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By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Smithsonian Institution on Monday emphasized its “nonpartisan stature” and said “all personnel decisions” are made by its secretary more than a week after President Donald Trump said he would remove the director of the National Portrait Gallery. The institution said in a statement on Monday that “all personnel

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday strongly defended the Trump administration’s military response to protests in Los Angeles, his first appearance in a series of congressional hearings over the next week that are likely to be a major test of

By Arlette Saenz, Danny Freeman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Old Bridge, NJ (CNN) — New Jersey voters will select their nominees for governor on Tuesday, testing the direction of the Democratic and Republican parties in a state that shifted towards President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. The Republican primary has coalesced around Jack Ciattarelli,

By Manu Raju, Annie Grayer and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Multiple Republican lawmakers are voicing concerns about backing a high-profile measure later this week to codify Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts – raising questions about whether it can pass the House at all. Two Republicans – Reps. Mark Amodei of Nevada and Nicole Malliotakis of

By Evan Perez, Paula Reid, Kristen Holmes and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Stephen Miller, the architect of his immigration crackdown, have repeatedly used the word “insurrection” to describe the protests in Los Angeles, hinting they might invoke a rarely-used law by that name to dramatically escalate US military intervention on

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced Monday that he intends to leave Congress after the House votes again on President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered

By Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Bradley Bondi, the brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, overwhelmingly lost his bid to be the next president of the DC Bar in a closely watched election that drew national attention, the organization announced Monday. The powerful organization plays a limited role in enforcing ethics rules, but critics of

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN More than 700 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests in Los Angeles, and the troops will join the thousands of National Guard members who were activated by President Donald Trump over the weekend

By Kylie Atwood, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US State Department ordered diplomatic posts around the world to “resume processing” of Harvard University student and exchange visitor visas on Friday after a judge halted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to block international students from coming to the institution. The new guidance replaced one that posts

By Alayna Treene and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable at the White House on Monday to promote a key feature of the sweeping Republican domestic policy bill — a provision that would provide every American newborn with a $1,000 investment account. The accounts, which the administration has dubbed “Trump

By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Education is paying more than $7 million a month to employees it has forced to go on leave, according to analysis from the American Federation of Government Employees Local 252, the union that represents department employees. The payments could continue for years amid a long

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump issued a proclamation last week blocking nationals from Afghanistan and 11 other countries from traveling to the United States, it added to the fear, uncertainty and sense of betrayal that some vulnerable Afghans were already feeling. There are a number of immigration pathways for Afghans

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — In 2018, Toni Easter held a party in her yard in St. Louis to promote what would become a successful ballot initiative on redistricting — only to see it overturned when Republican lawmakers in Missouri put a competing initiative on the ballot. Then last year, she collected signatures in

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance rolled his eyes when shown during a podcast taping Elon Musk’s suggestion that President Donald Trump should be impeached and Vance should replace him. “Oh, my God,” Vance said, sipping Celsius while sitting across from comedian and podcaster Theo Von. “See, this is what I’m

By Betsy Klein, Hadas Gold and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — They’re the Washington couple at the center of power in the Trump administration. They’re also straddling opposing sides of an explosive breakup between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk. CNN reported last week that Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — As Harvard University, elite law firms and perceived political enemies of President Donald Trump fight back against his efforts to use government power to punish them, they’re winning thanks in part to the National Rifle Association. Last May, the Supreme Court unanimously sided with the gun rights group in