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By Devan Cole, CNN Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that “about 340” Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan since the US formally exited from the country in late August. “Since August 31, as of today, we’ve gotten out — of the Americans left who said that they wanted to leave — about 340,”

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Sunday touted a new agreement reached with the European Union to ease Trump-era tariffs on aluminum and steel as a “major breakthrough” that would serve to both strengthen the US steel industry and combat the global climate crisis. “The United States and the European Union have reached a

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Condoleezza Rice, former US secretary of state. Personal Birth date: November 14, 1954 Birth place: Birmingham, Alabama Birth name: Condoleezza Rice Father: John Wesley Rice Jr., minister and dean Mother: Angelena (Ray) Rice, a high school teacher Education: University of Denver, B. A., 1974; University

By Maeve Reston, CNN Voters head to the polls to cast ballots for mayor in key American cities on Tuesday. Divisions that have played out in Washington between moderate and progressive Democrats are also very much alive in these races in predominantly Democratic cities as the party tries to chart its future. Overhauling policing procedures

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Since the challenge to a Texas abortion ban first reached the Supreme Court two months ago, the justices have conferred only in private over the law that flouts nearly a half century of abortion-rights rulings. On Monday the internal debate goes public, as the nine

By Maegan Vazquez, Kate Sullivan and Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden told reporters during his first news conference in months that he was encouraged by how he was received at this weekend’s Group of 20 Leadership Summit in Rome, dismissing concerns that allies might not take solace in his pledge to turn the page

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When the leaders of the Group of 20 assembled for their family photo here on a blue-carpeted riser, there were a few unfamiliar faces among the most powerful people on the planet. Standing in for the absent heads of China, Russia, Japan and Mexico were lower-level ministers dispatched in their places,

By Jeremy Herb and Pamela Brown, CNN Members of the January 6 committee are working on potential legislation to tighten the process of certifying a presidential election in an effort to eliminate contentious avenues that spurred the January 6 riot, sources tell CNN. The legislation would give the committee a focus on developing a law

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A jury in Washington state awarded $17.3 million in back pay to immigrants who were denied the minimum wage while working at a detention center, according to Adam Berger, an attorney representing the detainees. The immigrants who would be eligible for the award, which was announced Friday, worked at the Northwest

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Former President Donald Trump participated in the controversial “Tomahawk chop” at Game 4 of the World Series in Atlanta on Saturday night. The chop, a stadium-wide chant and longtime tradition at Braves games, has been under renewed scrutiny as part of a national discussion about racism and racial imagery in professional

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A lawyer for then-President Donald Trump blamed Mike Pence for causing the violence at the US Capitol on January 6 with his refusal to block Congress’ certification of the 2020 election results — as the riot was occurring and the then-vice president hid from the mob who had breached the building,