Politics

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s directives for mass firings at multiple agencies will remain on hold, a federal appeals court ruled Friday evening. The Trump administration had asked the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to freeze a lower court’s order that halted the terminations at more than a dozen agencies.

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the gutting of a Pentagon office shortly after it disclosed that it would be overseeing the testing of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system and the programs associated with the massive, multi-billion dollar project, multiple officials familiar with the matter told

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Investigators were working to understand if an undocumented migrant, Ramon Morales-Reyes, had been set up by letters threatening President Donald Trump’s life several days before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem publicized the claim that has turned Morales-Reyes’ life upside down. According to Milwaukee Police Department records obtained by CNN,

By Alayna Treene and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — There was a reason for President Donald Trump’s particularly scathing response when a reporter asked him Wednesday about a new term coined about the president’s tariffs: TACO, or Trump Always Chickens Out. He had not yet heard the term, according to a senior White House official

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Congressional Republicans are considering making some big changes to Medicaid, which provides health insurance to more than 71 million low-income Americans. It could affect millions of people, from children to working-age adults to senior citizens. Are you enrolled in Medicaid and concerned about how the proposals could affect you?

By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk’s tone on politics has changed dramatically over the past couple weeks. Although he remained gracious and supportive in his farewell Oval Office event with President Donald Trump on Friday, Musk has recently ramped up his criticism of the president. Gone is the “first buddy” chainsaw-brandishing crusader, set

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — GOP Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday faced concerns from town hall attendees over potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP programs as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, saying at one point, “Well, we’re all going to die,” and insisting that those who are eligible for

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — President Donald Trump usually touts his conservative judicial legacy, and he possibly owes no one more than Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo for that. But as Trump raged over a three-judge panel’s decision against his tariff plan Thursday night, he dragged Leo into his Truth Social

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Thursday issued new guidelines barring federal agencies from considering race or gender in the hiring process. The guidelines, part of a Merit Hiring Plan sent to agency leaders, also call for preventing the hiring of workers unwilling to “faithfully serve the Executive Branch.” “The overly

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday ordered all US embassies and consulates to “immediately begin additional vetting” for anyone seeking a visa to travel to Harvard University “for any purpose.” The move is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s feud with the Ivy League institution that is poised

By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN New Castle, Delaware (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone when discussing his cancer diagnosis for the first time Friday, saying, “We’re going to be able to beat this.” Biden, 82, revealed he has started treatment in the form of a pill to treat an

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend a Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to temporarily live and work in the United States. It was the second time this month that

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump previously told her that he wouldn’t pardon the men convicted of plotting to kidnap her in 2020, despite him telling reporters on Wednesday he would consider it. The men charged in the case conspired to kidnap the Democratic governor from a

By Kaitlan Collins and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — A law enforcement investigation is underway into efforts to impersonate President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the investigation into efforts to impersonate Wiles, writing that “senators, governors, top U.S.

By Zachary Cohen and Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, has died at the age of 69, according to the New York Police Department and a source close to Kerik. The department mourned Kerik in a Thursday

By Kylie Atwood, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The flurry of punitive measures taken against China by the Trump administration over the last few days was prompted by a belief among US officials that China has failed to live up to commitments it made in trade talks earlier this month, three administration

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — For a White House that has grown accustomed to a rollercoaster of legal rulings, judicial decisions over the past day throwing President Donald Trump’s tariff plans into question landed like a bombshell. The rulings – which strike at the heart of Trump’s economic agenda – represent

By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday: A undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump, promising to “self deport” after the assassination. “Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind