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Pentagon watchdog launches probe of Hegseth Signal messages

Pentagon watchdog launches probe of Hegseth Signal messages

Natasha Bertrand, CNN April 3, 2025

(CNN) — The acting Inspector General of the Defense Department will review Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal in a group chat with other key national security officials to discuss military...

As US President Donald Trump revealed his new tariff policies, fashion stocks immediately plunged, with Ralph Lauren’s shares falling 7% in after-hours trading.

What Trump’s tariffs mean for fashion

Marc Bain and Joan Kennedy April 3, 2025

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Business of Fashion, an editorial partner of CNN Style. (CNN) — The global fashion industry was left stunned on Wednesday after US President...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at a rally in support of USAid on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Cory Booker makes history with longest Senate floor speech in protest of Trump agenda

Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Clare Foran, and Ted Barrett April 3, 2025

(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Cory Booker mounted a historic protest on the Senate floor across two days, warning against the harms he said President Donald Trump’s administration is inflicting on the American...

Notices about job cuts are going out to some employees at US health agencies.

‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies

(CNN) — A massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building...

The most aggressive tariff move yet by the most tariff-obsessed president

Matt Egan, CNN April 1, 2025

New York (CNN) — On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump vowed to aggressively slap tariffs on US imports as a catch-all solution to almost any problem. Trump has kept his promise — so much...

Luigi Mangione appears at a hearing for the murder of UHC CEO Brian Thompson at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.

US Justice Department to seek the death penalty for Mangione

Kara Scannell, CNN April 1, 2025

(CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday the Justice Department will seek the death penalty for accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione. Bondi said she will direct the interim US attorney for the...

President Donald Trump has promised to roll out a slew of new tariffs this week.

Wall Street is fed up with Trump’s tariffs. Stocks are off to their worst start to a year since 2022

John Towfighi, CNN March 31, 2025

New York (CNN) — As Wall Street heads into a new quarter, a flurry of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are set to go into effect. That has traders on edge and has helped put US stocks in their worst...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions from reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on March 19 in Washington, DC.

White House Correspondents Association says Trump administration is trying to pressure reporters

Brian Stelter, CNN March 31, 2025

(CNN) — The White House Correspondents’ Association says the Trump administration should abandon its “wrong-headed effort” to take control of the press briefing room seating chart. In a memo...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has canceled hundreds of grants related to vaccines and vaccine uptake.

‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants

Brenda Goodman, CNN March 31, 2025

(CNN) — As preventable infections like measles threaten to become endemic again in the US, researchers whose government grants were recently terminated are warning about the consequences of throttling...

Kermit The Frog addressed the 1996 graduates of the former Southampton College of Long Island University in Southampton, New York.

The ‘world’s most famous amphibian’ will deliver commencement speech at the University of Maryland

Chris Boyette, CNN March 27, 2025

(CNN) — University commencement speakers are often notable members of the community or even famous celebrities that can inspire graduates with a blend of wisdom and humor. This spring, the University...

HHS will announce cuts to 10,000 jobs across several agencies on Thursday.

HHS cuts 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies

(CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday it is cutting 10,000 full-time employees across health agencies, the department told CNN. This comes on top of 10,000 employees...

Rumeysa Ozturk, a  graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts, was taken into custody by federal agents near her home Tuesday, March 25, 2025, according to her lawyer.

What we know about the Tufts University PhD student detained by federal agents

Gloria Pazmino and Andy Rose March 27, 2025

(CNN) — As the sun began to set Tuesday over Somerville, Massachusetts, Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk was on her way to meet friends at an Iftar dinner where they would break their Ramadan fast. But...