By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling that President Donald Trump’s pick will have to win over uncertain Republicans in order to secure the job. Republican
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda. The vote was 68-29. As head of the Treasury, 62-year-old Bessent
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Afghans who worked directly for or on behalf of the US government in Afghanistan have been cut off from critical resources and face huge uncertainty over whether they’ll be able to travel to the United States following moves by the Trump administration
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter. A letter from acting Attorney General James McHenry to the officials said they cannot be “trusted” to “faithfully” implement Trump’s
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By Josh Campbell, Andy Rose and Nick Valencia, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s immigration sweeps that included more than 2,000 arrests in two days and have chilled many immigrant communities were followed by another blitz: A barrage of video and photos from the federal government showing agents in tactical gear and vests emblazoned with
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By Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to sign four executive orders that would reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces, gutting the military’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs, and reinstating with back pay
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By Aaron Pellish, Alejandra Jaramillo, Stefano Pozzebon, Priscilla Alvarez and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Colombia has walked back from the brink of a damaging trade war with the United States, reaching an agreement on accepting deported migrants being returned on military planes, after a flurry of threats from President Donald Trump that included steep
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A push by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on ballot initiatives could have unforeseen consequences for the business interests of his state’s most prominent resident: President Donald Trump. DeSantis, a Republican, has proposed a sweeping overhaul of citizen-led amendments to the state constitution — including new restrictions
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump claimed an early victory for a coercive foreign policy based on tariffs and hard power on Sunday after announcing Colombia had backed down in a dispute over migrant repatriation flights. The president had earlier unveiled swift and painful punishment, including huge tariffs, on the US
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CNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide Sunday that included multiple federal agencies and resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,000 people, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The apprehensions are part of an effort to amass a larger enforcement apparatus by pulling
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide Sunday that included multiple federal agencies and resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,000 people, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The apprehensions are part of an effort to amass a larger enforcement apparatus by pulling in
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, Alex Leeds Matthews and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — On his first day in office, President Donald Trump granted sweeping clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of everyone convicted of January 6-related crimes,
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was as if he’d never left. The Oval Office that President Donald Trump begrudgingly departed four years ago was reassembled in almost identical fashion over the course of a few hours Monday, right down to the cream wool rug with the olive branch border,
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website. The searchable database
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that he had spoken with the king of Jordan about potentially building housing and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, a remarkable proposal from a sitting US president. Trump said he asked Jordan’s Abdullah II, a
Continue ReadingBy Alejandra Jaramillo, Kevin Liptak and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas on Saturday, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office. The advertised theme of Trump’s address to supporters was his pledge to
Continue ReadingBy Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins. The agency has for years said it did
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CNN By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — It was as if he’d never left. The Oval Office that President Donald Trump begrudgingly departed four years ago was reassembled in almost identical fashion over the course of a few hours Monday, right down to the cream wool rug with the olive branch
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CNN By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi Noem as President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, installing a longtime Trump ally at the helm of an agency poised to play a central role in the president’s promised immigration crackdown. The
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CNN By Manu Raju, Alayna Treene, Morgan Rimmer and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies in a Friday night purge, according to a Trump administration official, paving the way for him to install his own picks for the independent watchdog roles. Agency
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