Politics

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every convicted rioter at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, including those who beat up members of law enforcement. Without mentioning him by name, Kemp condemned Trump’s broad pardons while also taking a swipe at

By Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to celebrate with his wife and supporters who’d been hoping for his release from federal detention for months. But he should not have been walking free — even after President Donald Trump on

By Curt Merrill and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s second term is off and running with a cascade of executive actions signed in his first few weeks and more promised in the weeks to come. Trump has vowed to enact a sweeping agenda and reshape the federal government, saying in his inaugural

CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s termination of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail was just one of the ways in which he’s used his first week in office to carry out the political retribution he vowed to unleash if voters returned him to the White House. With actions big and small,

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Until hours before California Gov. Gavin Newsom greeted President Donald Trump with a bro-hug on the Los Angeles tarmac Friday, his advisers had spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’ social media accounts, hoping for clues for where Trump was going to talk about the wildfire damage.

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail that was being provided and paid for by the National Institutes of Health, a source familiar with the situation tells CNN. It was pulled on Thursday night. Given he continues to face ongoing threats due to his public-facing role

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday is visiting North Carolina — a state he said “has been abandoned by the Democrats” as it rebuilds from Hurricane Helene’s flooding — with questions about disaster relief taking center stage in his first days back in office. Trump will then travel to

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Jen Baddour volunteered as a poll greeter on University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus during November’s election, where a bell was rung at the polling site for anyone voting for the first time. She told young voters there, “Listen, you’re not going to see or hear the fireworks

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump suggested he might eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday during a trip to tour damage from Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina, a state he’s said “has been abandoned by the Democrats.” Trump’s comments came as he’s also traveling to California, where wildfires have

CNN By Alayna Treene, Kaitlan Collins and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had received ongoing protection due to threats from Iran after taking a hardline policy toward the country during Trump’s first administration, three sources familiar with the

By Omar Jimenez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — One day after the Trump administration injected fresh uncertainty into the fate of Justice Department agreements aimed at reforming local police departments with histories of misconduct and abuse, city leaders in in Minneapolis and Louisville pledged to follow through with agreed-upon reforms no matter what. “It’s

By Manu Raju, Pamela Brown and Kaanita Iyer, CNN Washington (CNN) — Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he paid $50,000 as part of a confidentiality agreement to a woman who alleged he sexually assaulted her, according to documents obtained by CNN. In a

By Alayna Treene, Kaitlan Collins and Jamie Gangel, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail for his former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who had received ongoing protection due to threats from Iran after taking a hardline policy toward the country during Trump’s first administration, three sources familiar with the move

By Daniel Dale, Bryan Mena and Tami Luhby, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump repeated false claims about the US trade relationship with Canada and Europe in virtual Thursday remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also delivered a smattering of other misstatements and exaggerations about trade, tariffs and economic policy. Here

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Central America for his first trip as the top US diplomat. Rubio is expected to depart late next week for Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said. The trip comes as President

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump released meme coins just days before he took the oath of office. A splashy pre-inaugural party was held at a property his company owns. And a Saudi-backed golf tournament is headed to a Trump club this spring. Trump’s latest money-making moves

By Annie Grayer, CNN Washington (CNN) — When reporters asked Mike Johnson to respond to President Donald Trump’s pardons for more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, the House speaker had a ready answer. “We’re not looking backwards. We’re looking forward,” he said Wednesday morning. Barely three

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own. His decree proposing to end the constitutional promise of