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Takeaways from a tense House hearing with Trump immigration officials

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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — With the Trump administration’s mass deportation push under intense scrutiny, the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and US Citizenship and Immigration Services faced tough questions during a congressional committee hearing on Tuesday. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott and USCIS Director

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Elizabeth Warren Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren. Personal Birth date: June 22, 1949 Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Herring Father: Donald Herring, salesman and maintenance man Mother: Pauline (Reed) Herring, department store worker Marriages: Bruce Mann (July

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach

Trump told police in mid 2000s ‘everyone has known’ about Epstein’s misconduct

By Samantha Waldenberg, Kevin Liptak, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Shortly after the law enforcement investigation into Jeffrey Epstein became public in the mid-2000s, Donald Trump called the Palm Beach, Florida, Police Department to express gratitude, according to a newly released document. “Thank goodness you’re stopping him,” Trump said, according to the document. “Everyone has

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reacts as he arrives for the Royal Family's traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham

As pressure mounted to release Epstein files, FBI employees compiled allegations against other men

By Michael Williams, Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — As the Justice Department faced mounting pressure to release the Epstein files last year, FBI employees were compiling what one described as “salacious” allegations against men in Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit and putting together a presentation that included a list of “prominent names” in the investigative files. The

A US Border Patrol agent wearing a mask

Federal judge blocks California’s law enforcement mask ban

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in California on Monday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations. US District Judge Christina Snyder in Los Angeles granted the Trump administration’s request for a preliminary injunction, finding that the ban “unlawfully discriminates”

A still from a video posted by US Southern Command on X shows an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on February 9.

US military says 2 killed in boat strike, with 1 survivor

CNN By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. “On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear

A still from a video posted by US Southern Command on X shows an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on February 9.

US military says 2 killed in boat strike, with 1 survivor

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command. “On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted

A person carries a cell phone with an American flag-themed accessory on Capitol Hill

Classified hearing erupted in frustration as officials refused to say whether Trump wants to renew powerful surveillance law

By Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — For two hours inside a classified Congressional hearing last week, Republican and Democrat Senators grew increasingly exasperated as officials from the FBI, the National Security Agency and other agencies refused to say whether the Trump administration wants Congress to renew a powerful foreign surveillance law that is

Hunter Hess of Team USA looks on during the Toyota US Grand Prix at Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort in Colorado on January 10.

Trump calls Olympic skier ‘real loser’ after athlete expresses ‘mixed emotions’ representing the US

By Kit Maher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump called Olympic skier Hunter Hess a “real loser” on Sunday after the athlete expressed “mixed emotions representing the US right now” in the Winter Olympic Games. “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,”