Extreme weather threatens 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…
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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 ReadingTrump 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 ReadingCIA 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 ReadingExtreme 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 ReadingKamala 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 ReadingBiden’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 ReadingCapitol 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 ReadingMissouri 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingSee 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 ReadingHouse 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 ReadingFact 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 ReadingFBI 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 ReadingUS 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 ReadingAfghan 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 ReadingREAD: 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 ReadingTexas 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 ReadingMississippi 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 ReadingRep. 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…
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