfizer’s CEO and an interview with a former company executive to investigate an allegation that clinical testing related to the development of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine was purposefully delayed until after the 2020 presidential election. Pfizer’s CEO has previously said

By Jeff Zeleny and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — For a leader who campaigned on a promise of “America First” with deep isolationist strains, the first major overseas trip of President Donald Trump’s second term signaled he may be breaking from the foreign policy doctrine of his first term – and emerging as more of

By Josh Campbell, CNN It was news that Pauline Stuart thought might never come: The man believed to be responsible for the death of her teenage son years earlier is finally behind bars. “It still seems a little unreal that it happened,” she told CNN on Thursday. “I kind of believed that it would never