Foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation to shut down as part of DOGE efforts
By Kaanita Iyer and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — A federal agency that focuses on fostering economic growth in developing countries is being…
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Trump’s trade deals vexed by cautious countries, legal challenges and haphazard strategy
By Kayla Tausche, Kylie Atwood and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Two weeks after President Donald Trump paused plans for steep tariffs with promises…
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Trump targets college accreditation process in new executive order
By Betsy Klein and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took aim at the college accreditation process with a new executive…
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Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in Senate, announces he won’t seek reelection
By Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Dick Durbin, the longtime second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, announced plans to retire at the end of next year,…
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Elon Musk’s government role gets even murkier
By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Elon Musk said two very interesting and contradictory things related to his government employment during a…
Continue ReadingFact check: Trump lies about the price of eggs, groceries and gas
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Gas. Groceries. Eggs. Over the last week, President Donald Trump has lied about the price of all of them…
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Supreme Court signals it will let fuel producers sue over California emission standards
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday that it will revive a lawsuit from fuel producers challenging California’s…
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Federal student loan borrowers in default, CNN wants to hear from you
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education has recently announced that it will restart collecting…
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Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny
By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — News over the weekend that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife Jennifer was included in…
Continue ReadingOne thing the modern Supreme Court can agree on is disagreeing over religion
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Alliances among the nine Supreme Court justices can shift back and forth, as in…
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Trump unlikely to dismiss Hegseth, but officials are troubled by disarray in Pentagon chief’s inner circle
CNN By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on…
Continue Reading Trump unlikely to dismiss Hegseth, but officials are troubled by disarray in Pentagon chief’s inner circle
By Kaitlan Collins, Natasha Bertrand, Jake Tapper and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the…
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‘That ends now’: Judge overseeing Abrego Garcia case knocks Trump administration for repeated stonewalling
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is not acting in “good faith” as part of the expedited fact-finding process unfolding…
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Sources describe how Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s Gucci bag was stolen from under her chair
By John Miller, Josh Campbell and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — The man who allegedly stole a Gucci bag loaded with cash from Homeland Security…
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Supreme Court’s conservatives are poised to strike down elementary school policy denying opt-outs for LGBTQ+ books
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday signaled it will require schools to provide opt-outs for…
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Rubio unveils first stage of major State Department overhaul
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio rolled out the first stage of a major plan to reorganize the…
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When billions in emergency funds were stalled, the Trump administration sped FEMA money to some GOP-led states
By Gabe Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — At a time when critical funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency has slowed to a crawl,…
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As Democrats rally around Abrego Garcia case, some worry a due process argument won’t land with voters
By Arit John and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ efforts to land on a winning message against President Donald Trump have led the party to…
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Trump administration appears open to negotiation with Harvard after university’s lawsuit sets up a monumental clash
By TuAnh Dam, Betsy Klein, Kara Scannell and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration appears open to negotiations with Harvard,…
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GOP Rep. Byron Donalds faces shouting, critical questions over DOGE at contentious town hall
CNN By Betul Tuncer and Sylvie Kirsch, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida faced frequent shouting from the crowd at a contentious…
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