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Is the QAnon movement dead?

January 21, 2021 8:43 am CNN

On Wednesday at noon, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. He was not arrested beforehand. Nor were any of the other…

What made ‘Celebrating America’ soar

January 21, 2021 12:50 am CNN

Other inaugural celebrations have festooned chilly Washington, DC, nights in white ties, gilded gowns, and crowded dance floors. Not this one. Forget…

Biden speech draws high praise across media — even on Fox News

January 20, 2021 1:49 pm CNN

Before Joe Biden was sworn in, voices across the TV spectrum could not possibly set the bar for his inaugural address any higher.…

A big infrastructure spending bill might finally be in the cards

January 20, 2021 1:43 pm CNN

Joe Biden is now President and Democrats have gained a slim majority in the Senate along with the party’s control of the House. Does that mean…

Biden pledges America will ‘engage with the world once again’

January 20, 2021 1:31 pm CNN

US President Joe Biden will rightly spend his first days in office addressing the myriad domestic crises that he has inherited from his predecessor,…

Brazilian officials were warned six days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus

January 19, 2021 5:49 pm CNN

Local and federal officials in Brazil were warned of looming oxygen shortages nearly a week before crisis struck in the city of Manaus, the…

Mitch McConnell: Capitol Hill mob was ‘provoked’ by Trump

January 19, 2021 1:42 pm CNN

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the mob that attacked the Capitol was “provoked” by President Donald Trump,…

Social media fueled the Capitol mob. Now Biden and Congress must crack down

January 18, 2021 1:57 pm CNN

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is rightfully being criticized for claiming that the US Capitol riots were “largely organized” on other…

Trump’s presidency expected to end with pardon spree as Biden era beckons

January 18, 2021 8:51 am CNN

President-elect Joe Biden’s shouldering of the presidency on Wednesday will finally end twice-impeached Donald Trump’s four-year assault…

Health care in Brazil’s Amazonas state in ‘collapse’ as Covid-19 infections surge

January 17, 2021 5:32 am CNN

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday that “all means” are being made available to help the country’s largest state,…

Trump has trashed America’s most important alliance. The rift with Europe could take decades to repair

January 16, 2021 8:44 pm CNN

The presidency of Donald Trump has left such a wretched stench in Europe that it’s hard to see how, even in four years, Joe Biden could…

Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating ever

January 16, 2021 9:40 am CNN

Poll of the week: A new Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating stands at 33%, while his disapproval is…

The world will take away a tragic truth from Biden’s inauguration

January 15, 2021 5:23 pm CNN

There’ll be no arguments about crowd size at Joe Biden’s inauguration — because there won’t be a crowd. In an extraordinary move…

Biden outlines plan to administer Covid-19 vaccines to Americans

January 15, 2021 3:10 pm CNN

President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that administering 100 million shots in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan.…

Man who accidentally threw out a bitcoin fortune offers $70 million for permission to dig it up

January 15, 2021 8:59 am CNN

A British man who accidentally threw a hard drive loaded with bitcoin into the trash has offered the local authority where he lives more than $70…

England’s schools were mostly open in 2020, but 2021 is a different story

January 14, 2021 5:10 pm CNN

Ella is now working from home. She joins many around the world, fellow Brits — and her parents — in succumbing to safety over normalcy.…

A Best Western hotel in London is now taking in Covid-19 patients as hospitals run out of beds

January 14, 2021 3:54 pm CNN

The Best Western Hotel in the London suburb of Croydon would normally be packed with visiting families, out-of-town construction workers, and…

Impeachment fractured the GOP

January 14, 2021 12:05 pm CNN

Donald John Trump will be remembered as the only president in American history to be impeached on two separate occasions. He incited an insurrection…

The GOP’s carnival of hypocrisy

January 13, 2021 9:37 pm CNN

History will record that the second impeachment of President Donald Trump branded him forever as a catastrophically immoral and divisive leader. It…

House impeaches Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’

January 13, 2021 3:28 pm CNN

The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the…