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By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — As Harvard University, elite law firms and perceived political enemies of President Donald Trump fight back against his efforts to use government power to punish them, they’re winning thanks in part to the National Rifle Association. Last May, the Supreme Court unanimously sided with the gun rights group in
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Republicans have set an ambitious deadline of trying to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda through Congress by the fourth of July, kickstarting an intensive negotiation in the US Senate where Republican lawmakers are all over the map when it comes to the specific
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted alive during the October 7 attacks was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday, according to a statement from the Israeli military and the Shin Bet security service. The announcement comes just days after Israel
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — At 83, Paul Kuntzler, a pioneering LGBTQ rights activist, vividly recalls joining a picket line outside the White House that would change the course of American history. “I was just 20 and was the only minor in a tiny gay rights movement consisting of about 150 people in five
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Indio Police Department is sending out a message as some local people remain on edge after Border Patrol and ICE Agents carried out an enforcement operation in Cathedral City on Friday. While the operation was carried out in Cathedral City, Indio Police are responding to the operation, releasing a statement on
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, Zoe Sottile, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to disperse protests that began in response to immigration raids, the White House said in a statement Saturday night. Immigration authorities and demonstrators have clashed for two days in the
Continue ReadingBy Todd Symons, Kosta Gak and Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — Massive Russian strikes on Ukraine’s second-largest city killed at least five people on Saturday, officials said, one night after Moscow carried out one of the war’s largest aerial assaults on Ukraine. Russia has conducted extensive attacks on Ukraine in recent days, in what is
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UPDATE 06/06/2025: TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – After Tuesday’s downpour caused enough flooding, mud, and debris to make many area roads dangerous and impassable, the City of Twentynine Palms reported Friday evening that Adobe Road is now open, but down to one lane going north and south. They say the city’s Public Works crew will
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case started quietly, boiling down to a clerical error that moved him up on a list to land on a deportation flight destined to El Salvador in March. And then a court filing from the Trump Justice Department acknowledging the mistake brought it
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – California legislature is attempting to make school lunches healthy. On Tuesday, the California State Assembly voted to pass AB 1264, which lays out a plan to remove ultraprocessed food from state’s school meals. The bill looks to remove food that are considered “particularly harmful.” This comes after numerous studies have linked
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – The jury has begun deliberations in the high-profile bribery trial of Palm Springs developer John Wessman. Closing arguments wrapped up Friday morning. Wessman faces nine counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy. He is accused of paying former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet more than $200,000 to secure city support
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – What started as a policy dispute between President Trump and Elon Musk has now turned personal. Tensions began rising on Tuesday, when Musk criticized Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” raising concerns about US government spending and the deficit. The feud escalating on social media. “You can kind of see it coming
Continue ReadingStory by Associated Press Toronto (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta later this month, an invitation Modi accepted despite strained ties between the countries. The countries expelled each other’s top diplomats last year over the killing of a Sikh Canadian
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Local theater organization Dezart Performs is transforming a historic church in Palm Springs into at state-of-the-art professional theater. Architects have just been selected to create the new playhouse, which is set to open this November. The multi-million dollar project is expected to turn the First Church of Christ, Scientist on
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was sentenced today to 21 years to life in state prison for stabbing a young Black man in the chest, in what prosecutors described as a racially motivated attack on the victim and two other Black men in Ocean Beach. Troy Andrew
Continue ReadingBy José Álvarez, Valeria Leon, Verónica Calderón, Sol Amaya, Michael Rios and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Mexican prosecutors are investigating a widely shared surveillance video of the former boss of murdered woman carrying a suspicious bundle up a flight of stairs. Lorena Jacqueline Morales, who lived in the city of León in the central
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has asked aides and advisers if they believe Elon Musk’s behavior over the past 48 hours could be related to his alleged drug use, privately seeking to understand the tech billionaire’s broadsides against him while signaling publicly he doesn’t care, a source familiar
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Investigators identified more potential victims in a case of an ex-indie rock drummer accused of possessing child pornography and recording a minor in a public restroom. New charges were filed this week against Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, after investigators identified two additional victims not associated with the initial
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday mistakenly sent out email alerts to attorneys and others laying out which cases it would hear days before it was scheduled to do so, the latest major technical glitch to come from the high court during its busiest month of the year. The high
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, Taylor Romine, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office. Hardin, 56, had been on the run for more than 10 days after breaking out
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