Texas House votes to put Fort Bliss back in Fierro’s district
UPDATE, Oct. 12: The Texas House unanimously approved an amendment Tuesday evening to the state’s redistricting map to include most of Fort Bliss in…
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US officials reported Havana syndrome symptoms in Colombia
By Kylie Atwood, CNN More than a dozen US officials who work at the US Embassy in Colombia and their family members have reported symptoms consistent…
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OSHA submits vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget, jump-starting review process
CNN, GETTY IMAGES, WTMJ, WLUK, WTKR, WLS By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor…
Continue Reading Pramila Jayapal faces key choice: Bargain or dig in
By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Less than 24 hours after saying most House Democrats wanted to do “fewer things well,”…
Continue Reading Florida fines county $3.5 million for enforcing vaccine passports
By Paul LeBlanc and Amy Simonson, CNN The Florida Health Department has levied a $3.5 million fine against Leon County for violating the…
Continue Reading OSHA submits vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget, jump-starting review process
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new…
Continue Reading U.S. House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default
WASHINGTON, DC — Members of the House have approved a short-term hike to the nation’s debt limit. The vote Tuesday evening ensures the federal…
Continue Reading ‘Progress on a number of fronts’ following US-Taliban meetings, State Department says
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that “there has been progress on a number of fronts”…
Continue Reading Pentagon unsure if hundreds of thousands of civilian employees are vaccinated as deadline approaches
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon is in the dark about the vaccine status of hundreds of thousands of its civilian employees just weeks before the…
Continue Reading Democrats scrutinize Pennsylvania congressman’s efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election
By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week…
Continue Reading Where things stand in the legal battle over Texas’ six-week abortion ban
By Tierney Sneed Texas’ six-week abortion ban is likely to stay in force at least for a few more days, if not longer, with a federal appeals…
Continue Reading Democrats scrutinize Pennsylvania congressman’s efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election
CNN By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton tries her hand at a thriller in new novel
By Kate Bennett, CNN Hillary Clinton has added yet another job to her lengthy résumé: fiction writer. Tuesday marks the release of Clinton’s…
Continue Reading White House says it did not select child actors in YouTube video featuring Kamala Harris
By Jasmine Wright, CNN The White House says it did not select the child actors who appeared in a YouTube-original video featuring Vice President…
Continue Reading Senate Homeland Security chair asks TikTok for policies on extremist content
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Whitney Wild, CNN Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is asking TikTok to provide…
Continue Reading John Yarmuth, powerful liberal from Kentucky, announces he’ll retire from Congress at the end of his term
By Annie Grayer and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth announced on Tuesday that he will not be seeking reelection after serving…
Continue Reading Biden administration ends mass worksite immigration raids
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is ending mass worksite immigration raids and instead focusing on employers who exploit…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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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