(CNN) — Kevin McAleenan, secretario interino de Seguridad Nacional desde abril y la cuarta persona en ocupar ese cargo desde que comenzó la presidencia de Trump, presentó su renuncia a la Casa Blanca el viernes, según le dijo una fuente a CNN. Una fuente familiarizada con el pensamiento de McAleenan le dice a CNN que
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Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch defied the White House on Friday in testifying before Congress, where she told lawmakers that President Donald Trump wanted her removed from her post based on “unfounded and false claims.” The closed-door testimony, coming after a congressional subpoena when the White House directed her not to appear, represented
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Drivers in east El Paso were shocked when their morning cup of coffee led to a $150 boot on their vehicle. Many that frequent the McDonald’s on George Dieter and Vista Del Sol are aware with the parking issues that come from that restaurant, often many of them do not find a spot on the
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After being arrested and charged with domestic violence last week, El Paso City Councilman Sam Morgan was noticeably absent Friday from a community meeting he had organized. “I would like to hear what happened,” said Erna Wuolikaine, one of his constituents. A few dozen northeast El Paso residents crowded the Denny’s on Woodrow Bean with
Continue Reading Nota del editor: Roberto Troya, vicepresidente para América Latina y el Caribe en WWF (World Wildlife Fund), es experto en política ambiental internacional, con una sólida experiencia en planificación estratégica y gestión. Tiene una maestría en derecho por la Facultad de Derecho de Harvard y un doctorado por la Universidad Católica de Ecuador. Las opiniones expresadas
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A recent drug bust in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, uncovered loads of cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, fentanyl, marijuana, and…. Nerds Rope candies. Except they weren’t real Nerds Ropes, but hundreds of packets of THC-laced edibles made to look exactly like the beloved children’s candy. With Halloween quickly approaching, the Johnstown Police Department is warning parents that the
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Beto O’Rourke said Friday that he raised $4.5 million in 2019’s third quarter — a three-month stretch that included a nearly two-week fundraising hiatus after the mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso and a surge in donations in the weeks that followed. That puts the former Texas congressman in ninth place among Democratic
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Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began, has submitted his resignation to the White House. President Trump confirmed his departure in a tweet Friday evening and said he would be announcing a new acting secretary in the next
Continue Reading A man found guilty of killing six members of his former wife’s family in Texas will die by lethal injection, a jury decided. The judge made the announcement Friday concerning the fate of Ronald Lee Haskell, 39, who was convicted in the 2014 killings of Stephen and Katie Stay and four of their five children
Continue Reading Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began, submitted his resignation to the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump announced Friday. “Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. We have worked well
Continue Reading Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was prevented from speaking at an event Monday morning in Washington after repeated interruptions by protesters. McAleenan, standing at the podium, immediately met vocal opposition from at least four protestors in the audience who stood with long black cloths inscribed with white writing that read, “Stand with immigrants,” and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Un incendio forestal de rápido crecimiento e impulsado por el viento se extendió por la noche del jueves en el área del norte de Los Ángeles, forzando órdenes de evacuación apresuradas para decenas de miles de personas. El incendio de Saddleridge saltó a través de las autopistas 210 y 5 durante la noche.
Continue Reading National Coming Out Day is here. Friday marks the 31st anniversary of National Coming Out Day, celebrated every year on October 11, the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The day is meant to celebrate the act of “coming out” — when an LGBT person decides to publicly share
Continue Reading Five students from a middle school in the Mississippi town of Ocean Springs have been arrested on suspicion of making threats to shoot up the school, authorities said. The students are 13-year-old boys, said Marcia Hill, a spokeswoman for the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. “These threats are no joke, and Sheriff (Mike) Ezell emphasizes investigators
Continue Reading Deutsche Bank does not have President Donald Trump’s tax returns, according to a federal appeals court that’s reviewed details of what financial information the bank could turn over to the House of Representatives regarding Trump. The news comes as a setback for House Democrats pushing to obtain Trump’s tax returns, and adds to the mystery
Continue Reading With meteorologists predicting a hard freeze in southeast Idaho for Wednesday, farmers rushed to harvest all their potatoes before the surprise cold snap ruined them. One farmer in Hamer, Idaho, about 30 miles north of Idaho Falls, wasn’t able to take in all his crop in time. So other farmers sent their workers, and “a
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Shepard Smith, the chief Fox News anchor who was despised by President Trump, said on his Friday program that after more than two decades at the network, he was stepping down and leaving the company. “This is my last newscast here,” Smith said, adding that he was “eternally grateful” to Fox for the opportunities it
Continue Reading For more than a year, Joseph Roh illegally manufactured AR-15-style rifles in a warehouse south of Los Angeles. His customers, more than two dozen of whom were legally prohibited from possessing a firearm, could push a button, pull a lever, and walk away a short time later with a fully assembled, untraceable semi-automatic weapon for
Continue Reading ISIS family members have attempted to escape from an encampment in northeastern Syria, a commander for the Kurdish forces that guard the site told CNN. Video footage showed what appeared to be chaotic scenes inside Al-Hol camp, which houses roughly 70,000 displaced people from ISIS-controlled areas, including relatives of ISIS members. Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces
Continue Reading A man who prosecutors say was driven by vengeance when he fatally shot six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas, including four children, was sentenced to death on Friday. Jurors sentenced Ronald Lee Haskell after deliberating for little more than four hours. The jury had to choose between life in prison without parole or
Continue Reading President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed a Republican Senate candidate in Minnesota who once said members of the Republican Party had “dual loyalties” to Israel and the “Jewish lobby” controlled the party. Those 2013 comments from Jason Lewis, a former one-term US congressman, drew criticism from several Jewish groups after CNN’s KFile first reported on
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Hey, Taylor Swift fans, the pop star just teased a new concert from a tiny desk. The Tiny Desk Concerts are part of NPR Music and filmed in Washington, DC, at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Swift posted on her Twitter that she was the next artist to take the desk.
Continue Reading President Donald Trump roiled some of his top allies in Congress this week with a surprise withdrawal from northern Syria. The move earned a rare chorus of criticism from Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and others. McConnell urged Trump to reconsider on Monday, noting that “American interests are best served by American leadership, not
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About 160 bodies have been buried in a mass grave in Juarez. The Juarez Medical Examiner’s Office designated them as unclaimed. The bodies were of people who died in hospitals, murder victims, migrants from Central America or those whose families could not afford a funeral. Juarez officials said DNA samples were taken from the bodies
Continue Reading Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Friday the US is not abandoning its Kurdish allies who are now under attack from Turkey’s military offensive into Syria, even as he made clear the US will not intervene in the fight. “We are not abandoning our Kurdish partner forces and US troops remain with them in other
Continue Reading (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU. Donald Trump perdió el viernes su apelación para detener una citación de la Cámara de sus documentos fiscales de su antiguo contador Mazars USA. En un fallo de 2-1, el Tribunal de Apelaciones de Estados Unidos para el Circuito del Distrito de Columbia confirmó un fallo de un tribunal
Continue Reading Three federal judges took direct aim at President Donald Trump’s immigration policies on Friday with three rulings blocking efforts to make it more difficult for immigrants who rely on public assistance to obtain legal status. One judge went as far as to call out key Trump ally Ken Cuccinelli for his attempt to tweak Emma
Continue Reading Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg did not win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize but that didn’t stop her from taking her call for greater action on climate change to Denver. Thunberg headlined a climate rally and strike Friday at the Greek Amphitheater in Civic Center Park. Event organizers included the International Indigenous Youth Council and
Continue Reading (CNN) — Una jueza federal en California es la tercera en bloquear la regla de “carga pública” de la administración Trump. La decisión impide que la regulación entre en vigencia en ubicaciones selectas, al contrario de los fallos anteriores de jueces federales en Washington y Nueva York, que se aplican en todo el país. La
Continue Reading Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has so far amassed the largest third quarter fundraising haul among the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, with $25.3 million, according to his campaign. He’s followed closely by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose haul over the same period was at $24.6 million, her campaign said. The two senators raised millions more in
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