By Katelyn Polantz, Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — The top career prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Eastern District of Virginia office has been fired, according to three people familiar with the development Monday. It is the latest dramatic change to the powerful prosecutors’ office that previously brought cases against former FBI Director James Comey and
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Lawyers for Sen. Mark Kelly filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s move to cut Kelly’s retirement pay and reduce his rank in response to Kelly’s urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders. The lawsuit argues punishing Kelly violates the First Amendment
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By Molly English, CNN Washington (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on her party Monday to “read the room” and begin appealing to a wider swath of the working-class public by keeping a stringent focus on the economy. “Americans are stretched to the breaking point financially, and they will vote for candidates who name
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of John Roberts, chief justice of the United States. Personal Birth date: January 27, 1955 Birth place: Buffalo, New York Birth name: John Glover Roberts Jr. Father: John Glover Roberts Sr., steel company executive Mother: Rosemary (Podrasky) Roberts Marriage: Jane (Sullivan) Roberts (July 27,
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Mexico’s richest man, businessman and investor Carlos Slim. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1940 Birth place: Mexico City, Mexico Birth name: Carlos Slim Helú Father: Julián Slim Haddad, real estate investor Mother: Linda Helú Atta Marriage: Soumaya Domit Gemayel (1966-1999, her death) Children:
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By Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday, a senior White House official told CNN. Her visit to the White House comes as the president declined to endorse her following the US military strikes in
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By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman, Rachel Clarke, CNN Corpus Christi, Texas (CNN) — Elementary school teacher Arnulfo Reyes testified Monday how he came face-to-face with a gunman who would massacre every child in his classroom seconds later. “I looked at my door and that’s where I saw him. A black shadow,” Reyes told a
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By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Paramount is taking its pursuit of CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery to court. On Monday Paramount CEO David Ellison announced a lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court, where shareholders typically bring corporate disputes, as it attempts a hostile takeover of the iconic entertainment company. Ellison criticized Warner
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security on Monday said it would invest $115 million in counter-drone technologies to secure the World Cup and events marking 250 years of American independence. The money will be overseen by a new DHS office focused on quickly buying and deploying drone and counter-drone technologies.
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a $2.4 billion bankruptcy settlement for the Boy Scouts of America, rejecting an appeal from a group of childhood sex-abuse victims who said the deal unlawfully blocked them from suing groups that ran local scouting programs. The group of victims –
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are getting the news they’d been hoping for out of Alaska, with former US Rep. Mary Peltola launching a Senate campaign on Monday morning. The one-and-a-half-term former congresswoman was elected at-large from the small-population state in a 2022 special election and reelected that fall, before losing in 2024.
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By Mostafa Salem, CNN (CNN) — Anti-government protests have erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces in a wave of unrest that marks the biggest challenge to the regime in years. An ongoing communications shutdown, which experts say is unprecedented in its scale, was imposed by authorities on Thursday and has mostly isolated the country
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By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — When the Supreme Court, led by Justice Neil Gorsuch, ruled in 2020 that federal law protected transgender workers from discrimination, the justices appeared to launch a new era of rights for a historically shunned group. LGBTQ advocates believed the core principle of Bostock v. Clayton County
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – The Palm Springs International Film Festival wrapped up its 37th year with a closing night ceremony that brought filmmakers from around the world together at Palm Springs High School, marking the end of another standout season for the internationally recognized festival. Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi reflected on the success
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WAPT By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in an investigation of a fire at a prominent Jackson, Mississippi, synagogue confessed to starting the blaze because of its “Jewish ties,” according to a criminal complaint submitted by the FBI. The suspect set fire to Beth Israel Congregation – the state’s largest Jewish house of
Continue ReadingBy Laura Sharman, Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold endurance event, known as “Kanchu Misogi,” drew around 100 participants –
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By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Years before Monique Tepe and her husband Spencer were gunned down in their Columbus, Ohio, home, the mother of two had a brief marriage to a doctor named Michael David McKee. Now, nearly a decade after their divorce was finalized, McKee is in custody in Illinois after his arrest
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A motorcyclist died in a traffic collision involving a car in Indio Sunday afternoon, according to the Indio Police Department. The department said officers responded to the collision near Avenue 42 and Calhoun Street at 4:11 p.m. The driver, a 20-year-old man driving a Honda sedan, collided with a 62-year-old man
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By Laura Sharman, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Cuba’s leader has pushed back on Donald Trump’s demand that the Caribbean nation “make a deal” with Washington, as the US president warned that Havana would be cut off from the Venezuelan oil and money that it’s relied on for decades. “No one dictates what we do,”
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MORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION – Morongo is now accepting applications for the 5th Annual Community Outreach Awards Program. The annual program awards grants of up to $5,000 to dozens of community organizations. Since 2022, the program has given out more than $1.3 million to nearly 300 nonprofit groups. Organizations must apply by January 16, 2026, and
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