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Fernando Rodriguez Jr. speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in November 2017.

Trump-appointed judge says president’s use of Alien Enemies Act is unlawful in first-of-its-kind ruling

By Devan Cole, Priscilla Alvarez and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A Donald Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas ruled that the president unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act and blocked the administration from quickly deporting some alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. US District Judge Fernando Rodriguez of the Southern District of Texas said Trump

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Tourists look inside the chamber of the US Supreme Court in February 2024 in Washington

Power of judges to hold Trump administration in contempt may be undermined with filibuster-proof GOP proposal

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The ability of federal judges to hold the Trump administration in contempt for defying their orders could be undermined by legislation approved by a House Republican-led committee late Wednesday in a bill that may be impossible for Senate Democrats to filibuster. Republicans say that the provision is aimed at

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump falsely claimed Tuesday that he warned during his 2024 campaign that his tariffs would require Americans to experience a “transition period.” In reality, Trump’s 2024 campaign rhetoric about tariffs was reliably glowing and warning-free; he said his tariffs would make Americans “so rich” and that

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Young Democrats challenge longtime incumbents as party grapples with generational divide

By Eric Bradner, Arit John and Arlette Saenz, CNN Indianapolis (CNN) — In his bid to unseat Rep. Andre Carson, the 50-year-old Democrat who has represented Indiana’s 7th Congressional District since 2008, 34-year-old challenger George Hornedo has argued the Democratic Party isn’t working, nationally or locally. Some voters in the district are open to hearing

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Kamala Harris speaks during at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America at the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Harris accuses Trump of abandoning American ideals in first major speech since leaving office

By David Wright and Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris rebuked President Donald Trump in her first major speech since leaving office, accusing her former rival of setting off the “greatest man-made economic crisis” in modern history through his across-the-board tariffs, and warning that his conflicts with the courts were moving

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The Senate votes on a bipartisan resolution on April 30

Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to kill bipartisan effort to rebuke Trump’s trade policy

By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked

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People walk past the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters a block from the White House on March 6 in Washington

Housing advocates ‘very worried’ veterans could face foreclosure as VA mortgage rescue program phases out

By Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Affordable housing advocates and congressional Democrats are warning that more foreclosures may occur as the Department of Veterans Affairs phases out a mortgage rescue program for financially strapped veterans this week. Beginning Thursday, the VA will no longer accept enrollees to the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase Program, or VASP,

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