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EPA fires employees who publicly criticized agency policies under Trump

By Associated Press Washington (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump. “Following a thorough internal investigation, EPA supervisors made decisions on an individualized basis,” an EPA spokeswoman said Friday in a statement. The

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Mayor Brandon Johnson during a news conference at City Hall in Chicago on April 1.

Chicago mayor signs order aimed at resisting Trump’s planned immigration crackdown

By Whitney Wild and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday laying out initial plans for how the city will try to resist President Donald Trump’s planned immigration crackdown in the coming days. The mayor’s order provides guidance and directives to the city’s agencies and law enforcement

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20.

Noem fires two dozen FEMA employees over alleged cybersecurity gaps

By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has fired two dozen Federal Emergency Management Agency IT employees, including top leaders, for allegedly neglecting security protocols and compromising sensitive data. A DHS press release Friday claims a routine cybersecurity review uncovered major vulnerabilities that allowed a “threat actor” to breach FEMA’s network.

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A woman touches the portrait of a fallen Ukrainian soldier at a memorial wall as the country marks Defenders’ Remembrance Day in Kyiv on August 29.

Trump weighs whether to deepen his involvement in Ukraine war talks – or leave things to Putin and Zelensky

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after his high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of tangible progress he’s made to end the war in Ukraine and is contemplating how involved he should be personally in brokering a meeting between Kremlin and Ukrainian

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Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve in Washington

Judge wants to hear more about Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s challenge to Trump’s effort to fire her before ruling

By Devan Cole, Bryan Mena, CNN (CNN) — An emergency court hearing over President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ended with no immediate ruling from the judge overseeing the high-stakes legal battle. US District Judge Jia Cobb spent more than two hours Friday morning hearing arguments over Cook’s request to

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Representatives attend a meeting of the UN Security Council on the Israel-Palestinian conflict at the UN Headquarters in New York on August 27.

US announces it will deny visa to Palestinian Authority president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States is denying a visa to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for next month’s UN General Assembly – a significant and controversial move ahead of the global summit where multiple countries are expected to recognize a Palestinian state. The State Department announced Friday it is “denying and

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Covered structures are seen at the US Department of Health and Human Services' unaccompanied minors migrant detention facility at Carrizo Springs

Exclusive: Trump administration plans to send hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody back to home country

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to repatriate hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody who arrived in the United States alone, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning who described the scope of the effort as unprecedented. It’s the latest in a series of moves since President Donald

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