Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida
By Gregory Krieg, CNN As the number of new coronavirus cases in his state soars, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that an aggressive campaign…
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Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida
CNN’s Don Lemon takes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for falsely saying, again, that masks are ineffective to combat the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Capitol bomb threat suspect charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction
By Christina Carrega, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has charged Capitol bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry with…
Continue Reading Biden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday tried to put an optimistic face on the chaotic evacuations taking place at Kabul’s airport…
Continue Reading Biden set to speak on evacuations as situation in Afghanistan grows desperate
CNN’s Anderson Cooper discusses the chaos and desperation in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover following the withdrawal of US…
Continue Reading Supreme Court puts brief hold on court order requiring revival of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito put a brief hold on a lower court decision requiring the revival of a…
Continue Reading US extends non-essential travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September…
Continue Reading Harris heads to Southeast Asia in search of a foreign policy win amid Afghanistan crisis
By Jasmine Wright and Arlette Saenz, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris faces a steep challenge next week when she travels to Singapore and Vietnam, as…
Continue Reading Former Trump official says US ‘pulled the rug out from under the Afghans’
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN A former Trump administration official said Thursday evening that the Biden administration’s decision to stick with the…
Continue Reading Former Trump official says US ‘pulled the rug out from under the Afghans’
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport where thousands are trying to evacuate Afghanistan as the Taliban…
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Texas Supreme Court allows school mask mandates to remain in place for now
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that it…
Continue Reading Man who claimed to have bomb near U.S. Capitol surrenders
WASHINGTON, DC — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hours-long…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats’ effort to freeze voting bill ends
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats…
Continue Reading Education Department eliminates $5.8 billion in student loan debt for some disabled borrowers
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
Capitol Police say 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry drove a truck onto the sidewalk near the Library of Congress, claiming to have a bomb before…
Continue Reading How the Biden administration plans to process the influx of people fleeing Afghanistan
Allyson Reneau, a determined mother of 11 from Oklahoma, took action to evacuate ten members of an all-girls Afghan robotics team amid the ongoing…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a…
Continue Reading ‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women
In a 1996 radio show ad, Republican California Gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder criticizes racism, sexism, welfare and…
Continue Reading As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency
By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White…
Continue Reading US holding direct and daily talks with Taliban in effort to ease Biden’s Afghanistan crisis
By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic…
Continue Reading US is working directly with Taliban leaders on the ground trying to salvage Biden’s crisis in Afghanistan
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…
Continue Reading US diplomats sent cable warning of potential catastrophe in Afghanistan last month
By Kylie Atwood, CNN A group of US diplomats wrote a classified cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in mid-July warning that swift action…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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