By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Aqeel Najim, Jonny Hallam, CNN (CNN) — Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain. Iraq’s Defense Ministry said the final contingent of US advisers has left al-Asad Air Base
Continue ReadingBy Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Members of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, will receive a permanent seat if they pay $1 billion, according to a US official. All funds raised will go toward rebuilding Gaza, the official said, adding that “there will not
Continue ReadingBy Diego Mendoza, Caroll Alvarado, Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained videos of the moments right after the Wednesday incident in which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis appear to contradict at least some of ICE’s claims about events leading up to the shooting. In
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By Pau Mosquera, Tim Lister, Sana Noor Haq, CNN Adamuz, Spain — Survivors recalled haunting cries and blood-smeared passenger cars after two high-speed trains collided near Cordoba, southern Spain late Sunday – in one of the nation’s deadliest railway disasters in more than a decade. At least 41 people were killed and dozens more injured
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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order aimed at preventing any football games from competing with the annual Army-Navy matchup, seeking to preserve what he described as one of the country’s most cherished sporting traditions. The announcement Saturday night signaled an unusually direct effort by
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Right-wing influencer Jake Lang was chased away by counterdemonstrators while leading a small rally in Minneapolis amid tensions over the Trump administration’s sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. Lang is among the January 6 defendants granted clemency by President Donald Trump. He was charged with
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By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani, whose execution did not take place on Wednesday as some had feared, is in good physical health and has been able to meet with his family, according to a family member and a human rights group. Somayeh, a relative of 26-year-old Soltani who declined
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By Eyad Kourdi and Tim Lister, CNN (CNN) — In the space of two days, the Syrian military, aided by tribal militia, has driven Kurdish forces from wide swaths of northern Syria that they have held for more than a decade. Among the towns and cities that the Syrian army has taken is Raqqa, once
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By Jennifer Agiesta, Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party has a deeply motivated base and a clear advantage on the generic congressional ballot ahead of this fall’s midterms despite dismal impressions of its current leaders in Congress, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Democratic registered voters are far more motivated
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By Tom Foreman, CNN (CNN) — On a breezy autumn morning beneath skittering clouds, the demolition crew strikes quicker than almost anyone expected. Working at the behest of President Donald J. Trump, who has long fashioned himself the builder-in-chief, they take only days to reduce the 123-year-old East Wing of the White House to rubble.
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By Hanna Park, Jake Tapper, Haley Britzky, Natasha Bertrand, Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota, according to a Trump administration source, as state officials have also mobilized the National Guard. Having troops on standby does not mean a deployment is imminent
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji, Jason Carroll, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — What was once a place of worship filled with precious objects packed with meaning now sits in heavy layers of dark soot, burdened by the pungent smell of smoke after someone set fire to Mississippi’s largest and oldest synagogue. A 19-year-old suspect confessed just hours
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs Art Festival has multiple weekends set for 2026, with the first being this weekend Jan 17 -18. Art will include mixed media, glass artwork, sculptures and more. The festival will be open from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m on each day and admission is free. The event
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Carey, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — When Rumiana Bachvarova was just a short period into her new position as Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Israel, she went to see her compatriot Nickolay Mladenov in Jerusalem. He took her to the Mount of Olives, overlooking Jerusalem’s Old City. “This small place is the cornerstone of all
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — A family trying to get home from their son’s basketball game in Minneapolis on Wednesday found themselves between protesters and federal agents, before they were tear gassed in their car and the mother had to administer CPR to her infant. Destiny Jackson, 26, tells CNN her family of eight
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By Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, acknowledged Saturday that thousands of Iranians were killed during more than two weeks of unrest in the country — deaths he blamed on US President Donald Trump, who he said “openly encouraged” the protesters by promising them US “military support.” In a speech
Continue ReadingBy Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — The US on Saturday announced it conducted a lethal strike in Syria on an al Qaeda affiliate leader it says had direct ties to an ISIS attacker who killed three Americans in early December. “The death of a terrorist operative linked to the deaths of three Americans demonstrates our
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CNN By Issy Ronald, Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Since the beginning of January, Greenland – the vast, autonomous Arctic territory ruled by Denmark – has catapulted from the sidelines of international affairs to the very center. As President Donald Trump escalated his calls for the United States to take over the remote island, the
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By Haley Britzky, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon has ordered the military command that processes new recruits to hold off on initial training for people who are HIV-positive and recently joined the military, CNN has learned, saying that a decision on reinstating a Defense Department ban on their enlistment is “expected in the
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By Betsy Klein, Alejandra Jaramillo, Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice. Trump granted a slew of pardons on Friday, including one for Adriana Camberos, who was convicted for a second time after
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