How the Biden administration plans to process the influx of people fleeing Afghanistan
By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to process the influx of Afghans rushing to flee…
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Federal appeals court upholds Texas law restricting second-trimester abortion procedure
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A US federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Texas law restricting a second-trimester abortion procedure,…
Continue Reading ‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women
By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Drew Myers, CNN “Glass ceiling? Ha! What glass ceiling? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism,”…
Continue Reading US Capitol rioter sentencing delayed after online sleuths uncover new footage of alleged police assault
Robert Reeder’s sentencing was pushed back after online volunteer sleuths known as the Sedition Hunters unearthed video apparently showing the…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s ABC interview on Afghanistan
CNN’s David Chalian and Kaitlan Collins discuss President Joe Biden’s interview on ABC News, and how they are surprised by his lack of both empathy…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s ABC interview on Afghanistan
By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday for an interview that focused on the US…
Continue Reading Federal judge in Texas blocks ICE enforcement guidelines
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge in Texas blocked guidance that limits who Immigration and Customs Enforcement should arrest or deport from…
Continue Reading Pentagon ramping up Kabul evacuation efforts as many struggle to reach airport
By Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US military has increased the pace of evacuations to help Afghans and…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
US Capitol Police have identified 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry as the suspect who claimed to have an explosive device near the Capitol. Roseberry…
Continue Reading 3 US senators announce positive Covid tests Thursday
By Alison Main, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran, CNN Three US senators — Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and John Hickenlooper…
Continue Reading 2 US senators announce positive covid tests Thursday
White House officials announced plans to offer a booster shot to fully vaccinated Americans who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. But, what about…
Continue Reading Real estate agent who asked Trump for a pardon pleads guilty in Capitol riot
By Hannah Rabinowitz A Texas real estate agent who went viral after asking former President Donald Trump to pardon her for storming the Capitol…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t believe Taliban have changed
Former CIA Director, Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) explains why he thinks the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan will eventually fall…
Continue Reading US cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh takes a look at the ongoing evacuation effort at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport after a chaotic scene unfolded as…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
By Whitney Wild, Lauren Fox and Daniella Diaz, CNN A suspect who claimed to have an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol has surrendered…
Continue Reading First on CNN: More than 50 senators urge Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan allies
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of 53 senators is urging President Joe Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t believe Taliban have changed
By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t believe the Taliban have changed, as the people of…
Continue Reading President and first lady plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they’re eligible, Biden says
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they are cleared to take them,…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s claim that Afghans didn’t want to leave
By Tara Subramaniam and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has been working to mitigate the fallout from the situation in Afghanistan…
Continue Reading ‘We’re going to do both’: White House argues it can offer booster shots to Americans while sharing vaccines globally
President Biden pushing a message of “maximum protection” officially unveiled his administration’s plan to rollout COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to…
Continue Reading FAA proposes more than $500,000 in new fines against unruly airline passengers
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal authorities are proposing more than a half-million dollars in new fines against commercial airline…
Continue Reading Far fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
By Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from pre-pandemic…
Continue Reading Far fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, shares why he’s bearish on the economy continuing its breakneck recovery…
Continue Reading Appeals court upholds Texas law to ban abortion procedure
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has upheld a Texas law outlawing a commonly used…
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Biden takes aim at states blocking mask mandates, sets up Abbott for showdown
WASHINGTON, DC — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott may soon be fighting a war on two fronts — with local officials and the federal government — to stave…
Continue Reading North Carolina poised to raise minimum marriage age from 14 to 16
By Devan Cole, CNN North Carolina is one step away from raising the minimum age at which children in the state can wed from 14 to 16 after lawmakers…
Continue Reading Texas schools seek ways around Covid-positive Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates
By Eric Bradner, CNN Some Texas school districts and students are seeking ways around Republican Gov. Greg Abbott‘s ban on mask mandates as the…
Continue Reading US Capitol Police official in charge of intel on January 6 returns to that role
By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Capitol Police official who was in charge of intelligence operations on January 6 before briefly becoming acting chief…
Continue Reading Biden promised allies ‘America is back.’ Chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal is making them fear it’s still ‘America First.’
By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Visiting Brussels earlier this summer, President Joe Biden was single-minded in his message to American…
Continue Reading US cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on the hurdles Americans and Afghans are facing trying to get to Kabul’s airport as Taliban fighters attempt to block…
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