By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — “One of the most challenging things” about being imprisoned in Russia, Marc Fogel recalled, “was feeling like I might be forgotten.” Fogel, a teacher, was detained for three and half years before being released in mid-February – becoming one of the first American detainees freed during President Donald Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are beginning to plot their midterm push to hang on to power amid a shaky political environment, courting key candidates in critical battleground House and Senate races while leaning hard on an issue that could animate the MAGA faithful: impeachment.
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Washington (CNN) — Since President Donald Trump took office, the Internal Revenue Service has churned through four acting leaders and spiraled into turmoil, while the president’s pick for full-time commissioner waits for a Senate confirmation hearing. Trump announced in early December that he was nominating Republican former Rep.
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — When a car accident nearly killed Davina Rush’s son three years ago, forcing her to leave her job and become his full-time caregiver, she stopped paying her $49,000 in student loan debt. Now, the 42-year-old single mother from Florida is one of the millions of
Continue ReadingEssay by Donie O’Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — “How can you talk to those crazy people?” I get asked that question a lot. Over the last few years, I’ve spoken to hundreds — possibly thousands — of Americans whose lives have become consumed by conspiracy theories. It’s easy, perhaps natural, for us to want to label
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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s removal to Honduras last week of three children who are US citizens underscores how its push to carry out a historic deportation campaign can result in extraordinary circumstances and violations of internal policies and due process rights intended to avoid such situations, legal experts say. The
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Laura Loomer can get President Donald Trump on the phone, but she can’t get a seat in his briefing room. As the White House opens its doors to a new class of media personalities – online commentators, podcasters, web video hosts and partisan influencers – one of the most
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday ruled that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump targeting a law firm that represented his 2016 presidential opponent was unconstitutional. US District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the executive order targeting Perkins Coie violated the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, calling it
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By Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood, Alex Marquardt and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Just over 24 hours after President Donald Trump announced Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be taking on yet another role as interim national security adviser, the White House is actively sorting out how Rubio will juggle it all. The lack of
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A remarkable exchange played out on X on Friday as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the government of key ally Germany of “tyranny in disguise” for designating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity. In a post Friday afternoon, the top US diplomat slammed
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By John Fritze, Tierney Sneed and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to allow Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security Administration data on hundreds of millions of Americans. The latest emergency appeal to reach the high court during Trump’s second term
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — After a frenzied week of small group meetings, leadership listening sessions and private committee discussions, House Republicans are still grappling with core disagreements over how they will extract $1.5 trillion in savings over the next decade. Questions over how to overhaul Medicaid and which tax provisions to pay for
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By Tami Luhby, Ella Nilsen, Andrew Freedman, Samantha Delouya, Sarah Owermohle and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The White House unveiled a budget blueprint Friday that would pump more money into defense and homeland security, while taking an ax to programs the Trump administration has already targeted, including education, foreign aid, environment, health and public
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By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s imaginary gas price has fallen. Two weeks ago, Trump falsely claimed “a couple” states had just seen gas prices fall to $1.98 per gallon. That was not even close to true – no state had an average lower than about $2.70 per gallon, and there
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By Karina Tsui and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee state law enforcement on Thursday released a video showing a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an incident Trump administration officials have used to justify the removal of the Maryland man who the government has admitted was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March.
Continue Reading CNN By Karina Tsui and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Tennessee state law enforcement on Thursday released a video showing a 2022 traffic stop involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an incident Trump administration officials have used to justify the removal of the Maryland man who the government has admitted was wrongly deported to El Salvador in
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By Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs. As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency cuts budgets and headcounts across
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he wants to rename Veterans Day, a federal holiday on November 11, to “Victory Day for World War I” in a move to purportedly “start celebrating our victories again.” He also said he wants to celebrate May 8, which is not a federal holiday,
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — In a sweltering Rose Garden on Thursday, as President Donald Trump intoned at length about restoring faith to the White House, he took a moment to single out a man sitting right up front. “When I have a problem, I call up Marco,” Trump told
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Josh Campbell, Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “enemy combatants” as a possible way to detain them more easily and limit their ability to challenge their imprisonment, according
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