WATCH: Escobar meets with Afghan refugees, soldiers at Fort Bliss
FORT BLISS, Texas — On Thursday, El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar toured the Afghan refugee camp at Fort Bliss’ Doña Ana Village. Escobar,…
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Federal agencies release plans to steel themselves against the climate crisis
By Ella Nilsen, CNN More than 20 federal agencies on Thursday released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the…
Continue Reading Here are the 11 Senate Republicans who joined Democrats to break the debt limit deal filibuster
CNN’s Manu Raju says that while the Senate has agreed on a deal that will temporarily raise the US debt ceiling preventing the country from…
Continue Reading Senate dodges US debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing
By KEVIN FREKING, ALAN FRAM and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has dodged a U.S. debt disaster by approving…
Continue Reading Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig joins New Day to discuss the newest details in former President Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 Presidential…
Continue Reading Senate votes to extend debt ceiling through early December
By Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav, CNN The Senate voted 50-48 Thursday evening to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after…
Continue Reading Biden says he’s instructed the Justice Department to address unruly passengers on planes
By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he has instructed the Justice Department to address rising violence on…
Continue Reading Biden heads to Chicago to push Covid-19 vaccine requirements
The effort to vaccinate America against Covid-19 has now become so politically divided that a state’s political affiliation can generally predict…
Continue Reading Virginia’s elections will be the most telling political test yet of stringent Covid policies
By Dan Merica, CNN The off-year elections in Virginia this November will serve as possibly the most revealing test of whether strict coronavirus…
Continue Reading Coronavirus pandemic and poor training contributed to a 2020 accident at sea that killed 9 US service members investigations say
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The coronavirus pandemic and inadequate training contributed to the amphibious assault vehicle accident off the southern…
Continue Reading Russian state-backed hackers having greater success at breaching foreign government targets, Microsoft says
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian state-backed hackers are having greater success at breaching targets in the United States and elsewhere as they make…
Continue Reading The last-minute deal on the debt ceiling that only saves the economy for now
CNN’s Jake Tapper talks to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) about the stalemate between Democrats and Republicans over how to address the debt…
Continue Reading The last-minute deal on the debt ceiling that only saves the economy for now
By Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell…
Continue Reading Senate Judiciary Committee issues sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn 2020 election
By Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday released a sweeping report about how former President Donald…
Continue Reading Here’s what happens if a congressional subpoena is ignored (and what it means for the January 6 committee)
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is preparing for the eventuality that some of…
Continue Reading CIA will focus on China with new mission center
By Alex Marquardt, CNN The CIA announced a number of structural changes on Thursday, including a new mission center for China, the result of a…
Continue Reading Trump allies did little to investigate election fraud claims, court documents show
By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the…
Continue Reading FDA still without a permanent leader as clock ticks down on acting head
By Kristen Holmes, CNN The clock is ticking down on the time President Joe Biden has to appoint a permanent head to the US Food and Drug…
Continue Reading Federal judge issues order blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Texas issued an order Wednesday blocking the state’s six-week abortion ban. US District Judge Robert…
Continue Reading CIA will focus on China with new mission center
The US and China have agreed in principle that President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year,…
Continue Reading US Department of Education overhauls Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Education Department announces major student debt forgiveness overhaul. What it means for…
Continue Reading READ: Judge’s order blocking Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
By CNN US District Judge Robert Pitman on Wednesday issued an order blocking enforcement of Texas’ six-week abortion ban. Read Pitman’s…
Continue Reading January 6 committee interviewed former Trump DOJ official Richard Donoghue
By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol…
Continue Reading FDA still without a permanent leader as clock ticks down on acting head
New information on testing, boosters, and…
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Some Michigan health departments back off mask and quarantine orders after GOP budget provision targets their funding
By Eric Bradner, CNN Some Michigan local health departments are rescinding school mask mandates and other measures intended to slow the spread of the…
Continue Reading TSA to impose cybersecurity mandates on railroad and aviation industries
By Geneva Sands, CNN The Transportation Security Administration will impose new cybersecurity mandates on the railroad and airline industries,…
Continue Reading NATO expels 8 members of Russian mission in Brussels alleging they are intelligence officers
By Katie Bo Lillis, CNN NATO has expelled eight members of the Russian mission to the alliance who they determined were “undeclared Russian…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Zuckerberg’s statement defending company
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan fact checks sections of Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg’s response to a former employee’s claim that Facebook knows how to make…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Zuckerberg’s statement defending company
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Following congressional testimony from whistleblower Frances Haugen, in a Facebook post Tuesday night the company’s…
Continue Reading Biden and Chinese President Xi agree in principle to hold virtual meeting
By Nicole Gaouette, CNN The US and China have reached an agreement in principle for President Joe Biden to hold a virtual meeting with his…
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