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By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s move to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans awakened widespread Democratic resistance to the new president’s second term that was felt Tuesday on Capitol Hill, in governors’ offices and in the race to helm the party’s national committee. A federal judge on Tuesday blocked

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Officials inside and outside of the US government are grappling with the fallout of the Trump administration’s sudden suspension of almost all foreign aid with some humanitarian officials warning that people will die as a result. The sweeping directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pause nearly all

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday. Although the White House insisted that Medicaid, which provides health insurance to more than 72 million low-income Americans, was not affected by the freeze that it announced Monday evening, state Medicaid officials

By Matt Holt, CNN (CNN) — Two Republicans endorsed by President Donald Trump will win their special primaries Tuesday, moving one step closer to bringing Speaker Mike Johnson a little breathing room for the GOP’s narrow majority in the House. State Sen. Randy Fine will win the GOP special primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District,

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — About 90 Patriot missiles from Israel are being sent to Ukraine in a transfer facilitated by the United States, according to a US defense official. The missiles had been in storage in Israel, which operated Patriot air defense systems for more than 30 years before retiring them in April.

CNN By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned that her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “predator” ahead of his high-profile confirmation hearings this week to be President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary, urging senators to reject his nomination. Kennedy, who said she felt obligated to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s dramatic pause of federal grants and loans is queuing up a Supreme Court showdown over the Constitution that will test the court’s recently muscular commitment to curb executive power. Although the 6-3 conservative court has often sided with Trump, most notably granting him sweeping immunity from

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Kennedy on Tuesday warned that her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a “predator” ahead of his high-profile confirmation hearings this week to be President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services secretary, urging senators to reject his nomination. Kennedy, who said she felt obligated to speak

By Alayna Treene and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal workers who don’t want to return to the office are being offered buyouts, according to a memo posted to the US Office of Personnel Management’s website Tuesday night. CNN previously reported the buyout offers were expected, according to a Trump administration official and an

By Marshall Cohen and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — The acting top federal prosecutor in Washington under President Donald Trump is furious about recent leaks to the press and also specifically directed staff to scrutinize a former official’s work on January 6 cases after she rebuked him on TV, according to internal emails obtained by

By Ted Barrett, CNN Washington (CNN) — Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to filibuster a GOP-led bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials. The measure was designed to punish the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials. The court issued those warrants last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of soldiers are challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to reprise a ban on transgender Americans serving in the military in court, reigniting a legal fight over the controversial effort that was met with pushback by federal courts – but not definitively settled – during his first

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan announced Tuesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, leaving Congress at the end of his second term and opening up a highly competitive battleground Senate seat. Peters announced the decision in an interview with the Detroit News, saying, “I always thought

By Zachary Cohen, Jeremy Herb, Evan Perez and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets. As a Republican congressional aide and Trump national security staffer, Patel fought

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A lawsuit brought by two federal employees alleges that the Trump administration has set up an email distribution system for the entire federal workforce that raises security concerns for workers’ private data. The lawsuit accuses the US Office of Personnel Management – which handles many personnel operations for the

By Jennifer Hansler, Andy Rose, Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday afternoon temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration’s plans to freeze all federal aid, a policy that unleashed confusion and worry from charities and educators even as the White House said it was not as sweeping an

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Some GOP senators want public commitments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before deciding whether to support him as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, signaling that President Donald Trump’s pick will have to win over uncertain Republicans in order to secure the job. Republican

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda. The vote was 68-29. As head of the Treasury, 62-year-old Bessent