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When Gavin Grimm announced his transition, he was initially told he could use the boys' bathroom. But that soon changed.

Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday strongly condemned a recent spate of vandalism at Jewish cemeteries before visiting one of the marred sites outside of St. Louis.

President Donald Trump has begun delivering on his pledge to promote border security and crack down on illegal immigration.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives Wednesday in Mexico, formerly one of the more stress-free work trips the top US diplomat could take.

Sen. John McCain made a trip to Syria last week, his office confirmed to CNN Wednesday.

US troops operating around Mosul have come under fire from ISIS and some have been wounded in the last six to eight weeks as they have moved closer to the front lines in Iraq, military officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Kellyanne Conway, once the most visible spokesperson for the Trump White House, has been sidelined from television appearances for making statements that were at odds with the administration's official stance, White House sources told CNNMoney on Wednesday.

Decades before being elected to Congress, Rep. Adriano Espaillat arrived in America as a young undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic.

Lawyers for first lady Melania Trump changed and refiled her multimillion dollar defamation lawsuit against Daily Mail Online on Friday in New York. Trump is suing the media outlet for publishing a false story that claimed, falsely, she worked for a high-end escort service.

A progressive group in Florida is planning an "empty chair" town hall targeting Sen. Marco Rubio while the Republican is traveling in Europe on Senate business, rather than in the state holding public meetings with constituents.

The Democratic National Committee chair candidates explain why they're the right choice to lead the Democratic Party. Tune in Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET to hear the candidates in a debate moderated by CNN's Dana Bash and Chris Cuomo. The opinions expressed in these commentaries are those of the authors.

Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth said Monday that he is unsure of Donald Trump's mental state -- but added that the President doesn't appear to be in control of himself.

He's instructed the Department of Homeland Security to reinterpret the laws on immigration and start building a border wall, the State Department to reinterpret visas and refugees, HHS to reinterpret aspects of Obamacare. The EPA could be next.

Noah Dyer, a candidate for governor in Arizona, put all his dirty laundry on his campaign website, saving us the trouble of digging it up.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of a death row inmate in Texas whose own lawyers introduced evidence at trial that he was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black.

In a town full of talkers, the silence is deafening. 

On Monday evening, as word spread of yet more anti-Semitic behavior around the nation, it wasn't President Donald Trump who was the first to speak out against the threats to regional Jewish Community Centers — it was his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

President Donald Trump is preparing to seize on a second chance to make a first impression with the release this week of a new executive order temporarily halting travel from citizens of seven nations he says pose a high risk of terrorism.

The Department of Homeland Security Tuesday laid out the Trump administration's plans for aggressive enforcement of immigration laws, including a potentially massive expansion of the number of people detained and deported.