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Facebook Tweet Email Link QUITO, Ecuador — He says he was 18 years old when he first joined a gang in Ecuador a decade ago. Now a senior commander with a wife and kids, the man almost casually acknowledges he’s contributing to the deadly drug trade plaguing the country. “Yes, I’m part of the problem,” he tells CNN’s David Culver, agreeing to talk, but only after dark, away from crowds and with his face disguised. “They gave me everything,” he says of the gang, insisting he joined them out of desperation. Ten years on, he says he won’t quit “because…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Jerusalem — Families of Israeli hostages kept captive in Gaza are calling for a nationwide general strike next Sunday, in protest of the Israeli security cabinet’s recent decision to expand the war and take over Gaza City. “We are shutting down the country to save the soldiers and the hostages,” said the relatives of the hostages in Tel Aviv. They were joined by the October 7 Council, which represents bereaved families of soldiers who fell at the start of the war. Organizers said the initiative would start as a grassroots effort primarily through private companies and…
Donald Trump Supreme Court justices Federal agencies Supreme Court See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is at war with the federal judiciary, evading court orders blocking its agenda, suing judges for alleged misconduct, and veering toward what multiple current and former federal judges say could be a constitutional crisis. The administration this summer sued the entire federal district court in Maryland after its chief judge temporarily blocked immigration removals. It also filed a judicial misconduct complaint recently against the chief judge of the powerful DC District Court, James “Jeb” Boasberg,…
Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link In case there was any doubt that President Donald Trump and his administration are on a legal retribution tour, this should just about settle it. Trump has often been under investigation during his political career — a fact owing to his near-constant efforts to push boundaries. But perhaps the four biggest examples? The Russia investigation; his Ukraine impeachment; January 6, 2021; and his personal legal troubles after leaving office (including those stemming from January 6). Less than seven months into Trump’s second term, key people…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents. Portraits of other recent predecessors with whom President Donald Trump has a contentious relationship, former President George W. Bush and his father, George H. W. Bush, have also been moved. Trump directed staff to move the Obama portrait to the top of the Grand Staircase, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, where it will now be out of…
Donald Trump Federal agencies US military Aviation news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump told reporters last month the donated Qatari jet could be ready for his use as Air Force One in February 2026, well ahead of the long-delayed delivery of two presidential planes from Boeing through a more traditional acquisition process. “They say February,” Trump said in late July, when asked by a reporter when he expected to be flying on the new plane. “Much sooner than the others. The others are being built.” But former Defense officials and aviation analysts express deep skepticism…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Not for the first time, European capitals are gripped with apprehension that Russian President Vladimir Putin will surgically divide the transatlantic alliance as well as get everything he wants in Ukraine. Ahead of the suddenly announced summit in Alaska on Friday between Putin and US President Donald Trump, one European diplomat, who declined to be named as they were not authorized to speak on the record, told CNN: “We are at risk of being a footnote in history.” In part, European fears are down to just how little is known about what the Kremlin has proposed…
A place for diplomacy, major announcements, celebrations, a wedding and even rare private moments, the White House Rose Garden has a storied tradition as a historic site in the backyard of a home that is also a workplace and museum. President Donald Trump’s summer renovations to the Rose Garden – paving in a grassy space to make it more like the patio at his Mar-a-Lago club – mark the latest iteration of a space that has evolved over time. “It has fulfilled John F. Kennedy’s vision of a garden that would endure and whose atmosphere, with the subtlety of its…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Jerusalem — An Israeli strike in Gaza City late Sunday night killed six journalists, according to Al-Shifa hospital, including four from Al Jazeera. The Israeli military said they targeted and killed reporter Anas Al-Sharif after accusing him of leading a Hamas cell. Mohammed Qreiqeh, another prominent Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza, was also killed in the strike, the network said. “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza,” Al Jazeera said in a statement after the…
Facebook Tweet Email Link Reuters — A senior official from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog will fly to Iran for talks on Monday, but no visit to nuclear sites is planned, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday. Since Israel launched its first military strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites during a 12-day war in June, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been unable to access Iran’s facilities, despite IAEA chief Rafael Grossi stating that inspections remain his top priority. Iran has accused the agency of effectively paving the way for the bombings by issuing a damning…