Politics

By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA late last week moved to fire more than a dozen officers for working on diversity issues, in what amounts to a deeply unusual round of mass firings at the agency, according to court filings and current and former officials familiar with the effort. In a court

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A group of Holocaust victims may not sue Hungary in American courts to recover property stolen during World War II because their funds were comingled with other funds, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a long-running case about how much reach US courts should have to settle disputes abroad.

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon announced Friday it plans to ultimately fire five to eight percent of the military’s approximately 950,000 civilian employees, with an initial tranche of 5,400 probationary workers who don’t have “mission-critical” roles expected to be terminated next week. While that is a small percentage of

By Eric Bradner, CNN Cedarburg, Wisconsin (CNN) — Ask voters in this politically divided Wisconsin suburb about President Donald Trump’s first month in office, and another name quickly follows: Elon Musk. Opinions about the tech billionaire’s role in the Trump administration’s efforts to slash government spending are shaping how those in Cedarburg – a city

CNN Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and Elon Musk look like they’re having a blast in Washington, clear-cutting elements of the federal government and seizing power from states and Congress. Their glee is at odds with the growing evidence of repercussions and anger out in the country at their

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A developing Trump administration plan for deep staff cuts and drastic changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is raising alarm among some state officials and even Republican lawmakers, who worry that it will weaken responses to future disasters. Republicans have had trouble getting details of the administration’s plan,

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — A Republican congressman from Georgia faced some tough criticism and occasional boos from constituents Thursday night as he fielded questions about the Trump administration’s early actions. The at-times cool reception that greeted GOP Rep. Rich McCormick in Roswell was among other public displays of unrest from Republican voters and

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An executive order issued by President Donald Trump this week that seems to give him huge power to interpret the law is raising concerns among legal experts that it could dissuade military commanders from refusing unlawful orders and allow the president to exert influence over the military’s legal processes.

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN. It was not immediately clear how many members of Musk’s security team

By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — Senate Republicans took a major step to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda early Friday morning, voting to adopt a budget blueprint that sets up a clash with House Republicans, who have put forward a competing plan. The final vote came after a rare

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A diplomatic back-and-forth is underway among Group of Seven members over a joint statement marking the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with the United States resisting a reference to “Russian aggression” in the document. The dispute, described by two Western officials familiar with the matter, reflects the

By Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US Senate on Thursday voted to approve Kash Patel as FBI director in a mostly party-line vote, clearing the way for one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial appointments. Fifty-one Republicans voted for Patel, who in the past vowed to help dismantle the same organization he will now

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US Navy has relieved the commander of an aircraft carrier that collided with a mercantile vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Suez Canal. Capt. Dave Snowden was serving as the commander of the USS Harry S. Truman when it collided with a ship near

By Gloria Pazmino and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday she will not use her executive powers to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office, at least for now, instead opting to propose a set of guardrails that aim to severely limit the New York City mayor’s independence. “After careful

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth could soon move to fire more than half a dozen generals and flag officers, according to two sources familiar with the matter, part of an effort to purge the department of senior leaders perceived as either too political or too close

CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — At the one-month mark of Donald Trump’s second term as president, his approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS tilts negative but still lands above the level he reached at any point in his first four years in office. There are signs in the poll,