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By Kaitlan Collins, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — National security adviser Mike Waltz is expected to depart from the Trump administration in the coming days, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in

By Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas ruled that the president unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act and blocked the administration from quickly deporting some alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez of the Southern District of Texas said Trump

CNN By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Over his 20 years on the Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts has demonstrated an ability to slowly build the scaffolding, case by case, for a major development in the law. At the same time, he is also known for famously decrying “jolts” to the

CNN By David Wright and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris rebuked President Donald Trump in her first major speech since leaving office, accusing her former rival of setting off the “greatest man-made economic crisis” in modern history through his across-the-board tariffs, and warning that his conflicts with the courts were

By Priscilla Alvarez and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has discussed with Libya and Rwanda the possibility of sending migrants who have criminal records and are in the United States to those two countries, according to multiple sources familiar with the talks. The proposals mark a dramatic escalation in the administration’s push

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance late Wednesday cast a tie-breaking vote to kill a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s tariffs in the Senate. Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked the president’s global tariffs by revoking

By Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — Chris Krebs’, President Donald Trump’s former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, membership in Global Entry has been revoked. Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election, told CNN he finds it hard to believe this isn’t another act of retribution from the

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — On his 100th day in office, President Donald Trump crowed to a rally of supporters about a dawning “golden age” for the American economy, made possible by his new tariffs. On his 101st, he warned in a different setting that children may have to

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Affordable housing advocates and congressional Democrats are warning that more foreclosures may occur as the Department of Veterans Affairs phases out a mortgage rescue program for financially strapped veterans this week. Beginning Thursday, the VA will no longer accept enrollees to the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase Program, or VASP,

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday seemed open to backing the creation of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma, a decision that would expand the availability of taxpayer money for religious education in school systems across the nation. During more than two hours of at times feisty arguments

By Priscilla Alvarez, Katelyn Polantz, Paula Reid and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele have been directly in touch about the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the US mistakenly deported to El Salvador’s notorious mega prison, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

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