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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — White House staff are still following the “preservation” mandates of the Presidential Records Act, the Justice Department told a federal court as it pushes back on a new lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s disavowal of a Watergate-era documents law. The filings made public the White House’s official approach to

CNN By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Natasha Bertrand, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was ousted from his position Wednesday, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN, amid tension Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his implementation of shipbuilding reform and his close relationship with President Donald Trump.

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — A congressional map approved by Virginia voters that aims to help Democrats net four US House seats in November’s midterms faces another legal hurdle just one day after its passage. A judge in rural southern Virginia on Wednesday ordered that the results of Tuesday’s vote not be certified on

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, who sued the DOJ and FBI over flawed government surveillance he faced due to his Russian contacts in 2016, according to a filing with the Supreme Court Wednesday. Page, who investigators

By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Kristen Holmes, Natasha Bertrand, Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was ousted from his position Wednesday, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN, amid tension Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his implementation of shipbuilding reform and his close relationship with President Donald Trump. Pentagon