By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — It’s not just the US President Donald Trump criticizing the British prime minister for being weak on defense. On Tuesday his own adviser George Robertson joined in, accusing Keir Starmer of a “corrosive complacency” that puts the United Kingdom “in peril.” Speaking to the Financial Times Robertson, a former
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY (KESQ) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old child who was abducted late Monday night in Los Angeles, authorities said. Police identified the child as Messiah Evans, who was taken at approximately 10:20 p.m. Investigators say 38-year-old Joshua Pendleton is the suspect in the abduction. Authorities believe Pendleton is driving
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By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Olivia Troye, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, announced Tuesday that she would run for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia’s proposed new 7th District, pending passage of a sweeping redistricting referendum this month. Troye publicly broke with the Republican Party in 2020 after serving in political
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By Edward Wu, CNN (CNN) — Early voting data from Virginia suggests Democrats have an advantage in their push to enact a gerrymander that could net them as many as four US House seats in this fall’s midterms. Groups backing the redistricting measure in an April 21 special election had long pointed to Saturday, April
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By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — The Trump Justice Department released a new report Tuesday accusing the Biden administration of unfairly using a federal law meant to protect access to abortion clinics to go after anti-abortion protesters. The report is the first product from DOJ’s “Weaponization Working Group” – established early in President
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By Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw his closest European ally soundly defeated in the Hungarian elections on Sunday. The result is a blow to Israel’s longest-serving leader in an election year and has emboldened the country’s opposition, who see the upcoming vote, scheduled for October, as a critical moment
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COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) — Just three games remain in the regular season for the Coachella Valley Firebirds, with plenty at stake in the final week. The Firebirds are currently 4th in the Pacific Division with 84 points on the season, looking to finish in the top 4 of the division to secure home ice
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a stronger hold on power – and bigger mandate to push back against US President Donald Trump – after a series of historic floor crossings and two special election wins supercharged his Liberal Party to a majority government. Liberals were set to win
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Yang, CNN (CNN) — The fallout of the US and Israel’s war with Iran is poised to cost the Asia-Pacific economy hundreds of billions of dollars and plunge millions into poverty, a United Nations report said Tuesday. Military escalation in the Middle East could cause output losses of between $97 billion and $299
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By Clare Sebastian, Katharina Krebs, CNN (CNN) — “Everything changed this year.” “All the ‘top’ people in the university are now calling on students to go to war.” “Throughout the uni, there are posters about the UAV forces literally everywhere.” “The pressure is colossal.” These are all quotes from Russian students in direct messages to
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – As festival goers depart the Coachella Valley, those who drove electric vehicles are looking for a charge. Many of them, though, are being left disappointed on Monday, as the valley’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure is strained by the swaths of people looking to top off. News Channel 3 was in
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) California Congressman Eric Swalwell announced Monday he plans to resign from the U.S. House of Representatives, capping a rapid political collapse triggered by sexual assault and misconduct allegations from multiple women.= Swalwell, a Democrat who represents California’s 14th Congressional District east of San Francisco, posted a statement on X saying he
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By Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Embattled Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday that he would step down from Congress, just days before he faced the possibility of a high-stakes vote that could have made him the seventh member to ever be expelled from the House. The Texas Republican said he planned to “file my
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CNN By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday he planned to resign from Congress following explosive allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The announcement from the California Democrat comes as he faced a just-announced House ethics investigation and mounting pressure on both sides of the aisle to step
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By Kevin Liptak, Alayna Treene, Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — Marathon talks that failed to produce a breakthrough between the United States and Iran were not the final word in negotiations, officials in the US and the region said Monday, as the contours of the two sides’ disagreement — primarily over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions —
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday he planned to resign from Congress following explosive allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The announcement from the California Democrat comes as he faced a just-announced House ethics investigation and mounting pressure on both sides of the aisle to step down.
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Well, here’s a twist I didn’t see coming. Scientists just discovered that the “oldest octopus” in the world isn’t an octopus after all. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day. 5 things 1️⃣ Deportations hit snag In an effort to accelerate
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By Michael Rios, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — Brazil’s fugitive former intelligence chief and lawmaker Alexandre Ramagem has been released from custody after being detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his associates said Wednesday. Ramagem, who faces a 16-year prison sentence in Brazil for his alleged involvement in a coup plot with far-right ex-President
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at WikiLeaks and the trial of Chelsea Manning. Facts WikiLeaks is purportedly an organization that facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information through its website. It was founded in 2006 by Julian Assange, activist, computer programmer and hacker. Chelsea Manning (born Bradley Manning), a former Army
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By Whitney Wild, Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Officials in Ramsey County, Minnesota, on Monday announced a criminal investigation into the arrest of ChongLy Thao, a US citizen caught in a viral photo as immigration agents walked him out of his home in freezing weather wearing little more than Crocs, shorts, and a plaid
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