Politics

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A new battle is stirring on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats have threatened to not move forward with confirmations of President Donald Trump’s US attorney nominees around the country – already following through with a hold on one of his picks. Senate Democrats say they are merely following precedent

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Friday struck down an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, ruling the effort ran afoul of the Constitution’s First Amendment. The decision from US District Judge John Bates in Washington, DC, represents the second

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily paused action in an emergency appeal dealing with whether the Department of Government Efficiency must turn over public documents – like other government agencies – or whether it is shielded from such requests because it is part of the White House. The

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed four nuclear energy-related executive orders on Friday that will speed up reactor testing, allow the Departments of Energy and Defense to build nuclear reactors on federally owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and boost the United States’ mining and enrichment of uranium, a senior

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic National Committee has set a June vote to decide whether it will hold a redo of the election of David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta as vice chairs. The move stems from a challenge to how the initial vice chairs election was conducted in February

By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 wealthy crypto bros gathered for a private event at President Donald Trump’s golf club just outside Washington, DC, on Thursday night — dining on filet mignon and halibut while the president stood at a podium regaling them with tales of his 2024 victory. The black-tie dinner

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge said late Thursday that she will continue to halt President Donald Trump’s orders for mass terminations at several agencies, handing down a preliminary injunction that follows up the temporary restraining order she issued earlier this month. The new order is set to escalate a legal fight

By Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act, the victims, and the suspected shooter.

CNN, POOL, YONI RIVER KALIN, KATIE KALISHER, CNNI, WJLA, @ISRAELINUSA, WUSA By Kaanita Iyer, Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and John Miller, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to

By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The federal government may have partial answers on the purported causes of autism by this fall, but not the full picture, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised in April. Kennedy sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday shortly after a White House event

CNN By Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The federal government may have partial answers on the purported causes of autism by this fall, but not the full picture, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised in April. Kennedy sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday shortly after a White House

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A US federal indictment unsealed Thursday accused a Russian man of leading a global cybercrime ring that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to victims around the world. The crime group victimized people throughout the US and in various sectors of the economy, according to the indictment,