Trump announces plans to gut the Kennedy Center board and appoint himself chairman
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced an aggressive plan Friday evening to gut the existing board of trustees at the…
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Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge, citing a risk of “irreparable harm,” has temporarily restricted Elon Musk’s government…
Continue ReadingDC judge gives control of Proud Boys’ trademark to Black church attacked by far-right group
CNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Proud Boys lost control of their trademarked name on Monday after a judge in Washington, DC, ruled that it…
Continue ReadingTrump administration withdraws from gender-affirming care dispute at the Supreme Court
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender…
Continue ReadingDOJ agrees to give two-days’ notice if it releases names of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI employees and the Justice Department agreed to a court order Friday that bars the DOJ from releasing a…
Continue Reading‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul
By Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Rene Marsh, CNN (CNN) — One is a 23-year-old software engineer from Nebraska who…
Continue ReadingWhite House pressures ICE to pick up pace of migrant arrests, sources say
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Washington (CNN) — In the first weeks of the new Trump administration, the White House has boasted about the arrests…
Continue ReadingWhy privacy laws are the tip of the legal spear against Musk and Trump
By Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — What access Elon Musk has to closely guarded government data – including…
Continue ReadingHow Trump and Musk have shaken the federal workforce
By Jeremy Herb, Rene Marsh, Tami Luhby and Marshall Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — In less than three weeks, President Donald Trump and Elon…
Continue ReadingDOJ agrees to give two-days’ notice if it releases names of FBI employees who worked on January 6 cases
CNN By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — FBI employees and the Justice Department agreed to a court order Friday that bars the DOJ from releasing…
Continue ReadingFBI gives Trump Justice Department names of employees who worked on January 6 cases, ending standoff
By Evan Perez and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January…
Continue ReadingUS formally seizes second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Maduro
By Jennifer Hansler and Jessica Hasbun, CNN (CNN) — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan…
Continue ReadingLabor groups sue to halt Trump admin’s dismantling of USAID as workforce is expected to be slashed to under 300
By Jennifer Hansler and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A pair of labor groups representing employees at the US Agency for International Development…
Continue ReadingTrump signs executive orders targeting ICC and ‘anti-Christian bias’
By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Thursday, one targeting the International Criminal Court…
Continue ReadingMike Johnson pushes ahead to unlock Trump agenda, teeing up Senate clash
By Manu Raju, Sarah Ferris and Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is vowing to power forward on a key budget…
Continue ReadingUS-contracted surveillance plane crashes in Philippines, killing four
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — A US-contracted surveillance plane crashed in the Philippines on Thursday morning, killing all four personnel…
Continue ReadingAttorney General Bondi cuts back on programs that ran afoul of Trump
By Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi, in some of her first moves on the job, is shifting the Justice Department’s national…
Continue ReadingJudge pauses deadline for federal workers to accept Trump’s resignation offer
CNN By Tami Luhby, Alayna Treene and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge paused Thursday’s deadline for federal employees to accept…
Continue ReadingFederal workers, CNN wants to hear from you
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is seeking to overhaul and shrink the federal workforce. President Donald Trump has issued…
Continue ReadingTrump administration sues Illinois and Chicago over immigrant sanctuary policies
By Devan Cole and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration sued officials in Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County on Thursday over…
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