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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Alayna Treene and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is pulling the United States out of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO, a White House official told CNN. The move comes as the US president continues to pull the country out of international institutions and makes

By Shania Shelton and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice said Tuesday it has reached out to Jeffrey Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell for a meeting amid backlash over the administration’s handling of files related to Epstein. “Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to

By Jeremy Herb and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified and released new intelligence documents Friday that she claimed were evidence of a “treasonous conspiracy” by top Obama administration officials to manufacture the notion that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. But the allegations conflate and misrepresent

By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday said he does not plan to allow votes on any measures related to the Jeffrey Epstein case in the House’s final week in Washington before a weekslong recess, despite intense pressure from some of his own GOP members to

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. “With stability returning to Los Angeles, the Secretary has directed the redeployment of the 700 Marines whose presence sent a clear

By John King, CNN (CNN) — Jaclyn Taylor and Lawrence Malinconico live on opposite sides of the Trump canyon that defines and divides American politics. “The amount of progress he has made over the first six months is unmatched,” said Taylor, a businesswoman in Iowa. She grades the first six months of President Donald Trump’s

CNN, POOL By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University was back in court Monday for a hearing in its funding fight case against the Trump administration, a key step in a battle over restoring more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House this spring. US District Judge Allison

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Harvard University was back in court Monday for a hearing in its funding fight case against the Trump administration, a key step in a battle over restoring more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House this spring. US District Judge Allison Burroughs

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — The White House just spent six months jamming a massive legislative package through Congress with almost no margin for error. Now comes the real challenge. Donald Trump’s aides and allies are embarking on a concerted bid to sell the president’s “big, beautiful bill” to voters who are mostly unfamiliar

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday threatened to refer Obama administration officials to the Justice Department for prosecution over the intelligence assessment of Russia’s 2016 election interference, in the latest example of officials going after perceived enemies of President Donald Trump. Gabbard declassified documents Friday that she

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence

By Michael Williams, Dan Berman and Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is filing a libel lawsuit against the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and reporters who wrote a story about a collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note bearing Trump’s name and

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence as

By Donald Judd, Shania Shelton and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to unseal pertinent testimony related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, as he appeared to bow to pressure to release more material on the case. “Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey

CNN By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Donald Trump’s name and an outline of a naked woman, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday. The drawing, depicting a woman’s breasts and a “Donald” signature in

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Donald Trump’s name and an outline of a naked woman, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Thursday. The drawing, depicting a woman’s breasts and a “Donald” signature in the

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Annie Grayer and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — House Republican leaders are preparing for a late night in the chamber as they try to jam through President Donald Trump’s $9 billion package of cuts to federal funding — after a day of intense talks with GOP holdouts demanding a vote

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi toured the former Alcatraz prison on Thursday as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed. Bondi was there with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to receive a briefing on the facility, a Justice

By Donald Judd, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump “would not recommend” a special prosecutor to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday — despite some GOP calls to do so. “The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case. That’s how he feels,” Leavitt told

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday. Trump, 79, underwent a “comprehensive examination, including diagnostic vascular studies” with the White House Medical Unit, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, reading a note from

By Molly Reinmann, CNN (CNN) — Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, to a federal judgeship, over the loud protests of Democrats. The vote — in which all 12 Republican committee members voted to move Bove’s nomination forward — occurred as

By Holmes Lybrand and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is asking that a former police officer found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor in 2020 – when she was shot and killed by police in her Louisville home – be sentenced to one day in jail. The officer, Brett

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Days after Eric Adams won the New York City mayoral primary four years ago, he was invited to Washington by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to speak to the House Democratic caucus, touted by the chair of the House Democrats’ campaign arm as a model for campaigns around the country, and

CNN, FOX, X, HOUSE TV, SENATE TV By Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is one step closer to having Congress officially sign off on a slice of his Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed in the early hours of Thursday morning to cancel

CNN By Kara Scannell and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York, according to people familiar with the situation. Comey was a prosecutor in the case against

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States is set to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food meant for starving people around the world. The high-energy, nutrient-dense biscuits have been sitting for months in a warehouse in Dubai, according to a former USAID official. Now, because they expire this month,

By Haley Britzky, CNN Wiesbaden, Germany (CNN) — Ukraine’s military commander in charge of the country’s drone warfare program urged the US and NATO countries alike on Wednesday to learn from Kyiv’s use of the technology on the battlefield so in the future there are not “hard questions from your children [about] when [their] father

CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are addressing rumors about a divorce head-on in an episode of her podcast released Wednesday. “She took me back!” Barack Obama said on the “IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson” podcast. “It was touch and go for a

By Sunlen Serfaty and Riane Lumer, CNN Arlington, VA (CNN) — Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning program that her son attends during the summer shuts its doors. A single mother, Sylvia works as a janitor and is the

By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — The most vulnerable House Republicans on the ballot next year are building significant stores of cash as they prepare to defend the GOP’s slender majority in Congress. And years before the first presidential primary votes are cast, some potential White House contenders are