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¿Cómo ver la luna de la cosecha de septiembre y a Saturno?

Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Prepárate para un doble deleite celestial. La primera luna llena del otoño boreal alcanzará su máximo esplendor en el cielo nocturno este fin de semana, y los observadores del cielo también tendrán la oportunidad de ver a Saturno. La Luna alcanzará su m...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 25, 2026

Trump wants to take a page out of the Biden energy playbook

By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — In January 2024, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the Biden administration for freezing approvals for new plants to export US liquefied natural gas. When he won the election, in part by slamming the Biden-Harris “war on energy,” ...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 25, 2026

‘Love Me’: White House airs government-funded ad praising Trump

By Patrick Svitek, CNN (CNN) — With the midterm elections approaching, the White House is airing a new TV ad promoting President Donald Trump and his policies that says it is “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” The unusual 30-second commercial shows rapidly edited pictures and vid...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 24, 2026

Republicans in tough races are suddenly concerned about ICE, too

By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — One of the surest signs that Republicans are quite concerned about the 2026 midterm elections is the sudden onslaught of them distancing themselves from President Doanld Trump and his unpopular policies. They’ve called for an end to the Iran war, criti...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 24, 2026

Ken Paxton's estranged wife tells GOP women: Vote Republican 'even if we’re mad'

Texas state Rep. Angela Paxton (R) told a group of conservative women to vote Republican “even if we’re mad at them,” marking the first time she has publicly weighed in on her estranged husband's Senate race as he trails in the polls. Paxton filed for divorce in July 2025 from Te...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 23, 2026

Socorro ISD leader responds to conservatorship removal

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - Socorro Independent School District Superintendent James Vasquez and Board President Michael Najera held a press conference Thursday morning, Sept. 24, to address the removal of the Texas Education Agency conservators from the Socorro Independent School Di...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 23, 2026

Voters are turning to AI on politics. Is it up to the task?

(The Hill) -- Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in how voters get information about politics and elections, raising fresh questions about how the technology could influence the way voters stay informed. From chatbots to standard internet searches, voters this elec...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 23, 2026

Trump’s midterm woes deepen amid worsened economic backdrop: CNN poll

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — With President Donald Trump at record unpopularity, Republicans are facing an even bleaker midterm political landscape than they did eight years ago, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds. Nationally, voters say they prefer Democratic candidate...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 23, 2026

Canutillo ISD OKs lower tax rate than year before

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The Canutillo Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a lower tax rate for the 2026-27 school year than they did the year before, the district announced. The CISD Board of Trustees adopted the tax rate on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The district wil...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 23, 2026

A new generation is set to get behind the wheel

After years of hearing about Gen Z putting off getting a license , does the next generation have the same attitude about driving? As the oldest members of Gen Alpha are getting ready to drive, CarMax commissioned a survey of 1,000 teens ages 14-16 to get their thoughts about gett...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 22, 2026

Another GOP candidate tries to distance himself from Trump

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The GOP candidate for Florida governor , Rep. Byron Donalds, has removed several references to Donald Trump from his campaign website, as a growing number of Republicans try to distance themselves from the unpopular president ahead of elec...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 22, 2026

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questions whether a Latina can be elected president

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is giving herself a deadline. The 36-year-old ascendant leader of the Democratic Party’s progressive movement will decide whether to run for president in 2028 after the upcoming midterm elections. In a...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 22, 2026

Trump floats 'big decision' at UN on whether he'll 'annihilate' Iran or make deal

President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that he has a major decision coming on the U.S. war in Iran and predicted a deal could be reached between the two countries after November’s midterm elections. “I have a big decision to make,” Trump told the inte...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 22, 2026

El Paso County renews crisis intervention partnership with EHN

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso County Commissioners Court approved an agreement worth up to $513,689 to continue a crisis intervention partnership between the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and Emergence Health Network. The Crisis Intervention Team, or CIT, responds to people e...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 22, 2026

GOP leaders face challenge from lame-duck lawmakers in both parties

Lame-duck lawmakers in the lower chamber are going out with guns blazing. In a series of extraordinary moves ahead of the midterms, soon-to-depart members forced votes on long-shot impeachments, carried discharge petitions over the top, and hopped the aisle to help the opposing p...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 21, 2026

Florida fishing charter makes an unexpected catch: A US military drone

By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Speckled trout, redfish, flounder, mackerel, sharks. These are what you might expect to reel in while fishing off the Florida panhandle on any given day. But on Saturday, a group aboard a fishing charter were met with an unexpected encounter: a US mili...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 21, 2026

Is Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz doomed as far right wins again?

By Sebastian Shukla, CNN Berlin (CNN) — “It is a disaster.” Those were the words of a forlorn-looking German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he addressed his party in the seconds after regional elections handed his center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) their second and third electo...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 21, 2026

Paramount nears merger settlement, but some key state AGs are not on board yet

By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Paramount is in advanced talks with state attorneys general to resolve the antitrust lawsuit blocking its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company. But the talks are creating divisions among some of the Democratic states that broug...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 20, 2026

Mayor Zohran Mamdani to meet with President Trump in New York City

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN New York (CNN) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with President Donald Trump on Monday ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, Mamdani’s office said Sunday. The meeting will take place at Gracie Mansion, the mayoral residence in Manhattan...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 20, 2026