Anti-ICE protests touch every corner of the US as Minnesota officials stand off with the Trump administration

Restaurant tables sat empty, business windows went dark and students’ desks were abandoned in several cities across the country Friday amid a nationwide strike in protest of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota. read more...

What’s inside the latest Epstein files released by the Justice Department

The Justice Department on Friday released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into sex offender and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, after Congress passed a law last year forcing the Trump administration to do so. read more...

Why journalist says her arrest over church protest is a ‘chilling message’ | CNN

CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks with independent journalist Georgia Fort following her arrest by federal agents in connection with an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota. read more...

Epstein survivor slams DOJ for redacting key documents | CNN Politics

Epstein survivor Jess Michaels pushes back against DOJ claims of transparency by pointing to a critical, blacked-out document. read more...

‘That’s what authoritarians do’: Senator Mark Kelly weighs in on Trump DOJ’s arrest of Don Lemon | CNN

CNN’s Erin Burnett talks to Democratic Senator Mark Kelly about the Trump White House mocking the arrest of Don Lemon. read more...

Latest Epstein files release includes list of allegations against Trump | CNN Politics

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. read more...

Springsteen surprises crowd at Minneapolis solidarity concert | CNN

Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, performed at a benefit concert in Minneapolis for the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Morello encouraged attendees to join the nationwide anti-ICE protests. read more...

5 early takeaways from DOJ’s big Epstein files drop

The Justice Department on Friday announced the long-awaited release of an enormous tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files, spanning more than 3 million pages, which it said fufilled its obligations under transparency legislation passed last year. read more...

Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort taken into custody after Minnesota church protest

Don Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night in connection to a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to his attorney. read more...

How two federal agents escalated an encounter with Alex Pretti into a deadly shooting

The aggressive actions of two federal agents transformed the encounter into a deadly shooting, a CNN analysis of video has found. read more...