National Politics

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The IRS is close to finalizing an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to help locate migrants suspected of being in the US illegally, a person familiar with the matter said, as President Donald Trump continues his hardline deportation push. The agreement would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When schools in Kentucky closed for several days last month due to severe flooding, students suddenly began showing up at the Bullitt County Public Library. They had come for the internet. To pay for those high-speed connections that some students lacked at home, the county library – like many

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics experts and shock from former White House officials from both parties. The sponsorship offers range from $75,000 to $200,000, with

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics experts and shock from former White House officials from both parties. The sponsorship offers range from $75,000 to $200,000, with the

By Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Nancy Pelosi privately offered some advice for Hakeem Jeffries as Democrats devolved into bitter infighting over a government funding bill reviled by much of their party. “Use your power,” she told him in an hour-long sit down in his office earlier this month, telling Jeffries to

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — David Bailey, a longtime Bitcoin investor and evangelist, had tempered expectations in early 2024 when he first pitched Donald Trump’s campaign on the political upside of embracing cryptocurrency. Even after Trump pledged over the summer to make the US a Bitcoin haven and the industry spent tens of millions

CNN By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US military officials are scrambling to develop a “Golden Dome” defense system that can protect the country from long-range missile strikes and have been told by the White House that no expense will be spared in order to fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s top

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel, who also serves as acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, has outlined plans to move as many as 1,000 ATF agents to the FBI, cutting ATF’s agents by more than a third, three people briefed on the

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Defense is investigating “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information” and plans to use polygraphs as part of the probe, according to a memo published to the department’s website Friday. “The use of polygraphs in the execution of this investigation will be in accordance with applicable

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — While the Trump administration continues to struggle to release all information related to Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused sex trafficker and former friend of President Donald Trump, is making good on a promise to release, ahead of schedule, long-sealed files related to civil rights icon Martin Luther King

By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI agents are working around the clock – some in 12-hour overnight shifts – on a frenzied mission this week. The urgent work isn’t an impending national security threat, but instead reviewing documents and other evidence in the investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — In the coming weeks, the shelves at dozens of food pantries in California’s Fresno County will be a little emptier. Visitors won’t be able to take home as many groceries, and their bags will contain fewer nutritious items like chicken, eggs, milk and cheese. That’s largely because the US

By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US military officials are scrambling to develop a “Golden Dome” defense system that can protect the country from long-range missile strikes and have been told by the White House that no expense will be spared in order to fulfill one of President Donald Trump’s top Pentagon

By Marshall Cohen and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — James Boasberg wasn’t supposed to be famous. As the chief judge for the federal court in Washington, DC, Boasberg is well-liked in wonky legal circles and in the courthouse community. He’s a former law school roommate of Brett Kavanaugh and his personality has poked through his

By Katherine Dautrich and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump, in a late-night Friday memo, directed federal agencies to revoke security clearances for more than a dozen of his perceived political enemies, including former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “I have determined that it is no longer

CNN By Jeff Zeleny and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration’s move. “I don’t know when it was

By Jeff Zeleny and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration’s move. “I don’t know when it was signed,

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the Small Business Administration will absorb the Department of Education’s massive student loan portfolio as he seeks to dismantle the agency and shift more power over education to the states. “I’ve decided that the SBA, the Small Business Administration, headed by Kelly Loeffler,

CNN By Marshall Cohen and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — James Boasberg wasn’t supposed to be famous. As the chief judge for the federal court in Washington, DC, Boasberg is well-liked in wonky legal circles and in the courthouse community. He’s a former law school roommate of Brett Kavanaugh and his personality has poked through

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump made at least nine false claims in his Friday remarks to reporters in the Oval Office – including a series of wildly exaggerated statistics on a variety of topics. Trump used inaccurate figures for the number of votes he received in the 2024 presidential election,