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Former Michigan Rep. Paul Mitchell urged unity in emotional interview before death: ‘There’s value in people you don’t agree with’

August 16, 2021 1:13 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Paul Mitchell, the former US congressman from Michigan who died this month following a battle with cancer, delivered an…

California Gov. Newsom sharpens message as Larry Elder poses threat in recall race

August 16, 2021 11:26 AM CNN

CNN’s Kyung Lah speaks to California Gov. Gavin Newsom about the upcoming recall election in his state and looks into a possible Republican front…

California Gov. Newsom sharpens message as Larry Elder poses threat in recall race

August 16, 2021 10:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As he hit the campaign trail this weekend to fight the Republican-led effort to oust him, California Gov. Gavin…

Exclusive: Title, cover and details of new Trump book from Bob Woodward and Robert Costa revealed

August 16, 2021 10:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the…

Biden to return to White House for address on Afghanistan

August 16, 2021 9:15 AM CNN

CNN’s Clarissa Ward describes life inside Afghanistan’s capital Kabul as Taliban fighters swarm the streets after entering the city’s presidential…

Biden admits Afghanistan’s collapse ‘did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated’

August 16, 2021 9:10 AM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jennifer Hansler, CNN President Joe Biden admitted that the collapse of the Afghan government and…

Justice Department civil rights chief calls on Congress to pass voting rights bill

August 16, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newsource

By Tierney Sneed and Jessica Schneider, CNN The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division told Congress Monday that…

US temporarily suspends operations at Kabul airport as Afghans rush airfield

August 16, 2021 7:40 AM CNN

Video shows people clinging to the fuselage of a US military aircraft as it taxied at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. CNN has reached…

US resumes operations at Kabul airport after US forces kill two armed men

August 16, 2021 7:40 AM CNN Newsource

By Barbara Starr, Jason Hoffman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Violence erupted at the Kabul airport as US forces shot and killed two armed men who fired…

Historic increase in food stamps benefits is on the way

August 16, 2021 7:22 AM CNN

Though the pace of consumer price inflation slowed in July, prices continue to rise as the economy recovers from the pandemic. CNN’s Matt Egan…

Historic increase in food stamp benefits is on the way

August 16, 2021 7:22 AM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October — the largest increase in the…

Texas’ high court halts mask rules as counties defy governor

August 15, 2021 5:52 PM Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court has blocked mask mandates ordered by two of the nation’s largest counties that defied Republican…

Chaos is unfolding in Afghanistan. Here’s what you need to know.

August 15, 2021 4:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Taliban edged closer to solidifying control of Afghanistan on Sunday, including entering the presidential palace in Kabul…

US curtailing evacuation flights of Afghans to US for now to prioritize Americans

August 15, 2021 4:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has curtailed the number of government-sponsored evacuation…

Top US general says terror groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than expected

August 15, 2021 12:50 PM CNN

Secretary of State Antony Blinken defends the Biden administration evacuation of Afghanistan in an interview with CNN’s Jake…

Top US general says terror groups could reconstitute in Afghanistan sooner than expected

August 15, 2021 12:50 PM CNN Newsource

By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Melanie Zanona, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing for…

Top Republican on foreign affairs committee slams Biden over ‘unmitigated disaster’ in Afghanistan

August 15, 2021 9:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Devan Cole and Daniella Diaz, CNN The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed the Biden administration over the rapidly…

Hochul vows ‘zero tolerance’ in her administration once she becomes New York governor

August 15, 2021 9:24 AM CNN Newsource

By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will make history as the female governor of New York, on Sunday vowed to uphold…

Hochul vows ‘zero tolerance’ in her administration once she becomes New York governor

August 15, 2021 9:24 AM CNN

Kathy Hochul will become New York’s first female…

State Department ‘pushing the envelope’ by offering Dark Web informants cryptocurrency rewards for information on hackers attacking the United States

August 15, 2021 9:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Alex Marquardt, CNN As hackers and cybersecurity experts descended on Las Vegas last week for the famous cyber conference Black Hat, they may have…

Biden officials admit miscalculation as Afghanistan’s national forces and government rapidly fall

August 15, 2021 9:03 AM CNN Newsource

By Kevin Liptak and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other…

Biden administration struggles to project order as Taliban enters Kabul

August 15, 2021 9:03 AM CNN

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denies that the withdrawal from Kabul is similar to the one in Saigon at the close of the Vietnam War because…

Mental health clinics angle for a spot in Biden budget bill

August 15, 2021 7:57 AM Associated Press

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An innovative program to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems…

As Pentagon prepares to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory, some lawyers see a surge in calls

August 15, 2021 6:34 AM CNN Newsource

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The messages began pouring into the law office of Joseph Jordan in Killeen, Texas, soon after the Pentagon announced it would…

US completes evacuation of embassy in Afghanistan as flag comes down at diplomatic compound

August 15, 2021 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul has been taken down, marking a final step in…

US completely pulling out of embassy in Afghanistan over the next 72 hours

August 15, 2021 6:09 AM CNN

CNN’s Jim Acosta presses Pentagon press secretary John Kirby about the decision to send more than 3,000 US troops to Afghanistan as the Taliban has…

With debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire

August 14, 2021 10:06 PM CNN Newsource

By John Harwood The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with…

With debt limit, Biden tests GOP’s willingness to play with economic fire

August 14, 2021 10:06 PM CNN

The former Democratic senator from North Dakota sees the multi-trillion dollar bills as an investment for the next generation of…

Biden authorizes 1,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan

August 14, 2021 3:34 PM CNN Newsource

By Donald Judd and Barbara Starr, CNN President Joe Biden announced the authorization of an additional direct deployment of 1,000 troops to…

Former Iowa Democratic chair Troy Price hired as New Hampshire Democrats’ executive director

August 14, 2021 3:04 PM CNN Newsource

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Troy Price, the former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party during the chaotic 2020 Iowa caucuses, is the New Hampshire…