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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has instructed US embassies and consulates around the world to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand “social media screening and vetting” to all applicants for student visas, according to a diplomatic cable seen by CNN. It’s the latest move from the

By Samantha Waldenberg and Stephanie Elam, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to withhold federal funding from California over a transgender athlete’s participation in an upcoming sporting event — the latest example of the president trying to use funding as leverage to enact his agenda. “Please be hereby advised that large scale

By Katelyn Polantz, Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Chadwick, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge, in his latest finding that immigrant detainees the US intended to send to South Sudan aren’t being given due process, told the Trump administration he believes it is manufacturing chaos and trying to evade court orders. The latest written order from

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to halt a land transfer in Arizona that Western Apache people say will destroy a scared site in order to mine for copper. The decision leaves in place a lower court ruling that allowed the transfer by the federal government to go forward. Two

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Massachusetts middle school student who was forced to remove a T-shirt that claimed “there are only two genders.” Two conservative justices — Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas — dissented from the decision to not hear the case.

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the agency will further investigate several unsolved incidents, including the discovery of cocaine at the White House, the DC pipe bombs case and the Supreme Court Dobbs decision leak. “Shortly after swearing in, the Director and I evaluated a number of cases of

By Kylie Atwood, Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak and Matthew Chance, CNN (CNN) — When President Donald Trump spoke last week by telephone with Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader committed to drafting and sending what he described as a “memorandum of peace” in the coming days laying out Russian requirements for a ceasefire with Ukraine, according

By John Fritze, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Supreme Court is turning to the final weeks of a busy term that started off with blockbuster appeals over transgender rights and TikTok but that has increasingly become wrapped up in the policies and politics of President Donald Trump. With more than half of its argued cases

By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced he is granting a “full and unconditional pardon” to a former Virginia sheriff, Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of conspiracy, honest services fraud and bribery. “This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Charles B. Rangel, a civil rights activist, war hero and trailblazing New York congressman whose career saw the high school dropout rise to become one of the most influential Black politicians in modern history, died on Monday. He was 94. Rangel’s death was announced by the City College of

By Donald Judd and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump honored fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day hours after blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as “scum” in a social media post marking the solemn day. Largely sticking to scripted remarks, Trump — who also laid a wreath

CNN By Kit Maher and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY,” after the Russian leader launched the largest aerial attack of Moscow’s three-year full-scale war on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to

By Kit Maher and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY,” after the Russian leader launched the largest aerial attack of Moscow’s three-year full-scale war on Ukraine. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him.

By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat mission

CNN By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — Ben Zion Bernstein served in one of the most elite fighting units in the US military during World War II – the First Special Service Force – a select group picked and put through rigorous training for among the most perilous missions. His first combat

By Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Barely a week into her tenure as Washington, DC’s top federal prosecutor, Jeanine Pirro faced an urgent test – overseeing the investigation into the murders of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the city’s Jewish museum. Pirro’s response to the young couples’ murder

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Justice said Friday that it struck a deal with aircraft maker Boeing to avoid prosecution of the company over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max, according to a Friday court filing in the case. The filing makes official a proposal publicly reported last week,

By Kylie Atwood, Kit Maher and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has put more than 100 officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave on Friday as part of a restructuring under interim national security adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two US officials

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