President Donald Trump has called Portland “a war zone” and threatened to send in National Guard troops to restore order. In response, more and more protesters are showing up in inflatable animal costumes to protest federal immigration enforcement operations in the city. CNN spoke to some of the protesters to hear why they are wearing the costumes.
President Donald Trump has called Portland “a war zone” and threatened to send in National Guard troops to restore order. In response, more and more protesters are showing up in inflatable animal costumes to protest federal immigration enforcement operations in the city. CNN spoke to some of the protesters to hear why they are wearing the costumes.
Protesters are rallying nationwide, calling for an end to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
A list of sexual assault allegations related to President Donald Trump from August 2025 was compiled by the FBI, part of the millions of documents in the new Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice on Friday. CNN’s Paula Reid reports.
Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks outside of a Los Angeles courthouse after he was criminally charged in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced that the Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of files, including videos and images, related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Two independent journalists, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, have been arrested in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. CNN's Jake Tapper discusses the arrest of Lemon and explains why this arrest is shocking.
Cuba used to depend on Venezuela for more than one third of its oil, according to energy industry analysts. But with the socialist country now under de facto American control, Havana has lost its biggest oil supplier. To make matters worse, President Trump is threatening to impose tariffs on any country that “directly or indirectly provides oil to Cuba.” CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports.
Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill race before the Winter Olympics and was airlifted from the course for medical checks. CNN's Christina Macfarlane reports.
Journalist Don Lemon was taken into custody in connection to a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to his attorney. CNN's Kara Scannell reports.
High school students across the U.S. have walked out of class by the hundreds to protest immigration enforcement operations. Some are sharing their stories about how the crackdown has impacted them personally.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk surprised investors on the company’s earnings call on Wednesday, announcing that Tesla would discontinue the Model S and Model X cars in favor of making more of its Optimus robots. CNN’s Hadas Gold explains why Tesla is going all in on a robotic future for the company. Discover more videos, including live streams and exclusive storytelling, on our Watch page.
President Trump declined to take questions at his Cabinet meeting today and made no mention of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid scrutiny over the administration’s handling of protests in Minnesota. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.
Rapper Nicki Minaj posted a picture of President Trump's "Gold Card," a new immigration visa that allows foreigners to pay $1 million to expedite their application.
Trump joked about last Cabinet meeting, where he repeatedly appeared to doze off. He called the meeting “pretty boring” and insisted he wasn’t sleeping.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar has launched a Democratic bid for governor of Minnesota, pledging to unify the state and move beyond a deadly battle with the federal government over immigration. CNN's Jeff Zeleny reports.
FNTV captured the moment several people were detained by police during an anti-ICE protest at the Graduate Hilton hotel in Minneapolis. In recent weeks, noise protests occurred in several hotels believed to be housing federal immigration agents.
CNN's Fred Pleitgen visits Tehran's Grand Bazaar, where protests started in late December. Thousands were killed and at least 40,000 arrested in the subsequent crackdown, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Faces are blurred for protection. CNN operates in Tehran only with the permission of the Iranian government.
Hannah Silveira, whose husband was arrested and detained by ICE during their final green card interview, has said that she didn’t know his whereabouts for a few days. Silveira, who is a lawyer, spoke to CNN’s Elex Michaelson and said families who have followed the rules are being “ripped apart every single day.”
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, the congressman said after visiting the South Texas facility where the pair is held. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reacted to President Donald Trump suggesting that the assault on her by a man who rushed her and sprayed a syringe of liquid at her during a town hall in Minneapolis was “probably staged.”
In a conversation with CNN's Dana Bash, Bishop Mariann Budde reflected on the immigration crackdown fears she alluded to in her inaugural prayer last year.
CNN's Manu Raju speaks to lawmakers on Capitol Hill as Senate Democrats demand restrictions on ICE to avoid an impending government shutdown.
New video has emerged showing a physical clash between Alex Pretti and federal agents over a week before he was fatally shot by Customs and Border Protection agents. A representative for Pretti's family confirmed to CNN that the man in a video posted Wednesday is Pretti.
Video shows the moment a 19-month-old child fell out of a moving car in California. The mother of the child has been arrested and booked for felony child abuse, according to police.
The Palestinian village of Ras Ein al-Auja in the occupied West Bank has now been emptied of its Bedouin residents who say they've faced a years-long campaign of harassment by Israeli settlers that has intensified over the past two years. The Palestinian Bedouin are a semi-nomadic people who have lived in the region for centuries. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports as the last family packed up their things and left their homes.
