[ad_1] CNN — The clock is now ticking on the nation’s debt ceiling drama. The US is expected to hit its borrowing cap as soon as Thursday, though it will not immediately start to default on its debt and set off a financial crisis. But it does mean that Congress …
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[ad_1] CNN — Prices for used cars have been high in recent years as inventory has been hampered by computer chip shortages and other pandemic-related woes. Luckily, for those who are currently shopping for a vehicle, many automakers are reporting they have more of the parts they need and are …
Read More »Biden classified documents: A White House facing a fresh crisis
[ad_1] CNN — Since the day in early November when President Joe Biden’s lawyers first found documents with classified markings at his private office in Washington, DC, the extraordinarily small number of aides kept in the loop have adhered to one rule: Say nothing publicly that could jeopardize the investigation. …
Read More »Opinion: Why Lisa Marie Presley’s untimely death was so jarring
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Michael T. Bertrand is a professor of history at Tennessee State University. He is the author of “Race, Rock and Elvis.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN — Lisa Marie Presley died unexpectedly last week at 54. Occurring …
Read More »Five locations throughout the US have been renamed to remove a derogatory term for Indigenous women
[ad_1] CNN — The United States Department of the Interior has replaced a derogatory term for Indigenous women used for centuries in five areas across the country. The Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted on replacement names to remove the word sq—, an “offensive ethnic, racial and sexist slur, particularly …
Read More »Biden delivers sermon drawing on legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King: ‘This is a time of choosing’
[ad_1] CNN — Joe Biden delivered remarks Sunday from Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon from the historic church where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. served as pastor until his assassination in 1968. “You’ve been around for 136 …
Read More »James Comer wants more information on Biden classified documents from White House
[ad_1] CNN — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer on Sunday slammed President Joe Biden and his team for their handling of classified documents, announcing on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he is requesting additional information about the situation. “We would never have known about the possession of the …
Read More »Why Black voters are more important in Georgia than in any other state
[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden is heading back to Georgia. On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he’s visiting Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the civil rights pioneer once preached. The trip makes a lot of sense, not just to pay tribute to King, but also …
Read More »More rain is on the way for storm-battered California, where storms have flooded communities and left 19 dead
[ad_1] CNN — Storm-battered California – still reeling from weeks of deadly flooding, mudslides and rescues – is being hit with more rainfall over the weekend. An unrelenting string of atmospheric rivers – long, narrow regions in the atmosphere that can carry moisture thousands of miles – have turned communities …
Read More »Oregon congresswoman suffers concussion after being struck by car while crossing street
[ad_1] Washington CNN — Democratic Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon is recovering at home after she and her husband were struck by a car Friday evening “while were they walking across a street in a crosswalk.” Bonamici’s communications director, Natalie Crofts, who shared the news of the accident in a …
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