Fauci: School Covid-19 vaccine mandates are a ‘good idea’
By Amanda Sealy, CNN Mandating Covid-19 vaccines for children to attend school in person is a “good idea” due to a strong benefit-risk…
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Biden administration pledges ‘safe passage’ for Americans in Afghanistan after withdrawal deadline
The Biden administration is committed to a “safe passage” of Americans and Afghans who helped the US government after the withdrawal deadline from…
Continue Reading Biden is holding together the Democratic Party in Washington — for now
By Gregory Krieg, CNN Almost a year before Joe Biden was elected president, fellow Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked in a New York…
Continue Reading Biden administration pledges ‘safe passage’ for Americans in Afghanistan after withdrawal deadline
By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Biden administration is committed to a “safe passage” of Americans and Afghans who helped the US government…
Continue Reading Romney: US potentially leaving Americans and Afghan allies in Afghanistan after withdrawal ‘a moral stain’
A Politico report claims that to expedite the Afghan withdrawal process, our military provided the Taliban with a list of names of people who were…
Continue Reading Romney: US potentially leaving Americans and Afghan allies in Afghanistan after withdrawal ‘a moral stain’
By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned…
Continue Reading Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
Double-digit death totals reported daily in Alabama for past 3…
Continue Reading Republican governors target local school systems over mask mandates
By Michael Warren, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board…
Continue Reading Pandemic jobless benefits expire soon. Don’t expect employment to suddenly soar
By Tami Luhby, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits are ending nationwide the first weekend in September, but don’t expect to see millions of…
Continue Reading Biden attends dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for those killed in Afghanistan
By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday watched stoically as 13 flag-draped cases carrying the remains of…
Continue Reading Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
The Department of Defense has released the names of the 13 US service members who were killed in an attack outside Kabul’s airport, as the US and…
Continue Reading Biden warns another Kabul attack ‘highly likely’ in next day
WASHINGTON, DC — Another terrorist attack on Kabul’s airport is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours,” President Joe Biden said commanders have…
Continue Reading US Marine officer relieved of command after criticizing military leaders about Afghanistan withdrawal
By Paul LeBlanc, Oren Liebermann and Brian Rokus, CNN US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been relieved of command after he posted a video…
Continue Reading US Marine officer relieved of command after criticizing military leaders about Afghanistan withdrawal
A California family mourns the loss of Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee, among the service members killed in Afghanistan last…
Continue Reading Liberals used the courts to block Trump’s agenda. Republicans are using the same playbook against Biden.
By Tierney Sneed, CNN For four years, President Donald Trump saw his policies hindered by progressive lawsuits. Now conservative lawyers and judges…
Continue Reading ‘A direct punch in the gut’: Inside Biden’s biggest crisis as he races to withdraw from Afghanistan
By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Herb and Phil Mattingly, CNN When Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley informed President Joe Biden just…
Continue Reading Fact check: Georgia candidate Herschel Walker is a serial promoter of false 2020 conspiracy theories
By Daniel Dale Republican former football star Herschel Walker announced this week that he is running for a US Senate seat in Georgia. Some senior…
Continue Reading Fact check: Georgia candidate Herschel Walker is a serial promoter of false 2020 conspiracy theories
Former NFL star and Trump ally Herschel Walker announced he is running for US Senate in Georgia, prompting concerns from some Republicans over his…
Continue Reading US drone strike targeted ISIS-K planner believed to be ‘associated with potential future attacks at the airport’
The terror group ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attack outside Kabul airport which killed 13 US troops and more than 90…
Continue Reading Biden says another terrorist attack on Kabul airport is ‘highly likely’ while vowing that US retaliatory strike was not ‘the last’
By Barbara Starr and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Another terrorist attack on Kabul’s airport is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours,”…
Continue Reading Private funding was key in some 2020 elections. Republicans have outlawed it in nearly a dozen states.
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Patty Hansen, who has helped run elections in Coconino County, Arizona, for 17 years, went on a spending spree last year.…
Continue Reading US officials warn of possible threats to the US in wake of Afghanistan attack and mass evacuation
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria explains how the rivalry between the Taliban and ISIS-K could lead to the beginning of another Afghan civil…
Continue Reading US officials warn of possible threats to the US in wake of Afghanistan attack and mass evacuation
By Geneva Sands, CNN Federal officials are on high alert for threats to the homeland following the mass evacuation from Afghanistan and devastating…
Continue Reading US military conducts airstrike against ISIS-K planner
By Jamie Crawford and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, a spokesman for US Central Command said in a…
Continue Reading Biden announces pay raise plan for federal employees
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday formally announced his plan to raise the wages of federal workers, saying civilian federal…
Continue Reading Pentagon says Fort Bliss now housing 2,000+ Afghans as Cruz questions vetting
FORT BLISS, Texas — The Pentagon announced Friday afternoon that Fort Bliss is currently housing 2,160 Afghan refugees and the preparations continue…
Continue Reading DHS allows Afghans temporary entry into US under immigration law
By Geneva Sands, CNN The rush to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Kabul has led to some Afghans arriving in the US who are only partway…
Continue Reading The week in 16 headlines
By Sonnet Swire, CNN This week, suicide attacks killed American service members in Afghanistan, Covid-19 cases continued to climb and the Supreme…
Continue Reading For veterans in Congress, the mission to help people escape from Afghanistan is personal
Salma Kazemi, an American who was in Kabul, Afghanistan, visiting family, describes the chaos she experienced as she escaped the besieged…
Continue Reading For veterans in Congress, the mission to help people escape from Afghanistan is personal
By Morgan Rimmer, CNN The requests for help evacuating Americans and Afghans have come from every direction for the military veterans serving in…
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