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As humanitarian officials warn people could die as a result of Trump’s foreign aid halt, Rubio issues new waiver

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

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This still from video shows Caroline Kennedy reading from her letter to senators regarding her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr. a ‘predator’ ahead of his confirmation hearings to be Trump’s health secretary

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

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Trump’s spending freeze sets up a future possible Supreme Court showdown over presidential power

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

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Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr. a ‘predator’ ahead of his confirmation hearings to be Trump’s health secretary

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

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Trump DOJ appointee in DC lashes out after flurry of ‘personally insulting’ leaks in his first week

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

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Senate Democrats block International Criminal Court sanctions bill in response to Netanyahu warrant

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

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Trump’s ban on trans service members is challenged in court, reigniting a fight that wasn’t settled during his first term

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

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Intel officials spent years battling Kash Patel. Now he’s poised to take over a key agency

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

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Lawsuit alleges new Trump administration email system for federal employees raises privacy concerns

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

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Key GOP senators want public commitments from RFK Jr. on abortion and vaccines during confirmation hearings

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

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