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Judge extends temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal

By Associated Press (CNN) — A federal judge in California on Thursday extended temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem previously determined that conditions in the migrants’ home countries no longer warranted the protections, which prevent them from being

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Protesters with signs gather outside the venue for Rep. Bryan Steil's town hall in Elkhorn

GOP lawmaker faces raucous crowd in Wisconsin, critical questions over tariffs and immigration policy

By Betul Tuncer, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Republican Rep. Bryan Steil faced a rowdy crowd at a town hall-style event in Wisconsin on Thursday, with attendees angrily confronting him over a wide range of topics, including tariffs, President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful Bill,” the war in Gaza and immigration policy. Audience members frequently interrupted

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Elon Musk attends a news conference with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House

Elon Musk gave $15 million to Republican allies just before announcing his own America Party

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Billionaire Elon Musk donated a total of $15 million in June to super PACs favoring President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections, new campaign finance reports show. The donations of $5 million each to MAGA Inc., the Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership

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Jeffrey Clark is seen here during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor

Board recommends that Trump White House official Jeffrey Clark be disbarred for efforts to overturn 2020 election

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — A Washington, DC, disciplinary board recommended Thursday that Jeffrey Clark, an attorney and longtime ally of President Donald Trump, should lose his law license for trying to include the Justice Department in Trump’s failed attempt to subvert the 2020 election results. The recommendation from Washington, DC’s board on professional

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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on the day he signs an executive order on prescription drug pricing during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington

Trump is demanding drugmakers lower prices within 60 days. Pharma experts say it’s unlikely to happen.

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on major drugmakers to bring their US prices in line with the far lower ones available to patients in other countries — though industry experts don’t expect the pharmaceutical companies to acquiesce. Trump sent letters to 17 major pharmaceutical company CEOs

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Judge in Abrego Garcia case tells Trump administration to moderate public comments to ensure a fair trial

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The federal judge in Tennessee overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s criminal case told the Trump administration on Thursday that officials must moderate their public comments about him to ensure he received a fair trial. The order from US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw comes a week after attorneys for Abrego Garcia,

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Joe Kent

Trump pick for counterterrorism role confirmed by Senate despite Democrats’ concerns over past association with extremists

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Joe Kent to a top counterterrorism role, overcoming opposition from Democrats who described the retired Army Green Beret as a conspiracy theorist who has associated with White nationalists and other far-right extremists. Kent will lead the National Counterterrorism Center, which is tasked with analyzing

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Palestinians seeking aid from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation carry bags

Democratic lawmakers press for answers from US firms involved in controversial Gaza aid organization

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday pressed for answers from the heads of two private US-based companies whose personnel have worked at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and who the lawmakers say have been accused of deadly violence against civilians seeking aid in the starving enclave. In a

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A senior Trump administration official stated July 31 that President Donald Trump is not currently considering clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislane Maxwell after the president has repeatedly left the door open on the matter in recent weeks.

‘No leniency is being given or discussed’: Trump admin official denies Maxwell clemency is currently on the table

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — A senior Trump administration official stated Thursday that President Donald Trump is not currently considering clemency for Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell after the president has repeatedly left the door open on the matter in recent weeks. “No leniency is being given or discussed. That’s just false. The President

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