Biden administration terminates two border wall contracts in Texas
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US Customs and Border Protection is terminating two border wall contracts in the Laredo sector that cover approximately 31…
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Biden poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy as US ambassador to Australia
By Nicole Gaouette and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden is poised to nominate Caroline Kennedy to serve as ambassador to Australia, three people…
Continue Reading Biden back on the campaign trail: ‘I whipped Donald Trump in Virginia and so will Terry’
By Dan Merica, CNN President Joe Biden made a forceful return to the campaign trail on Friday night in Virginia, stumping for gubernatorial candidate…
Continue Reading Biden administration purchases extra Pfizer doses to prepare for possibility of children vaccine needs and booster shots
By Betsy Klein and Naomi Thomas, CNN The Biden administration purchased an additional 200 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Two Democrats in Congress call on Justice Department watchdog to investigate if Barrack case ‘was inappropriately suppressed’
By Erica Orden Two Democratic members of Congress are asking the Justice Department’s inspector general to open an investigation into whether…
Continue Reading Alabama governor: It’s time to start blaming unvaccinated folks
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey spoke out against the unvaccinated population in Alabama and says it’s time to start blaming them for not doing their part…
Continue Reading Alabama Republican Gov. Ivey says ‘start blaming the unvaccinated folks’ for rise in Covid cases
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday called out “the unvaccinated folks” for the rise in Covid-19…
Continue Reading Doctor: Patients ‘beg me for the vaccine’ before being intubated
An Alabama doctor shared a heartbreaking Facebook post, revealing that some of her unvaccinated Covid-19 patients are begging for the vaccine before…
Continue Reading State Department suspends passport online booking system because of bots
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US State Department on Wednesday evening temporarily suspended an online booking system used for urgent appointments…
Continue Reading Extreme weather events put spotlight on climate change’s toll on US infrastructure
CNN’s Pete Muntean looks at the extreme weather conditions across the nation and what cities are doing to protect themselves from future weather…
Continue Reading Trump loyalists echo false Arizona election fraud claims in hopes of winning midterms
By Bob Ortega, CNN Investigates Oklahoma pastor Jackson Lahmeyer’s quest to win a seat in the US Senate in his home state recently led him to…
Continue Reading CIA inspector general reviewing handling of ‘Havana Syndrome’ cases
By Katie Bo Williams and Natasha Bertrand, CNN The CIA inspector general is carrying out a review into the agency’s handling of officers…
Continue Reading Extreme weather events put spotlight on climate change’s toll on US infrastructure
By Pete Muntean and Chandelis Duster, CNN America’s infrastructure has taken a beating from extreme weather events in recent weeks spurred by…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris looks to turn the page as she zeroes-in on voting rights
By Arlette Saenz and Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris is making voting rights her top public focus, elevating a long-shot battle as…
Continue Reading Biden’s drug czar nominee consulted for cannabis company last year, ethics disclosure shows
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s drug czar pick, Dr. Rahul Gupta, spent nine months last year working as an adviser to a…
Continue Reading Capitol Police Board names new US Capitol Police chief
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Capitol Police Board announced Thursday the selection of Tom Manger as chief of the United States Capitol Police…
Continue Reading Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of Medicaid expansion
By Tami Luhby, CNN Missouri must expand Medicaid to low-income residents, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday, finding that a state…
Continue Reading Biden officials shift to an urgent tone as Covid-19 fight enters troubling new phase
By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Biden administration officials acknowledged Thursday the pandemic that appeared to be waning a month ago has…
Continue Reading Mississippi asks US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was…
Continue Reading See what Liz Cheney had to say about McCarthy
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) decision to pull all Republicans from the select committee investigating…
Continue Reading House GOP leaders show little appetite for punishing Cheney over January 6 flap
By Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN House GOP leaders are strongly signaling that they are unlikely to punish Rep. Liz Cheney for accepting Speaker…
Continue Reading Fact check: Rep. Eric Swalwell falsely says Mitch McConnell only got ‘serious’ about Covid-19 vaccines after Monday stock market dip
By Daniel Dale On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did what he has been doing for seven months: he called on Americans to get…
Continue Reading FBI says it got more than 4,500 tips on Kavanaugh, providing ‘relevant’ ones to Trump White House
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The FBI disclosed that it received more than 4,500 tips on a phone line in 2018 as part of a…
Continue Reading US strikes Taliban and captured equipment in support of Afghan forces
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military carried out two strikes against the Taliban overnight in support of Afghan forces in the Kandahar province,…
Continue Reading Afghan peace negotiator: Our people are suffering
Nader Nadery, senior member of the Afghan peace negotiation team, says the Taliban is intimidating communities and that a ceasefire is needed…
Continue Reading READ: Mississippi’s request to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
By CNN Mississippi’s attorney general told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Roe v. Wade was “egregiously wrong” and urged the…
Continue Reading Texas Senate advances bill to restrict how race, nation’s history is taught in schools
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN While the Texas Legislature remains embroiled in a battle over election laws, Republican senators have advanced a bill that…
Continue Reading Rep. Hank Johnson arrested at voting rights protest
By Ali Zaslav, Paul LeBlanc and Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Rep. Hank Johnson was arrested by Capitol Police on Thursday during a protest on…
Continue Reading Biden signs crime victims fund replenishment bill
By Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden celebrated what he called “a day of hope” Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the…
Continue Reading Iranian ships that appeared headed for Venezuela are now in Baltic Sea approaching Russia
By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Two Iranian ships that once appeared to be headed to Venezuela are now in the Baltic Sea approaching the…
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