Por Brad Lendon, CNN El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, anunció el jueves que quiere cambiar el nombre del Día de los Veteranos —un feriado federal que se celebra el 11 de noviembre— a “Día de la Victoria de la Primera Guerra Mundial” con el objetivo de, supuestamente, “reanudar la celebración de nuestras victorias”. También
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By Andy Rose and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says Harvard University will be stripped of its tax-exempt status, redoubling an extraordinary threat amid a broader chess match over free speech, political ideology and federal funding at the Ivy League school and across American academia. “We are going to be taking away
Continue ReadingAnálisis de Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español El presidente Donald Trump llegó a sus primeros 100 días de gobierno con los niveles más bajos de encuentros de migrantes en la frontera sur en comparación con los años anteriores, una disminución atribuida a su marcada política contra la inmigración ilegal, que ha incluido deportaciones masivas, reducción
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By Lisa Kjellsson, CNN (CNN) — Arriving in the Kingdom of Bhutan, nestled deep in the Himalayas between Tibet and India, Linda Leaming was blown away by its beauty. The year was 1994, she was 39 and had taken time out of her busy career as a freelance writer in Nashville to go traveling. She
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Radio Free Asia is laying off most of its staff and shutting down many of its news broadcasts and streams, amid a funding battle with the Trump administration. Friday’s layoff notices are the latest impacts of President Trump’s crusade against the international broadcasters the United States has bankrolled for
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — (Exclusive) Some of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former sexual partners, a business associate and a male sex worker are among the witnesses expected to testify at his criminal trial, multiple sources tell CNN. At least four witnesses who are expected to testify against Combs at his federal criminal
Continue ReadingPor Isobel Yeung y Norma Galeana, CNN El hombre que se sienta frente a nosotros pertenece al Cártel de Sinaloa —una de las redes criminales más poderosas y temidas del mundo— y que el gobierno de EE.UU. ha designado recientemente como organización terrorista extranjera. Este es un grupo que “asesina, viola, tortura y ejerce control
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — US Vice President JD Vance said the war in Ukraine is “not going to end any time soon,” just hours after Washington and Kyiv signed a key minerals agreement that has peace in Ukraine among its goals. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Vance poured some cold water on
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español Juez dice que uso de la Ley de Enemigos Extranjeros por parte de Trump es ilegal. Cuenta regresiva para la escasez y el aumento de precios en EE.UU. Nueva inteligencia sugiere que los objetivos de Putin para la guerra en Ucrania habrían cambiado. ¿Cuál será el futuro de LeBron James en
Continue ReadingBy Julia Andersen, CNN (CNN) — Jalen Brunson was the hero in Game 6 as he scored a game-high 40 points – including the eventual game-winner – to lead the New York Knicks to a 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons to advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. With the score
Continue ReadingPor Hilary Whiteman y Angus Watson, CNN El hombre que aspira a convertirse en el próximo primer ministro de Australia ha pasado semanas tratando de distanciarse de las comparaciones que se le han hecho con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump. “Soy yo mismo, diferente”, insistió el líder del opositor Partido Liberal, Peter Dutton,
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Chen, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Edgar Recinos no longer has to choose between paying rent and buying groceries. As a cook at a Wingstop restaurant in Los Angeles, Recinos got a significant wage bump last year — one of half a million fast food workers taking part in a great labor experiment.
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, Tami Luhby, Sarah Owermohle, Sunlen Serfaty, Brian Todd and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 days into Donald Trump’s presidency, many federal workers have decided to do something that was unthinkable on inauguration day: quit their jobs. As the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency cuts budgets and headcounts across
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It’s not often you meet your neighbors after traveling thousands of miles across a continent to watch a soccer match, but Bodø/Glimt is not your usual soccer team. It was certainly the case for supporters of the Norwegian club on Thursday, as they traveled in their thousands from just
Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — Ever heard of the de minimis exception? It’s about to make President Donald Trump’s trade war with China hit much closer to home. The exception is a major shipping loophole that allowed the importing of goods worth less than $800 to come into the US duty-free and often without
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died at age 116, her order announced on Wednesday. The soccer-loving Brazilian nun officially became the oldest person in the world in January following the death of Japan’s Tomiko Itooka, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). When Canabarro was born
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By Ben Morse and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — The last 12 months have been a whirlwind for Armand “Mondo” Duplantis. Having already been one of the most recognizable faces in track and field, the Swedish pole-vaulter catapulted himself to even greater heights in a remarkable year for the 25-year-old. Not only did he break
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By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he wants to rename Veterans Day, a federal holiday on November 11, to “Victory Day for World War I” in a move to purportedly “start celebrating our victories again.” He also said he wants to celebrate May 8, which is not a federal holiday,
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Olesya Dmitracova, CNN El presidente Donald Trump podría querer un nuevo mundo donde “Estados Unidos sea lo primero”, pero en la carrera por controlar la inflación, Estados Unidos podría quedar en último lugar. Esto se debe a que, si bien se espera que sus subidas arancelarias eleven los precios en el país, podrían
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By Stephanie Elam, Kat Jaeger and Norma Galeana, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — All Carlos could do was cry. He watched as other day laborers in a Home Depot parking lot in Pomona, California, were detained by Customs and Border Protection agents April 22. Later, Carlos – who withheld his last name – stood before
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By John Towfighi and Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US stock market has been on a rollercoaster during President Donald Trump’s second term. The S&P 500 posted its third-worst 100-day start to a presidential term in US history, only behind Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. The S&P 500 initially surged after Trump’s reelection in
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has been losing with corporate America, with one big exception: the people who actually own the companies. This year, investors at some of America’s biggest companies — Costco, Apple, Levi’s, John Deere, Goldman Sachs and others — have overwhelmingly voted against proposals
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — America’s long-resilient job market continues to defy expectations — even in the wake of swirling uncertainty. The US economy added a surprisingly strong 177,000 jobs in April, a slight slowdown from March’s downwardly revised 185,000 gains, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. April’s gain was
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Washington (CNN) — In a sweltering Rose Garden on Thursday, as President Donald Trump intoned at length about restoring faith to the White House, he took a moment to single out a man sitting right up front. “When I have a problem, I call up Marco,” Trump told
Continue ReadingPor Elizabeth Buchwald y Ramishah Maruf, CNN Muchos estadounidenses podrían no haber sentido los efectos significativos de los amplios aranceles del presidente Donald Trump, hasta ahora. Esto se debe a que una importante laguna legal en los envíos expiró un minuto después de la medianoche de este viernes. La exención de minimis, como se la
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By Sophie Tanno, CNN London (CNN) — British comedian and actor Russell Brand was granted conditional bail during a court appearance on Friday, after he was charged last month with rape and sexual assault. London’s Metropolitan Police charged Brand, 49, with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, and one count of oral
Continue ReadingBy John Liu and Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Tariffs could add $900 million to Apple’s costs this quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Thursday, as he revealed the tech giant was shifting production of iPhones sold in the United States from China to India. “Assuming the current global tariff rates, policies, and applications
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Josh Campbell, Zachary Cohen, Haley Britzky and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has been examining whether it can label some suspected cartel and gang members inside the US as “enemy combatants” as a possible way to detain them more easily and limit their ability to challenge their imprisonment, according
Continue ReadingCNN By Kathleen Magramo, Abeer Salman, Todd Symons and Martin Goillandeau, CNN (CNN) — A Gaza-bound activist aid ship caught fire and issued an SOS, after what its organizers claimed was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters in the early hours of Friday. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Dress for the job you want? If that’s the case, one might wonder what the stars are trying to tell us with their embrace of big shoulders and skirt-suits that seem more fitting for the boardroom than an off-duty afternoon. Miley Cyrus is the latest in a slew of
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