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By Evan Perez, CNN Senior Justice Correspondent (CNN) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling with demonstrators during a 2020 protest in the wake of police killing of George Floyd, people briefed on the matter told CNN. The reassignments, viewed as demotions by many inside the FBI, come

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Warren, Michigan (CNN) — On the 100th day, he rallied. Crossing the symbolic barrier between the first 100 days of his presidency and the 1,361 that remain, Trump basked in adulation from a supportive crowd and declared that he had just completed the “the most successful first 100

By Shimon Prokupecz and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration ordered international students to be effectively designated as criminals without checking if the information was true, court records reviewed by CNN show, along with new information that was revealed by a government official at a court hearing Tuesday. Thousands of visa holders had

By Manu Raju, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans have thwarted Democratic efforts to probe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial use of Signal, using their power to stop the minority party from forcing a vote that could embarrass the Trump administration. GOP leaders tucked a provision into a rule approved Tuesday

CNN, POOL, X, @MARGOMARTIN47, PRESIDENCIA DE EL SALVADOR, X/@MARGOMARTIN47 By Alayna Treene and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Delivering the longest inaugural address in history in January, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump made clear he had little time to waste. “From this moment on, America’s decline is over,” he said, before adding: “All of this

By Alayna Treene and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Delivering the longest inaugural address in history in January, newly inaugurated President Donald Trump made clear he had little time to waste. “From this moment on, America’s decline is over,” he said, before adding: “All of this will change starting today, and it will change very

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Perhaps the only greater challenge for congressional Democrats than President Donald Trump’s sledgehammer approach to governing is a growing anxiety that the party’s base voters don’t feel they are doing enough to fight back. So, as Trump rallies Tuesday to mark his first 100

By Paula Reid and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Approximately 70% of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is expected to accept a second offer to federal workers that allows them to resign from their positions and be paid through September, according to a source familiar with the situation. The division employs roughly 340

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday. A US official said that initial

By Betsy Klein and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — The US House of Representatives on Monday passed the “Take It Down” Act, which aims to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography. Lawmakers voted 409-2 to pass the bill – which boosts protections for victims of non-consensual sharing of sexual images, including content generated by

By Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said the coming days will be critical in the House as committees begin to draft the contents of President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislative agenda. “We’ve been working on it for over a year, and now is game

By Kit Maher, Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was a central figure in the first major self-inflicted crisis of Trump’s second term, when the prominent journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal chat where Cabinet officials discussed military strikes in Yemen. Weeks later, Trump sat for an interview

By Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Gerry Connolly, a veteran Virginia Democrat and ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, announced on Monday he will not seek reelection and will soon step down from his leadership position on the powerful panel. Connolly said his esophageal cancer – a diagnosis he shared

By John King, CNN Tucson, Arizona (CNN) — The Special Eats Café is a work in progress: new gas pipes just installed, the walls ready for a fresh coat of paint, and the kitchen racks stacked with pots and pans for the work ahead. It is a crucial next chapter for Tamara Varga and her

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — “The reckoning,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told a room full of revved up Democrats in New Hampshire on Sunday night, “is here.” Appearing in the first presidential primary state ahead of what’s expected to be a major 2028 Democratic nomination cycle, Pritzker railed against the “Looney