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Month: October 2026

ECB President Christine Lagarde signals no intervention in France’s fiscal crisis

By John Liu, Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — The president of the European Central Bank played down speculation about intervention in France’s ballooning budget crisis on Wednesday. Asked whether there are plans for the ECB to step in, Christine Lagarde said the solution to the precarious financial state of the European Union’s second-largest economy would

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White House press secretary Katie Zacharia speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Tuesday.

White House officials question how long Katie Zacharia can last after ‘brutal’ press briefing

By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes, Alayna Treene, Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Several White House officials are questioning how long Katie Zacharia will keep the press secretary job after her first briefing Tuesday, saying her performance was unlikely to satisfy President Donald Trump. Several advisers and officials offered negative reviews of the briefing to CNN,

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Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — As President Donald Trump and his administration have ratcheted up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian refineries, citing harm to American consumers, they have remained silent on recent Russian strikes on US businesses in Ukraine. Russia has escalated its attacks on facilities tied to American corporations – and

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A trial over one of the biggest acts of sabotage in decades is getting underway. Here’s a refresher

By Billy Stockwell, CNN (CNN) — It started with a stream of bubbles rising to the surface of the Baltic Sea. Seven months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, explosions burst through two Nord Stream gas pipelines – Russia’s controversial gas highway into Europe – in the waters between Sweden and Poland. Investigators

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Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins

Trump’s foreign policy, Epstein and corruption allegations loom over Senate debates in Maine, Georgia and Iowa

By Annie Grayer, Steve Contorno, Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — One Republican tried to put distance between herself and President Donald Trump on trade and the Iran war. Another focused her criticism on Trump’s diesel deal with Russia. And a third tried to turn one of the GOP’s biggest political liabilities against their Democratic rival.

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