Federal judge lets Trump’s ‘buyout’ plan for federal employees proceed
By Paula Reid, Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday allowed the Trump administration to move forward…
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USAID employees detail harrowing exits from DR Congo amid violence as Trump administration dismantles agency
By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — US Agency for International Development employees this week recounted the panic they experienced in the days after…
Continue ReadingGOP hardliners threaten revolt over Johnson plan to implement Trump agenda
By Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Ali Main, CNN Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson’s budget plan is in trouble as multiple GOP hardliners…
Continue ReadingFact check: Trump’s false claim that California ‘just stopped’ counting its 2024 votes
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump keeps making false claims about not only the 2020 election he lost but the 2024…
Continue ReadingTrump elected chair of the Kennedy Center by newly constituted board
By Jake Tapper, Pamela Brown, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the…
Continue ReadingSenate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
CNN By Morgan Rimmer and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as…
Continue ReadingAfter Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’
CNN By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start…
Continue ReadingSenate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
By Morgan Rimmer and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as…
Continue ReadingAfter Putin call, Trump says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’
By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start “immediately”…
Continue ReadingDOGE’s power expands as federal agencies start planning large-scale layoffs
By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The next stage of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce is underway. Agency leaders…
Continue ReadingGovernment watchdogs fired by Trump sue to get their jobs back
By Katelyn Polantz and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Eight inspectors general whom Donald Trump fired from their federal agency watchdog posts are…
Continue Reading‘Some of the things that I say will be incorrect’: Musk backs away from false claim of $50 million for Gaza condoms
By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Elon Musk acknowledged Tuesday that there might not have been a federal plan to spend $50 million on…
Continue ReadingHegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine and says Europe must be responsible for country’s security
By Natasha Bertrand, Clare Sebastian and Haley Britzky, CNN Brussels (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she has faith court orders will be honored
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday that she has faith federal court orders will be honored in the…
Continue ReadingHere’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration
By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz…
Continue ReadingIs there anyone in government Trump can’t fire? Why Humphrey’s Executor may be in peril at the Supreme Court
CNN By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s purge at independent agencies is putting a target on a nearly 100-year-old Supreme…
Continue ReadingIs there anyone in government Trump can’t fire? Why Humphrey’s Executor may be in peril at the Supreme Court
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s purge at independent agencies is putting a target on a nearly 100-year-old Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingAccused Russian money launderer is being released in exchange for Marc Fogel
CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Anna Chernova and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Accused Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik is being released from US…
Continue ReadingWrongfully detained American teacher Marc Fogel meets with Trump after being released from Russia in an ‘exchange’
CNN By Kit Maher, Jennifer Hansler and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained for more than three years…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Feb. 12: Federal agencies, Winter weather, Ukraine, NASA astronauts, Tuna recall
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — An American teacher who was wrongfully detained in Russia is back on US soil after the White House secured…
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