Politics

By Daniel Dale On Saturday night, an entirely false claim about President Joe Biden went viral among conservatives on Twitter. “Our heroes were returned to American soil and Dover AFB today. Nobody from the Biden White House attended,” tweeted Buzz Patterson, a Republican congressional candidate in California. Patterson’s tweet — posted before 11 p.m. on

By Jason Hoffman and Chandelis Duster, CNN The US, along with about 100 other countries, said they will hold the Taliban to their promises that they will allow people to leave the country after August 31, according to a joint statement released Sunday. “We are all committed to ensuring that our citizens, nationals and residents,

By Amanda Sealy, CNN Mandating Covid-19 vaccines for children to attend school in person is a “good idea” due to a strong benefit-risk ratio, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday. “I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea,” Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” Fauci

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Almost a year before Joe Biden was elected president, fellow Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez remarked in a New York Magazine profile that “in any other country,” she and Biden “would not be in the same party.” “But in America,” the New York Democrat added, with some resignation, “we are.” More than

By Chandelis Duster, CNN The Biden administration is committed to a “safe passage” of Americans and Afghans who helped the US government after the withdrawal deadline from Afghanistan, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday. “August 31st is not a cliff. After August 31st, we believe that we have substantial leverage to hold the Taliban

By Devan Cole, CNN Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that if American citizens and Afghan allies are left in Afghanistan following the planned withdrawal of US troops there this week that would represent “a moral stain” on the US. “Leaving Americans behind and leaving our Afghan friends behind who’ve worked with us would put

By Michael Warren, CNN Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in a stand-off with local school officials in the rural Cherokee Nation, with the school board insisting they can require that students wear masks in their Covid-ravaged community and the GOP governor claiming the board is in violation of state law. Stitt is one of eight

By Tami Luhby, CNN Pandemic unemployment benefits are ending nationwide the first weekend in September, but don’t expect to see millions of available jobs to be filled quickly. At least 7.5 million people are projected to lose their pandemic unemployment compensation in the 26 states that are still paying benefits, according to The Century Foundation.

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden watched stoically as flag-draped cases carrying the remains of American service members killed in Afghanistan returned Sunday to the United States. The President’s attendance at what the military calls a “dignified transfer” is among the gravest responsibilities for any American commander in chief, a searing reminder of the

By Paul LeBlanc, Oren Liebermann and Brian Rokus, CNN US Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller has been relieved of command after he posted a video online questioning military leaders’ handling of the situation in Afghanistan, a Marine Corps spokesperson said Friday. Scheller had posted a video to his Facebook page on Thursday stating: “People

By Tierney Sneed, CNN For four years, President Donald Trump saw his policies hindered by progressive lawsuits. Now conservative lawyers and judges get to have their revenge on the Biden administration. Legal arguments and procedural tools, such as nationwide injunctions by friendly judges, that were categorically criticized by many conservatives when they were employed against

By Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Herb and Phil Mattingly, CNN When Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley informed President Joe Biden just past 9:15 a.m. on Thursday that terrorists had detonated a suicide bomb at the Kabul airport gates, the President was angry and dismayed — but not surprised. Biden had just walked down