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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday announced another lethal military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in international waters that he said was affiliated with a designated terrorist organization. In a social media post, Trump said the strike targeted a vessel operating in US Southern Command’s area of responsibility –

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Friday to withdraw deportation protections that had been extended to some 300,000 Venezuelans living in the United States – and it accused a lower court of engaging in a “needless affront” by ruling otherwise. The case involves decision earlier this year

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive action on Friday to impose a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas — in an effort to curb what his administration says is overuse of the program. “We need great workers, and this pretty much ensures that that’s what’s going to

By Kristen Holmes, Casey Gannon, Adam Cancryn, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — US Attorney Erik Siebert told his staff Friday he will be stepping down, according to a person familiar with the matter, after facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud. It’s not clear

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics. In an episode of his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” released on Friday, the Texas Republican said he

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris hasn’t made up her mind about whether she’ll run for president again in 2028 — but she does seem to have made up her mind about some of the other Democrats also looking at getting in. CNN reviewed an advance copy of her campaign memoir, “107 Days,”

By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — A memorial service Thursday for William Webster, former FBI and CIA director, served as something of a wake for an era that seems ever more distant in the age of Donald Trump. He was eulogized by former FBI Director Christopher Wray as exemplifying “what it meant to

By Devan Cole, John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it limit passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary individuals, its latest effort to get the justices to intervene in a fight over restrictive policies targeting LGBTQ+ Americans. Just after taking office in January, President Donald

By Sarah Ferris, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday corralled his oft-fractured House conference to pass a Republican plan to fund the government through November 21, as Congress scrambles to avert a looming shutdown. The 217-212 vote to advance the seven-week stopgap bill now amplifies pressure on Senate Democrats

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — The former US attorney who negotiated a controversial 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein defended that agreement in a closed-door meeting with House investigators Friday, according to Democrats in the room. “It’s very clear that Alex Acosta ran a deeply flawed investigation of the Epstein case,” Rep. Robert Garcia,

By Katie Bo Lillis, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — In the week since NATO fighter jets scrambled to shoot down multiple Russian drones that had crossed into alliance airspace in Poland, US and Western intelligence officials have been unable to determine whether the incursion was accidental or an intentional effort by Russia to

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients testified behind closed doors at length about former President Joe Biden’s aging throughout the course of his term, including how he pushed Biden’s doctor to conduct a full medical workup, according to a person familiar with the transcribed interview. Zients told

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in one sweeping vote on Thursday, marking the first bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate rules to speed up the consideration of nominees. The nominees confirmed included Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the Ambassador to Greece, Christine Toretti to

CNN By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his Thursday news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deliver a laundry list of long-debunked false claims about a variety of subjects, including inflation, immigration, tariffs and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — Catherine, Princess of Wales and first lady Melania Trump traded in their gowns and heels on Thursday for an afternoon of outdoor crafting with young scouts — marking a more casual venture for the two private spouses after the previous night’s lavish state banquet. Their joint appearance with 4-to

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of nonprofit groups, most of them left-leaning, are joining together to urge President Donald Trump to end what they call the “unjustified” targeting of liberal organizations following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In an open letter issued Thursday and shared first with CNN, more than 500

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his Thursday news conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer to deliver a laundry list of long-debunked false claims about a variety of subjects, including inflation, immigration, tariffs and the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a fact check