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By Natasha Bertrand and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the US would “stop the bombings” against the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen, after the Houthis told the US that “they don’t want to fight anymore.” “We will honor that, and we will stop the bombings,” Trump said from

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US intelligence community believes that the Venezuelan government is “probably” not directing the gang Tren de Aragua’s movements and operations inside the United States, according to a declassified assessment released on Monday that undercuts the Trump administration’s key argument for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to speed

By Annie Grayer, Paula Reid and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The odds that President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, reaches confirmation are rapidly diminishing as he faces public pushback from key Republicans on Capitol Hill. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, a GOP swing vote, informed the White

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Johnstown, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The centerpiece of Donald Trump’s hardline attempts to deport undocumented immigrants using a wartime power has been met with resistance by federal courts, including among judges Trump himself has appointed. The latest, on Monday, was district Judge Stephanie Haines, presiding over a federal court in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

By Kevin Liptak, Kristen Holmes and Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump welcomes his new Canadian counterpart to the White House on Tuesday, among the questions looming over their Oval Office encounter will be whether Trump will agree to attend a major summit Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting next month in

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A phone app that Mike Waltz, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, apparently used to save his text messages has temporarily suspended its services as it investigates a cybersecurity incident, a spokesperson for the app’s parent company told CNN on Monday. TeleMessage, which makes software for preserving and

By Annie Grayer and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — The fate of President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, is in question as the president has been making calls to Republican senators on his behalf, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Ed Martin did not appear on

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Johnstown, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The Trump administration doubled down Monday on how it is viewing Venezuelan detainees in the US that could be subject to removal under the Alien Enemies Act, telling a federal judge in Pennsylvania one detainee isn’t designated to be sent to a brutal Salvadoran prison under the

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent comments

By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth dated Monday and obtained by CNN. As of 2023, there were 37

By Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is passing on a bid for US Senate, delivering a major blow to GOP leaders who have spent months trying to lure him into vying for one of their biggest targets of the midterms. Kemp announced the decision Monday, ending lengthy speculation

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of John Kasich, former Republican governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 13, 1952 Birth place: McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania Birth name: John Richard Kasich Jr. Father: John Kasich Sr., mail carrier Mother: Anne Kasich, postal worker Marriages: Karen (Waldbillig)

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s across-the-board tariffs on Monday, arguing that a looming “price shock” to the economy and potential shortages will lead Americans to “demand a different approach” from the White House. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Pence rebuffed Trump’s recent

By Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore appears to be everywhere at the moment — popping up on “The View,” delivering a commencement address at a historically Black university in battleground Pennsylvania and, later this month, delivering an address to South Carolina Democrats, who could be pivotal in determining the Democratic Party’s

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” because Congress returned to do its constitutional duty after the attack on the Capitol. “Our institutions held that day, not because of any

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education restarts collections of loans in default on Monday, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished. The move arrives as the Trump administration works to dismantle the Education Department and aggressively roll back former President Joe Biden’s policies, including

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