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Frustration mounts as GOP infighting derails House

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with the infighting that has brought work in the House to a halt and caused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send lawmakers home early for the second week in a row. Republican rebels are fuming over a voter ID bill and what they say ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 2, 2026

El Paso ISD to discuss filling 2 board seats

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Wednesday, the El Paso Independent School District Board of Trustees will discuss the next steps to fill two vacancies on its board. Former board members Daniel Call and Valerie Beals announced their resignations shortly after the district voted to de...

KVIA ABC-7Jul 1, 2026

EPISD board to discuss hiring process for vacant districts

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Independent School District's Board of Trustees is set to discuss the hiring process to fill vacancies in Districts 6 and 7. According to district officials, the ad hoc committee, comprised of Trustees Jack Loveridge and Alex Cuellar, with the ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 1, 2026

Doña Ana County challenges state order on finances

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Doña Ana County officials are challenging an order they received from the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration last week. County Commissioner Manuel Sanchez said the County disagrees with a statute the state agency is relying on to require t...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jul 1, 2026

House conservatives block rule advancing NDAA, stalling key bills

A band of conservative hardliners on Tuesday blocked a procedural rule that would have teed up debate and final votes on a slate of legislation, dealing a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aimed to advance the annual defense authorization bill this week. The lower chambe...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 30, 2026

Trump launches midterm offensive against Democrats over 'communism'

President Trump is seizing on a series of far-left wins in Democratic primaries to paint the opposition party as dangerous “communists” about four months out from midterm elections. The president has never shied away from painting Democrats as far left, but his recent messaging ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 30, 2026

Desert express: UAE launches first national passenger rail network

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Paying passengers have been welcomed aboard the United Arab Emirates’ first national rail service as the initial phase of a long-awaited express train network that will eventually connect 11 cities across the region opened to the public. The fir...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 30, 2026

Trump está perdiendo su batalla con la Reserva Federal

Análisis por Bryan Mena, CNN A lo largo de su segundo mandato, el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, ha intentado doblegar a la Reserva Federal a su voluntad. Pero este lunes sufrió su mayor revés hasta la fecha. El año pasado, Trump intentó destituir a Lisa Cook, miembro de...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 30, 2026

Justice Sotomayor received concert tickets from Bad Bunny’s label

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor received more than $4,000 in concert tickets from a Puerto Rican record label that counts Bad Bunny among its clients, according to a financial disclosure report made public Monday. Sotomayor, a member of the court’s liberal...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 29, 2026

Mayor’s tie-breaking vote blocks funding for El Paso Welcome Center

Rising tensions on El Paso’s City Council came to a head last week when representatives and Mayor Renard Johnson took the rare step of reversing a decision made an hour earlier. One council member said the reversal was vengeance over unsuccessful efforts by three city represe...

El Paso MattersJun 29, 2026

SCOTUS rebuffs GOP bid to block counting of late-arriving mail ballots

By Devin Dwyer In a ruling with direct bearing on the midterm elections, the Supreme Court on Monday narrowly upheld a Mississippi law allowing tabulation of late-arriving mail-in ballots so long as they were postmarked by Election Day. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing fo...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 29, 2026

JetBlue pilot reports striking drone while landing at JFK International Airport

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A JetBlue Airways passenger jet reported striking a drone on Monday while preparing to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed. The pilot aboard JetBlue Flight 9...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 29, 2026

Sotomayor warns expansion of presidential firing power will ‘unleash only chaos’

Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a sharp dissent from the bench on Monday after the court overturned a nearly century-old precedent on presidential firing power, arguing the majority’s decision grants President Trump and future presidents “unbridled authority” that undermines th...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 29, 2026

Delcy Rodríguez enfrenta su mayor prueba de liderazgo: ¿podrá superarla?

Análisis por Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español Venezuela enfrenta una de las peores catástrofes naturales del país en el último siglo con un escenario político marcado por la incertidumbre. El desafío humanitario de los terremotos pone al Gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delc...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 29, 2026

Sun Bowl Association to install new president, honor volunteers

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Sun Bowl Association will honor its volunteers and install its new board of directors and advisers, including a new board president, on Sunday, June 28 during a ceremony at the El Paso Zoo. The Sun Bowl Association is a volunteer-based nonprofit organ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 28, 2026

‘Odyssey’ fever grips the Classics world

By David Mack (CNN) — As fans of Christopher Nolan eagerly await the July 17 release of his take on “The Odyssey,” a different kind of enthusiast is also bristling with anticipation: scholars and other devotees of the ancient world. At universities and high schools across the...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 28, 2026

House Democrats brace for headaches with growing left wing

The election of a trio of far-left candidates in New York’s primaries could create headaches for House Democratic leadership determined to stage a unified and effective pushback to President Trump should the party retake the chamber. Recent years under Republican leadership have ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 27, 2026

Texas education board votes to make Bible passages required reading

BySynai Ferrell and Mason Leib June 26, 2026, 4:58 PM The Texas State Board of Education has voted to make Bible passages required reading in public schools. The education board, which is controlled by Republicans, voted to pass a new required reading list on Friday by a...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 26, 2026

Senate GOP scrambling for a strategy to please Trump on SAVE America Act

Senate Republicans are scrambling for a strategy to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a sweeping election reform bill, along with $67 billion to $350 billion in defense spending after holding a contentious meeting with President Trump this week. Tr...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 26, 2026

What to know about democratic socialists

Democratic socialists are gaining ground on the national political scene, championing left-of-establishment ideals and rattling mainstream Democrats with big wins ahead of the midterms. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed the democratic socialist movement further into the ...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Jun 26, 2026

Supreme Court rules to limit asylum requests along US-Mexico border

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump Administration Thursday to limit asylum policies in the country. International ports of entry won't be considered pathways for migrants to apply for asylum. The justices voted 6-3 to overturn a lower c...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 25, 2026

Josh Shapiro says he has ‘profound’ differences with Mamdani-backed candidate

By David Wright, CNN (CNN) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told CNN’s Dana Bash in an interview Thursday that he had “profound differences” with one of the candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in Tuesday’s primary elections, underscoring Democratic Party f...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 25, 2026

Trump’s fixation on election overhaul bill derails GOP agenda on Capitol Hill

By Sarah Ferris, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — A nasty feud over President Donald Trump’s elections overhaul push has further crippled an already-dysfunctional Congress, leaving Republicans unable to move on critical elements of their agenda. Weeks of tumult fueled by Trump’s dema...

KVIA ABC-7Jun 25, 2026