CNN By Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, CNN (CNN) — When the House of Representatives was sworn in on January 3, Brittany Pettersen was pushing her luck in being there. The Colorado Democrat was just three weeks away from giving birth to her son, Sam, which she wanted to do in her congressional district with
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By Jordan Valinsky, Alejandra Jaramillo and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — South Korea-based Hyundai and President Donald Trump announced a $20 billion investment in US on-shoring on Monday, which includes a $5 billion steel plant in Louisiana, at the White House Monday. The $5.8 billion Louisiana facility will be the car manufacturers’ first
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By Jeremy Diamond and Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — Israel is making plans for a potential major ground offensive in Gaza that would involve sending tens of thousands of troops into combat to clear and occupy large swaths of the enclave, an Israeli official and a second source familiar with the matter said. The potential
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By Niamh Kennedy and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — More than a thousand people have been detained during protests following the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday. In a post on X, Yerlikaya said that “1,133 suspects were detained in illegal activities carried out between March 19
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By Andy Rose, Gloria Pazmino and Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration – after accusing Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil of being a Hamas sympathizer without providing evidence – now says Khalil’s deportation is justified because he did not reveal connections to two organizations in his application to become a
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a long-shot appeal from a group of minors who have for years been attempting to force the federal government to address climate change. Filed by 21 children and teenagers in 2015, the lawsuit alleged that the federal government’s energy policies
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By Dana Karni, Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move critics warn could amount to ethnic cleansing. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday said the security cabinet approved the proposal by Defense Minister Israel Katz to organize
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, arrived at a police station in Romania on Monday, where the self-proclaimed misogynist and internet demagogue faces charges of human trafficking and forming an organized criminal group to sexually exploit women. Both siblings registered with authorities in the capital Bucharest early Monday
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By Pierre Bairin, Saskya Vandoorne and Serene Nourrisson, CNN Paris (CNN) — The trial of Gérard Depardieu, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two women on a movie set in 2021, began on Monday after a five-month delay due to the French actor’s poor health. The 76-year-old arrived in the courtroom wearing a formal
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court grappled Monday with a years-old, messy legal battle over Louisiana’s congressional districts during an oral argument in which several of the court’s conservatives questioned whether the state had violated the Constitution because of its focus on race. Several of those justices signaled they are prepared to
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By Angus Watson, Anna Chernova, Lauren Kent and Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN (CNN) — A United States delegation met Monday with Kremlin negotiators in Saudi Arabia, where the Trump administration is pushing for progress toward a ceasefire in separate talks with Russia and Ukraine, just as Russian strikes injured scores of people in Ukraine, including children.
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By Evan Perez and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As part of the deportation flights of alleged terrorists at the center of a legal and political storm, the US quietly dropped charges against a key alleged MS-13 leader and returned him to the pro-Trump leader of El Salvador. César Humberto López-Larios, an alleged top leader
Continue ReadingCNN By Evan Perez and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — As part of the deportation flights of alleged terrorists at the center of a legal and political storm, the US quietly dropped charges against a key alleged MS-13 leader and returned him to the pro-Trump leader of El Salvador. César Humberto López-Larios, an alleged top
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – The NTT INDYCAR Series is hosting its second event of the 2025 season and the first-ever race is taking place at the Thermal Club on Sunday. Hundreds of fans and Coachella Valley residents showed out for the big event, with the picturesque mountains in the background. Because this was the first
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – A new era of motorsport meets luxury living. Spanning over 400 acres, a multi-million-dollar residential development has transformed the area into a racing enthusiast’s dream. This unique community offers homebuyers an unparalleled opportunity to live directly on a racetrack, with properties ranging from 6,000 to 25,000 square feet, some priced as
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By Simone McCarthy and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — China is prepared for “possible unexpected shocks,” Premier Li Qiang told a gathering of global executives in Beijing, where he urged them to “resist protectionism” and defend globalization. CEOs including Apple’s Tim Cook, FedEx’s Raj Subramaniam and Pfizer’s Albert Bourla gathered in the Chinese
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By Emma Tucker and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Three federal agencies on Monday said they welcomed the policy changes announced Friday at Columbia University, following the Trump administration’s revocation of $400 million in federal funding following campus protests. Their statement seemed to signal the first steps of a possible restoration of money to the
Continue ReadingBy Gawon Bae, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out over the weekend, killing four people and forcing thousands to evacuate. As of Sunday night, nearly 9,000 firefighters, police and civil servants and 120 helicopters had been
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By Lex Harvey and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Greenland’s prime minister said a planned visit to the island by US officials, including second lady Usha Vance, is “highly aggressive,” plunging relations to a new low after President Donald Trump vowed to annex the autonomous Danish territory. But despite the backlash, Trump has insisted the
Continue ReadingBy Michael Rios and Omar Fajardo, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States landed in Venezuela early Monday, after the two governments reached an agreement to resume repatriation flights. Nearly 200 deportees were on the plane, which landed at an airport just north of capital Caracas. Video of
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