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Some Afghans fleeing their home country have reportedly arrived in the US without paperwork amid the rapid pace of evacuations

Arriving Afghans without paperwork prompt delays and security challenges

By Geneva Sands and Evan Perez, CNN Some Afghans fleeing their home country have arrived in the United States without paperwork amid the rapid pace of evacuations, according to two sources familiar with the situation, prompting additional screening and causing long delays. There were Afghan nationals stuck at Washington Dulles International Airport — where evacuation

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A federal judge ordered sanctions for Sidney Powell

Judge sanctions pro-Trump lawyers who brought ‘frivolous’ election fraud lawsuits

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge ordered sanctions Wednesday for Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and several other lawyers who worked on Trump-aligned lawsuits seeking to challenge the results of the 2020 election. US District Judge Linda Parker, of the Eastern District of Michigan, said the lawyers had “engaged in litigation practices” that were “abusive

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan suggested Monday a slowdown in approvals for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program during the Trump administration contributed to the current delays in evacuating Afghans. Pictured is the US Embassy in Kabul

Fact checking Jake Sullivan’s claim Trump admin didn’t process Afghan visas for a year

By Tara Subramaniam During a press briefing Monday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan suggested a slowdown in approvals for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program during the Trump administration contributed to the current delays in evacuating Afghans. Sullivan was asked whether the administration regrets “not moving quicker to evacuate more Afghan civilians

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News.

Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview

By Daniel Dale House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News. McCarthy uttered inaccurate statements to host Maria Bartiromo about a wide variety of topics — oil prices, inflation, prisoners released in Afghanistan, the behavior of Democratic state legislators, and the content of an

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Fact check: Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy makes at least 5 false claims in 7-minute Fox News interview

By Daniel Dale House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy made at least five false claims during a seven-minute Sunday interview on Fox News. McCarthy uttered inaccurate statements to host Maria Bartiromo about a wide variety of topics — oil prices, inflation, prisoners released in Afghanistan, the behavior of Democratic state legislators, and the content of an

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The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately. U.S. Army soldiers here return home from Afghanistan on December 10

Pentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately

By Jessica Schneider, Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately, after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine this week. “After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I

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The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately. U.S. Army soldiers here return home from Afghanistan on December 10

Pentagon mandates US military service members receive Covid vaccine immediately

By Jessica Schneider, Ellie Kaufman and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Pentagon is mandating that US military service members get fully vaccinated against Covid-19 immediately, after the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine this week. “After careful consultation with medical experts and military leadership, and with the support of the President, I

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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack requested documents from several US government agencies

Trump makes executive privilege threat as House committee seeks documents from agencies on January 6 attack

By Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to invoke executive privilege in an effort to block the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot from obtaining a massive tranche of documents it’s demanding from several US government agencies, despite his successor having

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The Biden administration details new steps to prevent evictions as the new eviction moratorium faces the Supreme Court.

SCOTUS blocked the latest eviction moratorium. Here are the steps the Biden administration is taking to help at-risk renters.

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is taking new steps to prevent evictions as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, the White House and Department of Treasury announced Wednesday. The new actions were announced a day before the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s Covid-related eviction moratorium. “If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue,

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An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office estimates that combined

Climate measures in reconciliation, infrastructure bills will mostly meet Biden’s emissions goals, Schumer says

By Ella Nilsen, CNN An analysis from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office estimates that combined, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill can meet the majority of President Joe Biden’s target to drastically slash emissions by the end of the decade. In a letter sent Wednesday to congressional Democrats, Schumer said

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