National Politics

By Tami Luhby, Ella Nilsen, Marshall Cohen, Rene Marsh and Linda Gaudino, CNN (CNN) — Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the decision – but placing the employees on paid administrative leave. Workers at

By Marshall Cohen, Alexandra Skores and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations, for now. Here’s a

By Morgan Rimmer and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Chuck Schumer has postponed his book tour events amid anger from within the Democratic Party over the Senate minority leader’s handling of the government funding fight in Congress. This week, the Democratic leader was scheduled to appear in Baltimore, Washington, DC, New York City, Philadelphia, Los

CNN By Marshall Cohen, Alexandra Skores and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Over the weekend, the Trump administration invoked wartime powers to deport hundreds of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the US to El Salvador. After a lawsuit was filed, a federal judge ordered the administration to stop the deportations, for now. Here’s

By Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Negotiators working to end the Russia-Ukraine war have already discussed “dividing up certain assets,” US President Donald Trump said Sunday as he announced he planned to speak to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Trump’s comments come after he announced last week that Ukraine had accepted a US-proposed 30-day

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up

By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century law previously used when the US was at war. The law has been invoked three times before — most recently as a justification for some internments during World War II. This time, Trump says

By Alison Main, Michael Rios, Kevin Liptak and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — Hundreds of mostly Venezuelan alleged gang members were deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador on Sunday, with the Trump administration invoking wartime powers to speed up removals despite a court ruling halting the move. In the latest

By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a series of satellite training missions conducted by both countries in recent months as growing evidence of an effort to weaponize outer space. As recently as last week, Russian satellites

CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party’s favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters. With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up to

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — As President Donald Trump works to dramatically reshape the federal government, he is also in the middle of transforming another historic aspect of the presidency: the Oval Office. Nearly eight weeks since returning to office, Trump has tripled the number of paintings hanging

By Devan Cole and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s ability to use a sweeping wartime authority to quickly deport some migrants whom the US has accused of being affiliated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The judge also ordered any planes in the air carrying some

CNN By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Within minutes of showing up, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of people have been reported killed after US President Donald Trump ordered “decisive” military action against Houthi rebels in Yemen, opening a new salvo against the Iran-backed group that has targeted shipping lanes in the Red Sea. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the US would

By Edward-Isaac Dovere and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Democrats have long found the flip phone Chuck Schumer still insists on using as an endearing quirk that illustrates how committed he is to his way of talking to all sorts of allies, all the time. After how he handled the spending fight, many inside and

By Rene Marsh and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The chaos at the Internal Revenue Service began almost immediately after the first envoy from the Department of Government Efficiency arrived last month at the agency’s Washington, DC, headquarters. Within minutes of showing up, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to the

CNN By Morgan Rimmer, Veronica Stracqualursi and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party. The stopgap measure to fund the government into the fall now heads to the desk

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal appeals court will allow the Trump administration to implement directives from the president cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as an appeal of a ruling pausing those orders plays out. Two of the three judges on the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals panel wrote

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump excoriated the Justice Department prosecutors who investigated him and vowed to use it to target his own enemies in a campaign-style speech at the department’s historic Great Hall on Friday. The hourlong speech served as both a victory lap for beating the two