By Ryan Nobles and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats on the Budget Committee announced late Tuesday they struck an agreement on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that includes spending for President Joe Biden‘s sweeping social agenda — and would be a first step toward unlocking their ability to pass their own infrastructure bill later this
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN Business) — REvil, el grupo de ransomware que atacó al proveedor de carne JBS Foods esta primavera boreal y a un importante proveedor de software IT este mes, desapareció misteriosamente de internet, según los expertos en ciberseguridad que hacen un seguimiento del grupo. Los sitios web y otras infraestructuras pertenecientes al
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Un total de 59 incendios grandes quemaron una superficie de casi 3.500 km cuadrados en 12 estados de Estados Unidos, según el Centro Nacional Interagencial de Bomberos (NIFC, por sus siglas en inglés), una superficie comparable a cuatro veces el área de la ciudad de Nueva York. En total, desde el
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mid-Missouri attorney says many of her clients who are landlords are frustrated because an extended eviction moratorium bans most tenants from being evicted, even if they aren’t paying rent. Court documents we uncovered Monday detail an eviction dispute leading up to the fatal Thursday night Moberly shooting. “In my experience, courts
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By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent President Joe Biden is nominating former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake to serve as ambassador to Turkey, a White House official told CNN, as the administration continues filling out its roster of ambassadors. Flake, a longtime Republican member of the House and Senate, emerged as a Biden supporter
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El calor sofocante está abrasando el oeste de Estados Unidos a medida que se acerca el fin de semana, con el empeoramiento de las condiciones históricas de sequía y el aumento del peligro de incendios en gran parte del noroeste. Las altas temperaturas diurnas en todo el oeste amenazarán los récords
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By Paula Newton, CNN The Penelakut Tribe in British Columbia announced Monday that it had found more than 160 “undocumented and unmarked’ graves in the province’s Southern Gulf Islands, once home to the Kuper Island Residential School. The latest grim discovery follows other similar findings in British Columbia as well as in the province of
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By Devan Cole, CNN A group of abortion rights organizations and providers filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block enforcement of a recently passed Texas law that would allow private citizens to sue individuals thought to have assisted in violating the state’s so-called heartbeat ban. The suit — brought by the Center for Reproductive
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By Amy Sood, CNN Nearly half of Jakarta’s residents may have contracted Covid-19, according to a health survey — more than 12 times the number of cases officially recorded in the Indonesian capital at the time when the research was carried out. The survey, published July 10, tested for coronavirus antibodies in the blood of
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By Stella Chan, CNN The National Interagency Fire Center says 67 large fires have burned more than 917,000 acres across 12 states. The acreage — about 1,434 square miles — is comparable to 4.75 times the area of New York City. From January 1 to July 13 this year, more than 2 million acres have
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By Daniella Diaz and Ali Zaslav, CNN More than 38% of Democratic Senate staffers identify as non-Caucasian, an increase from the survey in 2020, where 34.8% of Democratic Senate staffers identified as non-Caucasian, according to a new survey released by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office Tuesday evening. According to the survey, 38.3% of Democratic
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said that her remarks comparing masks mandates and vaccination passports to the Holocaust were “offensive” and offered an apology for them after visiting the Holocaust Museum. CNN’s Ryan Nobles reports.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — El entonces presidente Donald Trump dijo a varios de sus asesores en 2020 que quien había filtrado información sobre su estancia en el búnker de la Casa Blanca en mayo de ese año había cometido traición y debía ser ejecutado por compartir detalles sobre el episodio con la prensa, según
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free, here. Today in business news: Prices are surging; Wall Street banks are minting money; and Coke Zero has a new look and taste. Let’s get into it.
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN) — El canciller de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, criticó el lunes al asesor de Seguridad de la Casa Blanca, Jake Sullivan, por emitir una declaración en apoyo de las raras protestas cubanas que sacudieron a la nación isleña un día antes. Miles de cubanos salieron a las calles el domingo para protestar por la
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As James Whitt explained the history of Sharp End, a once-thriving block for minority-owned business, he points to the black and gold plaque hanging at least a foot above his head.
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By Eric Bradner, CNN Texas House Democrats said Tuesday they can only hold off Republicans’ push for restrictive new voting laws for weeks, as they urged President Joe Biden and Democratic members of Congress to look for new ways to implement federal protections — including backing South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn’s call for a filibuster
Continue Reading Texas state House Democrats left the state in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law in the remaining 27 days of the special legislative session called by Gov. Greg Abbott. CNN’s Don Lemon talks to one of those Democrats, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, about the goals of the lawmakers who fled to Washington, DC.
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By Ryan Nobles and Ted Barrett, CNN With time running out, Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over how to move forward on a funding package designed to improve security on Capitol Hill and fill a massive funding gap for Capitol Police and the National Guard that was created in the wake of the January
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday rejected an emergency request to block Biden administration’s Covid-19 mask requirement for public travel. The request was brought by a man seeking to leave Florida by airplane, who said his Generalized Anxiety Disorder prevented him from wearing a mask. While the Supreme Court has been willing
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