US to donate more than 17 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to African Union
By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN The US will donate more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to the African…
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HHS repurposes an emergency intake site in Michigan for unaccompanied Afghan minors
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Health and Human Services is repurposing one of its temporary shelters in Michigan for unaccompanied…
Continue Reading Stephen Breyer says now isn’t the time to lose faith in the Supreme Court
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Justice Stephen Breyer is not giving up on the Supreme Court. In a wide-ranging…
Continue Reading White House’s chief Covid-19 science officer calls on Moderna to ‘step up’ global vaccine efforts
By Betsy Klein, CNN The White House’s top scientist focused on Covid-19 sought to ratchet up pressure on Moderna, saying the pharmaceutical…
Continue Reading Texas urges appeals court to keep abortion ban in place as legal challenges play out
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged a powerful federal appeals court on Thursday to allow a state…
Continue Reading US officially rejoins controversial UN Human Rights Council
By Richard Roth and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The United States is officially a member of the controversial United Nations Human Rights Council again,…
Continue Reading White House vetting former FDA Commissioner Dr. Rob Califf to once again lead agency
By Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN The White House is in the process of vetting former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Rob…
Continue Reading January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Biden sending 13 cabinet members, high-level officials to UN climate summit in show of force
By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden is planning a show of strength at next month’s pivotal UN climate summit in Glasgow. The president is…
Continue Reading Senators call on Blinken to appoint someone to lead efforts to address ‘Havana syndrome’
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of senators called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to appoint a new senior official to lead the…
Continue Reading Biden says nation is ‘headed in the right direction’ on Covid but now is a ‘very critical period’
By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday said the nation is “headed in the right direction” with its…
Continue Reading Judge finds Marine guilty after he posted videos criticizing the US withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A US military judge found a Marine who had posted videos on social media criticizing top military leaders’ handling of…
Continue Reading Biden to have audience with Pope Francis during trip to Rome
By Jeremy Diamond and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will meet with Pope Francis during their trip to Rome later…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Biden sending 13 cabinet members, high-level officials to UN climate summit in show of force
By Ella Nilsen, CNN President Joe Biden is planning a show of strength at next month’s pivotal UN climate summit in Glasgow. The president is…
Continue Reading New Public Service Loan Forgiveness rules: What borrowers need to know
By Katie Lobosco, CNN The US Department of Education recently announced significant changes to a federal student loan forgiveness program that aims…
Continue Reading CENTCOM disputes Air Force account of attempted hijacking at Kabul airport during Afghanistan evacuation
By Oren Liebermann, CNN US Central Command, which oversaw the US evacuation from Afghanistan, disputed an Air Force account of an attempted hijacking…
Continue Reading ‘It really is just a godsend’: Capitol Police welcome peer support dog Lila
By Lauren Fox and Kristin Wilson, CNN The US Capitol Police has unleashed a special new member to its patrol: a 3-year-old Labrador named Lila. Since…
Continue Reading ‘It really is just a godsend’: Capitol Police welcome peer support dog Lila
By Lauren Fox and Kristin Wilson, CNN The US Capitol Police has unleashed a special new member to its patrol: a 3-year-old Labrador named Lila. Since…
Continue Reading Stephen Breyer says now isn’t the time to lose faith in the Supreme Court
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Justice Stephen Breyer is not giving up on the Supreme Court. In a wide-ranging…
Continue Reading January 6 investigators recommended a contempt charge against Steve Bannon. Here’s what that means.
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol have shown they’re willing to…
Continue Reading January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot…
Continue Reading DC police warned other agencies before January 6 rally that attendees were urged to ‘come armed,’ according to new document
By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump…
Continue Reading SCOTUS changed oral arguments in part because female justices were interrupted, Sotomayor says
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor told an audience Wednesday that recent changes in the format of oral arguments…
Continue Reading How GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell joined Trump’s ‘team deplorables’ advancing his false election fraud claims
By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN The day after the 2020 election, conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell was wrapping up her work in Montana when…
Continue Reading Herschel Walker cancels fundraiser with supporter who had swastika-shaped image in Twitter profile
By Michael Warren Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has canceled a fundraiser hosted by a woman whose Twitter account featured a…
Continue Reading Judge dismisses Fulton County ballot review case in Georgia
By Sara Murray and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A judge in Georgia on Wednesday dismissed a case that could have paved the way for an audit of Fulton…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces plans for massive expansion of wind farms off US coasts
By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is planning to aggressively expand offshore wind energy capacity in the United States, potentially…
Continue Reading White House formally rejects Trump’s request to protect specific documents from being given to January 6 investigators
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The White House formally rejected the request by former President Donald Trump to assert executive privilege to shield from…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces plans for massive expansion of wind farms off US coasts
By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is planning to aggressively expand offshore wind energy capacity in the United States, potentially…
Continue Reading How GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell joined Trump’s ‘team deplorables’ advancing his false election fraud claims
By Jeremy Herb and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN The day after the 2020 election, conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell was wrapping up her work in Montana when…
Continue Reading White House commission on the Supreme Court to release draft materials Thursday
By Maegan Vazquez and Allie Malloy, CNN A 36-member commission set up by President Joe Biden to study the US Supreme Court is set to release draft…
Continue Reading Blinken says US is prepared to turn to ‘other options’ if nuclear diplomacy with Iran fails
By Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that if diplomatic talks with Iran fail, the United States “is…
Continue Reading Blinken says US is prepared to turn to ‘other options’ if nuclear diplomacy with Iran fails
By Kylie Atwood and Michael Conte, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that if diplomatic talks with Iran fail, the United States “is…
Continue Reading Texas florist becomes 100th US Capitol rioter to plead guilty
By Marshall Cohen and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Texas florist became the 100th person to plead guilty in connection with the January 6 insurrection, a…
Continue Reading TSA says 40% of employees are unvaccinated as deadline looms
The Transportation Security Administration says 4-in-10 members of its workforce, including screeners, remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 as its…
Continue Reading Biden says nation is ‘headed in the right direction’ on Covid but now is a ‘very critical period’
By Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday said the nation is “headed in the right direction” with its…
Continue Reading Most evacuation flights from Afghanistan this week have been canceled
By Kylie Atwood, CNN Most evacuation flights scheduled to depart Afghanistan this week have been canceled, according to a State Department email sent…
Continue Reading Top conservative lawyers steer clear of Trump’s latest legal fight
By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice A number of high-powered lawyers who have represented Donald Trump in the past are sitting out…
Continue Reading NRCC-supported candidate praised Proud Boys at September rally for Capitol rioters
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN The House GOP’s campaign arm announced Tuesday that an Arizona Republican candidate who praised the Proud…
Continue Reading January 6 committee subpoenas former DOJ official who pushed election fraud lie and interviews another who pushed back
By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Whitney Wild, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has subpoenaed…
Continue Reading ‘Huge problem’: Passengers are bringing a record number of guns to the airport, TSA says
By Gregory Wallace and Pete Muntean, CNN Airline passengers are bringing guns to the airport in numbers never seen before, and it is a “huge…
Continue Reading Capitol Police who protect members of Congress must get vaccinated or be reassigned
By Whitney Wild, CNN All members of the US Capitol Police Department’s division responsible for protecting lawmakers must be fully vaccinated…
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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic nominee for President. The first woman in American history…
Continue Reading Ex-felon cousins get 45 days in jail for storming US Capitol
By Marshall Cohen Two cousins with extensive criminal records were sentenced Wednesday to 45 days in jail for storming the US Capitol during the…
Continue Reading Federal judge holds DC jail in contempt and says it violated US Capitol rioter’s civil rights
By Hannah Rabinowitz A federal judge referred the Washington, DC, jail to the Department of Justice on Wednesday for potential civil rights…
Continue Reading Buttigieg says Biden’s infrastructure proposals would help supply chain crisis
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposals would help…
Continue Reading Buttigieg says Biden’s infrastructure proposals would help supply chain crisis
By Kate Sullivan, CNN Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposals would help…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Most Democrats favor a bigger bill on social safety net and climate
By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN As congressional Democrats negotiate the size and scope of a budget bill that could significantly…
Continue Reading Black Americans are incarcerated at nearly five times the rate of Whites, new report on state prisons finds
By Christina Carrega Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly five times the rate of White Americans, according to a new report by…
Continue Reading Marine plans to plead guilty to charges after posting videos critical of US withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A Marine who posted videos criticizing the US military’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan plans to plead…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania attorney general Josh Shapiro announces his bid for governor
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Pennsylvania’s Democratic attorney general Josh Shapiro, who fought against former President Donald…
Continue Reading Social Security recipients get 5.9% increase, but rising prices will offset the boost
By Tami Luhby, CNN Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost of living adjustment of 5.9% next year, the largest increase since 1982,…
Continue Reading Marine plans to plead guilty to charges after posting videos critical of US withdrawal from Afghanistan
By Ellie Kaufman, CNN A Marine who posted videos criticizing the US military’s handling of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan plans to plead…
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Republicans rally around possible Trump 2024 bid as they downplay his role on January 6
By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Nine months after the attack on the US Capitol, Republicans in Congress are defending Donald Trump’s role…
Continue Reading Republicans rally around possible Trump 2024 bid as they downplay his role on January 6
By Melanie Zanona and Manu Raju, CNN Nine months after the attack on the US Capitol, Republicans in Congress are defending Donald Trump’s role…
Continue Reading Sense of urgency grips the White House with Biden facing crises on many fronts
By John Harwood, CNN Nine months into Joe Biden’s presidency, a White House suddenly beset on all sides feels a growing sense of urgency. The…
Continue Reading US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in…
Continue Reading January 6 committee unified in pushing for charges for those who defy subpoenas
By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer, Whitney Wild and Kristen Holmes, CNN As the committee investigating January 6 enters a key week of…
Continue Reading Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to endorse death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Eight years after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which led to the deaths of three spectators and a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to endorse death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Eight years after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which led to the deaths of three spectators and a…
Continue Reading US calls on Russia to do more to crack down on ransomware groups as White House hosts meeting with allies
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN The White House called on Russia to do more to crack down on ransomware groups operating from the country but conceded that…
Continue Reading US will re-open Canadian and Mexican borders to fully vaccinated visitors
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The United States plans to ease restrictions on travel for fully vaccinated visitors from Canada and Mexico starting in…
Continue Reading US officials reported Havana syndrome symptoms in Colombia
By Kylie Atwood, CNN More than a dozen US officials who work at the US Embassy in Colombia and their family members have reported symptoms consistent…
Continue Reading OSHA submits vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget, jump-starting review process
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new…
Continue Reading Pramila Jayapal faces key choice: Bargain or dig in
By Alex Rogers, Manu Raju and Lauren Fox, CNN Less than 24 hours after saying most House Democrats wanted to do “fewer things well,”…
Continue Reading Florida fines county $3.5 million for enforcing vaccine passports
By Paul LeBlanc and Amy Simonson, CNN The Florida Health Department has levied a $3.5 million fine against Leon County for violating the…
Continue Reading OSHA submits vaccine rule to the Office of Management and Budget, jump-starting review process
By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which falls under the Labor Department, has submitted the text of a new…
Continue Reading ‘Progress on a number of fronts’ following US-Taliban meetings, State Department says
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday that “there has been progress on a number of fronts”…
Continue Reading Pentagon unsure if hundreds of thousands of civilian employees are vaccinated as deadline approaches
By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon is in the dark about the vaccine status of hundreds of thousands of its civilian employees just weeks before the…
Continue Reading Democrats scrutinize Pennsylvania congressman’s efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election
By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week…
Continue Reading Where things stand in the legal battle over Texas’ six-week abortion ban
By Tierney Sneed Texas’ six-week abortion ban is likely to stay in force at least for a few more days, if not longer, with a federal appeals…
Continue Reading Democrats scrutinize Pennsylvania congressman’s efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election
By Jeremy Herb and Sara Murray, CNN Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry is under renewed scrutiny after a Senate report released last week…
Continue Reading Hillary Clinton tries her hand at a thriller in new novel
By Kate Bennett, CNN Hillary Clinton has added yet another job to her lengthy résumé: fiction writer. Tuesday marks the release of Clinton’s…
Continue Reading White House says it did not select child actors in YouTube video featuring Kamala Harris
By Jasmine Wright, CNN The White House says it did not select the child actors who appeared in a YouTube-original video featuring Vice President…
Continue Reading Senate Homeland Security chair asks TikTok for policies on extremist content
By Veronica Stracqualursi and Whitney Wild, CNN Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, is asking TikTok to provide…
Continue Reading John Yarmuth, powerful liberal from Kentucky, announces he’ll retire from Congress at the end of his term
By Annie Grayer and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth announced on Tuesday that he will not be seeking reelection after serving…
Continue Reading Biden administration ends mass worksite immigration raids
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is ending mass worksite immigration raids and instead focusing on employers who exploit…
Continue Reading State Department taps new coordinator for Afghanistan relocation efforts
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the agency’s Afghanistan…
Continue Reading State Department taps new coordinator for Afghanistan relocation efforts
By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The State Department has tapped veteran diplomat Elizabeth Jones to lead the agency’s Afghanistan…
Continue Reading DC police warned other agencies before January 6 rally that attendees were urged to ‘come armed,’ according to new document
By Whitney Wild and Devan Cole, CNN Local police in Washington warned their law enforcement partner agencies a day before the January 6 pro-Trump…
Continue Reading Trump Organization in advanced talks to sell Washington hotel lease, source says
By Kara Scannell Former President Donald Trump’s company is in advanced talks to sell the lease for its marquee hotel in Washington, DC, for…
Continue Reading Why cremation has overtaken burial in America
Death is a five-letter word, but it may as well be a four letter word to many Americans. We don’t like talking about our eventual demise or planning…
Continue Reading Schiff calls House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy an ‘insurrectionist in a suit and tie’
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Tuesday referred to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as an “insurrectionist…
Continue Reading Obama to campaign for Virginia Democrats ahead of off-year elections
By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama will campaign for Terry McAuliffe and Virginia Democrats ahead of the November elections, the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court seems open to letting Kentucky attorney general defend abortion law
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to allow a Kentucky Republican attorney general step in to…
Continue Reading Biden’s ‘tough month’ looms over Democratic campaigns in 2021
By Dan Merica, CNN The federal headwinds against Democrats on the ballot this November have never been stronger. Democrats who were once buoyant that…
Continue Reading Giuliani associate Lev Parnas goes on trial Tuesday for campaign finance charges
By Lauren del Valle and Kara Scannell, CNN The campaign finance trial against Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian-born associate, Lev Parnas, is set to…
Continue Reading House to vote to extend debt ceiling through early December
By Clare Foran, CNN The House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday to extend the nation’s debt limit through early December after the…
Continue Reading House approves debt ceiling extension through early December
By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives approved an extension of the nation’s debt limit through early December…
Continue Reading GOP gubernatorial candidate Allen West released from hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis
By Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera and Kay Jones, CNN Allen West, Republican candidate for governor of Texas, announced Monday night that he had been…
Continue Reading DOJ asks 5th Circuit to halt Texas abortion ban while case is appealed
By Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department on Monday asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals to halt Texas’ six-week abortion ban while its…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from…
Continue Reading Texas governor bans Covid-19 vaccine mandates by any employer in state
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued an executive order banning all state entities, including private employers, from…
Continue Reading Microsoft says Iran-linked hackers have targeted US and Israeli defense firms
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Suspected Iranian hackers have targeted dozens of defense technology and maritime transportation firms, successfully breaching a…
Continue Reading ‘Cannot wait for Washington:’ How voting rights activists are navigating new restrictions ahead of November elections
By Fredreka Schouten, Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer, CNN When activist Tammye Pettyjohn Jones knocks on voters’ doors in her rural corner…
Continue Reading Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced…
Continue Reading Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 gets out of Afghanistan
By Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then-Sen. Joe Biden after his helicopter was forced…
Continue Reading Biden to LGBTQ Americans on National Coming Out Day: ‘You are loved and accepted just the way you are’
By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday commemorated National Coming Out Day by saying the US still has work to do to achieve equality…
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