US temporarily suspends operations at Kabul airport as Afghans rush airfield
Video shows people clinging to the fuselage of a US military aircraft as it taxied at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. CNN has reached…
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Historic increase in food stamp benefits is on the way
By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October — the largest increase in the…
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Though the pace of consumer price inflation slowed in July, prices continue to rise as the economy recovers from the pandemic. CNN’s Matt Egan…
Continue Reading Texas’ high court halts mask rules as counties defy governor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican…
Continue Reading Chaos is unfolding in Afghanistan. Here’s what you need to know.
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Taliban edged closer to solidifying control of Afghanistan on Sunday, including entering the presidential palace in Kabul…
Continue Reading US curtailing evacuation flights of Afghans to US for now to prioritize Americans
By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has curtailed the number of government-sponsored evacuation…
Continue Reading Top US general says terror groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than expected
By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Melanie Zanona, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing for…
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken defends the Biden administration evacuation of Afghanistan in an interview with CNN’s Jake…
Continue Reading Top Republican on foreign affairs committee slams Biden over ‘unmitigated disaster’ in Afghanistan
By Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed the Biden administration over the rapidly…
Continue Reading Hochul vows ‘zero tolerance’ in her administration once she becomes New York governor
Kathy Hochul will become New York’s first female…
Continue Reading Hochul vows ‘zero tolerance’ in her administration once she becomes New York governor
By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will make history as the female governor of New York, on Sunday vowed to uphold…
Continue Reading State Department ‘pushing the envelope’ by offering Dark Web informants cryptocurrency rewards for information on hackers attacking the United States
By Alex Marquardt, CNN As hackers and cybersecurity experts descended on Las Vegas last week for the famous cyber conference Black Hat, they may have…
Continue Reading Biden officials admit miscalculation as Afghanistan’s national forces and government rapidly fall
By Kevin Liptak and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other…
Continue Reading Biden administration struggles to project order as Taliban enters Kabul
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denies that the withdrawal from Kabul is similar to the one in Saigon at the close of the Vietnam War because…
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Mental health clinics angle for a spot in Biden budget bill
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An innovative program to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems…
Continue Reading As Pentagon prepares to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory, some lawyers see a surge in calls
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The messages began pouring into the law office of Joseph Jordan in Killeen, Texas, soon after the Pentagon announced it would…
Continue Reading US completes evacuation of embassy in Afghanistan as flag comes down at diplomatic compound
By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in…
Continue Reading US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours
CNN’s Jim Acosta presses Pentagon press secretary John Kirby about the decision to send more than 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan as the Taliban has…
Continue Reading With debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire
The former Democratic senator from North Dakota sees the multi-trillion dollar bills as an investment for the next generation of…
Continue Reading With debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire
By John Harwood The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with…
Continue Reading Biden authorizes 1,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan
By Donald Judd and Barbara Starr, CNN President Joe Biden announced the authorization of an additional direct deployment of 1,000 troops to…
Continue Reading Former Iowa Democratic chair Troy Price hired as New Hampshire Democrats’ executive director
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Troy Price, the former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party during the chaotic 2020 Iowa caucuses, is the New Hampshire…
Continue Reading Federal judge orders Biden administration to revive Trump-era border policy
By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Biden administration to revive a Trump-era border policy that…
Continue Reading As the climate crisis worsens in the US, pressure for action from Biden and Kerry grows
By Ella Nilsen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN In a summer of deadly and life-altering extreme weather, the Biden administration and Democrats are walking…
Continue Reading Anger over reopening and masks leads to new interest in school board races
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Like many parents, Paul Martino never paid his school board much attention before the coronavirus pandemic. But last summer,…
Continue Reading Obamacare enrollment deadline for 2021 coverage is Sunday
By Tami Luhby, CNN Time is running out to sign up for Obamacare coverage for 2021. The special enrollment period that allows the uninsured to pick…
Continue Reading The most political garden in America is still sowing controversy one year later
By Kate Bennett, CNN Since leaving Washington last January, there have been only a handful of things that have drawn former first lady Melania Trump…
Continue Reading US nearing deal with Qatar to house thousands of Afghans who helped military, as situation worsens in Afghanistan
A former US military base is now in the hands of the Taliban as the future of Afghanistan is unclear. CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports exclusively from…
Continue Reading August turns into a month of crises as Biden stares down a pivotal moment in his presidency
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden is facing multiple August crises with Afghanistan on the verge of collapse, Covid-19 patients overwhelming…
Continue Reading August turns into a month of crises as Biden stares down a pivotal moment in his presidency
Executive Director of LEARN Afghanistan Pashtana Durrani talks about her experience as the Taliban seize swathes of territory in…
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