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By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.

By Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration “unquestionably” violated a court order when it tried to transfer detainees to war-torn South Sudan without a meaningful opportunity to contest their removal to a place where they might face torture, a federal judge said Wednesday. Eight detainees of various nationalities

By Kevin Liptak and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Moments before President Donald Trump escorted his South African counterpart into the Oval Office on Wednesday, White House aides could be seen wheeling two large-screen televisions down the driveway and into the West Wing. Little could have prepared President Cyril Ramaphosa for what he was about

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “sovereignly appointed.” The service, which Hegseth told the audience would be a monthly event

By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House GOP leaders are barreling ahead with a vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda in the coming hours Wednesday, after Trump privately implored key holdouts not to derail the major tax and spending cuts package. The president had summoned members of a key wing

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. teased a future run for the presidency during an appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday, saying “that calling is there” when asked if he would “consider picking up the reins” and “run for office” when his father, President Donald Trump, leaves the White House.

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and dropping investigations into several major US police departments. The move, announced

CNN By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his most forceful appeal yet to House Republicans to line up behind his massive domestic policy bill, but it’s still not enough to guarantee the votes for Speaker Mike Johnson. The president’s emphatic,

CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice charged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assaulting federal law enforcement during a chaotic melee that erupted outside of an ICE detention facility in her home state of New Jersey, acting US Attorney Alina Habba said Monday. Prosecutors will, however, drop the

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered his most forceful appeal yet to House Republicans to line up behind his massive domestic policy bill, but it’s still not enough to guarantee the votes for Speaker Mike Johnson. The president’s emphatic, 90-minute

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver said Tuesday that the federal assault charges filed against her a day earlier related to a chaotic melee outside an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility are “absurd.” “I think the charges are absurd. You know, it’s ridiculous. I was there to do my job,

By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — In the final two years of his presidency, Joe Biden had private moments where he could not recall the names of top aides, had an increasingly limited private schedule, was prone to incoherence and losing his train of thought, and was hidden from the public eye to shield the

By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Key GOP conservatives remain opposed to approving President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill in the House this week – and even Trump himself may not be able to change their minds. On the eve of Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill, multiple members

By Alex Marquardt, Kristen Holmes and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One by President Donald Trump, four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached

By Jennifer Hansler and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully removed the board of the US Institute of Peace earlier this year and that subsequent actions taken by officials installed by the Department of Government Efficiency to cripple the agency are therefore “null and void.” The

By Holmes Lybrand and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. The settlement, once approved

By Kaitlan Collins and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is considering nominating Emil Bove, his former personal attorney who currently holds a senior role at the Justice Department, as a federal appeals judge, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Bove is under consideration for a vacancy on the US Court