Skip to content
The El Paso

The El Paso

Government

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

La Viña Wine Fest returns September 19-20

ANTHONY, New Mexico (KVIA) - The La Viña Wine Festival begins day one of it's two day celebration on Saturday at Noon offering people a chance to try over 20 different wines from their selection. While people sample wine, as much as their tickets attached to their wrist band incl...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 20, 2026

NHL top star facing backlash after supporting Putin’s party in Russian elections

By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Russian NHL hockey star Alexander Ovechkin is facing a wave of criticism after appearing in an election ad for President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. A video released ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections this weekend shows the hockey ...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 19, 2026

Las Cruces residents can ride bikes with the mayor later this month

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Las Cruces residents will have a chance to join with Las Cruces Mayor Eric Enriquez for the annual Mayor's Bike Ride later this month. The Mayor’s Bike Ride begins at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 at Plaza de Las Cruces, 100 N. Main St. The route is about 10 m...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 19, 2026

Texas boasts best annual job growth in United States

AUSTIN, Texas (KETK) - Labor data released by the Texas Workforce Commission on Friday revealed that Texas has outpaced the rest of the United States in job growth over the last year. Friday's data for August 2026 marked 12 months since the release of labor data in August 2025, a...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 19, 2026

#9OT Football Scoreboard: Week 4, 2026

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- KTSM 9 Overtime is back with all the high school football action! Four games took place on Thursday but were either postponed or cancelled due to lightning in the area. More games will continue on Friday. Tune in at 10:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, for 9 O...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 18, 2026

Warren Buffett steps down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Warren Buffett, who ended his decades-long tenure as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of last year, is giving up the chairman post he has held since 1970. Buffett, 96, will remain on the board to serve as chairman emeritus. His son Howard, a boar...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 18, 2026

Grocery stores are a free-market success story

Food prices are a political flashpoint. In America’s most recent presidential election, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris promised to ban “price gouging” on groceries, while Republican nominee Donald Trump said he would reduce prices by fixing supply chain issues. More recently, a...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 18, 2026

How a contested statistical model fueled doubts about the 2024 election

In April 2025, the Election Truth Alliance was a three-month-old Nevada nonprofit with a growing audience in anti-Trump online spaces and a claim that something about the 2024 presidential election did not add up. The group had released an analysis of the results in Pennsylvania ...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 18, 2026

Why youth sports fields are struggling to stay playable

Children who play sports are used to competing, but the fight is supposed to be over the ball—not the field on which teams play. Yet, around the country, athletic field access is becoming increasingly scarce, as nonprofit and municipal recreation centers face staffing shortages a...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 18, 2026

One place you won’t find President Trump? Starring in Republican ads

By Jeff Zeleny, David Wright, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump may be omnipresent in American politics, but one place you won’t find him during the midterm elections: starring in Republican TV ads. A new CNN analysis shows that Trump is a bit player – often seldom me...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 17, 2026

A dozen new call ups highlight USMNT roster for September-October window

(WCMH) -- The first U.S. men's soccer roster since the World Cup has been announced ahead of a lengthy international window. Head coach Mauricio Pochettino revealed his 28 selections for the upcoming September-October break as the USA is set to play four exhibition matches across...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 17, 2026

Talarico neck and neck with Paxton in new Texas Senate poll

Democrat James Talarico, a state lawmaker, and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton remain deadlocked in the Texas Senate race less than seven weeks out from Election Day, according to a new poll released Thursday. The Hill/Emerson College Polling survey found 47 percent of sta...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 17, 2026

House races for exit, avoiding vote on Hegseth impeachment

House lawmakers raced for the exits on Wednesday, trimming their final week in Washington ahead of the midterm elections and kicking a controversial vote to impeach Pete Hegseth into the lame duck session. House GOP leaders scrapped votes scheduled for Thursday, when the resoluti...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 17, 2026

Survey: Gen Z most receptive to political yard signs

According to AdImpact, the 2026 election spending will reach a record high of $11.6 billion. The money shows that political advertisers are chasing the long-running assumption that younger voters live online, while older voters are looking through the mailbox. A new survey, howev...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 17, 2026

City of El Paso approves new inspection rules for tattoo shops

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso tattoo and body art studios will be required to pass a city inspection before receiving or renewing their registration under an ordinance unanimously approved by the El Paso City Council. Inspections are not new for local tattoo shops. Under the pr...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 17, 2026

County conducts public voting equipment tests amid election

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso County Elections Department conducted public testing of voting and ballot-counting equipment on Wednesday, Sept. 16. Also known as a Public Logic and Accuracy (L & A) Test, the County Elections Department conducted a test of automatic tabulatin...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 16, 2026

Texas AG Commissioner calls for gas tax pause

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged Gov. Greg Abbott to temporarily suspend the state’s 20-cent-per-gallon gasoline and undyed diesel tax as gas prices remain above $3. Gas prices have not fallen below $3 since the war with Iran began in Febru...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 16, 2026

Texas agriculture commissioner asks Abbott to suspend gas tax

var cachebuster = Math.round(new Date().getTime() / 1000); var player = new Playerjs({id:"player_bc4f8c07-739e-4b1a-b015-66af73c8fbbe", file:"https://vz-b56b3373-39a.b-cdn.net/bc4f8c07-739e-4b1a-b015-66af73c8fbbe/playlist.m3u8", poster:"https://vz-b56b3373-39a.b-cdn.net/bc4f8c07-...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026

The Kennedy Center is ‘temporarily’ closed — and a judge has questions

By Sunlen Serfaty, Boer Deng, CNN (CNN) — One day after a dramatic meeting of the arts institution’s Board of Trustees, during which members – many of whom are allies of President Donald Trump – voted to close its doors , lights inside the Kennedy Center’s main building appeared ...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026

Fed hikes interest rates by quarter point

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in several years in the face of stubborn inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, voted unanimously to increase the central bank's benchmark interest rat...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 16, 2026

What Kevin Warsh said about the Fed’s first rate hike since 2023

By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time in more than three years in a renewed fight against inflation, which has picked up since early in the year due to the war with Iran. Officials voted unanimously to rais...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026

House cuts week short, will leave DC on Wednesday

House GOP leaders have cut short the final legislative week before the midterm elections, announcing that lawmakers will leave Washington after Wednesday’s votes....

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 16, 2026

House to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote

By Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Heg...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026

Tiny English village votes to split from UK in spat over migrant center

By Jack Guy, CNN London (CNN) — A tiny rural village in central England has voted to secede from the United Kingdom in protest over plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a former military site nearby. The referendum took place on Tuesday in Piddington, Oxfordshire, with an o...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026

Hyundai’s Pleos Puts a New Operating System in the Car

(TestMiles) - Pleos Connect adds conversational AI, native apps and over-the-air updates as Hyundai prepares the software for millions of vehicles. A New Kind of Dashboard Is Leaving the Lab The next major change inside a Hyundai, Kia or Genesis may not be an engine, a battery or...

KTSM 9 News (NBC)Sep 16, 2026

EU announces plan to ban social media for under 13s

By Hanna Ziady, CNN (CNN) — The European Union is moving to ban social media for under 13s across the bloc and impose restrictions on the digital technology for older children, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Wednesday. The move to develop EU-wide rul...

KVIA ABC-7Sep 16, 2026