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First on CNN: White House releasing progress reports on agencies’ efforts to combat climate change risks

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is unveiling a series of reports on Thursday detailing agencies’ progress in steeling federal government facilities, programs and operations in the face of climate change. The progress reports come a year after more than 20 agencies released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the

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First on CNN: White House releasing progress reports on agencies’ efforts to combat climate change risks

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is unveiling a series of reports on Thursday detailing agencies’ progress in steeling federal government facilities, programs and operations in the face of climate change. The progress reports come a year after more than 20 agencies released plans to ensure federal facilities and programs are resilient against the

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Liz Cheney says electing Arizona GOP nominees for governor and secretary of state could put US at risk

By Maeve Reston, CNN Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney told Arizona voters on Wednesday that they will play a critical role in “ensuring the future functioning of our constitutional republic” — warning that election deniers like GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Secretary of State nominee Mark Finchem could put the republic at risk. The three-term

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Federal appeals court rules 2012 DACA memo unlawful and sends case back to consider Biden administration version

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal appeals court largely upheld a district court ruling finding that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful but sent the case back to the lower court to decide the legality of a new rule fortifying the program. DACA, created in 2012, was intended to provide temporary

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US considering offering to analyze underwater audio recordings to aid Nord Stream pipeline sabotage investigations

By Kylie Atwood and Sean Lyngaas, CNN The US is considering offering to use its most advanced underwater sound reading capabilities to analyze audio recordings from around the time of the Nord Stream gas pipelines’ apparent sabotage, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The US Navy’s processing of the sonar signatures — the

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Russian-speaking hackers knock US state government websites offline

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also

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Exclusive: Dozens of CIA officers accuse intel agency of soft-pedaling its ‘Havana Syndrome’ investigation

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Kylie Atwood, CNN As many as three dozen current and former CIA officers have gone to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees over the past year to raise concerns that a CIA task force has been soft-pedaling its investigation into a mysterious illness impacting agency officers and diplomats known colloquially as “Havana Syndrome,”

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US believes elements within Ukraine’s government authorized assassination near Moscow, sources say

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The US intelligence community believes that the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorized by elements within the Ukrainian government, sources briefed on the intelligence told CNN. The US was not aware of the plan beforehand, according

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Oz’s medical research using animals comes under scrutiny in key Pennsylvania race

By Dan Merica, CNN Mehmet Oz’s medical research record is coming under new scrutiny in the already contentious Pennsylvania Senate contest, prompting the Republican nominee’s campaign to vehemently deny allegations by Democrat John Fetterman that he abused animals. The controversy stems from Oz’s time as the “principal investigator” in the Columbia University Institute of Comparative

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US warns North Korea it could increase ‘steps that are taken in response’ if it continues missile launches

By Ellie Kaufman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that if North Korea continues “down this road” of provocation following its ballistic missile launch over Japan on Tuesday, “it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation and increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions.” Blinken

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US warns North Korea it could increase ‘steps that are taken in response’ if it continues missile launches

By Ellie Kaufman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that if North Korea continues “down this road” of provocation following its ballistic missile launch over Japan on Tuesday, “it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation and increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions.” Blinken

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