January 6, 2025 - Trump administration news on Venezuela and Greenland

Gunfire and anti-aircraft fire were seen over Caracas overnight as uncertainty reigns in Venezuela following the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Follow here for the latest.
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Government shutdown stalemate drags into third week

• Standoff continues: Congress remains deadlocked on a funding plan, and the Senate isn’t scheduled to hold any votes until Tuesday as the reality of the shutdown continues to hit federal workers. Top ...

‘Profound costs’: How Trump upended the federal government in his first year back in Washington

As President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House winds down, he has already transformed and upended the federal government.

Inside the operation: How the US moved to capture Nicolás Maduro

The detailed timeline and the revelation that a CIA team has been operating inside Venezuela for so long sheds new light on the administration’s pressure campaign on Maduro for the past several months ...
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November 10, 2025 - Government shutdown updates

American Airlines operations chief David Seymour told airline employees the shutdown’s impact was “simply unacceptable,” after the worst weekend for air traffic controller staffing shortages prompted ...
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Uncertainty persists for SNAP recipients, federal workers as shutdown drags on

Laterese Johnson has roughly a week and a half to two weeks of food benefits left to feed herself and her grandchildren, a reality that sunk in over the weekend when the government shutdown forced ...
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Congress is addicted to shutdown drama. Here’s how it could kick the habit

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Aside from the routinely expiring debt ceiling, the practice of government shutdowns ...

Key figures in the long-running controversy over alleged fraudulent safety net programs in Minnesota

The Trump administration, for the second time in recent weeks, is using allegations of fraud to justify increased federal law enforcement actions in Minnesota, the state with the country’s largest ...
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Thune says Republicans open to conversations about Obamacare – but not tied to stopgap funding bill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday he is open to discussing enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies – a priority of Democrats’ – but insisted that those negotiations cannot be tied to a ...
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Trump’s DC takeover produces moderate drop in crime — and huge spike in immigration arrests

In the first week after the White House effectively seized control of Washington, DC’s police force and deployed federal agents and troops to the district, the city saw a moderate drop in reported ...

January 5, 2025 - Maduro appears in US court

Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro entered a plea of not guilty in his first court appearance in New York as President Donald Trump threatens other countries with US action. Follow here for the ...
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The X factors that could end the shutdown

It’s Election Day 2025. And the results in New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere Tuesday could be some of the most significant dominoes to fall in the federal government shutdown, which is set to become ...