Kaitlan Collins

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CNN's Chief White House Correspondent, 9 p.m. Anchor and diehard Alabama fan.

Trump says he didn't sign Alien Enemies Act. "I don't know when it was signed 'cause I didn't sign it. Other people handled it. But Marco Rubio's done a great job and he wanted them out and we go along with that." But the proclamation on reads, "BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."

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As President Trump argues the pardons President Biden issued are null and void -- and the White House seems to walk it back -- I'll be joined by Rep. Jamie Raskin, who received one of those pardons, tonight at 9 p.m. ET.

What happened inside the WH after the Oval shouting match: Trump huddled with his key advisers immediately afterward inside the Oval. According to a White House official, Trump consulted Vance, Rubio, Bessent, etc. That was when Trump decided that Zelensky was "not in a place to negotiate."

Coming up tonight, I'll sit down with House Speaker Mike Johnson after he pulled off a close win in the House last night, amid major questions about what's next for President Trump's agenda. See you at 9 p.m. ET.

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President Trump has ousted Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and says he is replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine. A retired four-star general expressed serious dismay over this move to me tonight, calling it "sadly political and tragic for our nation."

Coming up at 9 p.m. ET, I'll ask Amb. John Bolton for his view of President Trump meeting with President Putin, potentially in Saudi Arabia. Bolton was serving as his national security adviser when he met with Putin in Helsinki.

"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office." www.ap.org/the-definiti...

AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press

The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs

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"The Gaza thing has never worked," President Trump says in the Oval Office. "If we could find the right piece of land, pieces of land, and build them some really nice places...I think that would be a lot better than going back to Gaza."

Elon Musk is officially serving as a special government employee, according to a White House official. Per a DOJ summary, a special government employee is "anyone who works, or is expected to work, for the government for 130 days or less in a 365-day period." Musk is not being paid, I am told.

Officials have just held a short briefing on the plane crash in Philadelphia. The FAA has just updated its numbers to say six people were on board the aircraft. We'll have the latest updates at 9 p.m. ET.

Trump signed a settlement agreement today ending his lawsuit against Meta after the company suspended his account after Jan. 6. This requires Meta to pay out roughly $25 mil, $22 mil of which will go to a fund for his forthcoming presidential library. www.cnn.com/2025/01/29/b...

Trump signs settlement agreement with Meta, source says | CNN Business

President Trump signed a settlement agreement at the White House Wednesday to end the lawsuit he brought against Meta after the company suspended his account in the aftermath of the January 6 attack o...

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Pete Hegseth just arrived on Capitol Hill ahead of his scheduled confirmation vote in the next hour. Senate Republicans and the White House are expecting a tight vote amid some uncertainty. We'll have a live report at 9 p.m. ET with our reporters and two senators.