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Trump admin proposed sending up to 500 alleged Venezuelan gang members during negotiations to use El Salvador’s mega-prison

By Jennifer Hansler and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The United States proposed sending up to 500 Venezuelan migrants with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador as the two governments sought to reach an agreement on the use of the Central American nation’s notorious mega-prison, according to emails seen by

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President Donald Trump during a Bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday April 24.

‘Nothing will ever be perfect’: Trump touches on immigration crackdown and Hegseth in Atlantic interview

By Kit Maher, Betsy Klein and Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg was a central figure in the first major self-inflicted crisis of Trump’s second term, when the prominent journalist was inadvertently added to a Signal chat where Cabinet officials discussed military strikes in Yemen. Weeks later, Trump sat for an interview

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Rep. Gerry Connolly speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in December 2024.

Rep. Gerry Connolly will step down as top Democrat on House Oversight Committee, not seek reelection after cancer returns

By Manu Raju and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Gerry Connolly, a veteran Virginia Democrat and ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, announced on Monday he will not seek reelection and will soon step down from his leadership position on the powerful panel. Connolly said his esophageal cancer – a diagnosis he shared

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during the McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club Dinner on Sunday in Manchester

Illinois governor to Democrats: ‘Time to stop surrendering, when we need to fight’

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — “The reckoning,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told a room full of revved up Democrats in New Hampshire on Sunday night, “is here.” Appearing in the first presidential primary state ahead of what’s expected to be a major 2028 Democratic nomination cycle, Pritzker railed against the “Looney

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Trump administration is sending ‘a message to chill the judiciary’ with Wisconsin judge’s arrest, her peer says

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — A peer of the Wisconsin judge who the FBI arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid federal immigration enforcement said her arrest is meant to intimidate the judiciary by the Trump administration. “I think they’re trying to send a message to chill the judiciary,” Wisconsin Appellate Judge Pedro

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