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By Alejandra Jaramillo, Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has approved a pardon for Michael McMahon, the White House said Friday, a retired New York City police officer who was convicted in 2023 for his role in stalking a New Jersey family on behalf of the Chinese government. The White House praised the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Teachers and other employees of US military schools who have been working without pay during the government shutdown received letters this week telling them they owed money to the government, CNN has learned. Debt letters outlining that personnel have been “overpaid” by various amounts ranging from several hundred dollars

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for the government shutdown. The ruling from US District Judge Christopher Cooper is the latest court rebuke of controversial

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has granted clemency to former Major League Baseball star Darryl Strawberry for a 1995 tax evasion charge. Trump, a White House official said, “has approved a pardon for Darryl Strawberry, three-time World Series champion and eight-time MLB All-Star.” “Mr. Strawberry served time and paid back taxes

By Austin Culpepper, CNN (CNN) — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory to recruit police officers to leave the New York Police Department. On Friday, ICE posted a recruitment message to social media calling on police officers to “Defend the Homeland” and “work for a President and a Secretary who

By Daniel Dale, Matt Stiles, CNN President Donald Trump keeps saying beef is the only grocery product that has gotten more expensive during his second presidency. “Groceries are down except for the beef, which I’ll get down too,” he said in a speech last week in Tokyo. “Groceries are way down, other than beef,” he

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has reached a multimillion-dollar deal with Cornell University to restore more than $250 million in federal funding for the school. Cornell is expected to pay the federal government $30 million over three years, according to the text of the agreement. The school is also expected to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh delivered a pep talk to conservatives on Thursday night, telling an audience of right-leaning legal leaders and students in Washington, DC, they should stand up for their principles and “fight fire with strength and grace.” Barrett drew hearty applause at the annual

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Open enrollment for 2026 coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges is underway. And millions of consumers are now seeing just how expensive their health insurance policies will be without the enhanced premium subsidies that have been in place since 2021. The enhanced subsidies, which are