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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar that President Donald Trump will use once the Pentagon upgrades it to include “proper security measures and functional-mission requirements,” according to a Defense Department spokesperson. “The secretary of defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in
Continue ReadingBy Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Amid growing concerns within the Federal Emergency Management Agency that internal turmoil has left it unprepared for the fast-approaching hurricane season, the agency is taking significant steps to bolster its disaster response workforce and training infrastructure. In a series of internal memos issued this week and obtained by CNN,
Continue ReadingBy David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. teased a future run for the presidency during an appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday, saying “that calling is there” when asked if he would “consider picking up the reins” and “run for office” when his father, President Donald Trump, leaves the White House.
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts should be “deferential” to the president, particularly when it comes to immigration. “I thought that was a profoundly
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — It’s been almost five years since the world watched George Floyd beg for his life as a White police officer in Minneapolis knelt on the Black father’s neck for more than 9 minutes. After a bystander’s video of Floyd’s death sparked nationwide calls for an end to police impunity
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — House GOP leaders are barreling ahead with a vote on President Donald Trump’s agenda in the coming hours Wednesday, after Trump privately implored key holdouts not to derail the major tax and spending cuts package. The president had summoned members of a key wing
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to step into a fight over whether the Department of Government Efficiency must turn over public documents – like other government agencies – or whether it is shielded from such requests because it is part of the
Continue ReadingBy Kareem Khadder, Pauline Lockwood, Catherine Nicholls and Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military fired warning shots at a large delegation of European and Arab diplomats on an official visit near the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing swift international condemnation. Delegations from more than 20 countries, including
Continue ReadingBy Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is moving to dismiss federal oversight agreements in Louisville and Minneapolis reached following the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor and police killing of George Floyd, and dropping investigations into several major US police departments. The move, announced
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Armed men hijacked a tourist boat in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, robbed all 14 people on board and forced them to empty their bank accounts via mobile apps, according to one of the victims. Spanish TikToker Elisabet de la Almudena, who has more than 235,000 followers on the
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Chadwick and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia died Wednesday morning at his home, according to a statement from his family. He was 75. “We were fortunate to share Gerry with Northern Virginia for nearly 40 years because that was his joy, his purpose, and his passion. His
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer and Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration significantly cut funding for flood prevention projects in blue states across the country while creating new water construction opportunities in red states, undoing a Biden-era budget proposal that would have allocated money more evenly, according to a data analysis prepared by Democratic staffers.
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump attempts to muscle his GOP agenda through a narrow House majority, Rep. Chip Roy is perhaps the most important holdout to win over. He may also be the toughest. Speaker Mike Johnson and his team have been confident they can pass Trump’s
Continue ReadingBy Al Goodman, Lauren Kent and Jack Guy, CNN Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov, who worked as a senior aide to pro-Russian former President Viktor Yanukovych, has been shot dead outside his children’s school near the Spanish capital Madrid, Spanish authorities told CNN. Portnov, 51, a lawyer and former lawmaker, was
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, announced Tuesday she is suspending her reelection campaign, just hours after fielding tough questions from local leaders at a tense city council meeting. “I am temporarily suspending my re-election campaign. I
Continue ReadingWVUE, ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE, CNN By Hanna Park, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, announced Tuesday she is suspending her reelection campaign, just hours after fielding tough questions from local leaders at a tense city council meeting. “I am
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans are pushing to slash nearly $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps, as part of their sweeping package aimed at enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda. If the legislation is approved, millions of Americans could lose access to these benefits
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau, Mai Takiguchi and Soyon Nishioka, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agriculture minister his job, as pressure mounts on the government to solve the nation’s rice crisis. Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday, telling reporters that he had concluded he was “not the right
Continue ReadingBy Mujeeb Achakzai and Sophia Saifi, CNN Quetta, Balochistan (CNN) — A suicide attack on a school bus in southwestern Pakistan killed three students of a military-run school on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest attack that underscores the deteriorating security situation in the region. The explosion took place in the city of Khuzdar in
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The US has been talking with Hamas through an American intermediary in Doha this week in hopes of brokering an Israel-Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to a source familiar with the matter, as US officials say President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Israel’s handling of
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