National Politics

By Shania Shelton, Alex Marquardt, Kylie Atwood and Leila Gharagozlou, CNN (CNN) — Leaders from the United States and Iran painted a positive but cautious picture of talks between the nations over Iran’s nuclear program Saturday, after the third phase of the discussions wrapped up in Oman. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Middle

By Jeremy Herb, Eric Bradner and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been Donald Trump’s battering ram during the president’s first 100 days, slashing the federal government and trying to bend its remnants to Trump’s will. Driven by a band of 20-something coders and computer experts burrowing into agencies

By Annette Choi and Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 100 days. Wide-ranging and chaotic firings across at least 30 agencies. At least 121,000 federal workers have been laid off or targeted for layoffs in the three months since President Donald Trump’s second term began, according to a CNN analysis of official statements, internal memos

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The American Federation of Government Employees is planning to lay off more than half its staff, as the largest federal employees’ union reels from President Donald Trump’s move to end collective bargaining rights for many federal workers. AFGE, which has filed an array of lawsuits against the Trump administration,

WDJT, CNN By Casey Gannon and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel posted a photo on X Friday night of the Wisconsin judge who was arrested for allegedly obstructing immigration agents while she was handcuffed, being escorted to a vehicle by officials. The photo of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan does

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The arrest of a Wisconsin state judge for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest has opened a new front in the Trump administration’s aggressive attempt to carry out a historic deportation campaign. The decision by the Justice Department to charge Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan for obstruction

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Wisconsin judge who was arrested by the FBI on Friday and accused of interfering in the arrest of an undocumented immigrant has a decadeslong history of advocating for the poor and vulnerable. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan faces two charges for obstruction and concealing the individual

By Kristin Chapman, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff told a voter in Georgia on Friday that he “strongly” agrees that President Donald Trump needs to be impeached. “There is no doubt that this president’s conduct has already exceeded any prior standard for impeachment by the United States House of Representatives,” Ossoff told

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 Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump sat for a wide-ranging interview with TIME on April 22, touching on tariffs, peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia, the Iran nuclear deal, wanting Canada to become a US state and more. The sitdown included Trump saying he would sign a ban on members of Congress

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 Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the month since the US launched a major military campaign targeting the Houthi rebel group in Yemen, the militants have successfully shot down at least seven multi-million-dollar American drones, hindering the US’ ability to move into “phase two” of the operation, multiple US

By Maria Moctezuma, Sylvie Kirsch and Julianna Bragg, CNN (CNN) — As lawmakers hold town halls in their home states during the current congressional recess period, members from both parties continue to face tough questions and criticism that Congress is not doing enough to counter the Trump administration. Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson faced critical questions