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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Thursday issued new guidelines barring federal agencies from considering race or gender in the hiring process. The guidelines, part of a Merit Hiring Plan sent to agency leaders, also call for preventing the hiring of workers unwilling to “faithfully serve the Executive Branch.” “The overly

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday ordered all US embassies and consulates to “immediately begin additional vetting” for anyone seeking a visa to travel to Harvard University “for any purpose.” The move is a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s feud with the Ivy League institution that is poised

By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN New Castle, Delaware (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone when discussing his cancer diagnosis for the first time Friday, saying, “We’re going to be able to beat this.” Biden, 82, revealed he has started treatment in the form of a pill to treat an

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend a Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to temporarily live and work in the United States. It was the second time this month that

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump previously told her that he wouldn’t pardon the men convicted of plotting to kidnap her in 2020, despite him telling reporters on Wednesday he would consider it. The men charged in the case conspired to kidnap the Democratic governor from a

By Kaitlan Collins and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — A law enforcement investigation is underway into efforts to impersonate President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the investigation into efforts to impersonate Wiles, writing that “senators, governors, top U.S.

By Zachary Cohen and Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, has died at the age of 69, according to the New York Police Department and a source close to Kerik. The department mourned Kerik in a Thursday

By Kylie Atwood, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The flurry of punitive measures taken against China by the Trump administration over the last few days was prompted by a belief among US officials that China has failed to live up to commitments it made in trade talks earlier this month, three administration

By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — For a White House that has grown accustomed to a rollercoaster of legal rulings, judicial decisions over the past day throwing President Donald Trump’s tariff plans into question landed like a bombshell. The rulings – which strike at the heart of Trump’s economic agenda – represent

By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday: A undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump, promising to “self deport” after the assassination. “Thanks to our ICE officers, this illegal alien who threatened to assassinate President Trump is behind

By Priscilla Alvarez, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and resources to meet the White House’s desire to triple the number of daily immigration arrests – signaling a renewed push to go well beyond efforts from previous administrations. The White House is putting

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday formally told Congress it intends to make sweeping changes to focus on the Trump administration’s priorities, including reducing immigration to the US and promoting the administration’s worldview, with less emphasis on protecting and promoting human rights across the

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The blockbuster federal court ruling that halts President Donald Trump from imposing some of his most sweeping tariffs rests in part on a legal theory that conservative groups repeatedly used at the Supreme Court to block former President Joe Biden’s agenda. A push by the majority-conservative Supreme Court to

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a decision that could speed up approvals of highways, airports and pipelines. The decision is the latest setback for environmentalists at the conservative Supreme Court, which has in recent years shut down regulations intended

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is reviewing all Harvard University-affiliated visa holders, not just students, three senior State Department officials told CNN Wednesday. The move is a notable escalation of the Trump administration’s feud with the Ivy League university. The administration previously moved to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll international

By Kaanita Iyer and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was granted special government employee status to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, said Wednesday evening that his time in the Trump administration has come “to an end.” During his time helming DOGE, Musk oversaw major cuts to the federal

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — US immigration officials are “working” on flying back a Guatemalan migrant who says he was wrongly deported to Mexico, according to new court filings, in what appears to mark the first time the Trump administration has made plans to bring back a migrant after a judge ordered the administration

By Jennifer Hansler, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — The United States will “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions with Beijing, and another blow to American higher education institutions. The plan was met with strong opposition from

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a long two weeks. Since at least the end of April, President Donald Trump has been telling reporters he will decide what to do in Ukraine in two weeks, using the timeframe over and over to suggest he is close to a final assessment on how to

By Kylie Atwood, Alayna Treene and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump believes his administration is “very close to a solution” on an Iran nuclear agreement and he has personally warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to disrupt the talks, he said on Wednesday. Trump cautioned his close ally last week that