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…
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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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Board recommends parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan on 16th attempt
By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for parole…
Continue Reading READ: Summary of US intelligence community probe into the origin of Covid-19
By CNN The US intelligence community reached an inconclusive assessment about the origin of the Covid-19 virus following a 90-day investigation…
Continue Reading US intelligence community review does not determine origin of Covid-19
By Alex Marquardt and Jeremy Herb, CNN The US intelligence community reached an inconclusive assessment about the origin of the Covid-19 virus…
Continue Reading Texas House approves GOP voting restrictions bill after months of Democratic delays
By Eric Bradner and Dianne Gallagher, CNN The Texas House approved a raft of new voting restrictions Friday, as majority Republicans seeking to hold…
Continue Reading Biden is warned ‘another terror attack in Kabul is likely’ as mission enters ‘most dangerous period’
By Jeremy Diamond, Kate Sullivan and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were warned by their national security…
Continue Reading Biden meets with new Israeli prime minister: ‘We’ve become close friends’
By Kevin Liptak, CNN When Israel’s prime minister visited the White House on Thursday, for the first time in 12 years it was someone other than…
Continue Reading Biden says health officials exploring whether to recommend Covid vaccine boosters after less than 8 months
By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday that his administration was looking into whether to shorten the window of the planned Covid-19…
Continue Reading January 6 committee seeks answers on misinformation from social media companies
By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Whitney Wild and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6 Capitol riot sent…
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Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates
By TERRY SPENCER and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask…
Continue Reading Republicans split on strategy to make Biden pay a political price for Afghanistan
President Joe Biden tells reporters why he still stands by his decision to pull American troops out of…
Continue Reading US shipping 2.2 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa
By Kate Sullivan, CNN The United States is shipping more than 2.2 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to South Africa that are…
Continue Reading US shipping 2.2 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Africa
It may save your life, but can you pronounce it? We have some fun with the name-calling and explain where the name “Comirnaty” came…
Continue Reading Conservative-dominated bench denies Biden same deference it once gave Trump
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court slapped down the Biden administration twice this week, giving…
Continue Reading Biden to contact families of 13 US service members killed in Kabul
More than a dozen American service members have been killed in and ISIS-claimed terror attack in…
Continue Reading Biden to contact families of 13 US service members killed in Kabul
Thirteen U.S. personnel and scores of Afghans have been killed in Thursday’s terror attack on the Kabul…
Continue Reading Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 speaks publicly for first time: ‘I know that day I saved countless lives’
Veteran US Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, who fatally shot pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot, revealed his identity and…
Continue Reading Renewed fears of political violence grip Capitol Hill ahead of right-wing rally
By Melanie Zanona and Whitney Wild, CNN Lawmakers and law enforcement officials are growing concerned about the possibility of violence and unrest on…
Continue Reading Republicans split on strategy to make Biden pay a political price for Afghanistan
By Melanie Zanona, CNN The GOP is divided over how hard — and how quickly — to go after President Joe Biden in the wake of…
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Texas House OK’s GOP vote restrictions after Dems’ holdout ends
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a…
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13 U.S. troops dead in ISIS Kabul attacks; Biden vows revenge
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday, in the waning days of a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court throws out Biden administration eviction moratorium
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-related eviction moratorium. “If a federally…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris heading back to Washington after canceling campaign rally with Gavin Newsom in California
By Maeve Reston, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to cancel her Friday rally in California with embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court ruling against Biden and CDC’s eviction moratorium
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-related eviction moratorium. Read the ruling and dissent here:…
Continue Reading California recall candidate Larry Elder under police investigation following 2015 domestic violence accusation that his campaign denies
By Kyung Lah and Stella Chan, CNN The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating domestic violence accusations against California Republican…
Continue Reading South Dakota attorney general takes plea deal and won’t serve jail time for fatal crash
By Carma Hassan and Steve Almasy, CNN An attorney for South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday entered no-contest pleas on his…
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Texas Supreme Court pauses mask mandate in San Antonio case, but El Paso’s is still in effect
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked San Antonio’s mask mandate for public schools Thursday — the latest in the…
Continue Reading DOJ plans to ‘at least temporarily’ close federal facility in NYC where Epstein died
By Sonia Moghe, CNN The federal detention center in New York that is notoriously known as the place where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell…
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Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 speaks publicly for first time: ‘I know that day I saved countless lives’
By Marshall Cohen The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and…
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