By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — A sprawling Chinese influence operation — accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official’s use of ChatGPT — focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The Chinese law enforcement official used ChatGPT like a diary to
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By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to evacuate his official residence Tuesday night after a bomb threat was made against him by opponents of a religious organization that is banned in China. The prime minister posted a photo of his dog, Toto, inside the Lodge, his residence in
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Update 2/24/26 The Planning Commission approved a permit to rebuild the American Reproductive Center, a fertility clinic damaged in a deadly bombing in May 2025. In a unanimous vote commissioners signed off on plans to build a new medical office building at 1199 North Indian Canyon Drive. It’s the same
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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Across the world from the expansive US police search for the missing Nancy Guthrie, a family in Australia faced its own disappearance, this time with a tragic ending – an 85-year-old grandfather was kidnapped from his modest home in suburban Sydney and found dead in what police
Continue ReadingBy Alejandra Jaramillo, Lex Harvey, and Rocio Munoz, CNN (CNN) — A Venezuelan opposition leader recently freed from prison reunited with his niece Tuesday during the State of the Union address, as President Donald Trump touted the US military operation that removed President Nicolás Maduro. In his speech, Trump drew attention to Alejandra Gonzalez, who
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his highest-ranked general in a stunning move last month. But Xi’s shake-up cuts across a much wider swath of his armed forces –– with more than 100 officers potentially ousted
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address drew largely positive marks from a heavily Republican audience, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. But it didn’t fully convince significant shares of even that friendly audience that he’s focusing on the nation’s most important problems or
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — This article may be meeting you at a very Chinese time in your life. At least, if you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, where the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a
Continue ReadingBy Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — For the first hour of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, Democrats in the House chamber largely stuck to their plan: Sit in stony, defiant silence. But once Trump began to level attacks on immigrants, that strategy went out the window. Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to slam the Supreme Court’s decision against his sweeping emergency tariffs, repeatedly calling the ruling “unfortunate” even as he suggested his administration would quickly move past it. With four justices sitting mere feet away, their hands folded over
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Free dog adoptions at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival will conclude this weekend, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services announced today. Adoption specialists will be on-site Thursday through Sunday at the county fairgrounds, 46350 Arabia St., to help prospective adopters choose from dogs of various breeds and
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CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump basked in the gold medal glory of the US Olympic men’s hockey team Tuesday, spending roughly six minutes of his State of the Union address celebrating their victory after meeting with the team in the Oval Office earlier in the day. His recognition of the
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump basked in the gold medal glory of the US Olympic men’s hockey team Tuesday, spending roughly six minutes of his State of the Union address celebrating their victory after meeting with the team in the Oval Office earlier in the day. His recognition of the team
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By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday night at the US Capitol. The speech came shortly after the Supreme Court struck down his signature global tariffs, as he considers a second round of potential military strikes on Iran and as
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – Local journalists gathered under one roof Tuesday to celebrate great accomplishments in storytelling. The Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation Awards, honoring local reporters and journalists, were held at the Omni Rancho Mirage resort in Rancho Mirage. It’s the 3rd annual event that’s quickly become the organization’s most important fundraiser. “It’s our
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KESQ) – Saving at the gas pump. Some state lawmakers introduced a bill to temporarily suspend California’s gas tax. Local Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez was among those leading the effort during a news conference in Sacramento on Tuesday. Lawmakers calling for immediate relief, they say, as California drivers pay among the highest gas prices
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By CNN staff (CNN) — President Donald Trump made numerous false or misleading claims in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Many of them were long-debunked falsehoods familiar from his rallies, interviews and social media posts. These include various lies disparaging the fairness of US elections, his false claim that he ended
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – For our final Celebrating Black History story, we’re spotlighting local artists who’ve made significant contributions to art and culture. Alvin Taylor, a Palm Springs native, is a world-renowned drummer known for his work with Elton John, George Harrison and Billy Preston. “When you are playing and you’re in the zone,
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By Ellis Kim and Sarah Ferris (CNN) — Rep. Al Green was escorted out of the House chamber just minutes into President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night for holding a sign reading “Black people aren’t apes!” “I wanted the president to see it, and he saw it, and I told
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Concern grows over a water hazard next to Interstate 10. Water has collected in several retention basins between Date Palm and Bob Hope along the eastbound lanes of the 10. Water has pooled there after multiple recent storms. Over the weekend, a man was killed in a two-car crash after
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