CNN By Sam Fossum and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Sen. John Fetterman told CNN he plans to try to force a vote this week to prevent indicted Sen. Bob Menendez from receiving classified briefings if that isn’t dealt with internally as the two men trade barbs over the bribery and fraud charges facing the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Lisa Stanton podía sentir cómo se le aceleraba el corazón, se le ponía a sudar el cuerpo y se le entumecían las palmas de las manos mientras estaba sentada este verano en la sala de espera de una clínica de urgencias de Colorado junto a Maya, su hija transgénero de 12
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — Gina Swoboda, an election activist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has been chosen as the next chair of the Arizona Republican Party, a leadership post that puts her center stage in the battleground state for November’s presidential election. Fox10 television in Phoenix reported that Swoboda garnered 67% of the votes at
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb was projected to win the first round of Finland’s presidential election on Sunday and face runner-up Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month. Finnish public broadcaster YLE projected that Stubb won the first round of the presidential election with 27.3% of the votes,
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CNN By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he “absolutely” can see himself as president. Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or a Donald Trump conviction could give him an opening to run as an independent this year. In public, during stops in states such as New Hampshire,
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he “absolutely” can see himself as president. Privately, the West Virginia Democrat has told people that a Joe Biden health scare or a Donald Trump conviction could give him an opening to run as an independent this year. In public, during stops in states such as New Hampshire, South
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — When an Arctic blast hit Massachusetts earlier this month, the phones started ringing more frequently at Citizens for Citizens. Desperate residents in the southeastern part of the state needed help with their mounting energy bills. But the nonprofit group had to tell many of the callers that it could
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Voters in Finland are electing a new president at an unprecedented time. The Nordic nation is now a NATO member following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its eastern border with Russia is closed. Both those things would have been almost unthinkable a few years ago. The president
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Chris Murphy, a key negotiator on a possible border deal, said Sunday that text of a compromise could be ready go to the Senate floor in the coming days. “We do have a bipartisan deal. We’re finishing the text right now,” Murphy told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Ryan Reynolds could get a taste of big time soccer after Wrexham was drawn to potentially play Premier League Newcastle in the FA Cup. Wrexham still has to book its place in the fifth round by beating second division Blackburn Rovers but it has been given an extra incentive to win Monday’s
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump engaged in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol but should stay on the ballot in Illinois, a retired judge told the state election board, which is set to vote Tuesday on his recommendation. Retired state judge Clark Erickson — a Republican — issued the recommendation
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Mike Johnson, habla regularmente con el expresidente Donald Trump. Un miembro de su equipo de liderazgo hizo campaña por Trump en Nueva Hampshire. Y todos los principales líderes de la Cámara de Representantes lo han dejado muy claro: son del equipo Trump.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Bullfights were set to return to Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with human rights defenders and suspended the events for more than a year and a half. The resumption of bullfights in the Plaza México arena, the largest of its
Continue ReadingBY ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three American troops were killed and 25 were injured Sunday in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, the U.S. military said. President Joe Biden blamed Iran-backed militias for the first U.S. fatalities after months of strikes by the groups against
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Sunday said that while she doesn’t need to beat former President Donald Trump in her home state’s Republican presidential primary next month, the results need to be better for her than they were in New Hampshire. “I don’t think it necessarily has
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By Mariya Knight, Gul Tuysuz and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — More than 20,000 trucks from Poland and Ukraine are blocked at three major border crossings as striking Polish drivers protest an EU deal that allows Ukrainian trucks unlimited access to the bloc. On Monday, Polish carriers began blocking the movement of trucks along the
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The music world mourned when Jam Master Jay, the pioneering DJ of the hip hop trio Run-DMC, was fatally shot in a recording studio in New York City in 2002. Now, more than two decades later, two men are set to go on trial for his killing. Prosecutors alleged
Continue Reading By Paradise Afshar and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The town manager of Carmel, Maine, has died after saving his 4-year-old son from drowning in an icy pond. Kevin Howell, 51, and his son were crossing a portion of Etna Pond around 6:30 a.m. Friday when they broke through the ice, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said in a social
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — In front of Martha Stewart is a perfectly set table, complete with silverware rolled into cloth napkins, matching blue glasses, and three picturesque floral arrangements at the center. Plates of fruit sit on a table behind her, and at the center is the face that would launch a thousand
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KCRA By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — A woman who was stuck overnight Thursday in a gondola at a Lake Tahoe, California, ski resort told CNN affiliate KCRA she “screamed desperately until I lost my voice.” Monica Laso, who had planned a ski trip with her friends, didn’t imagine that she would spend a night hanging
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