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Month: June 2022

Laxalt, the top candidate in Nevada’s Senate GOP primary, looks ahead to challenging Cortez Masto

By Kyung Lah, CNN Even with the clock still ticking down to Tuesday’s Nevada primary, Republican Senate candidate Adam Laxalt has already set his sights on November — and his would-be opponent, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto. “She’s the most vulnerable senator in America,” Laxalt told a group of supporters in Summerlin, a suburban neighborhood

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Microsoft reaches agreement to remain neutral in Activision Blizzard union efforts

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Microsoft on Monday announced it has entered into a labor neutrality agreement with Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union that has been supporting Activision Blizzard employees in their organizing efforts. The agreement, unusual in the tech industry, has the potential to ease the path for workers at Activision Blizzard

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Police say men linked to a White supremacist group planned to riot. Here’s what we know about Patriot Front, its young leader and how it’s different

By Holly Yan, CNN When “a little army” of men with shields and other riot gear was spotted near a Pride parade in Idaho on Saturday, authorities soon linked the men to a relatively new White nationalist group and charged them with conspiracy to riot. “It is clear to us based on the gear that

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Ramadan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. In 2023, Ramadan is expected to begin at sundown on March 22 and end on April 21. (Dates may vary slightly by country depending on the first sighting of the crescent moon.) https://www.almanac.com/content/when-start-ramadan Facts Ramadan is the ninth month of

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US national security adviser meets China’s top diplomat, paving way for potential Biden-Xi meeting

By Kevin Liptak, CNN US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met in Luxembourg on Monday with the top Chinese diplomat for a “candid, substantive, and productive discussion” at a tense moment between their two countries, according to the White House. The talks, which hadn’t been announced beforehand, ran four-and-a-half hours. They came as a potential

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Biden signs bill that creates panel to study possible National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture

By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday signed what he described as “long overdue” legislation that could help establish a National Museum of Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture. “It’s about time for a national museum to capture the courage, the character, and the imagination … the dreams

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Capitol Police officer Goodman says mob on January 6 looked like ‘something out of medieval times’ at trial of man who carried Confederate flag

By Ellie Kaufman Officer Eugene Goodman, the US Capitol Police officer who led the mob of protesters away from the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, as senators and then-Vice President Mike Pence were evacuating, testified on Monday that the mob breaching the Capitol and breaking into the lower levels of the building “looked like

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State Department officials meet with Griner’s WNBA team

WASHINGTON (AP) — State Department officials have met with representatives of Brittney Griner’s WNBA team about the Phoenix Mercury star’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release. The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved officials from its specialized office that advocates for hostages and wrongfully detained Americans. The

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