By Aileen Graef, Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — Eleanor Holmes Norton, the longtime nonvoting delegate for Washington, DC, moved Sunday to end her House reelection campaign as the 88-year-old Democrat faces questions about her fitness for office. Norton’s campaign filed a notice of termination to the Federal Election Commission on Sunday. CNN has reached out
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(CNN) — Democrats will block a government spending bill following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, the Senate minority leader said Saturday – dramatically increasing the chances of a partial government shutdown next week.
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By Taylor Galgano, CNN (CNN) — One week ago, Destiny Jackson spoke with CNN about her family of eight getting tear gassed in Minneapolis while stopped on their way home from her son’s basketball game on January 14. The family says they did not realize an anti-ICE protest was happening around them when they first
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CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN (CNN) — A year ago, few Americans knew Gregory Bovino’s name. Now he’s the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. And everything from the Border Patrol commander-at-large’s tactics in the field to his wardrobe choices have become lightning rods in a storm with no end in sight. On
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By Ibrahim Dahman, Abeer Salman, Tim Lister and Tal Shalev, CNN (CNN) — Two Palestinian boys have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting firewood, according to their families. The boys were cousins: Mohammad and Suleiman Al Zawaraa. Mohammad was 14; Suleiman a year younger, according to hospital authorities. They were killed on
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By Ray Sanchez, Emily Smith, CNN (CNN) — Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man in Minneapolis Saturday, drawing crowds of angry protesters to the shooting scene in a city already reeling from two other shootings by federal law enforcement this month. The shooting occurred on a frigid morning as federal agents, seen in
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By Kevin Liptak, Lauren Kent, CNN Washington, DC, and London (CNN) — US President Donald Trump praised British troops Saturday after sustained outrage over comments he made this week downplaying the sacrifices of NATO forces in Afghanistan. “The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Brenda Goodman, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — As public health departments across the country prepared for a massive winter storm this weekend, notice landed in their inboxes that pivotal grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was paused. No more money could be spent. Within hours, a US
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By Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — Beware of the AI chatbot that becomes more than just a friend, or worse, an emotional crutch. Pope Leo XIV has warned about overly “affectionate” chatbots, urging regulation to prevent humans from forming serious emotional bonds with their AI companions. The US-born pontiff, writing in a message ahead of
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By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman and Eugenia Yosef (CNN) — Winter cold and rains as well as malnutrition are still killing people in Gaza, despite the ceasefire being in its fourth month. Ten children in Gaza have died from hypothermia since the beginning of the winter, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday. A three-month
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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to slap 100% tariffs on Canadian imports if America’s second-biggest trading partner makes a trade deal with China. The comments threaten to deepen the divide between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, after back-and-forth threats to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, including
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By Evan Perez, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was
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By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — Bundled up in his tiny plaid coat and blue knit bunny hat, 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos looks terrified as strangers take him away from his home in Minnesota. A masked federal agent walks behind the preschooler, holding the handle of his Spiderman backpack as Liam gets into a snow-streaked
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling toward much of the United States, according to two sources familiar with the directive. The concern is that the word
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — It will be a make-or-break test for mayors across the country: A weekend snowstorm so intense that it could hit two-thirds of the American population and shut down schools, roads and critical infrastructure for days to come. For Zohran Mamdani, nearly a month into the job as
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By Jeff Zeleny, Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The Republican National Committee voted Friday to hold a midterm political convention, launching an unusual GOP festival that President Donald Trump will headline in hopes of rallying supporters to focus on the critical fall fight for control of Congress. To fulfill Trump’s wish of staging a political
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By CNN Lead Meteorologist Brandon Miller (CNN) — A major winter storm, one of the most extreme and expansive in years, is starting to develop over the Plains and will impact much of the United States. Over the next few days, the storm will drop up to a foot of snow and crippling amounts of
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By Kara Fox, CNN London (CNN) — A British man pleaded guilty in a UK court on Friday to drugging and raping his now former wife over a 13-year period. Philip Young admitted 48 of the 56 charges against him, pleading guilty to 14 counts of voyeurism, 11 of rape, and 11 of administering a
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CNN By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — Only a few years ago, seeing scores of women strolling around New York City in real animal fur coats would have seemed unimaginable. Fur has been out of fashion for so long that it’s been decades since Vogue’s Anna Wintour was regularly seen wearing it. (In one of
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to deport dozens of Iranians back to their home country as soon as this Sunday, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. It would be the first known deportation flight to Iran from the United States since sweeping anti-government protests broke out in the
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Days after Brooklyn Peltz Beckham exposed the depth of his rift with his parents, David and Victoria Beckham, in a blistering Instagram post, the DJ who performed at his wedding has offered his account of the now-infamous dance that contributed to the feud. Nicola Peltz Beckham, Brooklyn’s new wife,
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By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A Virginia man on trial for double-homicide will testify in his own defense, his lawyer says. Prosecutors say Brendan Banfield concocted an elaborate scheme to kill his wife, Christine Banfield, and another man, Joseph Ryan, in their family home in February 2023. He faces life in prison if
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — Powerful storms like the one expected this weekend can be dangerous, in some instances potentially cutting off heat, power and communication services for days — and sometimes even longer. To make sure you’re best prepared, start with some basics: Learn how to keep your pipes from freezing by opening
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By Amarachi Orie and Pierre P Bairin, CNN (CNN) — France’s famed high-speed rail service TGV INOUI is facing a backlash after introducing a new premium-class carriage that bans children. As of January 8, national rail operator SNCF has been offering “Optimum” class on many TGV INOUI routes to and from Paris, according to the
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By Josh Campbell, Eric Levenson, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and the largest cocaine distributor in Canada, according to officials, has been arrested and is being placed in US custody. Ryan Wedding was one of FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives, with a $15 million reward for his capture, after being
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By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has once again questioned whether NATO allies would “be there” if the United States “ever needed them,” baselessly claiming that the alliance’s troops “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. “I’ve always said, ‘Will they be there, if we ever needed them?’
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By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, who star as hockey players entangled in a secret romance in the HBO Max smash “Heated Rivalry,” have been named as official torchbearers for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. The duo are among several torchbearers tasked with carrying the Olympic Flame from Rome
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Three Democratic senators are sounding the alarm about lucrative contracts and loans the Pentagon provided to companies linked to Donald Trump Jr. In a letter sent Thursday to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the lawmakers – Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Andy Kim and Richard Blumenthal – requested information
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN London (CNN) — Usama Ghanem learned the stifling censorship that shrouded public spaces in Egypt early in life, and still recalls criticizing the “stupid” regime under former President Hosni Mubarak in elementary school. Immediately, his teacher hushed him. “Nobody was allowed to say anything,” Ghanem, now a 22-year-old student in
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By Hannah Keyser (CNN) — Then there were four. A couple more classics decided in overtime (and a couple more, shall we say, uneven games) in the divisional round have brought us to the conference championships. This weekend will determine who plays in the Super Bowl. Sure, that’s the Big Game, but these tilts decide
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