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Judge rips DOJ for attempting to remove her from case challenging Trump’s executive order on law firm

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge sharply rejected a Trump administration request that she recuse herself from a case challenging an executive order targeting Democratic-tied law firm Perkins Coie, accusing the Justice Department of attacking the messenger because it could not attack the message. “When the U.S. Department of Justice engages in

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Supreme Court may uphold programs aimed at bringing internet to rural, poor neighborhoods

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Wednesday to a series of programs geared toward expanding high-speed internet in rural and poor communities, despite a challenge from a conservative group claiming funding for that effort violates separation of powers principles. After nearly three hours of argument, several of the court’s conservatives

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National security adviser Michael Waltz

Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages

CNN By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Betsy Klein and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense

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National security adviser Michael Waltz

Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages

By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Betsy Klein and Shania Shelton, CNN Washington (CNN) — The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had not even started yet, according to a US defense official

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DOJ considers abandoning the defense of federal restrictions on gun silencers

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is evaluating whether to defend the federal government’s restrictions on gun silencers that have been in place since the 1930s as part of President Donald Trump’s order to reconsider positions that could limit gun rights. Silencers, also called suppressors, are tube-shaped devices that, when screwed into

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National security adviser Michael Waltz

‘Nobody is above the law’: Trump officials who criticized Clinton’s emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans

CNN By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Several top Trump administration officials are facing scrutiny for sending detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group chat on a messaging app that inadvertently included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. The mistake

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Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections

By Tierney Sneed and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, which critics say could disenfranchise poor and older voters who don’t have easy access to citizenship documents like passports or birth certificates. Republican state lawmakers have long sought

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US President Donald Trump sits with (L-R) Warren Stephens

Trump executive order boosts proof of citizenship requirements for voting in federal elections

CNN, POOL, FOX, MSNBC By Tierney Sneed and Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to boost proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration, which critics say could disenfranchise poor and older voters who don’t have easy access to citizenship documents like passports or birth certificates. Republican state

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Frank Bisignano

Trump’s pick to lead Social Security promises quick customer service fixes amid agency meltdown

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the troubled Social Security Administration told senators Tuesday that he would swiftly improve the agency’s customer service and slash its payment error rate, all while protecting Americans’ personal information. The bold promises, including a pledge to dramatically cut telephone answer wait times, come

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks into the White House from Pebble Beach after finishing a talk with Fox TV in Washington DC

Top intel officials shift responsibility on to Hegseth for sending potentially classified info to Yemen strike group chat

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — Several of President Donald Trump’s top national security officials, at times with assistance from a top Senate Republican, shifted responsibility to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for sending potentially classified information that appeared in a group chat about US military strikes in Yemen that a

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National security adviser Michael Waltz

‘Nobody is above the law’: Trump officials who criticized Clinton’s emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans

By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Several top Trump administration officials are facing scrutiny for sending detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified information about US military strikes on Yemen to a group chat on a messaging app that inadvertently included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg. The mistake amounts

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Trump administration invoking state secrets privilege over deportation flight information sought by federal judge

By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Top Justice Department officials told a federal judge on Monday that the Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to avoid giving him information about deportation flights from earlier this month that are at the center of a legal dispute over whether the government flouted his judicial commands.

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Louis DeJoy

US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Louis DeJoy resigned from his role as head of the US Postal Service on Monday, leaving the independent government agency at a time when it faces calls for privatization and scrutiny from the Trump administration. In a statement released by USPS, DeJoy said while the 250-year old-service had

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Mitch Daniels Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana. Personal Birth date: April 7, 1949 Birth place: Monongahela, Pennsylvania Birth name: Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. Father: Mitchell Daniels Sr., drug company salesman Mother: Dorothy Mae (Wilkes) Daniels Marriage: Cheri (Herman) Daniels (1997-present and May 20, 1978-1994, divorced) Children:

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