[ad_1] CNN — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has engineered ways out of a devastating debt default in the past. This time may be different – at least for now. Facing the riskiest debt ceiling standoff in a dozen years, Senate Republican leaders are planning to take a backseat role …
Read More »Pandemic unemployment benefits fraud likely tops $60 billing. House GOP to start investigating next week
[ad_1] CNN — More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office. The watchdog agency, however, warned that the estimate has limitations and should be interpreted with caution. The …
Read More »Charles McGonigal: Former high-level FBI official charged in alleged schemes to help sanctioned Russian oligarch and conceal payments from ex-Albanian intelligence employee
[ad_1] New York CNN — The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI’s New York field office was charged in two separate indictments Monday for allegedly working with a sanctioned Russian oligarch after he retired and concealing hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from a former employee of an …
Read More »Iran’s regime is trying to execute its way out of trouble
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Istanbul, London and New York CNN — The cries of the women outside a Tehran courthouse swell to a collective wail. The …
Read More »Ruben Gallego announces Senate bid in challenge to Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona
[ad_1] CNN — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona on Monday announced his campaign for US Senate, setting up a potential 2024 clash with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who recently switched her party affiliation from Democrat to independent. Gallego, a Phoenix-area congressman and retired Marine who served in Iraq, released a …
Read More »Opinion: George Santos is no laughing matter
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN — “Saturday Night Live” returned with its first new episode of 2023 …
Read More »Biden offers condolences to victims of California mass shooting, acknowledges impact on AAPI community
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden offered his condolences to the victims of a mass shooting in California that left 10 dead, while acknowledging the impact on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in a statement on Sunday. “While there is still much we don’t know about the motive …
Read More »Opinion: Russia could soon make Ukraine war even deadlier
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion …
Read More »Who is Jeff Zients? | CNN Politics
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden is expected to tap Jeff Zients, who ran the administration’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, to succeed Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff. Biden decided on Zients after an internal search when it …
Read More »Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
[ad_1] CNN — Jeff Zients, who ran President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response effort and served in high-ranking roles in the Obama administration, is expected to replace Ron Klain as the next White House chief of staff, according to three people briefed on the matter. Klain is expected to step down …
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