By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The last time President Donald Trump climbed the rostrum in the House chamber to deliver an address to Congress, he arrived freshly impeached, a mysterious new virus was beginning to spread and Democrats had just begun the process of nominating his challenger. Five years
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz and Paula Reid, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Fox News last week to tease a major event: The Justice Department would release long-awaited documents related to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. But as reporters waited inside the department and members of public watched for the tranche of documents
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Jared Rogers, an engineer paramedic with Palm Springs Fire Station 2, will be receiving the Medal of Valor on Wednesday for saving a fellow firefighters life. Rogers told News Channel 3, he and his coworker were cutting holes on the roof of the Elk’s Lodge, an abandoned structure that caught
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KESQ) – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 19 cellophane-wrapped packages of cocaine that were removed from a car and tested near Camp Pendleton, it was announced today. Around 5:45 p.m. Thursday, agents from the San Clemente station stopped a sedan traveling northbound on Interstate 5, according to U.S. Customs and Border
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — New York State Police say they’re investigating the Saturday death of an inmate who was housed at an upstate medium security prison – reports of which Gov. Kathy Hochul called “deeply troubling” on Monday. Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility in Marcy, died
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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (KESQ) – Six teens in an allegedly stolen vehicle were injured today when they led police on a short chase and crashed the car into barriers near the front gates of Camp Pendleton. The pursuit occurred around 12:30 a.m. Monday when officers noticed a Hyundai Sonata being driven suspiciously in the area
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – Men’s singles qualifying at the BNP Paribas Open is set to open today, while women’s singles qualifying enters its second day of action. The first leg of the “Sunshine Double,” the annual Indian Wells tournament sees top tennis players from around the world return to the desert for the first
Continue ReadingBy Alayna Treene, Natasha Bertrand and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Top Trump Cabinet secretaries and national security officials are holding meetings this week to discuss the administration’s next steps on Ukraine – including the prospect of suspending military aid – following the spectacular collapse of Friday’s Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and
Continue ReadingBy Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb and Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis is in stable condition after his episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday, the Vatican said Tuesday. Francis, who the Vatican said remained alert and cooperative, received high-flow oxygen therapy after being on non-invasive ventilation on Monday. An earlier Vatican update said
Continue ReadingBy Way Mullery, Marco Chacon and Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will address a joint session of the 119th Congress on Tuesday for the first time in his second term. House Speaker Mike Johnson formally invited Trump in late January to speak, asking the president to share his “America First vision for
Continue ReadingBy Max Saltman, Jennifer Hauser, CNN and Sebastian Jimenez, CNNE (CNN) — Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The accused men were taken from prisons
Continue ReadingBy Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — “Are we going to war?” asks a worried Cairo saleswoman upon learning that she’s speaking to a journalist. The ominous question about the prospect of war between Egypt and Israel has crept into many conversations in the country. These murmurs of war reveal growing concerns among a population
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Renée Rigdon, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants residing in the United States, but so far, the pace of deportations has held steady compared to last year, according to a CNN analysis of deportation flight data. The data, provided by Thomas
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This morning, getting in and out of Palm Springs is harder because both Gene Autry and Indian Canyon are closed due to blowing sand and dust. Winds have eased, but there are Wind Advisories in place to our North and South, with a Winter Weather Advisory in the mountains, and an Air Quality Alert for
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN Washington (CNN) — A top official at the US Agency for International Development was put on leave after issuing a scathing memo blaming Trump political appointees for the US government’s inability to conduct lifesaving humanitarian work. The official warned the Trump appointees’ moves will “no doubt result in preventable death, destabilization,
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, Mick Krever, Ibrahim Dahman and Mike Schwartz, CNN (CNN) — A delicate truce between Israel and Hamas hangs by a thread after Israel blocked humanitarian aid into Gaza, in response to Hamas rejecting a new Israeli proposal to extend the ceasefire without any commitment to end the war or fully withdraw troops.
Continue ReadingBy Hanna Park, Karina Tsui and Amanda Jackson, CNN (CNN) — Newly obtained records – including text messages and internal reports – detail how Los Angeles officials scrambled to respond in the hours leading up to the devastating wildfires that swept through the city earlier this year. The exchange of messages reveals how authorities initially
Continue ReadingBy Benjamin Brown and Stephanie Halasz, CNN (CNN) — German authorities say a car-ramming incident in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed two people Monday was a deliberate attack but it does not appear to have been politically or religiously motivated. Police said Monday night the two dead were an 83-year-old woman and a
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — The CEO of a plant in Georgia that makes a special peanut butter paste for severely malnourished children around the world told CNN Sunday that his company’s contracts with the US Agency for International Development that had been abruptly canceled last week were all reinstated late Sunday night.
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A CNN poll taken before the contentious Trump-Zelensky meeting shows that most Americans are unhappy with how President Donald Trump is doing his job. Overall, 52% disapprove of his performance while 48% approve. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your
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