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By Alayna Treene, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump told a meeting of world leaders Thursday that Europe must stop purchasing Russian oil and put economic pressure on China to try to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine, a White House official told CNN, as the administration seemed to

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — First lady Melania Trump made rare public remarks on Thursday, calling on private and public sector leaders to prepare children for the growth of artificial intelligence, at a Thursday event at the White House. “The robots are here. Our future is no longer science fiction,” Trump said as she

By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — In the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions. The talks, described as preliminary in nature, appear to build on an idea that

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is designating two Ecuadorian criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in the country’s capital, Quito, on Thursday, where he made the case that it could now carry out lethal operations against those gangs with the help of

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The FBI’s search of former Donald Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s home last month was part of a criminal investigation into the unauthorized removal and retention of classified records and the improper gathering, transmitting or losing of national defense information, according to paperwork the Justice Department made public

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Washington, DC, officials are suing the Trump administration, accusing the president of violating the Constitution and federal law by sending thousands of National Guard troops into the city without consent from local leaders. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb, claims the troops – many from

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Washington, DC, officials are suing the Trump administration, accusing the president of violating the Constitution and federal law by sending thousands of National Guard troops into the city without consent from local leaders. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb, claims the troops – many from

By Molly Reinmann, Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration has taken aim at a series of elite colleges and universities during his second term, marking a key effort to exert control over higher education — and one that has required targeted schools to respond accordingly. While the schools targeted with canceled federal

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of ruthlessly killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, DC, earlier this year, chanting pro-Palestine slogans during his arrest, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the nine charges against him, some of which could carry the death penalty. The federal indictment against Elias Rodriguez, who prosecutors

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has said it plans to “immediately appeal” a judge’s ruling restoring more than $2 billion in federal research funding for Harvard University, signaling that the White House will aggressively continue its efforts to take on elite higher education. While a federal judge offered Harvard, the only

By John Fritze, Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to step into the fray over his emergency tariffs, putting the centerpiece of his economic agenda in the hands of the justices who have mostly backed his sweeping view of executive power, according to a copy of the

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Devon M. Sayers, CNN Angola, Louisiana (CNN) — The Trump administration is opening a new detention camp within a notorious state prison in Louisiana to house undocumented migrants accused of committing crimes, officials announced Wednesday. The new detention center, called “Camp 57,” will be at the country’s largest maximum-security prison, the Louisiana

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A series of recent adverse court rulings have provided major impediments to some of President Donald Trump’s policies and executive actions, underscoring the federal judiciary’s increasingly lonely role in serving as a pause on the president’s effort to dramatically reshape the country. The courts have long been a key

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A transgender woman who was challenging Idaho’s ban on trans athletes told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that she is withdrawing her high-profile case, citing intense “negative public scrutiny” because of the litigation and a desire to focus on “academic and personal goals.” Lindsay Hecox, a 24-year-old senior at

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams forcefully denied rumors that he will abandon his reelection campaign if the Trump administration offers him a job. According to two sources familiar with the conversations, aides to President Donald Trump have floated the idea of offering Adams a job in the administration

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced legislation on Wednesday to ban stock trading for members of Congress as pressure has escalated for elected officials to weed out corruption and restore public trust in Congress. House and Senate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have long traded stocks

By Betsy Klein, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Wednesday gave Harvard University a landmark victory in its fight against the Trump administration, siding with the Ivy League school in its effort to restore more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House. The decision from US