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CNN correspondent Donie O'Sullivan interviews Michal Protzman in Dallas

Why it’s time we change how we talk about conspiracy theories

What happens with US citizen children caught up in Trump’s deportation push

Laura Loomer has Donald Trump’s ear. What she wants is a White House press credential

Judge permanently blocks ‘unconstitutional’ Trump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie

White House actively working to answer how Rubio will balance 2 top national security roles

Trump budget proposes $1 trillion for defense, slashes education, foreign aid, environment, health and public assistance

Trump brings DOGE fight over access to Social Security data to Supreme Court

Rubio and German Foreign Ministry spar on X over comments accusing Germany of ‘tyranny in disguise’

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Elon Musk’s ethical minefield, mapped

Can Trump revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction

Rubio’s hardest task in his tough new role may be keeping his job

How the economy may frustrate Trump’s drive to expand presidential power

Trump’s bubble of economic unreality is coming close to bursting

Global populists once emulated Trump. Now they’re running from him

Lawsuits, executive actions, confirmations and golf trips: Key moments in Trump’s first 100 days

If Trump really is running the world, where will he take it?

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‘Things better change’: Arizona voters express reservations about Trump’s first 100 days

Peter Hamilton shows John King around his maple farm, the Maple Rock Lodge in Sheffield, Ontario.

‘No friend anymore’: Days from a national election, Canadian voters focus on the US relationship

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Fact check: Trump falsely claims he warned Americans during his campaign of a tariff ‘transition period’

President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb County Community College Sports Expo Center, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Fact check: Trump lies that he’s ‘already served three’ terms as president

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Interim US Attorney for Washington, DC, Ed Martin at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in 2024.

Trump’s top DC prosecutor nominee claims not to recall numerous past controversial statements under oath

Ed Martin during an Anacostia Coordinating Council monthly meeting at Martha's Table in Washington, DC, on March 25.

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‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee’s disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer

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Smoke rises from an explosion following a Russian drone strike on Sumy, Ukraine on April 14.

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What to know about Trump’s proposal to carve up Ukraine

Fault Lines

People gather at the Statehouse Annex for a rally to protect Medicaid, Trenton, New Jersey, Thursday, Mar. 6, 2025.

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Republicans are targeting a pillar of Obamacare. Millions of their own voters may pay a price

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Tennessee authorities release video of Abrego Garcia at a traffic stop that officials have used to paint him as a criminal

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Trump says he wants to rename Veterans Day to ‘Victory Day for World War I’

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Trump administration considering labeling some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as ‘enemy combatants’

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Army plans for a potential parade on Trump’s birthday call for 6,600 soldiers

Trump asks Supreme Court to end deportation protections for Venezuelans in the US

Intelligence suggests Putin’s immediate goals for Ukraine war may have shifted

Waltz out as national security adviser and tapped for UN ambassador

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