Pandemic unemployment benefits fraud may top $45 billion, federal watchdog says
By Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN Some $45.6 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits may have been fraudulently paid to criminals between March…
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DOT to map out nation’s time zones after report shows no official map exists
By Gregory Wallace, CNN A person may take knowing the local time for granted, but an official review revealed that there is no single, accurate map…
Continue Reading Why an appeals court says Trump’s claims he declassified the Mar-a-Lago documents are a ‘red herring’
By Tierney Sneed Former President Donald Trump’s vague claims that he may have declassified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago are running into a…
Continue Reading Lavrov walks out of UN meeting as allies slam Russia over Ukraine war
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Russia’s foreign minister was absent from the chamber as his country faced wide rebuke from the United States and…
Continue Reading House Republicans rally around midterm agenda as McCarthy plots path to power
By Melanie Zanona, CNN House Republicans on Thursday rallied around a policy blueprint that will serve as their political mission statement this…
Continue Reading Top GOP senators reject Trump’s declassification comments and call for proper storage of secret records
CNN By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Several GOP senators raised new concerns Thursday about former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Defense secretary announces host of new policies to help military members with rising cost of living
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced a series of policy changes to help military service members and their families deal…
Continue Reading Top GOP senators reject Trump’s declassification comments and call for proper storage of secret records
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Several GOP senators raised new concerns Thursday about former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence
CNN By Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers…
Continue Reading Mar-a-Lago special master orders Trump team to back up any claims of FBI ‘planting’ evidence
By Marshall Cohen The special master overseeing the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation has ordered former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to…
Continue Reading Biden briefed on Hurricane Fiona, commits to 100% federal funding for debris removal, rescue ops and power restoration
CNN By Arlette Saenz and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden participated in a briefing Thursday afternoon on the situation in Puerto Rico in the…
Continue Reading ISIS attempts suicide attack on al-Hol camp in Syria
By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN A group of ISIS militants in two vehicles rigged with suicide explosives attempted to attack the al-Hol…
Continue Reading US Capitol rioter and alleged Nazi sympathizer sentenced to 4 years in prison
By Holmes Lybrand and Andrew Millman, CNN Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an ex-Army reservist and US Capitol rioter who said January 6, 2021, was…
Continue Reading Biden to attend DNC event on Friday as White House ramps up abortion rights contrast with GOP
By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden will attend a Democratic National Committee event on Friday as the White House moves to sharpen the…
Continue Reading Democratic-backed campaign finance bill fails procedural vote in the Senate as expected
By Morgan Rimmer, CNN The DISCLOSE Act, a bill aimed at targeting dark money in political campaigns, failed on Thursday to overcome the 60-vote…
Continue Reading Abortion is banned or severely limited in a number of states. Here’s where things stand
CNN, ABRAMS FOR GOVERNOR, FRC ACTION By Tierney Sneed and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Laws that ban abortion or severely restrict the procedure have…
Continue Reading Biden briefed on Hurricane Fiona, commits to 100% federal funding for debris removal, rescue ops and power restoration
By Arlette Saenz and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden participated in a briefing Thursday afternoon on the situation in Puerto Rico in the…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Indiana’s near-total abortion ban
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A state judge on Thursday blocked an Indiana law banning abortion at all stages of pregnancy with limited exceptions…
Continue Reading US issues sanctions on Iran’s morality police as major protests continue nationwide
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States on Thursday announced sanctions on Iran’s morality police following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa…
Continue Reading US issues sanctions on Iran’s morality police as major protests continue nationwide
CNN By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The United States on Thursday announced sanctions on Iran’s morality police following the death of 22-year-old…
Continue Reading House passes public safety and policing legislation amid internal Democratic conflict
By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran, Daniella Diaz and Kristin Wilson, CNN House Democrats passed a package of policing and public safety bills on Thursday…
Continue Reading Russia’s military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine’s counteroffensive, US sources say
CNN By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Russia’s military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine’s unexpected battlefield advances this month,…
Continue Reading Exclusive: New book reveals Trump’s business practices included once being paid with gold bars
CNN By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s business practices included some eyebrow-raising moments, such as once being paid with…
Continue Reading Russia’s military divided as Putin struggles to deal with Ukraine’s counteroffensive, US sources say
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN Russia’s military is divided over how best to counter Ukraine’s unexpected battlefield advances this month,…
Continue Reading Macron warns of ‘crisis of democracies,’ including in US, in exclusive US interview
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN French President Emmanuel Macron is warning about a “crisis of democracies,” including in the United States,…
Continue Reading Exclusive: New book reveals Trump’s business practices included once being paid with gold bars
By Jeremy Herb, CNN Former President Donald Trump’s business practices included some eyebrow-raising moments, such as once being paid with gold…
Continue Reading Families of captured Americans freed in Ukraine prisoner swap describe the moment they found out they were coming home
By Jamiel Lynch and Nouran Salahieh, CNN For months, the families of American veterans Alexander John-Robert Drueke and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, who were…
Continue Reading Biden tells the United Nations that Putin’s attempts to ‘extinguish’ Ukraine should ‘make your blood run cold’
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday declared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a violation of the global order, sharpening his…
Continue Reading Mastermind of Navy bribery scheme captured in Venezuela after escaping house arrest in San Diego
By Josh Campbell and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN Leonard Francis, the former military contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who orchestrated the…
Continue Reading Case against man accused of backslapping Rudy Giuliani in supermarket to be dismissed, source says
By Gloria Pazmino, CNN The case against the man accused of slapping Rudy Giuliani on the back in a Staten Island supermarket has been adjourned…
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