Fact check: Trump administration officials try to rewrite their own Afghanistan history
By Daniel Dale, Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN There’s been no shortage of fact-based criticism aimed at the Biden…
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Biden administration may compel commercial US airlines to help transport Afghan evacuees
By John Harwood, Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN The Biden administration could potentially compel US airlines to help with transporting tens…
Continue Reading Gov. Abbott now tests Covid negative, 4 days after positive test
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he has now tested negative for Covid-19, four days after testing positive for the virus. “I…
Continue Reading ISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul…
Continue Reading Labor shortages expected to continue as employers struggle with visa bureaucracy and Covid
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Sugarbush Resort in Vermont is preparing for a busy winter season, but looming over the effort to host hundreds of guests…
Continue Reading What you need to know about the California recall
By Maeve Reston and Ethan Cohen, CNN The Republican-backed effort to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is now in its final phase as ballots arrive…
Continue Reading A bizarre security breach in a rural Colorado elections office underscores how the Big Lie lives on
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN An unusual security breach of an election system in a rural Colorado county has set off a criminal investigation and…
Continue Reading Trump’s rally in Alabama is a boon for Mo Brooks’ Senate campaign
By Alex Rogers, CNN Former President Donald Trump will rally the faithful in Alabama on Saturday, a boon to Rep. Mo Brooks, his favored Senate…
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Rifles, Humvees and millions of rounds of ammo: Taliban celebrate their new American arsenal
By Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, CNN US national security officials are working to account for more than 20 years worth of weapons provided to…
Continue Reading Fact check: Texas lieutenant governor falsely implies Black people to blame for Covid surge
CNN’s Laura Coates and Dr. Cedric Dark discuss Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who in a recent interview on Fox News claimed that African Americans were…
Continue Reading California judge rules gig worker initiative utilized by Uber and Lyft is unconstitutional
By Sara O’Brien and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A California judge ruled Friday that the costly and controversial 2020 ballot measure exempting firms…
Continue Reading BLM protesters were targeted by federal government with stiffer punishments, an analysis shows
By Christina Carrega, CNN The Justice Department targeted more than 300 protesters by charging them with federal crimes for their roles during the…
Continue Reading Biden to Americans in Afghanistan: ‘We will get you home’
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden pledged firmly on Friday to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war…
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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s COVID claim denounced as racist
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ lieutenant governor is blaming unvaccinated Black people for…
Continue Reading Fact check: Biden claims al Qaeda is ‘gone’ from Afghanistan. Then the Pentagon confirms it’s still there
By Daniel Dale, CNN Defending the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said at the White House on Friday: “Look,…
Continue Reading US military helicopters evacuated Americans from hotel near Kabul airport
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military used helicopters to evacuate a group of Americans from a hotel near Kabul’s airport, according to a…
Continue Reading Inside the scramble to help Americans and Afghans escape Afghanistan
By Jeremy Herb, Lauren Fox, Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hansler and Geneva Sands, CNN On Capitol Hill, congressional offices have transformed their…
Continue Reading Fact check: Texas lieutenant governor falsely implies Black people to blame for Covid surge
By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN The blame game over rising cases of Covid-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats…
Continue Reading The week in 16 headlines
By Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, President Joe Biden defended his handling of the situation in Afghanistan as conditions deteriorated rapidly amid…
Continue Reading DOJ wants three months in jail for Proud Boys leader who burned BLM flag
By Marshall Cohen The Justice Department told a judge on Friday that Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio should get three months in jail for burning a…
Continue Reading Biden picks Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan and Nicholas Burns as top envoy to China
By Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intention to nominate Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan and…
Continue Reading Biden focuses on ‘getting this job done’ as chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan grows desperate
President Joe Biden speaks about US military evacuations of American citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants and vulnerable Afghans as chaos…
Continue Reading Landlords again ask Supreme Court to block Biden administration’s eviction moratorium
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The landlords who are challenging the Biden administration’s eviction moratorium asked the Supreme Court on Friday to…
Continue Reading A Tennessee sheriff’s deputy allegedly assaulted police on January 6. Now he’s behind bars and off the force
By Hannah Rabinowitz and Marshall Cohen A Tennessee man who was a deputy sheriff on January 6 and wore his sheriff’s vest to the US Capitol is…
Continue Reading Military evacuation flight shown in photo packed with Afghans carried a record number of people
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US military cargo plane whose hold filled with Afghans evacuating their country captured in a now famous photo flew more…
Continue Reading Chaos and confusion continue outside Kabul airport as people seek to flee
CNN’s Clarissa Ward brings us this report from inside Kabul…
Continue Reading US announces new destinations for evacuees as Kabul airport confusion continues
By Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN Chaotic scenes played out at Kabul airport again on Friday as thousands desperate to leave…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida
By Gregory Krieg, CNN As the number of new coronavirus cases in his state soars, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting that an aggressive campaign…
Continue Reading Ron DeSantis leans into mask-mandate fights as Covid cases soar in Florida
CNN’s Don Lemon takes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to task for falsely saying, again, that masks are ineffective to combat the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Capitol bomb threat suspect charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction
By Christina Carrega, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has charged Capitol bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry with…
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