Politics

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal Judge Paula Xinis is at the center of the case of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration that has emerged as a critical test of Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration in the United States. Following a Supreme Court ruling that the

By Em Steck, Annie Grayer and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Ed Martin, the Trump administration’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, failed to report hundreds of media appearances he’s made in the past few years, including many on far-right outlets and Russian-state media, when he first filed his mandated disclosure forms

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Judge James Boasberg – who ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration showed “willful disregard” for his mid-March order halting deportation flights amid dispute over the legality of the removals – is the first judge to find “probable cause exists” to hold administration officials in criminal contempt. But the legal

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — As Trump administration lawyers assess whether it is legally viable to send American citizens who have committed violent crimes to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison, legal experts made clear that President Donald Trump lacks any legal authority to ship domestic convicts out of the US. Two White House officials familiar

By Sarah Owermohle and Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is formulating plans to cut roughly a third of the federal health budget, eliminate dozens of programs and vastly whittle down health agencies, according to an internal document reviewed by CNN. The preliminary memo, sent from White House budget officials to the Department

By Michael Williams, Priscilla Alvarez and Jake Tapper, CNN (CNN) — The wife of the Maryland man who the US government mistakenly deported to El Salvador acknowledged that she had filed a civil protective order against him four years ago, but said it was out of an abundance of caution and that the couple had

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Actor and major Democratic donor George Clooney told CNN there should have been a primary election last summer after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, while sharing which Democrat has caught his attention for 2028. Clooney’s comments, made in a sit-down interview Tuesday with CNN’s Jake

CNN, GETTY IMAGES By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Actor and major Democratic donor George Clooney told CNN there should have been a primary election last summer after then-President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, while sharing which Democrat has caught his attention for 2028. Clooney’s comments, made in a sit-down interview Tuesday

By Evan Perez, Alayna Treene and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that

By Jake Tapper, Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN Washington (CNN) — Colin Carroll, the chief of staff of Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, has been placed on administrative leave, two defense sources said Wednesday, the third such appointee to be placed on leave reported this week. One defense source told CNN that Carroll

By Lauren Fox and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — US Sen. Chris Van Hollen told reporters in El Salvador Wednesday that he was unable to visit Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in the maximum-security mega-prison where he is being held. Instead, the Democrat announced he met with the Salvadoran vice president and vowed to “keep pressing”

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is suing Maine over its refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in high school sports, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. The lawsuit, which alleges that Maine is violating Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that

CNN, REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference

By MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — A merchant ship full of wheat set sail from Oregon earlier this month, headed towards the port of Aden in Yemen. But when that carrier eventually arrives at its intended destination in mid-May, there will be no one authorized to receive the wheat, store it and ensure that

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two US service members were killed after their vehicle was involved in an accident Tuesday morning near the southern US border, the military said in a statement. The service members were “deployed in support of Joint Task Force Southern Border,” US Northern Command said in the statement. A third

By Eric Bradner, Steve Contorno and Brian Todd, CNN (CNN) — Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the deference GOP lawmakers continue to show