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A row of single-family homes in Western New York. The Trump administration stepped up efforts to address housing affordability this past week.

The Trump administration is ‘actively evaluating’ portable mortgages. What you need to know

By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has another idea to make housing more affordable: Let homeowners take their mortgage rate with them when they move. On Wednesday, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said the administration is “actively evaluating” so-called portable mortgages. The proposal aims to address the housing market’s lack

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Members of the Israeli special forces check the apparent remains of a ballistic missile lying on the ground following missile attacks by Iran in June.

US lawmakers demand answers from Trump administration over Chinese chemical shipments to Iran following CNN reporting

By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — US lawmakers have called for the Trump administration to respond to reporting that Chinese firms are helping Iran rebuild its ballistic missile program in defiance of United Nations sanctions. The call, from Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi and Joe Courtney, follows CNN reporting last month detailing what Western intelligence

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California Governor Gavin Newsom at a press conference

Newsom calls Trump an ‘invasive species’ and ‘wrecking ball’ in fiery remarks at COP30 climate summit

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom pulled no punches at the COP30 climate talks in Brazil on Tuesday, calling President Donald Trump an “invasive species” and a “wrecking ball” during discussions about the US absence from global climate action. Newsom, a Democrat widely viewed as a likely presidential candidate in 2028,

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US President Donald Trump listens during an event about weight-loss drugs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington

Exclusive: Trump administration holds Situation Room meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files

By Katelyn Polantz, Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Alayna Treene, Kevin Liptak, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Top Trump administration officials met Wednesday with a key GOP lawmaker about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to multiple sources familiar with the

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Russian President Vladimir Putin

Kazakhstan follows Russia in banning ‘LGBTQ propaganda’

By Catherine Nicholls and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — Kazakhstan’s lower parliament pushed ahead with anti-LGBTQ legislation Wednesday that appears to mirror Russian law, as the country’s president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The new measures would ban the “dissemination of information containing propaganda of pedophilia and/or non-traditional sexual orientation” in public

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