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CNN — Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The accused men were taken from prisons and jails around Mexico on February 27 and flown to the US to face a variety of charges in court, according to the US Department of Justice. Analysts told CNN en Español that this is likely the largest single extradition of its kind in the history of US-Mexico relations. Here’s what you need to know…
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — It might be hard to get super interested in the back and forth of the budget bills bouncing around Capitol Hill, but they could have huge consequences for Americans’ everyday lives. House Republicans found a way to start the ball rolling Tuesday by convincing all but one Republican to buy into a budget bill, the first step in a process, exempt from the filibuster in the Senate, to extend trillions in expiring tax cuts originally passed…
CNN — A bust of Winston Churchill will gaze at Keir Starmer on Thursday as he executes one of the trickiest visits by a British Prime Minister with a US president since the days of the great World War II leader. Starmer has a critical mission in the Oval Office — to peel Donald Trump away from Russian President Vladimir Putin, to extract security guarantees for Ukraine following an eventual peace deal and to save the transatlantic alliance. His chances of success seem slim. French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington on a similar quest Monday and, despite rekindling his bromance…
New York CNN — Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen is resigning immediately from the grocery store chain following an investigation that found his personal conduct was “inconsistent” with the company’s ethics policies. Last month, Kroger said it was “made aware of certain personal conduct” of McMullen, prompting the board to conduct an investigation. No additional details about what it discovered was revealed, but the company said his conduct isn’t related to the company’s “financial performance, operations or reporting, and it did not involve any Kroger associates.” Ronald Sargent, who’s been on Kroger’s board of directors since 2006, will serve as its…
Rome CNN — Pope Francis is in stable condition and does not have a fever, the Vatican said on Sunday, days after he suffered from a sudden respiratory episode in hospital where he has been battling double pneumonia. While there are currently no direct impacts to Pope Francis’ health from the respiratory episode on Friday, doctors are continuing to guard the pope’s prognosis, according to Vatican sources Sunday who said the “picture is still complex” and that the “risk of crisis” remains. The 88-year-old pontiff suffered a sudden episode of respiratory difficulty on Friday, which was complicated by vomiting, and…
The violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, now recognized as a national security threat under the Trump administration, began in El Paso. For years, the FBI and Border Patrol have been sounding alarms, warning that this ruthless gang was on the rise. Their concerns fell on deaf ears until the gang’s reach began to infiltrate cities across the U.S.For the first time, Fox News sat down in El Paso with leaders from Border Patrol and the FBI, who were the first to discover and identify TdA.”We were really able to sound the alarm working together, I think it immediately became…
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CNN — Across a wide range of issues, President Donald Trump is seeking to impose the restrictive social agenda that has spread throughout red states onto blue states that have almost uniformly rejected it. In a flurry of early executive orders, Trump has threatened to cut off federal funds for states, cities, hospitals and universities unless they adopt a wide range of conservative social policies, such as banning transgender girls from competing in high school sports and ending diversity programs in education and employment. Since most red states have already adopted these policies, the principal effect of Trump’s orders is…
CNN — Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, shared a peaceful and private life, rich in adventure, art and genuine love, before their unexpected deaths, their friends fondly remember. Their close, longtime friends, Daniel and Barbara Lenihan said the couple, who was found dead Wednesday in their New Mexico home, had chosen to live in a quiet area, tucked away inside a home they built atop 12 acres of land up in the mountains just outside of Santa Fe. “They were very private, and we certainly respected that,” Barbara told CNN, adding that Arakawa rarely used cell phones and…
A suburban Chicago man accused of killing seven people and injuring 48 others in the 2022 Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, agreed to flip his plea to guilty in court on Monday.Robert Crimo III, 24, faces 21 counts of first-degree murder – three counts for each person killed – as well as 48 counts of attempted murder. He initially pleaded not guilty to all 69 charges.In court, the judge asked Crimo if he understood there would not be a trial should he plead guilty. Crimo responded that he understood and changed his plea to guilty on all charges.A…