Month: January 2026

By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — After pushback from both gun rights and gun control groups, the Trump administration has quietly abandoned its plan to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to people briefed on the matter. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Minneapolis has seen tense demonstrations against the Trump administration’s deployment of federal agents to the city for an immigration crackdown, raising questions about what these officers can do on the ground and how President Donald Trump can respond. As protests escalated following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good

By Kaitlan Collins, Hannah Rabinowitz, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A person familiar with the matter told CNN that grand jury subpoenas had been issued for both

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The anti-abortion movement is testing new strategies to force a legal confrontation over so-called shield laws in Democratic-led states that protect abortion providers in those states from prosecution. The escalation in tactics is driven by the reality that the number of US abortions has only increased since the Supreme