National Politics Archives

Judge pauses move to end TSA union contracts

June 13, 2025 1:36 PM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

A federal judge has paused the Homeland Security Department’s effort to end tens of thousands of TSA union…

Federal appeals court to review birthright citizenship

June 13, 2025 1:29 PM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

The Justice Department is pressing a federal appeals court to reverse a judge’s ruling that blocked President Trump’s effort to end birthright…

National Guard to stay in Los Angeles during anti-ICE protests

June 13, 2025 12:44 PM Marcos Icahuate, CBS News, Miriam Ordonez

An appeals court made a ruling Thursday to allow the Trump Administration to keep National Guard troops in Los Angeles during the anti-ICE…

Federal appeals court maintains block on mass layoffs

June 13, 2025 12:12 PM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

A federal appeals court has denied the Trump Administration’s request to move forward with plans to effectively shut down the Department of…

White House delays FEMA disaster relief fund

June 13, 2025 11:36 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

Concerns are growing over a breakdown in communication between the Trump Administration and…

Congress receives DOGE spending cuts request

June 13, 2025 10:49 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

The White House has sent a list of DOGE spending cuts to Congress for approval. The package requests taking more than $9 billion in federal spending…

Wrongfully deported migrant returned to the United States

June 13, 2025 10:33 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

The Trump Administration has returned a wrongfully deported migrant into the United States. The Guatemalan national known by a pseudonym “OCG,” was…

Elon Musk says he regrets some of his posts about President Trump

June 11, 2025 10:46 AM NBC News, Dillon Fuhrman

Elon Musk is backing off from “some” of the comments he made about President Donald Trump and his so-called “big, beautiful…

President Trump says trade deal with China is done

June 11, 2025 9:48 AM NBC News, Dillon Fuhrman

President Donald Trump posted to social media Wednesday morning saying the trade deal with China is done, but said the package still needs a stamp of…

Department of Justice sues over tuition for undocumented students

June 11, 2025 9:40 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

The U.S. Justice Department is taking legal action against the state of Texas over a controversial higher education…

Trump suspends international student visas

June 11, 2025 9:34 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

Harvard University is asking a court to stop the Trump Administration’s latest attempt to block international students from the…

Trump rolls back abortion care guidance

June 11, 2025 9:08 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

The Trump Administration is rolling back Biden-era guidance for emergency room…

Judge allows gender-affirming care for federal inmates

June 11, 2025 9:00 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

A U.S. district judge issued a preliminary injunction in an effort to block the Trump administration from cutting off gender-affirming care for…

Supreme Court says bans on semi-automatic weapons are up to states

June 11, 2025 8:53 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

Three conservative justices dissented from the decision not to hear the cases in 2022, a blockbuster Supreme Court decision struck down a strict…

President Trump files appeal of mass firings

June 11, 2025 8:46 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump’s fight to fire federal employees is back at the Supreme Court. Administration officials filed an emergency appeal to reverse…

President Trump to attend NATO Summit this month

June 11, 2025 8:40 AM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump will attend the NATO summit in the Netherlands at the end of the…

Poll: Americans want more to be done from the government

June 9, 2025 2:24 PM Jalen Fong, CNN Newsource

Most Americans want the government to get more done, but fewer trust either party to do it. 58% of people surveyed said the government should do more…