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By Hanna Park, CNN (CNN) — The wall along the southern border will be painted black in an effort to make the structure too hot to climb, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday, saying the suggestion came from President Donald Trump. “It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost

By Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, Arit John, Steve Contorno, Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — The Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a redistricting bill, paving the way for Republican-drawn maps that could net the GOP as many as five US House seats to be finalized in the coming days. The 88-52 vote occurred on

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia are asking the federal judge overseeing his criminal case to throw out the human smuggling charges he’s facing, alleging the Justice Department singled him out for prosecution after he challenged his wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year. The request made Tuesday to

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The White House launched a TikTok account on Tuesday amid uncertainty about the app’s future, as another deadline approaches for its parent company, Bytedance, to sell to a US buyer or be banned in the United States. President Donald Trump has repeatedly extended the deadline of a sale-or-ban law

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Officials at a Texas university cannot block a student-led LGBTQ+ organization from hosting drag shows on campus, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The 2-1 ruling from the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is a major victory for the group, Spectrum WT, which has been in

By Arlette Saenz, CNN Austin, Texas (CNN) — Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced. The lawmakers will spend the night on the House floor with state Rep. Nicole Collier,

By Josh Campbell, Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The US government security clearances of at least 37 current and former national security officials have been revoked by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a memo obtained by CNN. Those impacted include people who were involved in conducting an assessment of Russia’s efforts

By Kit Maher, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting negative aspects of American history, including “how bad slavery was.” In a Truth Social post, Trump directed his attorneys

By Haley Britzky, Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — West Virginia National Guard troops have begun to arrive in Washington, DC, to assist with President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital, a defense official told CNN on Tuesday. The troops could begin assisting the DC National Guard operationally as soon as Wednesday after they

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data, according to two sources. The investigation, which is being run by the US attorney’s office in DC, is an escalation in the city’s battle against a federal law enforcement takeover from the

By Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department weaponization chief, called for the resignation of New York Attorney General Letitia James and posed for photos outside of her Brooklyn home last week – all as he is conducting investigations into her conduct. His investigation of James, whose office brought civil

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US Air Force chief of staff, Gen. David Allvin, abruptly announced Monday that he will retire halfway through his four-year term. The move came after Allvin learned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth planned to push him out of the job, according to a source familiar with the decision.

By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance will travel to Georgia on Thursday to tout the Trump administration’s signature tax-and-spending law — and to give an early boost to GOP efforts to flip a key Senate seat in the state. Vance is expected to highlight the law’s major tax provisions during the

CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety. When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol in Austin on

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — VoteVets, a liberal organization that supports veterans who run for office, is launching a half-million-dollar ad campaign to boost the Democratic nominee in the race for Virginia governor by attacking her GOP opponent on cost-of-living concerns, a significant investment ahead of the key off-year election this November. The race

CNN, KVUE, KEYE, KCRA, TEXAS HOUSE OF REP, TEXAS SENATE, WBBM, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday.

By Eric Bradner, Arit John, Arlette Saenz, Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Texas Republicans now face a clear path to redraw the state’s congressional maps after state House Democrats ended their 15-day walkout and returned to the Capitol on Monday. In California, meanwhile, Democrats on Monday began to advance a series of proposals that would

By Ethan Schenker, CNN (CNN) — As hundreds of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops descend on Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s public display of force against crime in the nation’s capital, the president and his allies have increasingly directed their ire toward the city’s juvenile crime laws. More than two

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety. When Texas House Democrats returned to the Capitol in Austin on Monday,