State Department taps new coordinator for Afghanistan relocation efforts
CNN, WKBT, KOVR, WJLA By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the…
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State Department taps new coordinator for Afghanistan relocation efforts
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the agency’s Afghanistan…
Continue Reading January 6 committee unified in pushing for charges for those who defy subpoenas
CNN By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Whitney Wild and Kristen Holmes, CNN As the committee investigating January 6 enters a key week of…
Continue Reading Trump Organization in advanced talks to sell Washington hotel lease, source says
By Kara Scannell Former President Donald Trump’s company is in advanced talks to sell the lease for its marquee hotel in Washington, DC, for…
Continue Reading Trump Organization in advanced talks to sell Washington hotel lease, source says
A House probe says Trump’s hotel has lost $70 million, but earned $3.7 million from foreign governments, raising questions about conflicts of…
Continue Reading Schiff calls House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy an ‘insurrectionist in a suit and tie’
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Tuesday referred to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as an “insurrectionist…
Continue Reading Obama to campaign for Virginia Democrats ahead of off-year elections
By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama will campaign for Terry McAuliffe and Virginia Democrats ahead of the November elections, the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court seems open to letting Kentucky attorney general defend abortion law
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to allow a Kentucky Republican attorney general step in to…
Continue Reading Biden’s ‘tough month’ looms over Democratic campaigns in 2021
By Dan Merica, CNN The federal headwinds against Democrats on the ballot this November have never been stronger. Democrats who were once buoyant that…
Continue Reading Why cremation has overtaken burial in America
By Harry Enten, CNN Death is a five-letter word, but it may as well be a four letter word to many Americans. We don’t like talking about our…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate Lev Parnas goes on trial Tuesday for campaign finance charges
By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN The campaign finance trial against Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian-born associate, Lev Parnas, is set to…
Continue Reading House to vote to extend debt ceiling through early December
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) slammed Republicans for playing a ‘partisan game’ just minutes after the body voted to temporarily raise…
Continue Reading House approves debt ceiling extension through early December
By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives approved an extension of the nation’s debt limit through early December…
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Justice Department again presses to halt Texas abortion law
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is again urging courts to step in and suspend a new Texas law that…
Continue Reading GOP gubernatorial candidate Allen West released from hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis
By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Kay Jones, CNN Allen West, Republican candidate for governor of Texas, announced Monday night that he had been…
Continue Reading DOJ asks 5th Circuit to halt Texas abortion ban while case is appealed
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Monday asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals to halt Texas’ six-week abortion ban while its…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
The latest move appears to be partly motivated by President Joe Biden’s actions that required all employers with more than 100 workers to be…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from…
Continue Reading Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including…
Continue Reading Microsoft says Iran-linked hackers have targeted US and Israeli defense firms
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Suspected Iranian hackers have targeted dozens of defense technology and maritime transportation firms, successfully breaching a…
Continue Reading ‘Cannot wait for Washington:’ How voting rights activists are navigating new restrictions ahead of November elections
By Fredreka Schouten, Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer, CNN When activist Tammye Pettyjohn Jones knocks on voters’ doors in her rural corner…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor settles harassment claim for $150K
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The final price tag for a settlement reached by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and a former campaign spokesman is now…
Continue Reading Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
CNN By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was…
Continue Reading Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced…
Continue Reading Biden to LGBTQ Americans on National Coming Out Day: ‘You are loved and accepted just the way you are’
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated National Coming Out Day by saying the US still has work to do to achieve equality…
Continue Reading Judge rejects plea agreements from US Navy engineer and wife charged with conspiracy to sell classified information to foreign country
CNN By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A federal judge in West Virginia rejected proposed plea agreements made between federal prosecutors and a US Navy nuclear…
Continue Reading US Capitol Police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on January 6
By Whitney Wild and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A whistleblower identifying as a former high-ranking US Capitol Police official excoriated the…
Continue Reading US calls talks with Taliban ‘candid and professional’ following Doha meeting
KSTU, LEE RECH, CNN By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US State Department said Sunday that this weekend’s talks with representatives of the Taliban in…
Continue Reading US calls talks with Taliban ‘candid and professional’ following Doha meeting
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US State Department said Sunday that this weekend’s talks with representatives of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar —…
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