CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in…
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Trump repeats pledge to ending taxes on tips, a costly proposal whose details remain scant
By Alejandra Jaramillo, Kevin Liptak and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas on Saturday, basking…
Continue ReadingHow Trump used his first week to exact political retribution
CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s termination of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail was just one of the ways in…
Continue ReadingSenate confirms Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, a key role as Trump vows immigration crackdown
CNN By Clare Foran, Morgan Rimmer, Annie Grayer and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi Noem as…
Continue ReadingTrump fires inspectors general from more than a dozen federal agencies
CNN By Manu Raju, Alayna Treene, Morgan Rimmer and Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump fired the inspectors general from more than…
Continue ReadingTrump’s foreign business partners tout his presidency while promoting projects
By Curt Devine and Daniel A. Medina, CNN (CNN) — Just as former presidents, foreign dignitaries and industry leaders traveled to Washington…
Continue ReadingPentagon is pulled into politics as leader who promised to prioritize ‘warrior culture’ takes charge
By Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said that he and President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingVice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to narrowly confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
CNN By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the…
Continue ReadingHow Trump used his first week to exact political retribution
By Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s termination of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail was just one of the ways in which…
Continue ReadingVice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to narrowly confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the…
Continue ReadingAdvocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration on Friday abruptly halted services for refugees in the United States, including…
Continue ReadingFederal agencies told to move to eliminate DEI offices and positions within 60 days
By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Federal agencies have been told to move to terminate “to the maximum extent allowed by law, all…
Continue ReadingState Department suspends processing passport applications with ‘X’ gender marker
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The State Department has suspended processing passport applications seeking the gender marker of “X” and…
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US freezes almost all foreign aid
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after…
Continue ReadingJudge bars Oath Keepers released from prison by Trump from entering DC or US Capitol grounds without permission
By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Several members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, cannot enter Washington, DC, or the grounds of the…
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Supreme Court to weigh constitutionality of nation’s first religious charter school
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether states may reject religious charter schools from receiving public…
Continue ReadingNewsom and Trump face off from a distance as Los Angeles fires burn
CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Advisers to California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the week monitoring new White House advance staffers’…
Continue ReadingKemp says anyone who harms law enforcement ‘should be held fully accountable’ for actions
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon virtually every…
Continue ReadingExclusive: January 6 rioter freed after Trump’s pardon — but authorities say he should still be in jail
By Katelyn Polantz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — High-profile January 6 rioter Guy Reffitt showed up in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to…
Continue ReadingTracking Trump’s executive actions
By Curt Merrill and Amy O’Kruk, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s second term is off and running with a cascade of executive actions…
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