President Joe Biden must define the politics of this fall before they define him, as he seeks to re-establish the authority of an administration that often appeared overtaken by a relentless summer of challenges.
Ex-FBI official says law enforcement needs to take upcoming right-wing rally in DC ‘very seriously’
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Monday evening that law enforcement needs to take the upcoming right-wing rally in support of jailed January 6 rioters “very seriously” as concerns mount about more potential violence on Capitol Hill.
Union workers propel Newsom in waning days of recall campaign
It was approaching a sweltering 100 degrees when California Gov. Gavin Newsom jumped into the back of a flatbed truck to thank dozens of laborers for their work to keep him in office.
The government’s pandemic help has run out
Summer’s over, and with it the hope that a return to pre-pandemic “normal” might be just over the horizon.
Pretrial hearings for alleged 9/11 plotters set to resume at Guantanamo this week
Pretrial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been accused of being the lead plotter behind the September 11 attacks, and four other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are set to resume on Tuesday. The last in-person hearing in the cas…
Attorney general pledges to protect abortion clinics in Texas that may come ‘under attack’
Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged Monday to protect abortion clinics in Texas by enforcing a federal law that prohibits making threats against patients seeking reproductive health services and obstructing clinic entrances.
US helped 4 US citizens leave Afghanistan overland, official says
The United States facilitated the departure of four American citizens from Afghanistan via an overland route to a third country, a senior State Department official said Monday.
White House toils amid multiple crises on Labor Day
There is no rest for an under-pressure White House this Labor Day as President Joe Biden tackles health, economic and legislative challenges that deepened on his watch and are beginning to erode his political standing.
Jobless Americans left scrambling after pandemic unemployment benefits end
April Stokes wants to go back to work.
Biden promised ISIS-K will ‘pay.’ Having no US troops in Afghanistan makes that harder
As the Biden administration grapples with the challenge of carrying out counterterrorism missions in Afghanistan without US boots on the ground, CNN has learned new details about last Sunday’s drone strike on suspected ISIS-K fighters in Kabul that som…