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Trump wants GOP to focus more on his economic achievements. But he’s often changing the subject.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Miami (CNN) — President Donald Trump spent the morning after a terrible election night for Republicans publicly processing the results, and arrived at several conclusions. First, he determined his party was losing the messaging battle over the now-record-length government shutdown, and told GOP senators so in no uncertain terms over coffee

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Trump administration will reduce traffic at 40 airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conference Wednesday. Ten percent of air traffic at 40 busy airports would be cut, potentially impacting

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Warning signs for the GOP, lessons for Democrats: How Tuesday’s results will shape the 2026 midterms

By Eric Bradner, Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Democrats’ dominance in Tuesday’s elections reset expectations ahead of next year’s midterm battle for House and Senate control, reinvigorating a party that has been in the political wilderness and leaving Republicans lamenting that the gains President Donald Trump made a year ago with key portions of the

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Imperial Irrigation District, CVAG secure $2.9M grant to plant trees

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – The Imperial Irrigation District, in collaboration with the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, has been awarded a $2.9 million grant to plant 6,000 shade trees across the Imperial and Coachella valleys for improved air quality and community resilience, officials announced today.    The Shade Trees for Southern California’s Deserts initiative

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Veterans Day Weekend flag placement nixed due to government shutdown

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The annual mission to erect miniature American flags alongside tens of thousands of graves at Riverside National Cemetery on the weekend before Veterans Day was nixed this year because of challenges stemming from the federal government shutdown, organizers said today. “Due to the ongoing government shutdown, our official flag placement ceremony

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A Hamas militant guards an area where they search for the bodies of hostages with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City

Israel says hostage body returned from Gaza belongs to Tanzanian student as it probes fate of longest-held captive

By Eugenia Yosef, Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Israel has identified the body of another deceased hostage from Gaza as it gathers intelligence on the location of the longest-held remains. Hamas transferred the remains of a deceased hostage to Israel via the Red Cross Wednesday night, marking the third such transfer this week.

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Takeaways from Trump’s rocky Supreme Court arguments over global tariffs

By John Fritze, Elisabeth Buchwald, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court appeared deeply concerned Wednesday with President Donald Trump’s reliance on a vague federal law to impose global tariffs, with several members of the court’s conservative wing picking apart the administration’s position in a case that could have sweeping implications for the economy

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Police: Sex registrant advertised teen as prostitute via online classifieds

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A registered sex offender accused of pimping out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and elsewhere posted her pictures and other information via internet classified advertisements, arranging for her to meet men near a mall and other places, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.    Deirdrick

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