Start your week smart: Gymnast stripped of medal, Brazil plane crash, Trump campaign hack, fighting inside Russia
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Shoppers looking for backyard barbecue or back-to-school supplies are in for a spooky surprise: Stores are rolling out their Halloween merchandise earlier than ever. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. • US gymnast Jordan Chiles will be stripped of a bronze medal after the International Olympic Committee reallocated it to Romania’s Ana Bărbosu. Team USA won the gold in men’s basketball with a thrilling victory over host France, and the gold medal race between the US and China comes down to the final day. Follow live updates.• A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed outside São Paulo, Brazil, killing everyone on board. Dramatic footage circulating on social media showed the plane’s fall and its destroyed fuselage in flames on the ground.• Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said it had been hacked and blamed Iran, though it’s not clear who was responsible for the hack. A news outlet reported that it had received emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside the campaign.• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that has become a major embarrassment for the Kremlin.• Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, a tech pioneer who was one of Google’s earliest employees, died after living with lung cancer for two years, according to her husband. She was 56. MondayTrump says he will be interviewed by Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who publicly endorsed Trump’s presidential bid on his social media platform X. Relations haven’t always been so friendly between the two billionaires. Musk quit serving on two White House business councils in 2017 after Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. But for the last several years Musk has repeatedly shown support for Trump — and opposition to President Joe Biden. TuesdayConnecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin will hold nonpresidential primary elections. ThursdayMediators from the US, Qatar and Egypt are expected to present what they have called a “final bridging proposal” that urges Israel and Hamas to agree on a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. A source familiar with the discussions told CNN last week that a meeting is being planned in either Cairo or Doha, although Israel and Hamas had not yet confirmed their attendance. The three countries have been leading mediation efforts to strike a deal and US officials claimed they were getting close before the political leader of Hamas, a principal negotiator on the deal, was killed in Iran in a blast widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Israelis. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.
From an explosive sit-down with the leader of war-torn Ukraine to an unexpectedly friendly meeting with a Democratic socialist mayor-elect, the Oval Office has hosted some of the most dramatic moments of President Donald Trump’s first year back in office.
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Before the stealth bombers streaked through the Middle Eastern night, or the missiles rained down on suspected terrorists in Africa, or commandos snatched a South American president from his bedroom, or the icy slopes of Greenland braced for the threat of invasion, there was an idea at the White House.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over a Hawaii law that bars people from carrying guns onto private property without the explicit approval of the property owner, a measure intended to reduce guns in retail stores and other businesses open to the public.
An Indiana state court judge and his wife were in stable condition Monday as authorities continued to search for suspects who shot the couple the day before at their Lafayette home.
A giant reproduction of a birthday message bearing Donald Trump’s name that was included in a collection of letters gifted to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein decades ago has been erected on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he’s openly trying to annex.
A military recruiter in Minnesota, pointing to fears over the ongoing ICE operations in Minneapolis, promoted joining the National Guard to high school students highlighting a program that can offer the immediate family of service members some protection against deportation.
More than two weeks after the stunning US raid on Caracas that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the political confrontation over the future of Venezuela is rapidly coalescing around two leaders, both women, who represent different visions for their country: the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, who stands for continuity, and opposition leader María Corina Machado, who seeks the restoration of democracy.
President Donald Trump is one day away from the one-year mark of his second term. Over the past week, CNN has rolled out a series of poll findings on where Americans stand on his performance so far.
Democrats are kicking off the process of setting their 2028 presidential primary calendar this month, after 12 states submitted applications to lead the process.
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Few Americans are satisfied with the amount of evidence released in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with most saying they believe the government is intentionally holding back information.