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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says he pardoned Trevor Milton, the CEO of now-defunct hydrogen and electric truck firm Nikola, in part because he believed Milton was persecuted for supporting Trump’s political ambitions. In October 2022, a New York jury convicted Milton on federal charges of securities fraud and wire fraud.

By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole, Emily R. Condon and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two federal judges in separate rulings late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, both firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish. There have now

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Friday let President Donald Trump remove for now the chair of a critical “merit board” that reviews federal firings, and a member of the National Labor Relations Board, handing the president a major win in his efforts to control independent federal agencies and potentially

CNN By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome. “We want to have good relationships with

CNN By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome. “We want to have good relationships with

By Sean Lyngaas and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The State Department on Friday formally notified Congress it is effectively dissolving the US Agency for International Development and moving some of its functions under the department. The reorganization will be done by July 1, the State Department said, sounding a death knell for USAID, a

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian Institution – a sprawling organization that encompasses the National Zoo and a collection of museums that anchor tourism in the nation’s capital. In an executive order signed Thursday night, Trump put Vice

By Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Former Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sharply criticized the Trump administration’s Ukraine policy and pivot toward isolationism Thursday night, accusing President Donald Trump’s advisers of showing “their embarrassing naivete” in dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. McConnell, a staunch supporter of Ukraine who delivered remarks while

By Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Current and former US officials have told CNN they believe two texts sent by national security adviser Mike Waltz and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in the now-infamous group chat involving senior US officials discussing battle plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, may have done

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Two law firms targeted by President Donald Trump’s executive orders – Jenner & Block and WilmerHale – filed lawsuits Friday as the legal industry continues to grapple with the unprecedented attacks from the White House. Both firms, which have connections to former special counsel Robert Muller, are now the

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to wade into the fraught legal battle over enforcing the Alien Enemies Act, the wartime authority he used to rapidly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The emergency appeal, which asks the justices to overturn

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans are racing to finalize plans to move a budget blueprint that would finally unlock their ability to move ahead with Trump’s agenda in one massive policy bill. Passing a budget framework would allow them to then write a tax, immigration and defense bill that can pass with

By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department’s decision to invoke the rarely used state secrets privilege in a bid to avoid giving a federal judge details on two deportation flights has opened a complicated new front in the government’s ongoing resistance to turning over the information. The department’s invocation of

By Katelyn Polantz and Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing agencies to suspend the security clearances and access to federal buildings of lawyers for the law firm Wilmer Hale, the former firm to one time-special counsel Robert Mueller. The order also directs agencies to “refrain from hiring

By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome. “We want to have good relationships with everybody,”

CNN By Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance on Friday made the highest-profile case to date for American control of Greenland during a controversial visit to the semiautonomous island, which its residents had resisted and its leaders said was unwelcome. “We want to have good relationships with

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has temporarily restored funding to an initiative that tracks alleged Russian war crimes after cutting its assistance, according to a congressional source familiar with the matter. Funding for the Ukraine Conflict Observatory has been restored for six weeks, the source told CNN. This will allow the

By Veronica Stracqualursi, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans are grappling with how to respond to senior Trump administration officials’ use of a Signal group chat to discuss a military strike, with a key Senate committee requesting a watchdog probe of the matter as some in the GOP say there’s no

By Sarah Ferris, Arit John, David Wright and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Top Republicans grew so concerned about the lackluster performance of their own GOP House candidate in an upcoming special election in Florida that President Donald Trump’s team and members of House GOP leadership decided to personally intervene. A top adviser to Trump

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered key Trump administration agencies to preserve messages sent on Signal between March 11 to March 15. Judge James Boasberg made the ruling in a preservation lawsuit brought in the wake of the revelation that Cabinet officials were discussing war plans on Signal. The

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Jamie Gangel and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Ever since news broke on Monday that top Trump officials discussed US military attack plans in a group chat that inadvertently included a journalist, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has projected unflinching confidence. “I know exactly what I’m doing,” Hegseth told reporters

By Sarah Ferris, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Thursday pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations amid concerns over slim margins in the US House of Representatives, keeping one of Trump’s most vocal allies in Congress. President Donald Trump declared he was

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Federal law enforcement officers captured an alleged “major leader” of the MS-13 gang Thursday morning, President Donald Trump said on social media. “Just captured a major leader of MS13,” he wrote. The alleged 24-year-old gang member, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday in Prince