By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday mostly along party lines that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders, as Republicans react to several court rulings against the Trump administration. In many cases, the courts are questioning whether the firings of federal workers, freezing of
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jillian Shriner, an author and the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was involved in a situation with police that resulted in her being shot by law enforcement and subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The incident occurred on Tuesday
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — While a federal judge considers whether to approve a massive NCAA settlement that would pay athletes over $2 billion and pave the way for even more spending, a large group of industry officials returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby lawmakers on legislation to land
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Judges in Texas and New York on Wednesday temporarily barred the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely invoked law letting presidents imprison noncitizens or expel them
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Judges in Texas and New York on Wednesday temporarily barred the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely invoked law letting presidents imprison noncitizens or expel them
Continue ReadingPor Vivian Song, CNN El francés David Pereira creció viendo versiones dobladas de programas de televisión estadounidenses como “The A-Team”, “Happy Days” y “The Duke of Hazzard” en Francia. Estaba obsesionado con la cultura estadounidense: coleccionaba Mustangs clásicos, tiene una camioneta GMC de los años 70 y ha visitado Estados Unidos casi una docena de
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump offered some financial advice Wednesday morning, stocks were wavering between gains and losses. But that was about to change. “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT,” he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social at 9:37 a.m. Less than four
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to punish his critics on Wednesday by signing a pair of memoranda directing the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first administration and stripping them of any security clearances they may have. Trump’s targeting of Miles Taylor, a
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Phil Mattingly, Kayla Tausche and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to reverse course on his sweeping tariff plan by announcing a three-month pause revealed his threshold for political pain: One week. “They were getting yippy,” Trump said, explaining the rising criticism raining down on the
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Alex Matthews, CNN New York (CNN) — Silicon Valley leaders donated to President Donald Trump’s campaign or inaugural fund. They visited him at Mar-a-Lago and sat front-and-center as he was sworn into office. But in the first three months of his presidency, their wallets have taken a hit from his policies.
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, Donald Judd, Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would use the power of the Justice Department to go after two officials who were highly critical of him during his first term in office, including one whose anonymously written New York Times op-ed
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri foster mother has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care. The 70-year-old woman from Winfield has been jailed on $250,000 bond since her arrest over
Continue ReadingCNN Radio Argentina (CNN Radio Argentina) – Ramiro Castiñeira, economista, habló este miércoles con CNN Economía y Actualidad sobre la pausa en los aranceles anunciada por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, la lógica detrás de su estrategia comercial y la situación económica de Argentina en el contexto regional y global. “Se pone en evidencia que
Continue Reading By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Trucks and workers started cleaning up the Keystone oil pipeline spill in rural North Dakota, though its cause and the project timing is unclear. The pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in southeastern North Dakota and was shut down within two minutes by an employee who heard a
Continue Reading By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Trucks and workers started cleaning up the Keystone oil pipeline spill in rural North Dakota, though its cause and the project timing is unclear. The pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in southeastern North Dakota and was shut down within two minutes by an employee who heard a
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By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump delivered another jarring reversal in American trade policy Wednesday, suspending for 90 days import taxes he’d imposed barely 13 hours earlier on dozens of countries while escalating his trade war with China. The moves triggered a powerful stock market rally
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The pro-Trump channel Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday. But it’ll be up to a jury to decide whether Newsmax intentionally smeared Dominion and must pay millions of dollars in damages. Delaware Superior Court
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — After a night filled with some wins and some losses, some may be wondering, “What comes next” for St. Joseph’s high schools. The St. Joseph School District’s Proposition 2 bond measure to build a new high school South of U.S. Highway 36 was voted down by St. Joseph residents
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who says Harvey Weinstein trapped her in a Manhattan hotel room and raped her in 2013 can use the word “force” when she testifies at his retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of using physical force against her, a judge
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By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Michelle Obama discussed stepping back and making time for herself on a podcast released Tuesday, addressing her recent absences from political events and rumors of marital troubles. Speaking of her life eight years out of the White House with two adult children, Obama said on the
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teen who narrowly survived a fierce shark attack last year said she hopes a proposed alert system before state lawmakers can help keep others safe in the water. Lulu Gribbin, now 16, was one of three people bitten by a shark on June 7,
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for 90 days even as he further jacked up the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented
Continue ReadingPor Andi Babineau, CNN Los abogados de Jeanette Vizguerra, una activista de inmigración y madre indocumentada, presentaron una petición enmendada de hábeas corpus en un tribunal federal el martes en la batalla legal en curso para lograr su liberación de la custodia del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine and Morgan Severson, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Aging without having any chronic diseases is a feat many people hope to achieve. New research
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote late Wednesday on their budget framework, unable to convince conservative GOP holdouts who had raised grave misgivings over allowing trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts. Speaker Mike
Continue ReadingPor Manuela Castro, CNN en Español Se supone que es el “presidente favorito” de Donald Trump. Pero tras 10 viajes a EE.UU. en menos de 16 meses, el líder argentino Javier Milei tiene muy poco que mostrar. Mientras la mayoría de los demás líderes mundiales aún estaban dolidos por los amplios aranceles comerciales que Trump
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By Meg Tirrell and Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — “Major” tariffs on pharmaceutical imports are coming soon, President Donald Trump says, pledging that they’d help bring drug manufacturing back to the US while lamenting that other countries pay much lower prices for the same medicines. Instead, patient advocates and drug supply chain experts warn, tariffs
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By MELISSA GOLDIN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed four executive orders designed to boost the U.S. coal industry, outlining steps to protect coal-fired power plants and expedite leases for coal mining on U.S. land. But in touting the benefits of coal, he misrepresented several aspects of its safety and
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! I’m still basking in the glow of Florida’s thrilling come-from-behind win over Houston in last night’s NCAA men’s basketball
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By Matthew Rodriguez, Lesley Marin Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — After months of cleanup, residents in Altadena and Pacific Palisades have started the arduous process of rebuilding homes after the disastrous wildfires leveled communities. Just hours after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to fast-track
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