Pentagon ramping up Kabul evacuation efforts as many struggle to reach airport
CNN By Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US military has increased the pace of evacuations to help Afghans…
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First on CNN: More than 50 senators urge Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan allies
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A bipartisan group of 55 senators is urging President Joe Biden to quickly evacuate Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV)…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t believe Taliban have changed
By Kate Sullivan, Allie Malloy and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday he doesn’t believe the Taliban have changed, as the…
Continue Reading President and first lady plan to get their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they’re eligible, Biden says
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden plan to get Covid-19 vaccine booster shots once they are cleared to take them,…
Continue Reading Fact-checking Biden’s claim that Afghans didn’t want to leave
By Tara Subramaniam and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has been working to mitigate the fallout from the situation in Afghanistan…
Continue Reading ‘We’re going to do both’: White House argues it can offer booster shots to Americans while sharing vaccines globally
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FEDEX, POOL By Kate Sullivan and Jason Hoffman, CNN White House officials on Wednesday insisted the US…
Continue Reading FAA proposes more than $500,000 in new fines against unruly airline passengers
By Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Federal authorities are proposing more than a half-million dollars in new fines against commercial airline…
Continue Reading Far fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
By Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from pre-pandemic…
Continue Reading Far fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from…
Continue Reading North Carolina poised to raise minimum marriage age from 14 to 16
By Devan Cole, CNN North Carolina is one step away from raising the minimum age at which children in the state can wed from 14 to 16 after lawmakers…
Continue Reading Texas schools seek ways around Covid-positive Gov. Abbott’s ban on mask mandates
By Eric Bradner, CNN Some Texas school districts and students are seeking ways around Republican Gov. Greg Abbott‘s ban on mask mandates as the…
Continue Reading US Capitol Police official in charge of intel on January 6 returns to that role
By Whitney Wild, CNN The US Capitol Police official who was in charge of intelligence operations on January 6 before briefly becoming acting chief…
Continue Reading Biden promised allies ‘America is back.’ Chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal is making them fear it’s still ‘America First.’
By Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, CNN Visiting Brussels earlier this summer, President Joe Biden was single-minded in his message to American…
Continue Reading US cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN As reports of harassment and beatings at Taliban…
Continue Reading US cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport, embassy says
By Jennifer Hansler, Ellie Kaufman, Nicole Gaouette, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood, CNN As reports of harassment and beatings at Taliban…
Continue Reading Harris heads to Southeast Asia in search of a foreign policy win amid Afghanistan crisis
CNN By Jasmine Wright and Arlette Saenz, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris faces a steep challenge next week when she travels to Singapore and…
Continue Reading US workers lean in favor of workplace vaccine mandates
By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Slightly more than half of US workers favor Covid-19 vaccine mandates in their workplaces, new polling finds, although far…
Continue Reading Kenneth Kurson, pardoned friend of Jared Kushner, charged in New York for installing spyware on then-wife’s computer
By Kara Scannell New York prosecutors charged Kenneth Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned by President…
Continue Reading Biden suggests US troops could stay in Afghanistan past withdrawal deadline to ensure evacuation of all Americans
By Nikki Carvajal and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday suggested for the first time that he’s willing to keep US forces in…
Continue Reading Biden admin to ban pesticide tied to children’s health problems, reversing Trump-era decision
By Devan Cole and Liz Stark, CNN A widely used pesticide that could cause potential health issues in children will no longer be used on food in the…
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