State Department to require all contractors in Afghanistan to get Covid-19 vaccination
By Kylie Atwood, CNN The State Department is now requiring all contractors in Afghanistan “to ensure” that all their personnel are fully…
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Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy meet in Bedminster as 1/6 committee hearing looms
By Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona, CNN House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy met with Donald Trump on Thursday at the former President’s Bedminster,…
Continue Reading Surgeon general issues warning over vaccine misinformation as White House turns up the heat on Facebook
By Kaitlan Collins and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned Thursday health misinformation is “a serious…
Continue Reading US offers up to $10 million reward for information on cyberattacks against critical infrastructure by foreign states
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Jamie Crawford, CNN The US government is offering up to $10 million for information that can identify or locate…
Continue Reading Biden administration sanctions cryptocurrency exchange in effort to cut off revenue to ransomware groups
Ransomware attacks are on the rise with an estimated $350 million paid out in ransom in 2020. Here’s everything you need to know and how to prepare…
Continue Reading After Trump-era turmoil, ICE may finally get a permanent leader
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN After four years and a rotating cast of temporary leaders, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is inching toward a…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Stephen Breyer says he hasn’t decided his retirement plans and is happy as the Supreme Court’s top liberal
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Justice Stephen Breyer has not decided when he will retire and is especially…
Continue Reading Biden touts ‘historic’ effort to reduce child poverty through expanded child tax credit
By Donald Judd, Tami Luhby and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday touted the expanded child tax credit, a provision of his…
Continue Reading Merkel and Biden chart a course for the future of US-German relations in White House meeting
By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in Washington on Thursday in what was likely the…
Continue Reading New book claims top generals feared Trump coup attempt
WASHINGTON, DC — The top U.S. military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald…
Continue Reading New book shows top US generals planned ways to stop Trump in case of coup
The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, was so shaken that then-President Donald Trump and his allies might…
Continue Reading These moms explain how child tax credit checks will help them
As President Joe Biden’s Enhanced Child Tax Credit goes into effect, CNN’s Adrienne Broaddus talks to moms across the country about how the monthly…
Continue Reading US is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month to deter migration from Central America
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States is running more than 30,000 radio ads a month in Central America to deter migration amid a renewed focus…
Continue Reading ‘They’re not going to f**king succeed’: Top generals feared Trump would attempt a coup after election, according to new book
By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb, Marshall Cohen, Elizabeth Stuart and Barbara Starr, CNN The top US military officer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen.…
Continue Reading See Manchin’s reaction to $3.5 trillion proposal
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) discusses the sweeping $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation proposal that would require the support from all Senate Democrats…
Continue Reading US-Mexico border arrests in June are the highest in at least a decade
By Geneva Sands, CNN US border authorities in June arrested or turned away the highest monthly number of migrants at the US-Mexico border in at least…
Continue Reading ‘I see this as a down payment’: Progressives see room to get more out of budget package that is short of their goal
By Annie Grayer, CNN Senate Budget Chairman Bernie Sanders and Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal both wanted the top line for Democrats’…
Continue Reading Judge rejects Lev Parnas’ argument that he was prosecuted to be stopped from turning on Trump
By Kara Scannell A federal judge in New York rejected Lev Parnas’ motion to dismiss fraud and campaign finances charges, finding an argument…
Continue Reading Joe Manchin says he’s ‘very, very’ disturbed about reconciliation proposals on climate change
By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats’ most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious…
Continue Reading Former Oklahoma City Thunder employee turned in by coworkers pleads guilty in US Capitol riot
By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A former Oklahoma City Thunder employee turned in by her former coworkers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor…
Continue Reading Judge to Nassar: I just signed your death warrant (2018)
Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced ex-Team USA doctor Larry Nassar up to 175 years in prison for criminal sexual…
Continue Reading Americans face months-long wait for passports as State Department deals with massive backlog
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN American travelers who do not currently have valid US passports may not be able to travel overseas this summer due to…
Continue Reading READ: Justice Department inspector general report on FBI’s Larry Nassar investigation
By CNN FBI officials investigating allegations of sexual abuse by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar violated the agency’s policies…
Continue Reading Justice Department watchdog blasts FBI’s handling of allegations against Larry Nassar
By Christina Carrega, Evan Perez and Devan Cole, CNN FBI officials investigating allegations of sexual abuse by disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry…
Continue Reading Fact check: Biden’s dubious claim that ‘the law doesn’t allow’ Afghan translators to be evacuated to US while they wait for visas
By Daniel Dale Thousands of Afghans who worked with American troops face grave danger as a result of the ongoing US military withdrawal from…
Continue Reading Texas Democrats meet with key Democratic senators in push for federal voting rights legislation
By Jessica Dean and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A group of Texas House Democrats who fled their state in a bid to stop restrictive voting legislation met with…
Continue Reading FBI says missteps in sex abuse probe of gymnastics doctor Nassar are ‘inexcusable and a discredit to this organization’
WASHINGTON, DC — The FBI made “fundamental” errors in investigating sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics national team doctor…
Continue Reading Pro-Trump Senate hopeful J.D. Vance called then-President a ‘moral disaster’ in 2017 messages
By Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist and author of the bestselling book…
Continue Reading House select committee on Capitol insurrection will hold first hearing July 27 with Capitol Police
By Melanie Zanona, Daniella Diaz and Lauren Fox, CNN The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot will hold its first hearing on July 27…
Continue Reading DACA recipients lose permission to work amid application backlog
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Nearly a decade after being allowed to work legally in the US, Ju Hong was back at square one this month, scrambling to…
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