By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump hosted congressional leaders and families affected by the fentanyl epidemic on Wednesday for a signing ceremony on bipartisan legislation that will strengthen prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers. The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which recently passed both the Senate and the House with bipartisan
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By Eyad Kourdi, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef, Mostafa Salem and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Syria says it is withdrawing troops from a flashpoint southern city after days of deadly clashes with an Arab minority group that triggered military action from Israel. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said the country was “not afraid of war” but
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CNN By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say they oppose the GOP domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump recently signed into law, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. In the wake of his most sweeping legislative achievement since returning to office, Trump’s rating for handling the
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By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — At least 20 people were killed in a crowd crush at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the controversial Israeli- and US-backed organization said Wednesday, the first time it has acknowledged deaths at one of its sites. According to
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry traveled to Angola earlier this week and met the country’s president to discuss demining efforts, almost three decades after his mother’s memorable visit to the south African nation. The Duke of Sussex shared his vision of a “mine-free country” in an audience with Angolan President João
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By Sam Peters, CNN (CNN) — Spanish rescue teams are searching for an American hiker who has been missing in the Pyrenees for eight days. Specialist mountain rescue teams and helicopters from the Air Service are searching for Cole Henderson, 27, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido national park in northern Spain, the Guardia Civil
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By Phil Mattingly, CNN (CNN) — Elizabeth Warren has seen this movie before. As a Harvard professor, Warren rang the alarm bell in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. Now a veteran senator, she is ringing that bell again. Where President Donald Trump’s sees his tariffs, tax cuts and sweeping deregulatory effort as
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN The airspace above Vancouver International Airport had to be shut down on Tuesday after someone “hijacked” a small plane. The suspect flew a stolen Cessna 172 north for about 40 miles and then began circling, prompting air traffic controllers to divert nine planes to other airports. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say they oppose the GOP domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump recently signed into law, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. In the wake of his most sweeping legislative achievement since returning to office, Trump’s rating for handling the budget
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By Kathleen Magramo and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Moscow barreled hundreds of drones toward four key regions in Ukraine overnight, just as lawmakers in Kyiv scrambled to approve additional defense spending against the backdrop of intensified Russian attacks over the past few days. The Kremlin unleashed 400 long-range drones and one missile late Tuesday,
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By Jill Dougherty, for CNN (CNN) — A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet countries on their way to democracy and freedom. The government was taking steps to fight corruption. Civil society was blossoming. The economy was growing. American businesses were investing. In 2004, even though it was not a member of
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By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, Russia and North Korea – ramp up military activities in the region, the country’s defense minister said Tuesday. “The existing order of world peace is
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Farmworkers across California are leading a three-day strike in protest of recent immigration raids that have left communities living in fear. Flor Martinez Zaragoza, activist, said the strike is July 16th – 18th. She said the grassroots movement is not union-led but organized by the workers themselves who are calling
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — A stolen private plane caused a temporary shutdown of the airspace over Vancouver International Airport, one the busiest in Canada, on Tuesday. The Cessna 172 took off from Victoria International Airport, where it is used for flight training, and flew north about 40 miles to Vancouver and started circling.
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By Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate worked overnight into the early hours of Thursday morning as it weighed whether to claw back $9 billion in federal funds already congressionally approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting programs as a deadline to act on the White House priority looms. A “vote-a-rama”
Continue ReadingBy CNN Staff (CNN) — Adelita Grijalva will win Tuesday’s special Democratic primary in Arizona’s 7th congressional district, CNN projects. Grijalva, a former county supervisor, is the daughter of the late Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, who represented the district for two decades before his death in March. She’ll be favored to win the Sept. 23
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THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – A project to make the skies safer over the east valley is in the works. A new air traffic control tower at the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (KTRM) in Thermal is in the works. “Let me be very clear that the airport is not unsafe [but] having a tower helps to
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ)—The city of Coachella is partnering with COFEM for a free Family Preparedness Webinar. The organization says families can “Learn how to protect your family in times of uncertainty, from creating a safety plan to knowing your rights during an ICE encounter.” “Who would be the person that would care for your children,
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – Trash, many telling us it’s a problem for residents in Thousand Palms. From people’s trash to construction waste, it’s a problem that’s piling up. Code enforcement has been working for years to clean up illegal dumping and homeless encampments at a 93-acre lot at the corner of Monterey and Varner.
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Hi-Desert 29ers are an amateur team training in the summer months – and competing with passion. This summer is different though, players are taking the field, with the larger goal of bettering their community and in memory of a fallen hero. Back under the bright desert sun again, the Hi-Desert 29ers
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