National Politics

By Katelyn Polantz and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department will again allow federal investigators to pursue communications from media outlets in the course of government leak investigations, rescinding a Biden-era policy, according to a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by CNN. The memo comes at a time of fresh hostility

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — He wasn’t joking. When President Donald Trump was reminded in an interview with Time magazine this week that he had said he would end the Russian war on Ukraine on “day one,” he claimed he hadn’t been speaking literally or seriously. “Well, I said that figuratively, and I

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the collective bargaining rights for a sizeable share of the federal workforce. The preliminary injunction issued by US District Court Judge Paul Friedman in the District of Columbia also found that a key section of President Donald Trump’s

By Brynn Gingras and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Disgraced former Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to 87 months in prison for aggravated identity theft and wire fraud charges stemming from fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign. The judge ruled he must surrender by July 25. Santos was sobbing in the courtroom on

By Tierney Sneed, Gloria Pazmino and Kristin Chapman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is backing down from a multi-state legal fight over sweeping actions taken by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that potentially terminated the immigration status of thousands of international students studying in the United States. The dramatic shift was announced in court

By Priscilla Alvarez, Sunlen Serfaty, Marshall Cohen and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are building a master database to speed-up immigration enforcement and deportations by combining sensitive data from across the federal government, multiple sources familiar with the plans tell CNN. The goal is to create a

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Michael Williams and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A Milwaukee County Circuit judge was arrested by the FBI Friday and charged in federal court for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest. Judge Hannah Dugan is facing two charges for obstruction and concealing the individual from arrest. She made an initial appearance

By Gabe Cohen and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — Trump emergency management officials are discussing reforms that would make it much harder for communities to qualify for federal disaster assistance, honoring President Donald Trump’s executive order to shift more responsibility for disaster response and recovery to states rather than the federal government. A memo from

CNN By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Five days before his 100th day in office – and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine – President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine have so far

By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Five days before his 100th day in office – and 93 days since his own deadline passed for resolving the conflict in Ukraine – President Donald Trump is frustrated his efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine have so far fallen

By Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Some US allies are highly alarmed by the framework the Trump administration is pushing to end the Ukraine war and Europeans are bracing for the outcome of another round of high-level talks between the US and Russia, multiple diplomatic sources told CNN. The administration’s

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Thursday targeting ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform – taking aim at one of the key pillars of the financial infrastructure for Democratic candidates. A fact sheet about the memo said it directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch an investigation into

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Danny Freeman, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department terminated hundreds of grants this week, effectively slashing the budgets for organizations across the country that assist crime victims and fight both gun violence and opioid abuse. The cancellations, which claimed that the more than 350 already-distributed grants “no longer effectuates the program

By Tierney Sneed, Kristin Chapman and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s efforts to crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs suffered a major legal blow Thursday as three separate judges – two of them appointed by the president – ruled against a Department of Education policy that threatened to withhold federal funding