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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” because Congress returned to do its constitutional duty after the attack on the Capitol. “Our institutions held that day, not because of any

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said in a social media post Sunday that he is directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz, the infamous former prison, as a place to “house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.” “I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — “One of the most challenging things” about being imprisoned in Russia, Marc Fogel recalled, “was feeling like I might be forgotten.” Fogel, a teacher, was detained for three and half years before being released in mid-February – becoming one of the first American detainees freed during President Donald Trump’s

By Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are beginning to plot their midterm push to hang on to power amid a shaky political environment, courting key candidates in critical battleground House and Senate races while leaning hard on an issue that could animate the MAGA faithful: impeachment.

By Marshall Cohen and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Washington (CNN) — Since President Donald Trump took office, the Internal Revenue Service has churned through four acting leaders and spiraled into turmoil, while the president’s pick for full-time commissioner waits for a Senate confirmation hearing. Trump announced in early December that he was nominating Republican former Rep.

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — When a car accident nearly killed Davina Rush’s son three years ago, forcing her to leave her job and become his full-time caregiver, she stopped paying her $49,000 in student loan debt. Now, the 42-year-old single mother from Florida is one of the millions of

Essay by Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — “How can you talk to those crazy people?” I get asked that question a lot. Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to hundreds — possibly thousands — of Americans whose lives have become consumed by conspiracy theories. It’s easy, perhaps natural, for us to want to label

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s removal to Honduras last week of three children who are US citizens underscores how its push to carry out a historic deportation campaign can result in extraordinary circumstances and violations of internal policies and due process rights intended to avoid such situations, legal experts say. The

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Laura Loomer can get President Donald Trump on the phone, but she can’t get a seat in his briefing room. As the White House opens its doors to a new class of media personalities – online commentators, podcasters, web video hosts and partisan influencers – one of the most

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A remarkable exchange played out on X on Friday as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the government of key ally Germany of “tyranny in disguise” for designating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity. In a post Friday afternoon, the top US diplomat slammed

By John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to allow Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data on hundreds of millions of Americans. The latest emergency appeal to reach the court involving the Trump administration followed a divided decision from the

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — After a frenzied week of small group meetings, leadership listening sessions and private committee discussions, House Republicans are still grappling with core disagreements over how they will extract $1.5 trillion in savings over the next decade. Questions over how to overhaul Medicaid and which tax provisions to pay for

By Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs. As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency cuts budgets and headcounts across

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — In a sweltering Rose Garden on Thursday, as President Donald Trump intoned at length about restoring faith to the White House, he took a moment to single out a man sitting right up front. “When I have a problem, I call up Marco,” Trump told

By Natasha Bertrand, Josh Campbell, Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “enemy combatants” as a possible way to detain them more easily and limit their ability to challenge their imprisonment, according

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday strongly criticized President Donald Trump — without naming him — for his attacks on judges, arguing that the rhetoric of the president and his allies threatens democracy, according to Politico. Politico reported that Jackson, speaking at a legal conference in Puerto

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are starting to put some meat on the bones of their sweeping tax and spending cuts package, otherwise known as President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The package aims to extend the GOP’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as fulfill several of Trump’s campaign

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to unwind deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans that have been temporarily left in place by a lower federal court. At issue is a decision earlier this year by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to end a

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Trump administration this week continued digging in on its claim that symbols tattooed on the fingers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a cross, a skull, a smiley face and a marijuana leaf – are proof that the man they wrongly deported to El Salvador is a member

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Pete Buttigieg is putting the podcast microphones aside and heading out on the road. The former Transportation secretary, who in March passed on a run for a US Senate seat in Michigan — guided by what people close to him confirmed was interest in a possible second presidential bid