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By Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to terminate the collective bargaining rights for more than a million federal employees. Judge James Donato of the US District Court in San Francisco granted the preliminary injunction requested by a coalition of unions whose

CNN By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support

By Arit John, Edward-Isaac Dovere and Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist, moved Tuesday to the brink of a stunning win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, with his top challenger, Andrew Cuomo, conceding the race. CNN projects Mamdani’s initial support will

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced his appointments to an advisory council inside the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, with a list that includes a right-wing news commentator, former lawmakers, Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani and a top former campaign adviser. The announcement by Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi

By Josh Campbell, Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The shaky ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump between Israel and Iran has not stopped federal officials from continuing to closely monitor any threats stemming from the conflict in the Middle East, federal officials told CNN. Security and intelligence officials are not currently tracking

By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — The US bombing mission that targeted three nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend was a massive undertaking that required its B-2 bomber pilots to test the limits of human endurance during a 37-hour mission. Seven stealth bombers carrying two crew members each flew nonstop halfway across the world

By Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s allies have launched a super PAC that will seek to oust Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who opposed the president’s domestic policy bill and criticized his strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The move to target Massie demonstrates Trump and his allies’ willingness to unleash his well-funded

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to immediately deport a group of migrants currently being held on a US military base in Djibouti to South Sudan, saying the judge handling the case defied the high court. The unusual motion came hours after

By Annie Grayer and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department leaders — including President Donald Trump’s former personal defense lawyer nominated for a prestigious judgeship — intended to ignore court orders and tried to mislead federal judges in the administration’s aggressive deportation effort this spring, a Justice Department lawyer who was fired recently

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Federal agencies are rehiring and ordering back from leave some of the employees who were laid off in the weeks after President Donald Trump took office as they scramble to fill critical gaps in services left by the Department of Government Efficiency-led effort to shrink the federal workforce. The

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — When President Donald Trump traveled here Tuesday for a consequential summit of NATO leaders, he arrived toting a freshly brokered ceasefire he hoped could prove to his skeptics — including at the conference — that he is a peacemaker at heart. The arrangement between Israel and Iran

CNN, NATO TV, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Kevin Liptak, CNN Noordwijk, Netherlands (CNN) — When President Donald Trump traveled here Tuesday for a consequential summit of NATO leaders, he arrived toting a freshly brokered ceasefire he hoped could prove to his skeptics — including at the conference — that he is a peacemaker at heart.

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Cuomo popped up with just a few minutes’ notice to vote at a high school, decided not to rank anyone but himself, and drove away. Starting with a rally at dawn, Zohran Mamdani spent primary day popping up around New York City, sometimes with volunteers for his campaign,

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta and Edward Wu, CNN President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after the strikes. Americans disapprove of the strikes, 56% to 44%, according to the survey, with strong disapproval outpacing the share who strongly

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta and Edward Wu, CNN President Donald Trump’s decision to launch airstrikes against Iran is broadly unpopular with Americans, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after the strikes. Americans disapprove of the strikes, 56% to 44%, according to the survey, with strong disapproval outpacing the share who

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Monday indefinitely blocked a recent attempt by President Donald Trump to deprive Harvard University of its ability to bring thousands of international students to its campus. Judge Allison Burroughs of the US District Court in Massachusetts decided Trump’s recent presidential proclamation was a violation of

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Alayna Treene, Jeff Zeleny and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — In the hours after Iran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar, President Donald Trump and a group of his top diplomatic and security officials worked furiously behind-the-scenes to try to broker a peace deal to end

By Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox, Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Republican senators left a Monday evening meeting pointing to several key outstanding issues that must be addressed in their sweeping domestic policy bill as Congress closes in on the July 4th recess, raising questions about whether the Senate can finish