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By Daniel Dale Defending his withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden and his administration have emphasized how many people…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that he was concerned that then-President Donald Trump “undermined”…

By Devan Cole, CNN Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten have become first-time parents, the transportation secretary announced on Tuesday.…

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has been widely criticized across the political spectrum,…

By Maegan Vazquez, Ellie Kaufman and Mike Conte, CNN White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the Taliban have committed…

By Paul P. Murphy and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Tuesday took the extraordinary step of appointing a new…

By Alex Rogers, CNN Former Nevada state Attorney General Adam Laxalt launched his campaign for US Senate on Tuesday, comparing his campaign against…

By Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is signaling that she won’t be backed into a corner…

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday is shipping the first of the 500 million Covid-19 doses that President Joe Biden pledged to…

By Oren Liebermann and Ellie Kaufman, CNN An incoherent strategy to rebuild Afghanistan, flush with resources but lacking cohesive leadership and a…

By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz Boyd Camper was set to join the ranks of those pleading guilty in the January 6 insurrection when the federal…

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Oren Liebermann and Nicole Gaouette, CNN Factions within the Biden administration are embroiled in a blame game…

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN Top health officials in the Biden administration are coalescing around an agreement that most Americans should get Covid…

By Geneva Sands, CNN The Biden administration asked federal employees from US Citizenship and Immigration Services to volunteer for assignments to…

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN By the time images of desperate Afghans clinging to American warplanes began emerging from…

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Mike Conte and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Now that the Taliban are in control of Kabul, Ismail is afraid to leave his…

By Rebekah Riess, CNN No foul play is suspected in the death of an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper who was found unresponsive in his barracks room…

By Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb and Annie Grayer, CNN Democrats on Capitol Hill are grappling with the political fallout in Washington of a crisis they…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A New York man has pleaded guilty after posting online violent threats against Congress and newly elected Georgia Democratic…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Paul Mitchell, the former US congressman from Michigan who died this month following a battle with cancer, delivered an…

By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As he hit the campaign trail this weekend to fight the Republican-led effort to oust him, California Gov. Gavin…

By Jamie Gangel and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN First it was “Fear,” then it was “Rage,” now it is “Peril.” That is the…

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins, Jennifer Hansler and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that the collapse of…

By Tierney Sneed and Jessica Schneider, CNN The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division told Congress Monday that…

By Barbara Starr, Jason Hoffman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Violence erupted at the Kabul airport as US forces shot and killed two armed men who fired…

By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp benefits will jump 27% above pre-pandemic levels, on average, starting in October — the largest increase in the…

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The Taliban edged closer to solidifying control of Afghanistan on Sunday, including entering the presidential palace in Kabul…

By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration has curtailed the number of government-sponsored evacuation…

By Natasha Bertrand, Jennifer Hansler and Melanie Zanona, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday in a briefing for…

By Devan Cole, Daniella Diaz, Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed…

By Chandelis Duster, CNN New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will make history as the female governor of New York, on Sunday vowed to uphold…

By Alex Marquardt, CNN As hackers and cybersecurity experts descended on Las Vegas last week for the famous cyber conference Black Hat, they may have…

By Kevin Liptak and Jason Hoffman, CNN President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other…

By Oren Liebermann, CNN The messages began pouring into the law office of Joseph Jordan in Killeen, Texas, soon after the Pentagon announced it would…

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Nicole Gaouette, CNN The American flag at the US embassy in Kabul was taken down Sunday, marking a final step…

By John Harwood The Trumpist Republican Party has shown it will toy with democracy. Now President Joe Biden is testing its willingness to play with…

By Donald Judd and Barbara Starr, CNN President Joe Biden announced the authorization of an additional direct deployment of 1,000 troops to…

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Troy Price, the former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party during the chaotic 2020 Iowa caucuses, is the New Hampshire…

By Ella Nilsen and Natasha Bertrand, CNN In a summer of deadly and life-altering extreme weather, the Biden administration and Democrats are walking…

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Like many parents, Paul Martino never paid his school board much attention before the coronavirus pandemic. But last summer,…

By Tami Luhby, CNN Time is running out to sign up for Obamacare coverage for 2021. The special enrollment period that allows the uninsured to pick…

By Kate Bennett, CNN Since leaving Washington last January, there have been only a handful of things that have drawn former first lady Melania Trump…

By Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden is facing multiple August crises with Afghanistan on the verge of collapse, Covid-19 patients overwhelming…

By Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is working to finalize an agreement with Qatar to temporarily house thousands of Afghans who worked…

By Liz Stark, CNN The US Department of Education sent letters Friday to the Republican governors of Texas and Florida, as well as Florida school…

By Lauren Dezenski, CNN This week, more public and private entities rolled out Covid-19 vaccine mandates as the Delta variant continued its spread.…

By Tami Luhby, CNN The August child tax credit payment is in the mail — or headed directly to your bank account. The Internal Revenue Service…

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN James Hormel, the first out gay person to serve as a US ambassador and a San Francisco philanthropist, has died at the…

By Gregory Krieg and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York state lawmakers will halt the impeachment investigation against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who…

By Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US Embassy in Kabul is instructing personnel to destroy sensitive materials as well as items…

By Geneva Sands, CNN Online extremist rhetoric is strikingly similar to the buildup to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, with increasing calls…

By Liz Stark and Tami Luhby, CNN The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion to…

By Manu Raju and Alex Rogers, CNN It’s the Democrats’ doomsday scenario: California Gov. Gavin Newsom loses his recall race this fall,…

By Tierney Sneed and Ariane de Vogue, CNN A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Friday allowed the Biden administration’s revised eviction…

By Whitney Wild, CNN The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two photojournalists who say police hit them with chemical…

By Manu Raju and Daniella Diaz, CNN Nine Democratic House moderates are threatening to withhold their support for their party’s must-pass…

By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Sen. Rand Paul just got temporarily kicked off YouTube for an inaccurate tirade against masks. Sen. Mitch…

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A “disgrace to our country.” “The tyranny we rejected.” “An embarrassment to every…

By Katie Bo Williams, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN The Biden administration is receiving regular intelligence reports indicating Russian…

By Phil Mattingly, CNN In touting the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill hours after it passed the Senate with 19 Republican votes on Tuesday,…

By Natasha Bertrand, Phil Mattingly, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated faster than…

By Melissa Mahtani, Melissa Macaya, Maureen Chowdhury, Veronica Rocha, Meg Wagner, Steve George and Brad Lendon, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & ©…

By Paul P. Murphy and Jeremy Harlan, CNN In announcing the revoking of some Mesa County voting machines — their logins appeared in a video by…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A divided Supreme Court granted a request from a group of New York landlords to block a part of the…

By Sara Murray, Jeff Simon and Alex Rogers, CNN While other Republicans garnered more attention in attempting to convince the country that the 2020…

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett declined a request to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate,…

by Andrew Kaczynski and Drew Myers, CNN The Biden administration’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives…

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the US southern border, Homeland Security Secretary…

By Maegan Vazquez and Donald Judd, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday hit out at anti-masking protesters for politicizing the Covid-19 pandemic,…