Trump administration bans agencies from considering race or gender in hiring process
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Thursday issued new guidelines barring federal agencies from considering race or gender…
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US State Department orders embassies to ‘immediately begin additional vetting’ for anyone seeking a visa to travel to Harvard
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Friday ordered all US embassies and consulates to “immediately begin additional…
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Joe Biden strikes optimistic tone about cancer diagnosis: ‘We’re going to be able to beat this’
By Arlette Saenz and David Wright, CNN New Castle, Delaware (CNN) — Former President Joe Biden struck an optimistic tone when discussing his…
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Supreme Court allows Trump to suspend deportation protections for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend a Biden-era…
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump agreed not to pardon kidnapping plotters
By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said President Donald Trump previously told her that he wouldn’t pardon the men…
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FBI probes efforts to impersonate one of Trump’s most powerful advisers
By Kaitlan Collins and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — A law enforcement investigation is underway into efforts to impersonate President Donald…
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Bernard Kerik, Trump ally and NYPD commissioner during 9/11, dies at 69
By Zachary Cohen and Clay Voytek, CNN (CNN) — Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11…
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Trump administration took action against China due to frustration on trade talks, officials say
By Kylie Atwood, Kevin Liptak and Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — The flurry of punitive measures taken against China by the Trump administration…
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White House grapples with whiplash legal rulings hitting heart of Trump’s economic agenda
By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — For a White House that has grown accustomed to a rollercoaster of legal rulings, judicial…
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Exclusive: Kristi Noem said a migrant threatened to kill Trump. Investigators think he was set up
By Whitney Wild and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday: A…
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White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies
By Priscilla Alvarez, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is building up federal manpower and…
Continue ReadingRubio lays out detailed plan to restructure State Department to focus on Trump’s priorities
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Thursday formally told Congress it intends to make…
Continue ReadingTrump tariffs decision rests on arguments conservatives repeatedly used against Biden
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The blockbuster federal court ruling that halts President Donald Trump from imposing some of his most sweeping…
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Supreme Court limits environmental review of major infrastructure projects
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the scope of environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects in a…
Continue ReadingState Department reviewing all Harvard-affiliated visa holders, officials say
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department is reviewing all Harvard University-affiliated visa holders, not just students, three…
Continue ReadingElon Musk says his time in the Trump administration has ‘come to an end’
By Kaanita Iyer and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was granted special government employee status to…
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Trump administration working to return migrant hastily deported to Mexico after resisting similar court orders in other cases
By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — US immigration officials are “working” on flying back a Guatemalan migrant who says he was wrongly deported…
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Trump administration will ‘aggressively revoke’ Chinese student visas in major escalation with Beijing
By Jennifer Hansler, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Nectar Gan and Yong Xiong, CNN (CNN) — The United States will “aggressively revoke visas for…
Continue ReadingIn Trump’s telling, a resolution in Ukraine is always two weeks away
By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It’s been a long two weeks. Since at least the end of April, President Donald Trump has been telling reporters…
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Trump says he believes US is close to reaching a new Iran nuclear deal as he confirms he told Israel not to disrupt the talks
By Kylie Atwood, Alayna Treene and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump believes his administration is “very close to a…
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