Texas Supreme Court allows school mask mandates to remain in place for now
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court has dismissed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott’s request that it…
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Man who claimed to have bomb near U.S. Capitol surrenders
WASHINGTON, DC — A man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck near the U.S. Capitol surrendered to law enforcement after an hours-long…
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By Dianne Gallagher, CNN Texas House Democrats’ historic quorum break unexpectedly ended Thursday evening when at least three new Democrats…
Continue Reading Education Department eliminates $5.8 billion in student loan debt for some disabled borrowers
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Education Department announced Thursday it will cancel $5.8 billion in outstanding student loans for borrowers who are…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
Capitol Police say 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry drove a truck onto the sidewalk near the Library of Congress, claiming to have a bomb before…
Continue Reading How the Biden administration plans to process the influx of people fleeing Afghanistan
Allyson Reneau, a determined mother of 11 from Oklahoma, took action to evacuate ten members of an all-girls Afghan robotics team amid the ongoing…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats return, end 38-day holdout over voting bill
By PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some Democrats who left Texas to block a GOP voting bill have ended a…
Continue Reading ‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women
In a 1996 radio show ad, Republican California Gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder criticizes racism, sexism, welfare and…
Continue Reading As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency
By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White…
Continue Reading US holding direct and daily talks with Taliban in effort to ease Biden’s Afghanistan crisis
By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood and Nicole Gaouette, CNN While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic…
Continue Reading US is working directly with Taliban leaders on the ground trying to salvage Biden’s crisis in Afghanistan
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reports on the hurdles Americans and Afghans are facing trying to get to Kabul’s airport as Taliban fighters attempt to block…
Continue Reading US diplomats sent cable warning of potential catastrophe in Afghanistan last month
By Kylie Atwood, CNN A group of US diplomats wrote a classified cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in mid-July warning that swift action…
Continue Reading How the Biden administration plans to process the influx of people fleeing Afghanistan
By Priscilla Alvarez and Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to process the influx of Afghans rushing to flee…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds Texas law restricting second-trimester abortion procedure
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A US federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Texas law restricting a second-trimester abortion procedure,…
Continue Reading ‘Women exaggerate the problem of sexism’: Top California recall candidate Larry Elder has a long history of making disparaging remarks about women
By Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck and Drew Myers, CNN “Glass ceiling? Ha! What glass ceiling? Women, women exaggerate the problem of sexism,”…
Continue Reading US Capitol rioter sentencing delayed after online sleuths uncover new footage of alleged police assault
Robert Reeder’s sentencing was pushed back after online volunteer sleuths known as the Sedition Hunters unearthed video apparently showing the…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s ABC interview on Afghanistan
CNN’s David Chalian and Kaitlan Collins discuss President Joe Biden’s interview on ABC News, and how they are surprised by his lack of both empathy…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s ABC interview on Afghanistan
By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday for an interview that focused on the US…
Continue Reading Federal judge in Texas blocks ICE enforcement guidelines
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge in Texas blocked guidance that limits who Immigration and Customs Enforcement should arrest or deport from…
Continue Reading Pentagon ramping up Kabul evacuation efforts as many struggle to reach airport
By Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US military has increased the pace of evacuations to help Afghans and…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
US Capitol Police have identified 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry as the suspect who claimed to have an explosive device near the Capitol. Roseberry…
Continue Reading 3 US senators announce positive Covid tests Thursday
By Alison Main, Daniella Diaz and Clare Foran, CNN Three US senators — Angus King of Maine, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and John Hickenlooper…
Continue Reading 2 US senators announce positive covid tests Thursday
White House officials announced plans to offer a booster shot to fully vaccinated Americans who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. But, what about…
Continue Reading Real estate agent who asked Trump for a pardon pleads guilty in Capitol riot
By Hannah Rabinowitz A Texas real estate agent who went viral after asking former President Donald Trump to pardon her for storming the Capitol…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t believe Taliban have changed
Former CIA Director, Gen. David Petraeus (Ret.) explains why he thinks the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan will eventually fall…
Continue Reading US cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh takes a look at the ongoing evacuation effort at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport after a chaotic scene unfolded as…
Continue Reading Police identify suspect who surrendered after claiming to have a bomb near US Capitol
By Whitney Wild, Lauren Fox and Daniella Diaz, CNN A suspect who claimed to have an explosive device in a truck near the US Capitol has surrendered…
Continue Reading First on CNN: More than 50 senators urge Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan allies
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of 53 senators is urging President Joe Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t believe Taliban have changed
By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t believe the Taliban have changed, as the people of…
Continue Reading President and first lady plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they’re eligible, Biden says
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they are cleared to take them,…
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