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Longtime immigration official David Venturella is expected to serve as the next acting ICE director, according to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson cnn.it/4wvDnXO

President Donald Trump has made clear on social media and in interviews that he thinks Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs a rebrand — more specifically, a new name: National Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or NICE. The idea to change the name of ICE — which would require an act of Congress, not simply an executive order — appears to have originated on social media. cnn.it/42w2hbW

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary is leaving the Trump administration after a tenure marked by internal clashes and policy confusion, sources say. cnn.it/3OXOIiv

Fired FBI chief tells CNN that FBI director Kash Patel tied job security to purging agents linked to Trump probes. cnn.it/4wlhdYd

Nebraska takes its turn on the primary calendar today as voters settle a divisive Democratic congressional primary in a race that is poised to become one of the nation's most competitive contests this fall. cnn.com/2026/05/12/pol…

Key Senate Republicans are signaling a willingness to support up to $1 billion in security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s ballroom renovation project, despite Democratic attacks, as the White House ramps up its lobbying push. cnn.it/4npbs7M

President Trump said that he intends to suspend the federal gas tax amid soaring prices at the pump as the US war with Iran drags on. But pausing the 18.4-cent-per-gallon levy on gas and the 24.4-cent-per-gallon tax on diesel won’t do much to relieve drivers’ pain, multiple experts told CNN: cnn.it/4dnUoKF

Supreme Court's conservative majority allows Alabama to eliminate a congressional district held by a Black Democrat cnn.it/4d5X54N

Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to allow the state to use new voter-approved congressional map in midterm elections. cnn.it/3R20ucc

Supreme Court briefly extends telehealth and mail access for mifepristone as deliberations continue in a high-profile emergency appeal. cnn.it/3PvR742

A nonprofit dedicated to "promoting informed stewardship" of historic landscapes asked a federal judge on Monday to halt the Trump administration's painting of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool, which has long featured a gray basin, blue. cnn.it/4wpiai5

President Donald Trump said the monthlong ceasefire between the United States and Iran is on "massive life support," calling it "unbelievably weak." Follow live updates. cnn.it/4d4QwPY

Trump says ceasefire with Iran is on "massive life support" after he rejects Tehran's peace proposal amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. Follow live updates. cnn.it/3P7W9DL

As the Democratic Party churns over what makes a progressive and what kind of fighters its base wants, how to tackle affordability, or even whether to use the word “genocide” about Gaza, those fights are coming to a head in the city Pelosi has represented in the US House since 1987. cnn.it/4fe51lM

President Donald Trump is dragging the US Postal Service deeper into his war on mail-in voting. cnn.it/3Rdmfpp

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s new reality show, filmed with his family over the last seven months, has sparked criticism amid high gas prices, in addition to raising ethics questions. cnn.it/4ddJyHb

Omaha may be a blue dot in a sea of Nebraska red, but that point of political pride has sparked a bitter divide among Democrats in one of the nation's most closely watched congressional races. cnn.it/4nkDrp8

President Donald Trump has signed off on a plan to oust US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, according to a senior administration official. cnn.it/4dyMVcU

Alabama lawmakers approved a plan for new US House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections, sending the legislation to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. cnn.it/3PqvCSd

Hours after House Democrats suffered a major political setback in Virginia, Hakeem Jeffries was defiant. cnn.it/3OOYDH6