Government shutdown to begin Sunday if Congress fails to reach deal
CNN — Federal agencies are making final preparations with the government on the brink of a shutdown and congressional lawmakers racing against Saturday’s critical midnight [more…]
Jimmy Carter’s hometown honors the ex-president as a global humanitarian — and a good friend — as he turns 99
Plains, Georgia CNN — More than 14,000 people have written to Jimmy Carter for his 99th birthday. The wishes, posted in a digital mosaic created [more…]
RFK Jr. teases “major announcement” amid speculation he will make independent or third party run
CNN — Environmental lawyer and 2024 presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday teased a “major announcement” in upcoming weeks amid speculation he is [more…]
Milley says the military doesn’t swear oath to a ‘wannabe dictator’ in apparent swipe at Trump
CNN — In an impassioned and at time furious speech, departing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defiantly proclaimed that the US military does not [more…]
A week that laid bare the stakes of the 2024 election
CNN — America’s next presidential election is 13 months away. But while the first Republican primary votes will not be cast until the dead of [more…]
Tensions erupt between McCarthy and Gaetz at closed-door House GOP meeting as shutdown nears
CNN — Tensions erupted as House Republicans met behind closed-doors on Thursday, the latest sign of deep divisions and infighting as the House GOP conference [more…]
Second Republican presidential debate highlights
Republican presidential candidates talk over each other during the second Republican candidates’ debate of the 2024 presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in [more…]
Fact Check: The second GOP debate of the 2024 election
CNN — Seven Republican presidential candidates participated in a debate Wednesday night in California, while the front-runner in the party primary, former President Donald Trump, [more…]
Judge Tanya Chutkan rejects Trump’s demand that she recuse herself
CNN — The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former [more…]
White House girds itself for a shutdown
CNN — The White House is now “girding for a shutdown” and senior West Wing officials are drawing up plans for which personnel would be [more…]
