President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to hero Welles Crowther at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, quipping that he didn't like that Crowther has become "much more famous than me." Known as the “Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther led people to safety at the World Trade Center’s South Tower before he died in its collapse.
President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to hero Welles Crowther at an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, quipping that he didn't like that Crowther has become "much more famous than me." Known as the “Man in the Red Bandana,” Crowther led people to safety at the World Trade Center’s South Tower before he died in its collapse.
The head of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch III has announced he will retire — the role placed him at the very center of President Trump’s effort to re-shape the world’s largest museum institution. CNN's René Marsh reports.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington’s interview with ABC’s "Good Morning America" has some scratching their heads over his public comments over a possible plea deal and an appeal to President Donald Trump for a pardon. CNN’s Jean Casarez reports.
Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of more than 170,000 pages of undisclosed records showing city officials at the time knew the conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public.
The Trump administration plans to reinstall Arlington National Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial, defying a congressionally mandated commission, while removing language explaining how the monument romanticizes the Confederacy and sanitizes slavery. CNN's Jake Tapper reports. This story was first reported by the Washington Post.
ICE agents clashed with protesters after they locked arms to prevent officers from entering a home in Frederick, Maryland.
A search is underway for a small plane carrying four people that went missing off the Bahamas coast on Monday, officials said.
CNN obtained video showing a crew member jumping from a cargo plane after it overran the runway at Miami International Airport. At least five people in vehicles struck by the aircraft were killed, according to officials.
