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More hostages freed on fifth day of Israel-Hamas truce from 2023-11-29T00:22:22
Officials say thirty more Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons as 12 more hostages were freed from Hamas, but not two American women. What happened to the deal cut last week that was though...
ListenReleased hostages reunite with family from 2023-11-28T00:11:04
After more than 50 days of being held captive by Hamas, 11 more hostages are freed tonight after Israel and Hamas agree to pause fighting for a few more days, leading to more hostage releases to co...
ListenThe Lead update for November 24, 2023 from 2023-11-25T14:29:04
Today's show was preempted by CNN's continuing live coverage of the Middle East hostage release. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio. Learn...
ListenDeadly crash at the border from 2023-11-23T00:12:13
As today's show begins, the FBI is investigating a car explosion at the US-Canadian border near Niagara Falls. Two people in the car died. This happened just a few hours ago at the Rainbow Bridge c...
ListenHostage deal imminent? from 2023-11-21T22:41:42
As today show begins we're awaiting word on a deal to release some of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. The full Israeli cabinet is meeting to give what is believed to be a final approval of the dea...
ListenTrump fights back against gag order from 2023-11-21T03:33:45
First: Donald Trump pushes back on a federal judge who put limits on what the former president can say and where he can say it. We take you inside the courtroom and explain why today's hearing matt...
ListenIsraeli forces raid and search Gaza’s largest hospital from 2023-11-18T00:38:50
The remains of a hostage are found inside Gaza making it the second such discovery this week as Israeli forces comb areas around the Al-Shifa hospital and uncover evidence of a hidden terrorist ope...
ListenSpecial counsel using L.A. grand jury in Hunter Biden investigation from 2023-11-17T00:22:54
The special counsel investigating hunter Biden is now using a Los Angeles grand jury as part of the investigation into the business dealings of President Biden's son. Plus, inside the scathing Hous...
ListenIDF conducts operation inside Gaza’s largest hospital from 2023-11-16T00:18:01
A hospital in Gaza is now a military scene where Israel and the U.S. say Hamas is hiding a command center. But, what is the goal of this specific operation? Also, Republican presidential candidate ...
ListenHeated exchange between GOP Senator and witness during hearing from 2023-11-15T00:21:45
President Biden just arrived in San Francisco preparing for his first meetings ahead of his one-on-one tomorrow with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Plus, a defining vote for the new House speaker, b...
ListenTrump plots mass detention&deportation of undocumented immigrants if reelected from 2023-11-14T00:47:16
Donald Trump is on a 2024 campaign of vengeance and vile remarks vowing to root out his political opponents and leveling everyone against him as vermin while making some extreme plans to round up e...
ListenBlinken: “far too many Palestinians” killed in Gaza from 2023-11-10T23:48:37
A global outcry sounds over the civilian deaths in Gaza. America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said far too many Palestinians have been killed. This as we learn about warnings ...
ListenDem Sen. Joe Manchin won’t run for re-election from 2023-11-09T23:52:15
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin says he won’t seek re-eleciton, but will he run for higher office? Plus, a plumber, a maid, and even a chauffeur may be among the names of people who may be a witness...
ListenBig election wins for Democrats despite Biden’s low polling from 2023-11-09T00:24:37
“Democracy won and MAGA lost” according to President Biden after big wins for Democrats including Ohio voters approving a constitutional right to an abortion and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear winning ...
ListenUpdate for November 7th from 2023-11-07T23:05:04
Tonight’s The Lead showcast has been pre-empted by breaking news coverage of election day in America. For recent news updates, be sure to visit CNN’s ‘5 Things’ at: edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/5...
ListenTrump wraps up testimony in NY civil fraud trial from 2023-11-07T00:30:31
A historic and contentious day in court court has just come to a close after Donald Trump spent the day on the stand in New York repeatedly clashing with the judge, the very person who will decide ...
ListenHezbollah’s leader warns of wider war in Middle East from 2023-11-03T22:47:59
Israel has just claimed responsibility for an attack outside a hospital in Gaza City. Footage shows multiple people dead and injured people on the ground near the Al Shifa Hospital which is Gaza’s ...
ListenUpdate for November 2nd from 2023-11-02T22:23:13
Tonight’s The Lead showcast has been pre-empted by breaking news coverage of the Isreal-Hamas war. For recent news updates, be sure to visit CNN’s ‘5 Things’ at: edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/5-Th...
ListenFirst injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt from Gaza from 2023-11-01T22:46:07
As Israel ramps up its bombardment, innocent civilians are finally being allowed to leave war-ravaged Gaza. An Egyptian official tells CNN that 361 foreign nationals left Gaza and entered Egypt thr...
ListenIsrael confirms airstrike hit Gaza’s largest refugee camp from 2023-10-31T23:05
Israel has acknowledged it was behind an enormous explosion at a refugee camp in Gaza which left catastrophic damage. The Israeli military said that it killed a top Hamas commander in the strike wh...
ListenNetanyahu: Israel will not agree to a ceasefire from 2023-10-30T23:14
Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the thousands of casualties, including an untold number of civilians and children, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls by some for ...
ListenIsrael: ground operation in Gaza expanding from 2023-10-27T22:53
The Israel Defense Forces announced this evening that it is expanding its ground operations against Hamas in Gaza. Gaza residents tell CNN that these are the most intense air strikes they have expe...
ListenManhunt underway after gunman kills 18 in Maine from 2023-10-26T23:13
Our correspondents are on the ground in Lewiston, Maine where a manhunt is underway for a mass shooter. That CNN crew heard loud bangs near the last known address of the Maine mass shooting suspect...
ListenU.N. relief agency: Gaza crisis “getting worse by the minute” from 2023-10-25T23:34
A diplomatic spat between Israel and the United Nations has broken out, with Israeli officials calling for the resignation of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. This as the main UN agency working ...
ListenSources: talks ongoing to free large number of hostages from 2023-10-24T23:39
It has been 17 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas which caught Israel by surprise, setting off a cascade of responses and consequences that now includes a humanitarian crisis in Gaz...
ListenSources: Hamas releases two Israeli hostages from 2023-10-23T23:17
Hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from Israel during the October 7th terrorist attack, according to multiple sources. Plus, the United Nations is calling the situation in Gaz...
ListenTwo American hostages released by Hamas from 2023-10-21T00:13
Two U.S. citizens, Judith Tai Raanan and her 18-year-old daughter Natalie Raanan, who had been kidnapped by Hamas, have been released and are now back in Israel. Israel believes Hamas still has aro...
ListenIn rare move, Egypt allows protests in support of Palestinians from 2023-10-19T23:06
President Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office this evening for only the second time in his presidency. He is going to try to convince Americans why it is critical to provide tens of ...
ListenBiden visits Israel after devastating blast at Gaza hospital from 2023-10-18T23:21
President Biden arrived in Israel hours after a devastating explosion in the courtyard of a Baptist hospital in Gaza. The president said earlier today that the deadly hospital tragedy in Gaza may h...
ListenPalestinians: hundreds dead after strike on Gaza hospital from 2023-10-17T22:59
The Israel Defense Forces said the cause of a blast at a hospital in Gaza which has likely killed hundreds of people was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. However, Palestinian officials blamed ong...
ListenU.N. warns of “abyss in the Middle East” as humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza from 2023-10-16T23:30
New warnings emerge about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Today, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel after meeting with multiple allies throughout the Mid...
ListenPalestinian Health Ministry: at least 1,900 killed in Gaza from 2023-10-13T23:37
Israel’s military has issued a warning to 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate amid signs that Israel is set to ramp up its retaliatory offensive against Hamas. Also, House Republ...
ListenIDF: 300,000 reservists amassed near Gaza border from 2023-10-12T22:52
America’s top diplomat delivered an in-person message to the Israeli people who are greiving and wounded. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States will never back down from its supp...
ListenRep. Steve Scalise wins GOP nomination for House speaker from 2023-10-11T22:59
Behind closed doors today, the majority of Republicans chose Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) to be their nominee to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) as speaker. Plus, the war in the Middle East app...
ListenAt least 1,000 killed in Israel: 900 dead in Gaza from 2023-10-10T23:03
As the death toll rises in both Israel and Gaza, the White House says 20 or more Americans are missing in Israel, this in addition to the 14 Americans killed in Israel. President Biden pledged full...
ListenAirstrikes pummel Gaza after rockets fired into Israel from 2023-10-09T23:22
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel’s response to the attacks carried out by Hamas is just beginning. The United State is surging military aid to Israel after the attack lef...
ListenSources: McCarthy expected to leave Congress before term ends from 2023-10-06T23:17
Sources tell CNN that just ousted Kevin McCarthy will leave Congress before the end of his term, perhaps as soon as a new speaker is elected. This as Donald Trump endorses a replacement for House s...
ListenWH cites “high illegal entry” in border barrier decision from 2023-10-06T00:00
Sources tell CNN that Donald Trump wants to go to Capitol Hill to add his two cents on the debate over who should be the next speaker of the House. But, do Republican lawmakers want him there? Plus...
ListenHouse searches for new speaker after McCarthy ousted from 2023-10-04T23:22
The race for House speaker begins after Kevin McCarthy was fired in a historic vote. We analyze how we got to this political moment. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) joins to discuss if Jim Jordan or ...
ListenUpdate for October 3, 2023 from 2023-10-03T22:04:16
Today’s The Lead showcast has been pre-empted by breaking news coverage of the House vote to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker. For recent news updates be sure to check out CNN’s ‘5 Things’ at: editio...
ListenTrump in court for first day of $250M civil fraud trial from 2023-10-02T23:06
With millions of dollars on the line and his future businesses in New York at stake, Donald Trump shows up for day one of his civil fraud trial, blasting not only prosecutors, but insulting the ver...
ListenU.S. braces for government shutdown as deadline looms from 2023-09-29T22:40
House Speaker McCarthy was unable to deliver a spending bill to deliver to the Senate in order to avoid a shutdown. Will he risk his job by cutting a deal with Democrats in order to get the governm...
ListenTensions erupt between McCarthy and Gaetz from 2023-09-28T23:36
With two days left until a government shutdown, tensions erupted between GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Speaker McCarthy as House Republicans met behind closed doors according to a source in the ...
ListenTonight: 7 GOP presidential candidates face off in 2nd debate from 2023-09-27T23:03
Tonight, Republican presidential candidates will fight for second place in GOP polling as the frontrunner, Donald Trump, skips the debate. Our panel discuss what messaging, positions, and strategie...
ListenOne-on-one with Cassidy Hutchinson from 2023-09-26T23:12
As former President Trump is vying for another term in the White House, threatening to dismantle political norms, investigate his adversaries, and seek retribution for perceived slights, former Whi...
ListenSen. Menendez denies wrongdoing amid corruption charges from 2023-09-25T22:11
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said there is a good reason he had nearly $500,000 in cash in his home as he denies the federal bribery charges against him. Plus, with less than a week until a governmen...
ListenDem Sen. Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges from 2023-09-22T21:43
A sweeping indictment accuses Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) with accepting bribes, pressuring a US official, and spilling sensitive information to benefit a foreign government. Prosecutors allege b...
ListenZelensky meets with Biden at White House from 2023-09-21T21:42
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy visits Washington D.C., requesting assistance in Russia’s war with Ukraine. Plus, according to sources, House GOP leaders send members home for the week amid ...
ListenGuardian: Cassidy Hutchinson claims Rudy Giuliani groped her from 2023-09-20T22:37
In her new book, the star witness for the January 6th committee hearings, Cassidy Hutchinson, says Rudy Giuliani groped her according to an excerpt obtained by The Guardian. Plus, tough questions w...
ListenOne-on-one with Polish president as Putin’s war rages from 2023-09-19T22:34
President of Poland Andrzej Duda joins to discuss the Ukraine war as he urges the United Nations to remember World War II as well as Putin’s imperial ambitions. Plus, Canadian Prime Minster Justin ...
ListenFive American freed by Iran en route to U.S. from 2023-09-18T22:48
First, inside the negotiations to release several American prisoners held in Iran. As part of the deal, the US unfroze $6 billion in Iranian funds. Plus, Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump almost appointed ...
ListenUAW launches historic strike against Big 3 automakers from 2023-09-15T23:29
The United Auto Workers union is now on strike, pushing for higher pay and better benefits. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) joins to answer how she believes this can be resolved and if everyone is ba...
ListenHunter Biden incited on 3 gun charges from 2023-09-14T23:26
New legal trouble emerges for Hunter Biden who has been indicted on federal charges, accused of lying to buy a gun and possessing it while addicted to drugs. Plus, Trump’s Fulton County, Georgia ca...
ListenFact-checking GOP claims in Biden impeachment inquiry from 2023-09-13T23:33
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gathers Republican Party colleagues and defends his call to order an impeachment inquiry into President Biden without sufficient evidence to convince all of his fellow ...
ListenSpeaker McCarthy directs GOP to launch Biden impeachment inquiry from 2023-09-12T23:32
Under the threat of being ousted himself, House Speaker McCarthy directed GOP-led committees to investigate the president and his connections to his son’s business dealings. Senate Majority Whip Di...
ListenNearly 2,900 dead in Morocco after magnitude 6.8 quake from 2023-09-11T23:31
A deadly earthquake in Morocco has killed over 2,800 people and the death toll is expected to rise as rescues crews are underway. Plus, new sightings of the escaped Pennsylvania inmate though he is...
ListenPanel recommended charging Graham, Perdue, Loeffler from 2023-09-08T23:42
Prominent names, including Sen. Linsdey Graham (R-S.C.), emerge in a special grand jury report revealing folks who narrowly escaped indictment in Fulton County, Georgia. The report now made public ...
ListenEx-Trump aide Navarro guilty in contempt of Congress trial from 2023-09-07T23:39
Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has been found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress. Plus, That ‘70s Show actor Danny Masterson has been sentenced to 30 years to life i...
ListenSenate to vote on funding bills, sets up clash with WH from 2023-09-06T23:31
The US Senate will move forward on three spending bills next week, including a short term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) joins to discuss if bipartisan effort...
ListenAuto workers’ demands: 46% raise, 32-hour workweek from 2023-09-04T22:41
Recently Hollywood writers and actors, now autoworkers could be next to walk off the job and into the picket line demanding more than just higher pay. Their union leader joins to answer if the stri...
ListenProud Boy who smashed Capitol window sentenced to 10 years from 2023-09-01T22:54
The rioter who smashed in that Capitol window and another who helped organize the violent attack have been handed lengthy prison sentences. Plus, a demand for answers from grieving parents. 13 US s...
ListenProud Boy who smashed Capitol window sentenced to 10 years from 2023-09-01T22:54
The rioter who smashed in that Capitol window and another who helped organize the violent attack have been handed lengthy prison sentences. Plus, a demand for answers from grieving parents. 13 US s...
ListenGiuliani likely to face consequences in GA defamation case from 2023-08-31T23:08:42
A hefty prison sentence today for a rioter in the January 6th attack as Donald Trump himself continues to stay out of jail. This as a federal judge determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost a defamati...
ListenTropical storm Idalia moving through Georgia, South Carolina from 2023-08-30T23:09:03
We just got a new update that Idalia is no longer a hurricane and is now a tropical storm after lashing Florida as a devastating Category 3 hurricane. The area of Florida’s Big Bend seems to have t...
ListenMandatory evacuations underway as Idalia intensifies from 2023-08-29T23:00:37
In what could be a once in a lifetime weather event for parts of Florida, Hurricane Idalia is rapidly intensifying as it makes its way through a warmer than normal Gulf of Mexico. A majority of Flo...
ListenMajor hurricane to hit Florida from 2023-08-28T22:58:45
A tropical storm is expected to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast ahead of an expected Category 3 landfall starting Tuesday into Wednesday. Also, according to school officials, a University of North Carolin...
ListenTrump becomes first American president with a mugshot from 2023-08-25T22:33:47
Donald Trump is now selling pictures of his mugshot on t-shirts, mugs, and other campaign gear. All eighteen of his co-defendants are now formally booked at the Fulton County jail. On Monday, Mark ...
ListenTrump to surrender in Georgia from 2023-08-24T23:33:22
Trump is making his way to Georgia to surrender at the Fulton County jail. Trump has agreed to a $200,000 bond which also orders him from using social media to target co-defendants or witnesses. Fu...
ListenWagner-linked social media: Prigozhin has been killed from 2023-08-23T21:47:15
Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, who attempted a mutiny against Putin two months ago, has possibly died. Russian state media says he was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed earlier toda...
ListenTrump’s codefendants begin to surrender at GA jail from 2023-08-22T22:42:51
A flurry of activity in Georgia today including a brand new legal filing just moments ago from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asking for an emergency court order to avoid arrest. Th...
ListenTrump’s legal team agree to $200K bond in Fulton County from 2023-08-21T22:45:33
President Trump’s bond in Georgia has been set at $200,000 as the former president and 18 co-defendants are expected to turn themselves into the Fulton County jail by the end of the week. Plus, tro...
ListenBiden holds historic Camp David Summit with leaders of Japan, S. Korea from 2023-08-18T23:18:24
President Biden met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at Camp David amid concerns of Beijing and provocative behavior from North Korea. Plus, over ...
ListenPolice investigating threats against GA grand jurors from 2023-08-17T23:34:46
A federal judge has been threatened and specific contact information for Georgia grand jurors were plastered throughout right-wing websites. We examine how Donald Trump’s legal troubles are leading...
ListenFulton Co. DA wants Trump trial to start March 4, 2024 from 2023-08-16T23:29:48
A proposed criminal trial date for Donald Trump in Atlanta right as the 2024 primary season kicks into high gear as CNN learns about his possible plan to turn himself in in the coming days. Plus, g...
ListenTrump, 18 others charged in GA election probe from 2023-08-15T22:52:54
Donald Trump now faces a cumulative 91 criminal charges after being indicted in Fulton County, Georgia in his fourth criminal indictment since leaving office. He’s one of 19 people charged in Georg...
ListenGA grand jury appears to be moving faster than expected from 2023-08-14T23:46:08
The grand jury in the Georgia election interference case is bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that Donald Trump tried to steal the state’s electoral votes. Witness testimony has been m...
ListenNew developments in Hunter Biden investigation from 2023-08-11T23:29:54
First: Attorney General Merrick Garland makes a surprise announcement, elevating the US Attorney heading the Hunter Biden probe to special counsel status. What will this mean for the president's so...
ListenBiden approves Hawaii disaster declaration from 2023-08-10T23:25:36
New footage showing powerful flames ripping through communities in Hawaii after a wildfire strikes Maui along with Hawaii’s Big Island. The death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number gr...
ListenAt least six dead in catastrophic Hawaii wildfires from 2023-08-09T22:48:02
Violent and explosive wildfires fueled by strong winds from a hurricane hit parts of Hawaii. It is a situation so sudden and catastrophic that local officials say a dozen people ran into the ocean ...
ListenToday: Ohio voters decide proxy fight for abortion rights from 2023-08-08T23:31:15
Voters are heading to the polls in Ohio for a special election that could determine abortion rights in the state. Also, Donald Trump is defiant and back on the campaign trail this afternoon, pushin...
ListenMinutes away: Trump team deadline on evidence rules from 2023-08-07T22:40:58
Lawyers for Donald Trump approach a 5:00 PM EST deadline as prosecutors push to limit what the former president can say about the federal case against him. Plus, after years of dodging the question...
ListenTrump says Supreme Court should intervene in his cases from 2023-08-04T22:36:25
Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to help fight his legal battles. He claims the cases against him are quote “election interference” which is the same thing he’s accused of ...
ListenUpdate for August 3, 2023 from 2023-08-03T22:44:21
There is no new episode of The Lead showcast. If you haven’t already, please check out CNN’s other podcasts and showcasts at cnn.com/audio. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, vi...
ListenTrump to appear in court tomorrow for Jan 6 indictment from 2023-08-02T23:20:53
Donald Trump is expected to head to Washington, D.C. where he will make his first appearance in federal court in connection with the January 6th riot and attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. Ho...
ListenGrand jury investigating 2020 election interference finishes for the day from 2023-08-01T23:16:13
Sources tell CNN that Trump is preparing for a possible third criminal indictment today and we’ve seen him be very active, updating people on his Truth Social account whenever there are development...
ListenMar-a-Lago property manager released on $100,000 bond from 2023-07-31T22:25:40
Another Trump associate makes his first court appearance in the classified documents case in Florida. The Mar-a-Lago property manager is accused of trying to help delete security footage from Trump...
ListenLaw enforcement in Washington, Atlanta preparing for possible Trump indictment from 2023-07-28T22:41:16
Who is the key witness in the classified documents case named Trump employee number four? CNN confirms the name after he allegedly discussed surveillance camera footage on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago...
ListenCourt official: no indictment expected today from 2023-07-27T22:37:29
Donald Trump’s legal team sits down behind closed doors with special counsel Jack Smith. What Trump himself is saying about the meeting and his own defense. Pus, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConn...
ListenHunter Biden hearing ends with plea deal on hold from 2023-07-26T22:30:27
The judge placed a plea deal on hold after Hunter Biden appeared before court for failing to pay between $1.1 and $1.5 million in federal taxes before the legal deadlines. Plus, Mitch McConnell was...
ListenMcCarthy inching closer to calling for impeachment inquiry into Biden from 2023-07-25T22:30:55
CNN confirms that US Marine veteran and former Russian prisoner Trevor Reed was not only fighting in Ukraine but also injured in combat. Plus, college basketball standout, Bronny James, the oldest ...
ListenTexas, White House spar over floating border barriers from 2023-07-24T22:44:15
Biden administration officials have grown concerned over floating barriers the Texas government has placed along the Texas-Mexico border. Plus, a new CNN exclusive to try and determine what Donald ...
ListenTrump classified docs trial set for May 2024 from 2023-07-21T23:22:01
The Trump-appointed judge in the classified documents trial has set the trial case for May after the Iowa caucuses, New Hampshire primary, and Super Tuesday. Plus, we speak with the president of Mi...
ListenIRS whistleblower reacts to high-profile oversight hearing into Hunter Biden from 2023-07-20T22:51:10
One of the IRS whistleblowers, Joseph Ziegler, who alleged malfeasance and slow-walking in the Hunter Biden investigation joins for an exclusive interview. Plus, a look at what’s behind the success...
ListenJan. 6 grand jury expected to meet tomorrow from 2023-07-19T23:04:23
Trump is facing a potential third indictment as his lawyers want to know what evidence the special counsel has. How will Trump handle the invitation for him to appear before a grand jury by tomorro...
ListenOne-on-one interview with Gov. Ron DeSantis from 2023-07-18T22:54:48
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sits down to discuss if he thinks Trump should be indicted if the special counsel finds evidence of criminality, his sweeping new militar...
ListenRussia ends critical grain deal with Ukraine from 2023-07-17T23:19:20
Vladimir Putin is vowing retaliation after Ukrainian forces unleashed a pre-dawn strike on the bridge that connects Crimea to Russia. Russia has also ended a deal critical to the world’s food suppl...
ListenSuspected NY serial killer captured&charged from 2023-07-14T22:52:19
A suspected serial killer has been in caught by law enforcement and makes his first court appearance after being charged with the deaths of three women whose bodies were found on a Long Island beac...
ListenBiden: “Putin has already lost the war” in Ukraine from 2023-07-13T22:45:07
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he doesn't believe the war in Ukraine will drag on for years. Plus, a look at how Ukrainians plan to deploy US cluster bombs. Also, after months of Sen. Tubervi...
ListenWray: FBI created new unit on threats to personnel after Mar-a-Lago search from 2023-07-12T22:48:15
FBI Director Christopher Wray faces off with his toughest critics during a heated congressional hearing in which he answered questions regarding the handling of the investigations into former Presi...
ListenTurkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO deal from 2023-07-11T22:45:19
President Zelensky appears at the NATO summit, requesting membership in the alliance as Turkey agree’s to back Sweden’s NATO bid. Plus, a new grand jury has been selected to decide if Donald Trump ...
ListenNATO unity tested as Ukraine pushes to join from 2023-07-10T22:38:39
The 31 member nations in NATO will meet to discuss Ukraine potentially joining the alliance. Plus, the special counsel is accusing Donald Trump’s right-hand man of trying to delay the federal prose...
ListenUS to give cluster bombs to Ukraine from 2023-07-07T22:40:14
First: For the first time since the start of Russia's war, Ukraine will be getting an aid package from the US that includes cluster munitions - bombs that are banned by most countries. President Bi...
ListenTrump aide finally has his day in court from 2023-07-06T22:44:15
First: Walt Nauta, the Trump aide who allegedly hid boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago before the FBI arrived pleads not guilty, despite the Justice Department saying he was caught on surv...
ListenWho left a baggy of coke at the White House? from 2023-07-05T23:00:33
First: Lab tests confirm a baggy of white powder found just steps from the West Wing Sunday was filled with cocaine. Now the question is: Who dropped it and set off a hazmat evacuation. Then: Gun...
ListenSpecial July 4th edition from 2023-07-04T21:52:57
First: From iowa to New Hampshire to the White House, 2024 presidential candidates hit parades, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters ... with one notable exception. ...
ListenUkraine gains, but that's not stopping Russia from 2023-07-03T21:24:41
Today on The Lead: CNN is on the front lines, where Ukraine's fight for freedom is in the trenches. Meanwhile, the CIA director says why he thinks instability in Moscow is creating a unique moment....
ListenBiden responds to Supreme Court rulings from 2023-06-30T22:13:50
40 million Americans will not get the student loan forgiveness President Biden promised them after the Supreme Court rejects his plan. Then, a look at the future of anti-discrimination laws after a...
ListenSupreme Court rules against affirmative action in college admissions from 2023-06-29T22:28:09
The Supreme Court rejects race-based affirmative action in college admissions in a landmark decision. One of the attorneys that argued in support of affirmative action before the court joins to dis...
ListenToday: DOJ interviews GA secretary of state from 2023-06-28T22:34:21
Investigators from the special counsel’s office are in Atlanta to interview Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about Donald Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election. Plus, Vladi...
ListenPresident of Belarus: Wagner chief in Belarus from 2023-06-27T22:47:23
A city center in eastern Ukraine is rocked by a missile strike. Why this target and why now? Plus, what persuaded Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner boss, to stop his apparent revolt in Russia? The lead...
ListenPutin: armed rebellion would have been suppressed from 2023-06-26T23:25:13
Putin makes his first public comments, claiming that any attempts of internal mutiny will end in defeat and makes an offer to Wagner fighters. The bombastic leader of the Wagner Group breaks his si...
ListenNew mission to map sub debris is underway from 2023-06-23T22:38:46
What went so tragically wrong and caused the submersible filled with five people to implode near the wreckage site of the Titanic? Plus, fake electors compelled to testify as a special counsel inve...
ListenUSCG: sub debris found after “catastrophic implosion” from 2023-06-23T00:21:33
All five passengers on the missing Titanic submersible are believed dead after missing debris is found on the ocean floor turning operations from rescue to recovery. In the wake of this tragedy, CN...
ListenCoast Guard: more vessels headed to search area from 2023-06-21T23:04:45
More reports of noises from the ocean in the desperate search for a missing sub that vanished during a deep sea exploration. Plus, another U.S. Supreme Court justice is defending an undisclosed lux...
ListenDOJ: Hunter Biden to plead guilty to 2 federal charges from 2023-06-20T23:10:22
Hunter Biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors. Plus, a trial for Trump is set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own...
ListenChina, U.S. agree on need to “stabilize ties” from 2023-06-19T23:05:47
An underwater expedition to see the wreckage of the Titanic is now a race to find and save the tourists and crew members on board the vessel. The mission is ramping up to prevent a second tragedy a...
ListenAG: Minneapolis PD discriminated against black&Native American people disproportionately from 2023-06-16T22:33:50
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland rebukes the Minneapolis Police Department after a multi-year investigation found systemic abuses and discrimination by police. Then, the Tree of Life shooter h...
ListenWash Post: Trump rejected idea of a deal with DOJ from 2023-06-15T23:21:01
Judge Aileen Cannon sets a new deadline for federal prosecutors and for Trump’s lawyers. Why these decisions could have a real impact on the timing of the case against Donald Trump. We speak with f...
ListenTrump advisor: “we have a playbook now” from 2023-06-14T23:11:30
Did Donald Trump just publicly admit to the very crimes he was arrested for a mere few hours after he was arrested and arraigned? Plus, an up close look at the front lines of Ukraine’s counteroffen...
ListenTrump pleads not guilty to all 37 charges from 2023-06-13T23:24:16
Donald Trump leaves the Miami courthouse after pleading not guilty to all 37 counts in the indictment related to his alleged handling of classified documents. The indictment makes him the first for...
ListenSources: mounting security concerns from law enforcement officials ahead of Trump arraignment from 2023-06-12T23:28:09
Former President Donald Trump has arrived in Florida for his court date. Tomorrow, he will be the first person to have held that office to be arraigned on federal criminal charges. This as growing ...
ListenFederal indictment of Trump and an aide unsealed in classified docs probe from 2023-06-09T23:24:03
The federal indictment against former President Donald Trump and one of his associates has been unsealed. Trump now faces 31 counts related to his handling of national defense documents after he le...
ListenSupreme Court backs Alabama black voters from 2023-06-08T23:20:35
A majority of the Supreme Court has ordered Alabama to redraw their states' congressional map to allow an additional black majority congressional district, giving more opportunities for minority vo...
ListenOne-on-one with GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie from 2023-06-07T23:04:30
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joins to discuss why he’s running for president and why Donald Trump has disqualified himself from the White House. Plus, from Canada all the way down to t...
ListenUkraine blames Russia for critical dam collapse from 2023-06-06T23:09:48
An explosion destroys a dam in Ukraine with devastating flooding and now thousands of people are being evacuated as Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the apparent sabotage. Then, how the drai...
ListenTrump on Pence in race: “I wish him a lot of luck” from 2023-06-05T23:24:18
Military fighter jets go supersonic when a private plane doesn’t respond while flying near the nation’s Capitol. Also, Apple just released a virtual reality headset which costs thousands of dollars...
ListenDOJ won’t seek charges in Pence docs probe from 2023-06-02T22:32:09
Two sources say Donald Trump’s attorneys have not found the classified document described by Trump on the audiotape federal prosecutors got a hold of, even after a subpoena. This as the Justice Dep...
ListenTrump’s ex-attorney discusses classified docs case from 2023-06-01T23:29:29
Donald Trump is on the campaign trial in Iowa and just weighed in on CNN’s reporting that the special counsel has a recording of Trump acknowledging that he kept classified material after leaving t...
ListenFederal prosecutors obtain tape of Trump discussing classified document from 2023-05-31T23:14:24
Sources tell CNN that Donald Trump not only knew he kept classified documents, but talked about them in a meeting captured on tape. Plus, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) of the Budget Committee joins to dis...
ListenBiden-McCarthy deal faces crucial test in House from 2023-05-30T22:56:36
Legislation to raise the debt limit is facing its first hurdle as a new problem for Speaker McCarthy has emerged, the House Freedom Caucus, including some members threatening to oust McCarthy over ...
ListenBiden, McCarthy confident debt deal will have the votes to pass from 2023-05-29T22:32:50
The debt limit negotiations finish with a written bill just days until the U.S. runs out of money. President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy are rushing to sell the bill to their parties. Plus, an...
ListenJudge temporarily blocks SC 6-week abortion ban from 2023-05-26T23:12:02
One day after the six-week abortion ban went into effect in South Carolina, a judge has ordered the law to be put on hold. Plus, we are on standby for another member of the Oath Keepers to be sente...
ListenOath Keepers leader sentenced to 18 years from 2023-05-25T23:27:09
The leader of the Oath Keepers has been handed down the biggest sentence yet in the attempt to steal the 2020 election. Plus, a stunning new chapter in the classified documents saga with sensitive ...
ListenMusic legend Tina Turner dies at 83 from 2023-05-24T23:19:37
Tina Turner, the resilient signer hailed by many as the “Queen of Rock and Roll,” died at the age of 83. Plus, Gov. Ron DeSantis is less than two hours away before using Twitter to announce his 202...
ListenJudge sets NY hush-money case trial date for March 2024 from 2023-05-23T23:24:20
Former President Trump has learned the start date for his criminal trial in New York for the Stormy Daniels hush money case and it will be right in the middle of the presidential primary season nex...
ListenMcCarthy: need a debt deal “this week” to avoid default from 2023-05-22T23:32:27
President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy are meeting tonight to try and avoid a default as we examine what may be on and off the negotiating table. Plus, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) sets his sights o...
ListenDebt default talks hit a snag from 2023-05-20T00:00:38
First: Your elected leaders have taken a pause to try to prevent economic catastrophe. What's seen as a major snag in debt negotiations puts everything at risk. Plus: Joe Biden meets with G7 lead...
ListenTwitter, Google score major victories at Supreme Court from 2023-05-18T23:31:23
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tech giants can remain relatively unaccountable for what people post on their sites, not even if it’s a terrorist organization. Plus, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif...
ListenNew evidence in special counsel probe may undercut Trump’s claim from 2023-05-17T23:25:38
The National Archives plans to share with the special counsel 16 records showing Trump and advisers knew of the declassification process, undercutting Trump’s claim that the documents he took were ...
ListenBiden&top congressional leaders meet as U.S. nears default from 2023-05-16T23:01:42
President Biden just cancelled the second part of his overseas trip. Is this a sign that the debt ceiling negotiations are going poorly? Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) joins to answer if Republicans have ...
ListenSpecial counsel concludes FBI never should have launched Trump-Russia probe from 2023-05-15T23:17:28
After three years, Special Counsel John Durham finally released his report into whether the FBI had a legitimate reason to investigate Trump in 2016. Durham’s report concluded the FBI should never ...
ListenBorder towns declare emergencies as expulsion policy ends from 2023-05-12T23:08:37
With border crossings at an all time high, the Biden administration warns times ahead will likely get even worse now that a key immigration policy has expired. Plus, a U.S. Marine veteran surrender...
ListenHouse passes border security package as Title 42 ends from 2023-05-11T23:37:46
The House voted to pass a sweeping GOP border security bill after Republican leaders worked to lock down votes and win over holdouts within their own party. The GOP border bill is expected not to p...
ListenU.S. braces for surge of migrants as Title 42 expires tomorrow from 2023-05-10T23:03:02
There is just one day left until Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic policy, expires. Introduced by Trump and adopted by Biden, the policy allows border officials to expel nearly all migrants without ...
ListenJury finds Trump liable for sexually abusing&defaming E. Jean Carroll from 2023-05-09T23:07:40
A jury in New York has found Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The jury awarded the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by ...
Listen202 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year from 2023-05-08T23:09:55
The gunman behind the Texas mall massacre had been removed from the U.S. military for mental health issues as we learn more about the gunman’s extremist background. Plus, just in time for summer tr...
ListenTrump’s deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation case released from 2023-05-05T23:16:50
Rather interesting comments are revealed today from the former president of the United States as the world finally gets to see what Mr. Trump had to say about E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations. Pl...
ListenFour Proud Boys members found guilty of seditious conspiracy from 2023-05-04T23:10:15
Four Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the January 6th insurrection making this the third time federal prosecutors have successfully gotten guilty verdict on thes...
ListenAtlanta police: 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting; manhunt for suspect from 2023-05-03T23:04:58
At least one person is dead and at least four others were injured, three critically, after a shooting in Atlanta. All the victims were female, the police said. According to law enforcement, the sho...
ListenBiden admin to send 1,500 more troops to southern border from 2023-05-02T22:44:45
A border surge is expected as a key immigration policy is set to expire. Now, the Biden administration is deploying even more American troops to the U.S. Mexico border. CNN is on the ground there a...
ListenSheriff: gunman kills 5 after being asked to stop firing rifle from 2023-05-01T23:08:37
The man who was previously deported four times killed his neighbors execution style after they complained about noise from his Friday night gunfire. Now agents on the border are being told to be on...
ListenNebraska, South Carolina fail to pass new abortion bans from 2023-04-28T22:37:18
Attempts to restrict abortions in two separate states were shut down. We speak with a group of women who pulled off a legislative maneuver to stop one ban from moving forward. Plus, a new wave of R...
ListenPentagon docs leak judge: “incredible” suspect didn’t think info would spread from 2023-04-27T22:44:33
The member of the Air National Guard who is accused of stealing and sharing classified documents appears in court and the government says he has a history of threatening to kill people. Plus, dozen...
ListenSoon: House expected to vote on debt limit bill from 2023-04-26T22:40:51
A critical vote is possibly just minutes away as Speaker McCarthy pushes House Republicans to sign off on his debt limit plan. We speak with one GOP holdout about the offers. Plus, a parole board v...
ListenBiden announces re-election campaign: “lets finish the job” from 2023-04-25T22:39
Joe Biden has officially announced he is running for re-election after releasing a campaign video that’s a study in contrast as Republicans release their own video using AI. Plus, one state is tryi...
ListenWH: U.S. is “actively facilitating” exit of Americans from Sudan from 2023-04-24T22:32:30
As the violence erupts in Sudan, the U.S. and other nations evacuate their embassies. But, what about other Americans on the ground? Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) of the Foreign Affairs Committee j...
ListenMontana GOP silences trans lawmaker who condemned care ban from 2023-04-21T23:28:28
Republican state lawmakers are refusing to let a democratic state representative who is transgender speak after she made a passionate plea against a bill that would ban hormone treatments and surge...
ListenAttorney: prosecutors plan to dismiss charges against Alec Baldwin from 2023-04-20T23:24:13
Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin is soon to be cleared of involuntary manslaughter charges after a gun on a movie set killed his colleague. But, is Baldwin legally cleared for good? Plus, a father and ...
ListenSupreme Court maintains access to abortion pill for two more days from 2023-04-19T23:23:58
The U.S. Supreme Court pauses until Friday restrictions on access to an abortion pill which were put in place by a Texas judge. But, what might happen after this two day stay? Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D...
ListenSettlement reached in Dominion v. Fox defamation lawsuit from 2023-04-18T23:26:20
Moments ago, a settlement has been reached in the high stakes trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News. The settlement totals $787,500,000, according to Dominion attorney Justin Nelson. F...
ListenDOJ: two alleged Chinese agents operate “police station” in NYC from 2023-04-17T23:11:24
The FBI has arrested two alleged Chinese agents and federal prosecutors have charged dozens of others with working to silence and harass dissidents within the United States. Plus, outrage in Kansas...
ListenSupreme Court extends access to abortion drug while considering case from 2023-04-14T23:02:01
The U.S. Supreme Court has extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug in order to give the justices more time to examine the issue. P...
Listen21-year-old guardsman arrested in Pentagon doc leak case from 2023-04-13T22:41:21
The FBI has arrested the suspect behind the leak of highly classified and damaging Pentagon memos. 21-year-old Massachusetts Air Force guardsman Jack Teixeira was identified as the suspect. The doc...
ListenEvacuations ordered as blaze spews toxic smoke in Indiana from 2023-04-12T23:21:38
Flames engulf an Indiana recycling plant and the large smoke plumes stretch for miles as the toxic fire is expected to burn for days. Plus, the judge hearing the billion dollar Dominion versus Fox ...
ListenLouisville officials give update on deadly bank shooting from 2023-04-11T23:18:19
New details about the bank employee turned killer in Kentucky and the five people he murdered. Why did he target his colleagues? Why did he live stream the attack? Plus, Gov. Maura Healey of Massac...
ListenPolice: 4 killed, at least 9 hurt in Louisville bank shooting from 2023-04-10T23:42:47
A mass shooting occurred today in Louisville, Kentucky after a lone gunman opened fire in his workplace, a bank. At least four people have been killed with at least nine others injured. Plus, Chair...
ListenIsraeli Foreign Ministry: 1 killed, 6 wounded in “terror attack” from 2023-04-07T23:18:26
Tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East as the Israel Foreign Ministry says two separate terror attacks in Tel Aviv leave one dead and six wounded. Plus, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Tho...
ListenTN House expels one Democrat; discussing expulsion of another from 2023-04-06T23:56:37
Debates and voting are underway right now as Tennessee state House Republicans try to expel three statehouse Democrats for protesting on the statehouse floor in the wake of the Nashville school sho...
ListenChina warns of retaliation as Taiwan’s president meets with McCarthy from 2023-04-05T23:05
In the face of threats, Speaker McCarthy and the president of Taiwan defiantly meet as Beijing warns the Chinese government will fight back. Plus, one day after Donald Trump’s arrest and arraignmen...
ListenUpdate for April 4, 2023 from 2023-04-04T22:09:26
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ListenSecurity ramps up in New York ahead of Trump’s arraignment from 2023-04-03T23:46:41
In the historic and unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump, the former president landed in New York and is expected to voluntarily surrender. Sources tell CNN that the former pre...
ListenSources: Trump to be arraigned in NY on Tuesday from 2023-03-31T22:23:37
Donald Trump says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. According to sources, Trump’s arraignment is set for Tuesday and now a look at the security required for this unprecedented event. P...
ListenWhite House condemns Russia for detaining WSJ journalist from 2023-03-30T22:30:32
For the first time since the Cold War, Russia arrests an American journalist, accusing him of being a spy trying to steal state secrets. Plus: The tragic news that nine servicemembers are killed ...
ListenPolice: no evidence Nashville shooter had issues with school from 2023-03-29T22:34:24
Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake says they have yet to uncover any specific problems at the Nashville school shooter’s school, work, or home. This as we learned investigators believe Audrey ...
ListenNashville PD release body cam video as officers approach shooter from 2023-03-28T22:33:20
Newly released footage shows the moments when police enter the Nashville school where three children and three adults were killed. This as we learn that the attacker purchased seven different guns ...
ListenNashville PD: female shooter kills 3 children, 3 adults at school from 2023-03-27T22:35:25
3 children and 3 adult victims have been killed in a mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. Plus, uproar in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to a protest that brought his countr...
ListenJudge orders top Trump aides to testify in Jan. 6 probe from 2023-03-24T22:54:52
A judge has rejected claims of executive privilege in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Now at least eight former top Trump White House aides including Mark Mea...
ListenTrump mocks calls for supporters to be “peaceful” from 2023-03-23T23:29:13
As New York prosecutors weigh indicting Donald Trump, the former president belittles keeping protests peaceful. Then, Secretary of State Antony Blinken faces a subpoena threat as lawmakers order hi...
ListenSen. Warren: I don’t think Jerome Powell should be FED chair from 2023-03-22T22:53:30
Jake sits down with Sen. Elizabeth Warren of the Finance Committee to discuss why she believes FED Chair Jerome Powell is a dangerous person to lead the Federal Reserve and why the U.S. could be he...
ListenPutin says talks with Chinese President Xi “substantive” from 2023-03-21T23:26:13
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attended a state dinner, capping off two days of talks where they vowed more collaboration in oil production which gives the Chinese g...
ListenTrump team tries to undercut Cohen testimony in hush money case from 2023-03-20T23:17:47
Former President Trump claims he is going to be indicted tomorrow in Manhattan in the hush money case involving Stormy Daniels. Plus, Chinese leader Xi Jinping makes his first trip to Moscow since ...
ListenInternational Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin from 2023-03-17T23:16:58
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin today, accusing the Russian president of committing war crimes by deporting Ukrainian children to Russia. Also, a look a...
ListenBig banks agree on $30B plan to rescue regional bank from 2023-03-16T22:41:35
Another troubled regional bank is about to get rescued and this time the big banks are stepping in to help. Will it be enough to ease market fears? Plus, the terrifying reality about women’s health...
ListenDow tumbles over new fears about the banking sector from 2023-03-15T23:04:11
Is the banking industry suffering from a crisis of confidence? Markets around the world tumble as concerns grow over yet another possible bank failure. What might that mean for your money? Then, a ...
ListenRegional banks bounce back after two bank failures from 2023-03-14T23:13:35
Multiple investigations are reportedly launched after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank as panicked tweets are partly to blame for bank losing $40 billion in a single day. Vice Chairman of IBM Ga...
ListenTwo bank failures trigger fears of a banking collapse from 2023-03-13T23:25:45
President Biden reassures America’s banking systems remain safe after the biggest U.S. bank failure since 2008. Now, other banks are sounding the alarm as their stocks take a tumble. Plus, extreme ...
ListenMarkets close down after second biggest bank failure in U.S. history from 2023-03-10T23:38:23
A new urgent warning about defective wheels after three Norfolk Southern train wrecks in five weeks. Plus, the alleged affair and hush money scheme that could trigger charges against Donald Trump. ...
ListenRussia pummels Ukraine with drone, hypersonic missile strikes from 2023-03-10T00:28:12
Ukrainian city after city are bombarded by Russian missiles and drones while the war drags on. Plus, an emotional plea from Iran’s longest held American prisoner. Why he’s taking the risk in talkin...
ListenDOJ probe uncovers disturbing abuses by Louisville Police Department from 2023-03-09T00:21:02
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland issues a scathing critique of the Louisville Metro Police Department after the Justice Department’s nearly two-year review of the botched raid where police kil...
ListenU.S. official: Americans likely mistaken for drug smugglers from 2023-03-08T00:14:34
We have new information about the armed kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico after two were found dead and two survived. We have a live report on how the four friends from South Carolina were app...
ListenSources: Senate will still hold vote to block DC crime bill from 2023-03-07T00:12:21
The Washington D.C. Council is attempting to withdraw a criminal justice bill which is headed for likely failure in the Senate. D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George joins to discuss the D.C. Ho...
ListenU.S. announces another $400M aid package for Ukraine from 2023-03-03T23:31:46
The U.S. deploys another $400 million in military aid to Ukraine ahead of a likely Russian spring offensive. Can President Biden secure even more as Russians encircle the strategic town of Bakhmut?...
ListenSchumer on Murdoch’s election lies admission from 2023-03-02T23:43:50
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joins to discuss Rupert Murdoch’s admission that Fox News hosts endorsed false stolen election claims. Plus, a plot to kill is foiled in Michigan as authorities...
ListenGarland testifies for first time in front of divided Congress from 2023-03-02T00:14:30
Attorney General Merrick Garland was grilled on Capitol Hill today on a range of topics including classified documents, abortion, fentanyl, and rising crime. Also, a private plane came 565 feet fro...
ListenMurdoch: some hosts “endorsed” election lies from 2023-03-01T00:07:46
Top Fox executive Rupert Murdoch under oath admitted election lies peddled on his network were simply a business decision saying “it is not red or blue, it is green.” What else did Murdoch admit? P...
ListenU.S. Energy Department reports Covid-19 likely leaked from China lab from 2023-02-28T00:30:38
The U.S. Department of Energy concludes with “low confidence” that the origins of Covid-19 likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Plus, in East Palestine, Ohio, a new technique to track contamin...
ListenUpdate for February 23, 2023 from 2023-02-24T23:15:48
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ListenAlex Murdaugh cross-examined at his murder trial from 2023-02-24T00:02:25
Disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is on trail for the deaths of his wife and son, testified today in his own defense. Plus, the National Transportation Safety Board releas...
ListenBiden admin: train company will “fully pay” cleanup costs from 2023-02-22T23:50:01
After a train derailment in Ohio spilled toxic chemicals, railway company Norfolk Southern vows to help but critics note how much the company is giving victims versus company investors for stock bu...
ListenPresident Biden says Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia from 2023-02-22T00:18:04
President Biden rallies for NATO while Putin blames the West for forcing him to invade Ukraine, vowing to stay the course. Plus, Rep. Angie Craig joins to discuss getting threatening messages afte...
ListenBiden makes unprecedented trip to Ukrainian capital from 2023-02-21T00:02:42
In a surprise trip to Ukraine, President Biden becomes the first U.S. leader in modern history to visit an active war zone without American troops on the ground. Rep. Mike Quigley of the Ukraine Ca...
Listen5 former Memphis officers plead not guilty in Nichols case from 2023-02-17T23:28:39
The five former Memphis police officers charged with killing Tyre Nichols have been arraigned, all entering pleas of not guilty. Now, the district attorney is reviewing dozens of other cases connec...
ListenGeorgia grand jury finds no widespread fraud in 2020 election from 2023-02-16T23:59:03
The Georgia special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump and his allies' attempts to overturn the 2020 election just released parts of a new report. Plus, a professor describes his encounter w...
ListenCongress grills FAA chief over delays, safety concerns from 2023-02-16T00:21:47
Major questions were raised today about your safety in the air as Senators grill the FAA on why the agency cannot be so sure there will not be more runway near misses and grounded flights. Plus, Ni...
Listen3 students dead, 5 critically injured in campus mass shooting from 2023-02-15T00:08:04
Three students have been killed and five injured at Michigan State University. The gunman’s father is describing the shooter's anger as we learn more about what led to yet another mass shooting in ...
ListenPentagon: object shot down Saturday was “small, metallic balloon” from 2023-02-13T23:49:29
Four times in eights flying objects have been shot down over North American skies by the U.S. military. Sen. Kirsten Gilibrand of the Intelligence Committee joins to answer if the objects were a th...
ListenU.S. shoots down "high-altitude object" near Alaska from 2023-02-10T23:54
The United States military has taken down another high-altitude object flying over the United States. Rep. Mike Waltz of the Armed Services Committee joins to discuss why these objects may now be a...
Listen21,000+ dead and 75,500+ injured three days after quake from 2023-02-10T00:01:57
CNN is on the ground in Turkey and Syria as rescue crews climb through earthquake rubble and the death toll passes 21,000. Also, Sen. Jon Tester joins to discuss if the Chinese balloon should have ...
ListenBiden visits key battleground states after addressing the nation from 2023-02-08T23:55:16
President Biden leaves the D.C. beltway to take the state of the union message to voters in some key battleground states. Will he get cheers or jeers from the American people? Plus, more than 12,00...
Listen7,200+ dead as desperate search for survivors continues from 2023-02-07T23:59:13
Darkness and cold complicate the urgent and painstaking rescue efforts in Syria and Turkey as the death toll rises past 7,200. Plus, in the wake of the killing of Tyre Nichols, Rep. Cori Bush joins...
ListenAt least 3,400 people dead after massive quake in Turkey&Syria from 2023-02-06T23:38:39
A catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked Syria and Turkey, killing thousands. Plus, we’re learning more about China’s suspected spy balloon which was shot down while flying over the Unite...
ListenBlinken postpones Beijing trip as spy balloon flies over U.S. from 2023-02-04T00:34:30
A diplomatic rift is emerging between China and the U.S. over a balloon flying over the United States. The Pentagon says they know this a Chinese surveillance balloon while China says it is a civil...
ListenHouse votes to remove Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee from 2023-02-02T23:42:42
Republicans vote to kick Congresswoman Ilhan Omar off of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, blaming previous comments that Omar made about Israel. Plus, Sen. Dan Sullivan of the Armed Services Co...
ListenFuneral services held for Tyre Nichols in Memphis from 2023-02-01T23:57:41
As prosecutors look at possible charges over discrepancies in the police report, funeral services are held in Memphis for Tyre Nichols after his fatal arrest. This as city officials announce more v...
ListenIsraeli PM Netanyahu forms hard-right government for sixth term from 2023-01-31T23:42:53
Amid concerns that recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians could spiral into chaos, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joins to discuss his plans to address the violence and respon...
ListenSixth officer relieved of duty after Tyre Nichols’ death from 2023-01-30T23:06:38
A sixth officer in the Tyre Nichols case has been received of duty. We examine this officer’s role in the death of Tyre Nichols and what his body camera shows. Plus, new calls for calm in the Middl...
ListenMemphis officials to release Tyre Nichols arrest video tonight from 2023-01-27T23:12:37
Tyre Nichols’ mother calls for justice ahead of the release of the video which is being described as horrific and even sickening. This hour, what the public can expect and what the Nichols’ parents...
ListenFive ex-officers charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death from 2023-01-26T22:56:05
Tyre Nichols is the latest high-profile case of police brutality to result in murder charges. Five former officers have now been indicted. The victim’s family says he was beaten like a human piñata...
ListenUpdate for January 25, 2023 from 2023-01-25T23:08:29
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ListenMike Pence the latest found to possess classified docs from 2023-01-24T23:29:34
A lawyer for Mike Pence found approximately a dozen classified documents at the former VP's Indiana home, according to CNN sources. Will the DOJ have to appoint yet another special counsel to inves...
Listen11 killed in shooting rampage during lunar new year celebrations from 2023-01-23T23:43:53
36 mass shootings already in 2023 in the United States and we are not even a full month into the year. 11 victims are now dead in the latest update from the hospital from the massacre in Monterey P...
ListenU.S. and Germany in standoff over sending tanks to Ukraine from 2023-01-21T00:05:01
The U.S. tries to push Germany to give some Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine while holding back the American-made Abrams model. Plus, a new investigation has opened in New Mexico into a Republican candid...
ListenU.S. hits its debt ceiling, triggering risk of default from 2023-01-20T00:12:01
The fight over the debt ceiling could cause a global economic crisis including higher mortgage and credit card payments, 401(k) declines, delayed payments for veterans, delayed Social Security, and...
ListenDutch PM: “safety of the whole West” is threatened if Russia wins from 2023-01-19T00:11:47
A helicopter crashes outside of a kindergarten in the suburbs of Kyiv and a Ukrainian cabinet minister and a child are among the 14 killed. What caused this tragedy? Plus, Rep. Nancy Mace of the Ho...
ListenEx-GOP candidate arrested over shootings at homes of Dems from 2023-01-17T23:45
One city, four homes, each one shot at. Police say a candidate who lost his election in New Mexico tried to have his rival office holders killed. Plus, House Republicans are ready to investigate pr...
ListenWhite House reveals five more pages of classified docs found from 2023-01-16T23:31:48
Turns out the White House did not keep a visitors log for guests at President Biden’s private Wilmington home where five more pages of classified documents were found as the president’s personal la...
ListenClassified documents discovery creates growing crisis for Biden from 2023-01-14T00:37:55
The White House's refusal to answer questions is not going to stop the questions from mounting. Why did the Biden White House wait so long to acknowledge that classified documents have been found a...
ListenSpecial counsel appointed in Biden documents investigation from 2023-01-13T00:20:17
Attorney General Merrick Garland has named former Trump U.S. Attorney Robert Hur as special counsel to take over the investigation of classified documents found at Joe Biden’s home and private offi...
Listen9,000+ U.S. flights delayed due to FAA system outage from 2023-01-12T00:20:41
The FAA is trying to get flights back on track after a pilot notification system failed causing thousands of flight delays. Plus, Attorney General Merrick Garland will weigh next steps over classif...
ListenHouse passes bill to roll back $80 billion in funding for IRS from 2023-01-11T00:12:32
The House GOP passes a bill to roll back $80 billion in funding for the IRS. Rep. Mike Johnson of the Judiciary Committee joins to discuss this bill and an approved rules package for the 118th Cong...
ListenMcCarthy faces new battle for passing House rules package from 2023-01-10T00:35:07
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy scrambles to ensure support for a new rules package. Plus, a college art professor says she lost her job for showing a 14th century painting of the Prophet Muhammad, re...
ListenMcCarthy confident he’ll have votes to be elected speaker tonight from 2023-01-07T00:24:37
It is day four of the standoff over the House speakership and for the first time this week there are signals there may be a finish soon. Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz joins to answer if she’s con...
ListenMcCarthy suffers defeat on 10th speaker ballot from 2023-01-06T00:25:12
In what is now the longest speaker contest in 164 years, Rep. Kevin McCarthy has suffered his 10th defeat to become House speaker. A nominee needs 218 votes, but the number required could change de...
ListenHouse adjourns until 8pm as GOP deadlocked over speaker vote from 2023-01-05T00:21:07
The House has adjourned after Rep. Kevin McCarthy fails on his sixth attempt to win a majority of votes to become speaker. We speak with GOP congressmen Rep. Dan Bishop and Rep. Dusty Johnson about...
ListenMcCarthy suffers defeat on 3rd speaker ballot from 2023-01-04T00:17:54
For the first time since 1923, the vote for House speaker has gone to multiple ballots leaving Rep. Kevin McCarthy without enough votes. GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas joins to discuss his vocal opposi...
ListenMcCarthy scrambles for votes needed to win speakership from 2023-01-03T00:32:40
Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become House speaker comes down to the wire and a group of Republican hard liners continue to push their demands. Plus, how police tracked down a suspected killer through DN...
ListenNews conference on Idaho college student murders from 2022-12-30T23:02:44
A suspect has been arrested in the murders of the four University of Idaho students. The FBI and Pennsylvania police arrested 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger this morning in Monroe County, Pennsylvania...
ListenJan. 6 committee releases transcripts from 19 additional witnesses from 2022-12-29T22:50:50
New witness transcripts have been released from the January 6th select committee, including one from Donald Trump’s own son. Then, officials are calling it the largest Russian missile strike since ...
ListenSouthwest Airlines cancels 2,500+ flights today, 2,000+ tomorrow from 2022-12-28T23:24:56
Six days in and Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 15,000 flights as the company’s stock is taking a hit. Then, new details are emerging about the final days of the Trump administration. A w...
ListenSouthwest Airlines meltdown strands thousands of passengers from 2022-12-27T22:59:46
Another disastrous day for Southwest Airlines as it cancels more than 2,500 flights for the second day in a row. Executives say they’ll need to cancel many more tomorrow. Then, Republican Congressm...
Listen“Historic” storm kills at least 49 people in nine states from 2022-12-26T23:57:42
More than two dozen people are dead from the horrific blizzard that slammed Erie County, New York over the holiday weekend. Some dying in snow buried cars, other in homes with no power. Conditions ...
ListenJan 6 committee: Trump&allies made “at least 200” attempts to overturn election from 2022-12-24T00:31:26
The January 6th select committee released its final report which spelled out why in their view Donald Trump is solely responsible for the Capitol riot. Also, a historic and sadly deadly winter stor...
ListenHutchinson testified she felt pressured by Trump-aligned lawyer from 2022-12-23T00:02:02
As the release of the January 6th select committee’s final report still looms, former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson said she was pressured to not talk to the committee by her lawyer. Al...
ListenPatriot defense system part of $1.85B aid package for Ukraine from 2022-12-22T00:33:40
President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Biden hold a joint press conference live at the White House and discuss Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Sen. Jack Reed of the Armed Services Committee joi...
ListenU.S. border cities struggle with new surge of migrant crossings from 2022-12-21T00:04:58
Will the Biden administration proceed with plans to lift a border policy which allowed the government to expel immigrants quickly? Plus, plans are underway for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenky...
ListenJanuary 6 committee refers Trump to DOJ from 2022-12-20T00:29:55
Congress has referred Donald Trump to the Justice Department on four criminal charges surrounding the events of January 6th. Rep. Elaine Luria of the January 6th select committee joins to answer ho...
ListenUkraine PM: Russia’s goal is to cut off lights, water, heat in Ukraine from 2022-12-17T00:21:51
Ukraine’s prime minister says that Russia’s goal is to target key infrastructure after Ukraine intercepted a new barrage of strikes. Also, Twitter suddenly suspends the accounts of several journali...
ListenLawmakers running out of time to avoid government shutdown from 2022-12-16T00:24:29
Only one day left to reach a deal as the Senate hits a snag over federal spending. Also, in a very first interview, the U.S. Capitol police sergeant who was beaten by rioters on January 6th joins t...
ListenFederal Reserve lifts interest rates by half point from 2022-12-15T00:07:44
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates for seventh time the year. Can the U.S. economy avoid a recession? Plus, Ukraine claims to have shot down a series of drones that took aim at its infra...
ListenBiden signs bill to protect same-sex&interracial marriages from 2022-12-14T00:00:52
President Biden has signed legislation guaranteeing that states have to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages after the bill passed in Congress with bipartisan support. Also, Biden celebrate...
ListenScientists create nuclear fusion reaction that generates more energy than it consumes from 2022-12-13T00:24:31
Billions of dollars and decades later, scientists have figured out how to replicate the energy of the sun, creating what could be an unlimited supply of clean energy. Plus, a Los Angeles city counc...
ListenSenator from Arizona leaves Democratic Party from 2022-12-09T23:28:28
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declares she will leave the Democratic Party and will register as a political independent. Jake Tapper sits down for an exclusive interview to find out why she’s making ...
ListenWNBA star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in prisoner swap from 2022-12-09T00:14:39
After 294 days in Russian custody, basketball star Brittney Griner is on her way back to the United States. We examine the details of the prisoner swap, the negotiations, and look at the Russian pr...
ListenSource: two documents with classified markings found at storage unit used by Trump from 2022-12-08T00:01:07
Two documents with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit during a search by a team hired by former President Trump. Plus, Senator Raphael Warnock has won reelection in Georgia ma...
ListenUpdate for December 6, 2022 from 2022-12-06T23:16:18
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ListenFBI joins investigation after NC power grid “targeted” from 2022-12-06T00:19:19
The North Carolina governor addresses the targeted attack on power substations leaving thousands of customers, including those in hospitals, without power in the December cold. Plus, a look at prot...
ListenJanuary 6 Committee weighs actions against GOP reps from 2022-12-02T23:56:44
The January 6 committee stares down a fast-approaching deadline to complete its work and Rep. Zoe Lofgren of the January 6 Select Committee joins to discuss the timelines of potential consequences ...
ListenSenate passes bill to avoid catastrophic rail strike from 2022-12-02T00:13:24
Following the Senate vote to avert a rail shutdown, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joins to discuss the tentative agreement and paid sick leave for rail workers. Plus, a letter bomb was...
ListenAttorney general speaks out about Oath Keepers convictions from 2022-11-30T23:46:48
Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke about the landmark verdict in the Oath Keepers trial, calling the decision a significant victory for the American people. His remarks come after a jury found ...
ListenRail unions: companies can afford to give workers paid sick days from 2022-11-30T00:29:04
Congress is going around labor union negotiations to try to prevent a rail strike that President Biden says would devastate the U.S. economy. Also, a consequential and controversial vote on same-se...
ListenTrump hosts white supremacist from 2022-11-28T23:47:25
Republican officials remain largely publicly silent after Trump posted and dined with two antisemites at Mar-a-Lago. Top House Republican Rep. James Comer joins to discuss why Republicans do not sp...
ListenChesapeake Shooting latest - note found on shooters phone from 2022-11-25T23:33:08
Tonight we lead with new details about the recent shooting in a Walmart in Chesapeake, VA – a note has been found on the shooters phone that details grievances he had with colleagues and himself. ...
ListenIdaho Police Investigate Murder of Four University Students from 2022-11-24T00:55:31
CNN shares live coverage of a press conference with Moscow, Idaho’s police force, as they update the public about their investigation into the killings of four University of Idaho students. They is...
ListenSenator Graham Testifies Before Georgia Grand Jury from 2022-11-22T23:50:02
Senator Lindsey Graham testifies before a Georgia Grand Jury in the probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. With the 2024 election on the horizon, Biden plans to spend the holiday m...
ListenFive Killed at an LGBTQ Nightclub from 2022-11-22T00:21:38
A gunman opened fire at a nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing at least five people before patrons confronted and disarmed him. Prosecutors say they are ready to convict the suspect, and CNN talk...
ListenAG Garland names special counsel to oversee Trump probes from 2022-11-18T23:06:51
The Department of Justice has appointed Jack Smith to be special counsel to oversee the criminal investigation into former President Trump regarding the potential mishandling of national secrets. T...
ListenPelosi ends 20-year run leading Democratic caucus from 2022-11-17T23:18:35
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping aside as the head of House Democrats while Republicans look to investigate Hunter Biden. Also, a look into the bankruptcy that is throwing the entire crypto market ...
ListenMcConnell wins another term as Republican Senate leader from 2022-11-17T00:05:29
Mitch McConnell beats Rick Scott to keep his Republican leadership position in the Senate. Plus, the missile which landed in Poland recently may have been an accident from a Ukraine as it defended ...
Listen2 dead after “explosion” in NATO member Poland from 2022-11-15T23:49:42
A reported missile strike beyond the borders of Ukraine hits NATO member Poland. The weaponry and who may be behind the event remain unclear, but the explosions occurred the same time Russia launch...
ListenGOP debates leadership after disappointing election from 2022-11-14T23:41:08
19 congressional races remain uncalled as we still do not know which party will control the House of Representatives. Both Republican leaders, McCarthy in the House and McConnell in the Senate, are...
ListenUpdate for November 11, 2022 from 2022-11-11T21:21:36
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ListenControl of Congress up for grabs in tomorrow’s elections from 2022-11-07T22:50
It’s the day before Election Day and the last chance for candidates to make their pitch. The big events signaling the races to watch. Plus, where some early ballots are already being challenged in ...
ListenTrump: “very, very, very probably” going to run in 2024 from 2022-11-04T21:43:16
The last economic report card before Election Day is now out with just enough jobs added to tout and just enough lost that it may start to cool the economy. Plus, Donald Trump says he will “very pr...
ListenTop surrogates hit campaign trail today from 2022-11-03T22:27:33
The political heavy hitters are out in full force as Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and President Biden rally voters across the country with 5 days left until midterms. Plus, why we m...
ListenCNN poll: voters heavily favor Republicans on economy from 2022-11-02T22:09:01
With six days until the midterms, President Biden is expected to slam election deniers in a prime time speech as CNN polls show the latest in voter sentiment. Plus, why a Trump lawyer called Claren...
ListenSources: Pelosi family to hear 911 call, see bodycam video from 2022-11-01T21:55:31
The first court appearance for the man accused of attacking Nancy Pelosi’s husband is moments away as CNN learns new information about the call for help from Paul Pelosi and the video captured by p...
ListenDOJ: suspect told police he planned to hold Nancy Pelosi hostage from 2022-10-31T22:00:21
Federal authorities say the man who attacked House Speaker’s husband also wanted to break Nancy Pelosi’s kneecaps. This, as Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, tweets a conspiracy theory about Paul Pel...
ListenNancy Pelosi’s husband battered with hammer in 2am break-in from 2022-10-28T21:47:55
The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was viciously attacked in their home. The suspect allegedly assaulting him even as the police arrived. The attack underscores the alarming number of threat...
ListenBiden gives closing message to voters before midterms from 2022-10-27T22:04:10
With 12 days left before midterms, President Biden paints Republicans as a threat to your wallet and says they will crash the economy if they win control of congress. We listen live to his speech i...
ListenSenate debate in PA renews questions about Fetterman’s health from 2022-10-26T21:52:41
The day after the heated debate in Pennsylvania, we look at how John Fetterman's struggles after a stroke are going over with voters. Plus, the new ad attacking Mehmet Oz and his awkward answer on ...
ListenFetterman and Oz to debate tonight from 2022-10-25T21:56:49
One of the most anticipated debates of the year is tonight as John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz face off in their only debate for Pennsylvania’s seat in the Senate. Plus, the anger and outrage over a le...
ListenCNN Gov race polls: Dems ahead in PA, MI; dead heat in WI from 2022-10-24T21:45:01
Brand new CNN polls show the clues and data that could determine the balance of power in two of the tightest races in the country. Also, a mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to killing his classma...
ListenJan. 6 committee subpoenas former President Trump from 2022-10-21T21:51:22
Former President Trump is subpoenaed by the January 6th House committee just hours after his former adviser Steve Bannon is sentenced to prison for four months for ignoring a subpoena from the same...
ListenUK opposition party demands general election after PM quits from 2022-10-20T21:46:39
Liz Truss resigns as the British prime minister only 44 days in, making history for shortest term at 10 Downing Street. Plus, President Biden hits the road for the midterms as he touts infrastructu...
ListenPence: no room in the conservative movement for Putin apologists from 2022-10-19T21:56:19
The White House announced a new release of oil from the nation’s stockpile. But, is it enough to make a dent in gas prices and for the president to put the brakes on predicted Republican gains in t...
ListenIran again denies supplying Russia with drones from 2022-10-18T21:51:20
First, we take a look at drones with exclusive access to the weapons changing the landscape of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Then, President Biden pledges that if Democrats can keep control of congress,...
ListenEarly voting underway in Georgia with 3 weeks until election from 2022-10-17T22:00:59
With just over three weeks to go to the midterms, early voting begins in a key state that the entire country is watching. Plus, Kyiv comes under attack from kamikaze drones that Ukraine says Russia...
ListenTrump not saying if he’ll comply with Jan 6 committee subpoena from 2022-10-14T21:58:28
Trump gives the January 6th committee an ear full as the panel tries to legally compel the former president to testify. But, he never addresses the million dollar question. Plus, debate night in on...
ListenUpdate for October 13, 2022 from 2022-10-13T21:28:05
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ListenJury awards $1 billion to Sandy Hook families in Alex Jones case from 2022-10-12T21:44:32
A Connecticut jury has awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy hook families in the defamation case brought against Alex Jones. Also, seven people were killed in Russian strikes on a busy mar...
ListenRussia unleashes new wave of missile strikes on Ukraine from 2022-10-11T22:14:36
Russia bombards Ukraine for a second straight day as President Biden calls Putin a “rational actor” who misjudged his ability to invade Ukraine. Also, new warnings of a recession as top economists ...
ListenRussia unleashes missile barrage, kills at least 11 in Ukraine from 2022-10-10T22:26:46
A wave of terror emerges in Ukraine as a series of deadly strikes take out bridges and targets infrastructure. Plus, a Los Angeles council president resigns from part of her job after a recording l...
ListenUvalde school district suspends its police department from 2022-10-07T23:19:07
In Uvalde, Texas, the school system is suspending its entire police department after a bombshell report. Also, in Iran, the people’s uprising is now in its third week as demonstrations continue. Ac...
ListenBiden taking first major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana from 2022-10-06T23:25:23
President Biden announced today that certain marijuana convictions will be pardoned. How quickly will we see Biden’s next steps on this issue? North Korea launched two more ballistic missiles, mark...
ListenPresident Biden tours hurricane-ravaged Florida from 2022-10-05T22:08:42
President Biden visits areas hard hit by Hurricane Ian, meeting with families who lost everything. Plus, dozens of CIA officers accuse the intelligence agency of soft-pedaling its investigation of ...
ListenTrump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago docs fight from 2022-10-05T00:17:10
Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to intervene in the case of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Plus, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, rescue crews continue as authorities sa...
ListenFlorida county officials face scrutiny over delayed evacuation order from 2022-10-03T23:44:39
First, government officials explain why many evacuation orders came within hours of Hurricane Ian’s landfall with little time for folks to escape. Then, Maggie Haberman joins to discuss her new boo...
ListenPutin: Ukrainian territories becoming part of Russia “forever” from 2022-09-30T23:33:27
Putin declares the annexation of four areas of Ukraine which the West is denouncing as illegal. Also, Ian strikes again, lashing South Carolina low county, pushing heavy rain and wind into cities t...
ListenIan leaves catastrophic damage across Florida from 2022-09-29T23:27:25
Hurricane Ian strikes and decimates parts Florida’s Gulf Coast as authorities begin to assess just how many lives have been lost. Homes, buildings, and roads have been ripped apart. The storm is ex...
ListenHurricane Ian makes landfall as Category 4 storm from 2022-09-28T23:21:40
Hurricane Ian has made landfall on the western coast of Florida just after 3:00pm ET. The eye crossed over a barrier island near Fort Myers, Florida. Winds are 150 mph, making the storm just shy of...
ListenIan threatens Florida with “catastrophic” flooding, fierce winds from 2022-09-27T23:30:12
Florida’s west coast is getting ready as Hurricane Ian closes in on the United States. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warns of catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. Also, we are l...
ListenMysterious 9-second call from Trump White House to Jan 6 rioter from 2022-09-26T22:29:42
Evacuations are ordered as Hurricane Ian is on track to become a monster category 4 storm. Plus, someone in Trump’s White House called a rioter on January 6th. Who was it? Also, we speak with a for...
ListenTrump lawyers wage secret court fight to block Jan. 6 testimony from 2022-09-23T22:24:26
Sources say the attorneys for former President Trump are fighting to keep witnesses from testifying before a federal grand jury about Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Also, big Wall ...
ListenOne-on-one with French President Emmanuel Macron from 2022-09-22T22:46:31
Jake sits down for an exclusive interview with French President Emmanuel Macron to hear his reactions to Putin’s increased aggression in Ukraine, the future of Europe, the rise of nationalist extre...
ListenNY A.G. alleges “staggering” business fraud in new lawsuit from 2022-09-21T23:49:02
A new lawsuit from the NY attorney general against Donald Trump and his adult children takes aim at their entire real estate empire, which the attorney general says is built on a foundation of frau...
ListenArrests at U.S.-Mexico border top 2M in a year from 2022-09-20T23:19:33
The border crisis continues as Delaware prepares for a possible influx of immigrants shipped from Texas by way of Florida. CNN is on the ground in Puerto Rico with the National Guard as crews try t...
ListenHurricane Fiona wreaks havoc on Puerto Rico from 2022-09-19T23:32:17
Rising water washes away bridges and roads as Hurricane Fiona slams into Puerto Rico. 1,000 people have been rescued and the majority of the island has lost electricity. Then, President Biden’s adm...
ListenDOJ expected to appeal judge’s ruling in Trump docs case from 2022-09-16T23:43:12
Will Donald Trump versus the United States of America end up before the Supreme Court? This as questions of a DOJ appeal emerge after a Trump appointed judge sides with the former president and cut...
ListenFlorida&Texas ramp up migrant fight, send more to northeast from 2022-09-15T23:33:20
In the decades long debate over how to solve the crisis at the border, Ron DeSantis is shipping migrants late at night to Martha’s Vineyard. Plus, we look inside the negotiations that went on for o...
ListenUnique labor law could allow Congress to stop rail strike from 2022-09-14T23:46:50
The White House steps in as freight rail workers threaten to strike. The contingency plans are under discussion as President Biden weighs using federal authority to intervene. Plus, a former Trump ...
ListenDow closes down 1,200+ points from 2022-09-13T23:47:49
Stocks tumble as the Dow drops more than 1,000 points prompting fears the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates more aggressively. Plus, a Twitter whistleblower warns of security threats within...
ListenBiden addresses “cancer moonshot” ambitions from 2022-09-12T23:47:09
President Biden delivers a speech about his initiative to reduce cancer deaths in the United States. Then, Ukraine’s impressive gains force Russian troops to retreat. But, are these advances tempor...
ListenThe UK honors a Queen, welcomes a King from 2022-09-09T23:57:17
As the Royal Family's meticulous plans are laid out as an official period of mourning begins. Plus, King Charles starts his reign as the world watches to see what kind of leader he might be. And in...
ListenSpecial report: The passing of a Queen (part two) from 2022-09-08T23:46:16
We continue our special, three-hour edition of The Lead, as Jake and a bevy of guests discuss the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. To learn more about how CNN...
ListenSpecial report: The passing of a Queen (part one) from 2022-09-08T21:01:53
In hour #1 of a special, three-hour edition of The Lead, Jake and a bevy of guests discuss the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. To learn more about how CNN pr...
ListenBipartisan lawmakers demand more info on Mar-a-Lago materials from 2022-09-07T23:32:11
The Washington Post reports FBI agents found nuclear documents at Mar-a-Lago, material so secret that only a tight circle knew they even existed. So, why were those documents there? Plus, former Ru...
ListenFake elector helped pro-Trump operatives access election office from 2022-09-06T23:37:20
CNN obtained a new video showing a fraudulent Trump elector escorting operatives into an elections office on the same day a voting machine at that very office was breached. Authorities are now inve...
ListenJudge orders special master to review seized Mar-a-Lago docs from 2022-09-05T21:53:11
A judge sided with former President Donald Trump allowing a special master to sift through documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago, forcing a major delay in the Justice Department’s case. Plus, P...
ListenCourt unseals breakdown of government property seized from Mar-a-Lago from 2022-09-02T22:07:32
As we wait for a judge to decide whether to appoint a special master to review the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago, we have just learned that the FBI recovered empty folders that were marked as cl...
ListenHearing ends with no ruling on Trump special master request from 2022-09-01T22:28:28
One of the ways Trump’s legal team describes the dispute over classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago is that it is like an overdue library book. We have new details to determine if a judge wil...
ListenTonight: deadline for Trump’s lawyers from 2022-08-31T22:37:55
Donald Trump’s lawyers have only hours left to respond to the DOJ’s blockbuster court filing complete with a stunning picture and details about how prosecutors say Trump’s team tried to hide classi...
ListenMikhail Gorbachev dies; was last leader of Soviet Union from 2022-08-30T22:20:14
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. Plus, President Biden spoke in P...
ListenIntel community assessing potential damage of Mar-a-Lago docs from 2022-08-29T22:13:58
The Justice Department takes the lead on reviewing documents seized from Mar-a-Lago as team Trump keeps up its fight to get in on the process. Plus, wild scenes of violence as a grocery store is sh...
ListenAffidavit: classified docs found “intermixed with other records” from 2022-08-26T23:47:15
The Justice Department revealing significant concerns over Top Secret documents and lax security at Mar-a-Lago and it's push for the FBI's unprecedented search at the former president’s home. Plus,...
ListenJudge orders release of Mar-a-Lago affidavit from 2022-08-25T23:43:38
A redacted version of the Mar-a-Lago affidavit will be released tomorrow. How much could we learn tomorrow about why the FBI executed its unprecedented search at Trump’s home? Plus, the U.S. respon...
ListenBiden cancels $10,000 in student loan debt for some borrowers from 2022-08-24T23:46:17
President Biden comes through on a campaign promise after announcing his plan to forgive student debt for certain borrowers. Plus, Florida congressional candidate Maxwell Frost joins after being pr...
ListenNational Archives letter sheds new light from 2022-08-23T23:31:18
Team Trump just curiously confirmed that hundreds of pages of secret documents had been held at Mar-a-Lago. A letter from May of this year just released reveals that the National Archives made it c...
ListenRussia accuses Ukraine of killing daughter of major Putin ally from 2022-08-22T23:35:03
The daughter of a spiritual guide to Putin was killed in a car bomb attack. Russia is blaming Ukraine, but it might be more complicated. Then, a viral bystander video captures a man being beaten by...
ListenSen. Graham loses new bid to avoid facing GA grand jury from 2022-08-19T23:31:35
Prosecutors in Georgia outline why they want Senator Lindsey Graham to appear before a special grand jury as this latest case investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election takes a new turn. A...
ListenDonald Trump v. Johnny Law from 2022-08-19T03:09:59
Multiple courtrooms had former President Donald Trump on their agendas today. In Florida, a judge decided the public will get to see new documents related to the FBI's unprecedented search of the f...
ListenPence Says He Would Consider Testifying Before Jan. 6 Committee from 2022-08-18T01:37:06
Rudy Giuliani, a target in Atlanta’s 2020 election probe, wrapped up six hours of grand jury testimony today. Meanwhile, former Vice President Pence discussed weighing his “unique role,” amongst ot...
ListenFBI interviewed top WH lawyers about records taken to Mar-a-Lago from 2022-08-16T23:39:32
Trump White House lawyers Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin have been interviewed by the FBI regarding the records taken to Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office. Then, Republican Congresswoman Liz Ch...
ListenFBI sees “unprecedented” number of threats after Mar-a-Lago search from 2022-08-15T23:50:27
Grand jury subpoenas from Georgia and the Justice Department show investigations of top Trump allies are intensifying. At the same time, top Democrats are joining with Republicans to press for answ...
ListenNew info from unsealed Mar-a-Lago search warrant from 2022-08-12T22:36:17
A federal court in Florida unsealed the warrant that investigators used to search the home of former President Trump. The warrant cites three laws: obstruction, removing of government records, and ...
ListenAG Garland: DOJ files motion to unseal search warrant of Trump’s home from 2022-08-11T22:18:29
Trump has yet to release the warrant and list of property seized from Mar-a-Lago. Now the Justice Department is asking the courts to unseal the documents. Then, a standoff between law enforcement a...
ListenTrump pleads fifth, declines to answer questions in NY AG probe from 2022-08-10T22:04:02
Former President Donald Trump refused to answer questions while under oath, invoking his 5th amendment right after years of mocking those who did just that. Also, the Justice Department reveals an ...
ListenCould potential charges disqualify Trump from federal office? from 2022-08-09T22:07:14
Republicans rally around Trump, questioning the DOJ’s stunning search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago. Congressman Mike Turner of the House intelligence committee joins to discuss why now and what d...
ListenVictory for Biden as Senate Dems pass climate, tax, health care bill from 2022-08-08T22:03:24
President Biden is one step closer to a major legislative victory after the Senate passes the climate, tax, and health care bill. White House chief of staff Ron Klain joins to answer what is in the...
ListenChina suspends cooperation with U.S. on climate from 2022-08-05T22:37:05
Tensions between the U.S. and China get worse as the White House summons China’s ambassador and Beijing sanctions Nancy Pelosi. Then, the U.S. economy has regained all of the jobs lost during the p...
ListenRussian court sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison from 2022-08-04T23:27:44
Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony. Now that she is convicted, could this speed up a possible prisoner swap? Plus, a jury...
ListenTrump-backed election deniers win three key Arizona races from 2022-08-03T23:48:36
Voters send a resounding message to Republicans about abortion rights in Kansas while in other states Trump-backed election deniers sail to primary victories. Plus, radio host Alex Jones has been c...
ListenPelosi’s visit to Taiwan increases tensions between U.S.&China from 2022-08-02T23:05:03
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, ignoring threats of retaliation from the Chinese government. Plus, the U.S. kills one of the 9/11 masterminds as he stood on a balcony in downtown Kabu...
ListenOfficials: Speaker Pelosi to visit Taiwan despite Chinese threats from 2022-08-01T22:36:20
China is warning their army is standing by and ready to respond as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prepares to make a controversial visit to Taiwan anyway day now. Then, deadly fires burn in Cali...
ListenMulvaney: Powell, Giuliani, Lindell focus of panel questioning from 2022-07-29T22:46:21
First it was the Secret Service with deleted texts, now Homeland Security is missing records. Messages reportedly missing from key days and weeks before the Capitol attack as the January 6th commit...
ListenBiden downplays recession fears after disappointing economic news from 2022-07-28T23:25:06
Traditionally, two successive quarters of negative economic growth has been deemed a recession. Unfortunately, confirmation of that ugly reality arrived today. But, the Biden White House insists th...
ListenRate hike adds to burden for Americans struggling with inflation from 2022-07-27T23:29:02
Interest rates are being hiked, raising the price to borrow on everything from bank loans to credit cards. Plus, a former Trump White House insider reveals new details about the Justice Department’...
ListenNew testimony signals federal investigators zeroing in on Trump White House from 2022-07-26T23:40:49
Attorney General Merrick Garland just weighed in on the chances of former President Trump being charged with a crime. Plus, monkeypox cases surge as the White House considers upgrading the virus to...
ListenTestimony: Trump removed lines from speech criticizing rioters from 2022-07-25T22:46:32
New video from the January 6th select committee features Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump speaking about events after the insurrection. Also, why the FBI believes some cell phone towers could be equi...
ListenSteve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress from 2022-07-22T23:40:02
After another January 6th select committee hearing, will Attorney General Merrick Garland take action against the men behind the Capitol riot? This as Steve Bannon is found guilty of two counts of ...
ListenWH: Biden has “mild" Covid-19 symptoms; taking Paxlovid from 2022-07-21T23:33:26
President Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 but insists he’s doing fine as the White House releases details about his symptoms. Plus, the January 6th select committee returns to primetime and ...
ListenTwo Trump White House aides on Thursday’s witness list from 2022-07-20T23:31:12
A witness interviewed by the January 6th select committee goes on an extremist rant. Hear what the former Trump White House aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. Plus, the Uni...
ListenDevastating heat disrupts activity across the world from 2022-07-19T23:25:36
Extreme heat alerts appear in 21 European countries and more than 100 million people in the U.S. are also in danger zones. Disasters sparked by the climate crisis are now threatening travel, food s...
ListenNew CNN Poll: 75% of Americans say cost of living is biggest economic problem from 2022-07-18T23:35:44
New polls indicate Americans are giving President Biden his lowest marks yet on some of the most pressing problems of our time. Plus, a trial begins for Steve Bannon who faces criminal contempt cha...
ListenBiden: “we discussed human rights&need for political reform” from 2022-07-15T23:28:33
President Joe Biden met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, announcing several new areas of cooperation aimed at reshaping US-Saudi relations. Plus, Chef José Andrés joins to discuss provi...
ListenBiden says diplomacy is best way to keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons from 2022-07-14T23:40:29
President Biden and the Israeli prime minister both agree Iran can’t develop nuclear weapons. They don’t agree on how to stop it from happening and it was made public today. Will this prove problem...
ListenHorrible news for your wallet from 2022-07-14T00:54:43
The latest inflation numbers confirm what American families already know: just about everything -- food, gas, rent, electricity -- costs more, forcing many people to choose between buying groceries...
ListenCheney: Trump tried to contact Jan 6 witness from 2022-07-12T23:27:42
The January 6th select committee presented a number of new details today including evidence that Trump allies Michael Flynn and Roger Stone worked with far-right militia leaders ahead of the riot. ...
ListenBannon now says he’ll testify to 1/6 committee from 2022-07-11T23:36:24
The January 6th select committee is planning to lay out the role violent extremist groups such as the Oath Keepers had in the 2021 insurrection, including a death list and potential connections to ...
ListenBiden touts 372K jobs added in U.S., yet inflation sits at 40-year high from 2022-07-08T22:01:27
After a better than expected June jobs report, we discuss why the good news presents a problem for inflation. Then, the shocking assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan. The suspect app...
ListenSuspected gunman’s father to NY Post: “I didn’t do anything wrong” from 2022-07-07T21:56:58
The father of the Highland Park parade shooter explains why he approved his son’s guns purchase and reveals they talked about another mass shooting before the massacre. Then, Brittney Griner pleads...
ListenFmr. WH counsel to sit for videotaped interview with 1/6 committee from 2022-07-06T23:33:48
A confession from the alleged gunman in the Highland Park, Illinois parade shooting. This as we learn he contemplated carrying out a second attack at another Fourth of July celebration. Then, a key...
ListenDeath toll rises to seven in Illinois mass shooting from 2022-07-05T22:55:08
Part of the Illinois mass shooting suspect's plan was dressing in women’s clothing to blend in with the crowd as they fled in terror. Investigators provide another update on the deadly mass shootin...
ListenSix killed, dozens injured in Illinois parade shooting from 2022-07-04T23:50:06
Six people have been killed and over two dozen more have been taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a shooting during a 4th of July parade in Illinois. The suspect remains at large as l...
ListenFlight cancellations plague airlines as millions travel from 2022-07-01T23:19:40
If you thought it would be easier to fly than paying soaring gas prices this weekend, brace yourself. Flights are so overbooked and the schedule is so precarious that one airline is offering $10,00...
ListenTrump&his allies attempt to discredit key witness testimony from 2022-06-30T23:42:03
Sources tell CNN Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson claims she was contacted by somebody from the Trump world trying to influence her testimony. Plus, President Biden calls for dropping fili...
ListenJan 6 committee hints at evidence of witness tampering by Trump world from 2022-06-29T23:40:04
MAGA media, Rudy Giuliani, and even former President Trump all trying to discredit star witness testimony that may actually reveal crimes committed in the days leading up to and on January 6th. Als...
ListenEx-WH aide provides first-hand account of Trump’s actions on Jan 6 from 2022-06-28T23:36:33
Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave her testimony to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill insurrection today where she said Trump and his chief of s...
ListenRoe ruling unleashes fierce battle over abortion in America from 2022-06-27T22:57:57
In the streets, court rooms, and legislative chambers nationwide, new actions occur as abortion rights wade into a new post Roe era. Actions include peaceful demonstrations to scuffles to vandals a...
ListenSupreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade from 2022-06-24T23:40:50
In perhaps the most consequential Supreme Court decision in decades, Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that federally protected abortion, has been overturned. CNN is live as crowds swell outside the S...
ListenUpdate for June 23, 2022 from 2022-06-23T23:48:24
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ListenBiden calls on Congress to approve 3-month gas tax holiday from 2022-06-22T23:39:12
D.C.’s new big debate is whether you should get 18 cents off a gallon of gas. President Biden calls on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax, a proposal his former boss, President Obama, once cal...
ListenJan 6 committee: Trump WH counsel should testify from 2022-06-21T23:42
Today, revelation after revelation from the House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection. The Arizona House Speaker, the Georgia Secretary of State, his top deputy, all conserv...
ListenJan. 6 committee Republican: “there’s violence in the future” from 2022-06-20T23:27:41
The January 6th select committee says a scheme to overthrow democracy went well beyond rioters at the Capitol. The committee plans to show how Donald Trump was allegedly involved in a fraudulent el...
ListenJan. 6 committee asks wife of Justice Clarence Thomas to testify from 2022-06-17T23:39:05
New scrutiny over the emails between a Trump lawyer pushing the election lies and Ginni Thomas, the wife of the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Plus, a new reminder today of just how blood t...
ListenToday’s 1/6 hearing focused on Trump’s attempts to pressure Pence from 2022-06-16T23:33:37
The House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection on Thursday detailed how former President Donald Trump tried to pressure his vice president to join in his scheme to overturn the p...
ListenBiden targets oil giants: your high profit margins are “not acceptable” from 2022-06-15T23:39:16
President Biden is telling gas and oil companies to cut the soaring profits or else. This as the Federal Reserve announces a historic rate hike which will cause Americans to pay more for houses, ca...
ListenFederal Reserve weighs largest interest rate hike since 1994 from 2022-06-14T23:37:37
The Federal Reserve is set to put in place the latest interest rate hike in decades. Now, some economists say this is a good thing, but American families struggling to get by may not agree. Then, t...
ListenJan 6 Hearing Outlines GOP Efforts To Shut Down Trump Fraud Claims from 2022-06-13T23:33:30
The January 6th select committee lays out evidence that Donald Trump knew what he was saying about the election was a lie, but he kept going anyway. Testimony from the hearing includes Trump’s atto...
ListenRep. Cheney: Trump Had A “Seven-Part Plan” To Overturn The Election from 2022-06-10T22:43:52
Turbulence continues on Wall Street as inflation hits a new 40-year high. President Biden paused from a regional summit to address what his team views as the most pressing issue: high prices. Plus,...
ListenJan. 6 Committee To Reveal New Evidence In Prime-Time Hearing from 2022-06-09T23:35:32
More than year after we all saw the deadly Capitol riot playing out in real time, we are learning how individuals and groups plotted and schemed for months to overturn the will of voters and keep D...
ListenSenate Negotiators Brief Colleagues On Gun Reform Deal Progress from 2022-06-08T23:36:24
Grieving parents, a distraught doctor, even a fourth grade survivor provide gripping testimony today on Capitol Hill after the Uvalde mass shooting changed and destroyed lives. We examine what they...
ListenSen. Cornyn: Lawmakers Starting To Draft Text Of Gun Package from 2022-06-07T23:33:22
A key Senator pivotal to gun negotiations is spotted at the White House. Sen. Jacky Rosen joins to share her perspective on whether gun legislation can reduce mass shootings in America. Plus, more ...
ListenU.S. Reeling After 10 More Mass Shootings In Deadly Weekend from 2022-06-06T23:37:37
After a horribly bloody weekend in America with mass shootings at a popular night spot and another at a graduation party, are our elected leaders doing anything to try to stop gun violence? Plus, t...
ListenNYT: Pence Aide Warned Secret Service Of Security Risk Before Jan 6 from 2022-06-03T23:36:56
A top Pence aide was reportedly so worried about Trump’s fury with Pence for refusing to overturn Democracy, he warned Secret Service before January 6th. This as another top Trump White House aide ...
ListenPolice: Two Doctors, Receptionist, Patient Killed In Tulsa Attack from 2022-06-02T23:26:05
233 mass shootings in the United States already this year and it is only June 2nd. In Oklahoma, four people have been killed by a gunman targeting his doctor and anyone who got in his way. Rep. Mon...
ListenGas Prices Hit Another Record High from 2022-06-01T23:31:59
Gas prices are are hitting a hideous high, but it’s the prediction for the next ten days that may be even scarier. Plus, a jury finds both Amber Heard and Johnny Depp liable for defamation. Also, t...
ListenNew Audio Raises Questions About Police Response In Uvalde from 2022-05-31T23:29:21
Scrutiny is growing over the police and their response to the Uvalde massacre. Did officers know children were trapped inside a classroom with the killer? Plus, Supreme Court clerks have been asked...
ListenJustice Department To Review Police Response To Uvalde Attack from 2022-05-30T22:45:58
Instead of enjoying the start of summer vacation like 10-year-olds should be doing, two of the Uvalde shooting victims are being laid to rest as the investigation into the police response ramps up....
ListenTX Official: “It Was The Wrong Decision” Not To Breach Classroom from 2022-05-27T22:43:11
State officials in Texas said their decision to wait about an hour for tactical teams to arrive to the elementary school before taking action was “wrong.” Plus, one little girl called 911 at leave ...
ListenNew Questions Emerge Over Police Response And Timeline from 2022-05-26T23:28:46
Serious questions are emerging today about the police response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Desperate parents describe pleading to rush in to save their babies as police told them to move back...
ListenBeto O’Rourke Interrupts Texas Shooting News Conference from 2022-05-25T23:36:17
The United States has now witnessed at least 30 shootings at K-12 schools this year. Beto O’Rourke confronted Texas leaders for, in his view, not doing enough to stop guns from getting into the wro...
ListenTX Gov: 14 Children And A Teacher Dead In Elementary School Shooting from 2022-05-24T23:32:19
At least 15 people have been killed in a deadly elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Also, it is election day for Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Minnesota. Plus, the FBI is investig...
ListenWH Insists No Policy Change After Biden’s Taiwan Comments from 2022-05-23T23:31:16
China is responding after the White House walks back Biden’s comment that the U.S. would get involved militarily if China were to ever attack Taiwan. Plus, there are more suspected cases of monkeyp...
ListenFinally Home: The Trevor Reed Interview from 2022-05-22T08:30
Last month, former Marine Trevor Reed was released in a prisoner swap after being held in Russia for nearly three years. Tonight, he speaks exclusively to CNN in his first interview since being fre...
ListenRecord Housing Prices Widens Racial Divide from 2022-05-20T23:40:16
Records highs for housing and gas as Wall Street continues to dive into historic territory with economists warning of a possible recession. Plus, the U.S. secures its first batch of baby formula fr...
ListenHouse Passes $28M Emergency Funding To Help Formula Shortage from 2022-05-19T23:32:04
Scammers are now taking advantage of the baby formula shortage through the use of fake websites for formula as the head of the FDA is pressed on Capitol Hill today. Plus, we examine the tedious pro...
ListenTrump-Backed Election Denier Wins GOP Primary For PA Governor from 2022-05-18T23:42:35
The Pennsylvania Senate primary results are too close to be called as the final outcome could be delayed in part by a printing error that has left about 22,000 ballots unable to be read by scanners...
ListenVoting Underway In Crucial Congressional Races In PA, NC from 2022-05-17T23:43:58
President Biden visited the site of the racist massacre in Buffalo, New York as we learn new details about the alleged gunman’s plot. Plus, it is election night in America as votes are currently be...
ListenPolice: Suspect Believe To Have Visited Buffalo In Early March from 2022-05-16T23:26:09
Officials say the Buffalo supermarket massacre was motivated by racism and other forms of hate. We learn new details about another threat from the suspected killer months before Saturday’s attack. ...
ListenParents Scramble For Baby Formula As Shortage Worsens from 2022-05-13T23:39:03
The White House is refusing to call the baby formula shortage a crisis as the Biden administration responds after shortages have existed for months. Plus, the Kremlin is threatening to cut Russia's...
ListenJan 6 Committee Subpoenas McCarthy from 2022-05-12T23:29:17
Rep. Zoe Lofgren of the January 6th committee joins to discuss the new subpoenas issued for Kevin McCarthy and four other House Republicans. Plus, the man who led the Pentagon during the Trump admi...
ListenDemocrats’ National Abortion Rights Bill Fails In Senate from 2022-05-11T23:22:39
Democrats bill on abortion rights goes farther than Roe v. Wade does but fails after a Senate vote. Plus, Ukrainians retake captured towns near Russia’s border as Putin’s forces make a new play in ...
ListenBiden Defends His Plan To Fight Inflation from 2022-05-10T23:22:06
President Biden says the U.S. economy went from on the mend to on the move but in what direction? Gas prices hit a record high and are on track to go even higher. Plus, Putin is now targeting the p...
ListenRussia Steps Up Attacks On Railways Used For Evacuations from 2022-05-09T23:33:10
Putin used Russia’s World War II commemoration parade to defend his invasion of Ukraine and slaughter of civilians while his forces are accused of dropping a bomb on a school killing dozens. Also, ...
ListenPrivacy Advocates Raise Concerns Over Digital History Potentially Used To Prosecute Abortion Cases from 2022-05-06T23:47:32
Internet search history, location data, social media posts, and other digital information could be used for prosecution to target people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned and abortion ...
ListenWall Street Plunges After Fed Hikes Interest Rates from 2022-05-05T23:50:39
Russian troops have broken into part of the Mariupol steel plant. Will the remaining innocent Ukrainians trapped inside actually be given a chance to get out alive? Then, how a little pill could be...
ListenStocks Close Higher After Fed Raises Interest Rates from 2022-05-04T23:38:17
Why are some economists saying the biggest interest rate hike in more than two decades should help us all in the United States and bring prices on everyday items down? Plus, Ukrainian forces push b...
ListenSupreme Court Poised To Strike Down Roe v. Wade from 2022-05-03T23:33:49
Protests begin outside the U.S. Supreme Court after Politico publishes a draft ruling that would strike down Roe v. Wade and effect the lives of tens of millions of Americans. So, what happens if a...
ListenGerman FM: Ready To Agree To Embargo On Russian Oil from 2022-05-02T23:33:42
After weeks surviving constant Russian attacks and shelling, holed up in underground bunkers, some Mariupol residents are now above ground and out of the besieged city. But, many are ending up in R...
ListenExperts Fear Russian-Backed Area In Moldova Could Be Pulled Into War from 2022-04-29T23:34:54
Signs emerge of Russian forces advancing in Ukraine as the U.S. detects improved Russian air and ground operations. Also, American Trevor Reed is finally back in the U.S. after being detained for m...
ListenBiden Proposes Using Seized Russian Oligarch Assets To Help Ukraine from 2022-04-28T23:28:21
President Biden requests a massive $33 billion to help Ukraine defend itself as explosions rock the capital city of Kyiv. Plus, Moderna is the first drugmaker to ask for emergency use authorization...
ListenRussia Frees Former U.S. Marine, Others Remain Detained from 2022-04-27T23:33:20
In a brief moment of diplomacy, Russia agrees to a prisoner swap and frees U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed. But, what about the other two Americans still detained in Russia? Plus, the Kremlin is ac...
ListenTop U.S. Official: “Global International Security Order” Is At Stake from 2022-04-26T23:36:03
New horrors and mass graves are discovered in Mariupol. One Ukrainian official says civilians there were forced to dig in exchange for food. Plus, Russia is now raising the prospect of nuclear war,...
ListenRussian Missiles Hit 5 Railway Stations In Ukraine from 2022-04-25T23:37:34
Ukrainian officials say Russians have struck five train stations in central and western Ukraine. Plus, we are joined by the CEO of the company which owns the steel plant in Mariupol where a standof...
ListenGermany Pledges $40M To Help Rebuild Ukraine From War from 2022-04-22T23:40:22
The Kremlin announces its offensive in every sense of the word as Putin wants full control of southern Ukraine. To do that they need to seize Ukrainian cities such as Odesa and Mariupol. Plus, we l...
ListenPutin Congratulates Military For “Liberating Mariupol” from 2022-04-21T23:33:34
New images show what Ukrainian officials say is an enormous massive grave outside Mariupol, the same besieged city Putin claims is now under Russian control. Plus, CNN talks to one Ukrainian riskin...
ListenUkrainian Official: Mariupol Evacuation “Did Not Work As Planned” from 2022-04-20T23:32:49
Russia is throwing an intercontinental ballistic missile test into the mix. We explore what this says about Russia’s audaciousness and what Putin told the world before today’s launch. Plus, Preside...
ListenUkraine: “Not A Single Place, A Town, A City” Is Safe from 2022-04-19T23:35:12
Russia’s war against Ukraine enters a new phase with their assault on the Donbas region, now underway. According to intercepted communication, Russia plans to level everything to the ground as a gr...
ListenUkraine: Town Of Kreminna Lost To Russian Forces from 2022-04-18T22:43:54
Missile strikes have killed at least seven in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv. CNN is on the ground as new video may show one of Russia’s weapons in action. Plus, more of Jake’s exclusive interview ...
ListenZelensky: Putin Could Use Nuclear Weapons from 2022-04-15T23:45:43
In an exclusive CNN interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sits down with Jake Tapper to warn the world that Russia could eventually use nuclear weapons. Ukrainian officials estimate abo...
ListenMariupol Remains Contested; Civilians Trapped In City from 2022-04-15T00:58:58
Ukraine says its last two remaining units in Mariupol have now merged to bolster resistance in the heavily besieged city. Plus, the US and EU have pledged a combined $1.3 billion more in military a...
ListenRussia Threatens Strikes On Ukrainian “Decision-Making Centers” from 2022-04-13T23:38:28
Hours after President Biden first used the word “genocide” to describe Russian atrocities in Ukraine, a new report finds clear patterns of violations of international humanitarian law by Russian fo...
ListenFDNY: 10 People Shot At NYC Subway Station from 2022-04-12T23:32:07
Police say a suspect is still on the loose after a terrifying gun and smoke bomb attack on the New York City subway this morning. At least 29 people were injured in the attack, 10 of whom were shot...
ListenUkraine: 5,800+ War Crime Cases Already Opened from 2022-04-11T23:27:03
Attacks intensify on the eastern part of Ukraine as President Zelensky makes a grim assessment about the future of Mariupol. With the civilian death toll rising, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine j...
ListenU.S. Official: About 11,000 American Troops Deployed To Poland from 2022-04-08T23:38:08
World leaders are speaking out against a Russian missile strike on a train station full of Ukrainian families who were trying to flee the horrors of Putin’s war. This as the U.S. and Polish militar...
ListenSenate Confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court from 2022-04-07T23:43:51
In a 53-47 vote, the Senate has confirmed Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in a historic vote that paves the way for her to become the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in ...
ListenU.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Putin's Daughters And Russian Banks from 2022-04-06T23:57:19
The United States government announced new sanctions on select Russian individuals, including Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, and financial institutions in a direct response to the at...
ListenZelensky Confronts U.N. With Horrors Of Russia's War from 2022-04-05T23:57
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United Nations Security Council, describing the death and devastation in Ukraine in graphic detail and confronting the reality that the U.N. and...
ListenMass Graves And Dead Civilians Found In Bucha from 2022-04-04T23:37:34
In the town of Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, bodies of civilians have been found lying strewn across the street and in mass graves. Mayor of Bucha Anatoliy Fedoruk estimates as many as 30...
ListenKremlin: Fuel Depot Strike Could Hurt Ukraine-Russia Talks from 2022-04-01T23:38:05
The Kremlin is pointing fingers, accusing Ukraine of hitting a Russian oil depot. But, is Ukraine actually to blame or is this a Russian ruse? Also, there is panic is Russia as sanctions set in. Qu...
ListenUkraine Asks U.S. For Drones, Aircraft&Medical Supplies from 2022-03-31T23:52:56
Putin’s troops may be losing one battle, but are they winning the war? NATO and the Biden administration point to small victories for Ukraine amidst blunders by Russia. But, Putin continues to pulv...
ListenAttacks In Kyiv, Chernihiv Despite Russian Claims Of “Reduction” from 2022-03-30T23:38:54
Russian bombs rain down upon civilian parts of Ukraine after the Kremlin claimed its attacks would stop. CNN’s on the ground where one missile struck. Also, President Biden’s hour long call to Ukra...
ListenU.S. Skeptical Of Russian Claims Of Scaling Back War On Ukraine from 2022-03-29T23:51:25
The White House is adding skepticism to Russia’s so-called strategy shift which claims forces will retreat from the capital city Kyiv. Ahead, a member of Ukraine’s parliament helps push back Putin’...
ListenBiden: Saying Putin Can’t Stay In Power Was “Personal,” Not Policy from 2022-03-28T23:52:52
Just moments ago President Biden insisted that the U.S. is not pushing for regime change in Russia even though he does not that Vladimir Putin should remain in charge. How much weight will his word...
ListenBiden: U.S. Will Admit Up To 100,000 People Fleeing Ukraine from 2022-03-25T22:39:59
CNN visits a children’s hospital in Ukraine and meets an 11-year-old girl shot in the face by Russian soldiers while trying to escape Putin’s war. Plus, an exclusive interview with the woman who wa...
ListenBiden: NATO Has Never Been Stronger from 2022-03-24T23:47:17
President Biden says NATO has never been more united and that Putin was betting on the exact opposite. This as he warns there will be a response if Russia uses chemical weapons. Plus, with all eyes...
ListenUkrainians Regain Control Of Key Town Near Capital from 2022-03-23T22:50:15
A theater sheltering innocent civilians and a children’s hospital are some of the targets of Russian strikes turning Ukrainian neighborhoods into dust. Also, President Biden is about to land in Bru...
ListenUpdate for March 22, 2022 from 2022-03-22T22:45:16
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ListenNATO Official: All Signs Pointing To Stalemate In Ukraine from 2022-03-21T22:54:29
Reports of bombs dropping every ten minutes in one strategic Ukrainian city with an arts school bombed and hundreds possibly trapped. Now, the U.S. warns Russian forces could get even more desperat...
ListenU.S. Officials Worry China Is Preparing Military Aid For Russia from 2022-03-18T23:34:55
Smoke fills the sky from Russian attacks in Lviv, 43 miles from the western border of Ukraine. These Russian strikes close to Poland continue to intensify. Then, President Biden walks a diplomatic ...
ListenRussian Airstrikes Hitting Increasing Number Of Civilian Sites from 2022-03-17T23:35:12
Giant letters painted outside of the theater said in Russian, “children.” They said it twice. But, that did not stop the Russian military from targeting the building which sheltered more than a tho...
ListenBiden Announces $800M More In Security Help For Ukraine from 2022-03-16T22:53:50
The U.S. is sending more military equipment and millions of dollars in aid after President Zelensky made an emotional appeal to congress. But, it’s still a "no" on a no-fly zone. Also, buying a hou...
ListenZelensky: 97 Children Killed So Far In Russian Attacks On Ukraine from 2022-03-15T23:51:15
Kyiv is now in a mandatory curfew as Russia’s unrelenting siege targets more innocent civilians and a city official in Mariupol says the Russian military is taking hostages inside a hospital. Plus,...
ListenU.N. Secretary General: Nuclear Conflict Possible from 2022-03-14T23:50:30
Russian shelling continues to pummel Ukrainian citizens, cities, and towns. Two U.S. officials tell CNN that Russia asked China for military and economic help in their invasion. This as the U.S. na...
ListenBiden: U.S.&Allies Will Suspend Normal Trade Relations With Russia from 2022-03-12T00:44:08
Another Ukrainian city has fallen to Russian troops as U.S officials say Russians are making advances. This as fears grow around the world that Putin may be planning to use chemical weapons. Then, ...
ListenUkraine Claims To Have Defeated Russian Convoy Outside Kyiv from 2022-03-11T00:27:50
Mass graves are emerging in Ukraine as Putin continues his bloody assault. New and intense video shows what officials claim are Russian tanks being taken out by the Ukrainian military. Yet, in anot...
ListenHouse To Vote On $14B Spending Bill For Ukraine from 2022-03-10T00:09:09
Ukraine says Russia bombed a children’s hospital leaving a catastrophic scene in the wreck of a horrific air strike. Rep. David Cicilline of the House Foreign Affairs Committee answers if he thinks...
ListenRussia Proposes Ceasefire Starting Wednesday In Five Ukrainian Cities from 2022-03-09T00:32:47
After days of targeting towns, shelling homes, and slaughtering civilians, the Russian government is now proposing a new cease-fire. This as Putin claimed it would take only days to complete his “o...
ListenPutin lies about Ukraine, but the pictures don't from 2022-03-07T23:43
The horror of war is on full display for the whole world, with innocent Ukrainians running for their lives amid more evidence Russia is indiscriminately targeting civilians, many of whom are trappe...
ListenBlinken: No-Fly Zone “Could Lead To A Full-Fledged War” from 2022-03-05T00:27:50
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations today said the world narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe. Video shows Russian forces fired upon Europe’s largest nuclear power plant as they moved to ca...
ListenUkrainian Jews Turn Synagogue Into Makeshift Bomb Shelter from 2022-03-04T00:22:09
The United States is trying to ramp up the pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin by slapping a new set of sanctions on a new group of Russian elites. The goal is to maximize the impact on Pu...
ListenPentagon: U.S. Believes Russians Are “Regrouping” Outside Kyiv from 2022-03-03T00:42:22
The Pentagon said the Russian push toward Kyiv and the Russian military’s massive 40-mile long military convoy are currently stalled due to a combination of logistical issues and unexpected resista...
ListenZelensky To Americans: This Is A War For “Democracy, Freedom” from 2022-03-02T00:22:14
A series of explosions were just heard around the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. This latest attack comes as Volodymyr Zelensky sends a message to the world and the United States in an interview w...
ListenU.S. Officials Worry The Worst Is Yet To Come For Kyiv from 2022-03-01T00:28:11
Explosions rocked Kyiv, Ukraine this afternoon. Air raid sirens are becoming a familiar sound in Kyiv just as the Biden administration warns the Russian military could take a “more aggressive appro...
ListenKyiv under siege, could fall shortly from 2022-02-26T00:09:03
Despite courageous efforts by Ukrainians to defend their country, CNN sources familiar with the latest US intelligence say Kyiv could fall under Russian control within the next few days. That grim ...
ListenUkraine's Brutal New Reality from 2022-02-25T00:22:13
Jake Tapper and a team of CNN journalists spread out across Ukraine provide in-depth coverage of the unprovoked and violent Russian invasion. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, ...
ListenUS to Ukraine: Full-scale invasion "imminent" from 2022-02-23T23:55:02
As the United States warns Ukraine that a full-scale Russian invasion is "imminent," CNN obtains new videos that show a further build-up of Russian troops and tanks, and the Pentagon says 80% of Ru...
ListenUkrainian Foreign Minister: “Hit Russia’s Economy Now And Hit It Hard” from 2022-02-23T00:32:28
President Biden punishes Vladimir Putin with economic sanctions and Biden is warning there is worse to come if Putin takes even more of Ukraine. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapp...
ListenPutin Recognizes Parts Of Ukraine As Independent States from 2022-02-21T23:49:16
Russian President Vladimir Putin just ordered Russian troops into two separatist pro-Moscow regions in eastern Ukraine. This afternoon Putin signed documents officially recognizing two parts of Ukr...
ListenState Department: Russia Already Carrying Out False Flag Operations from 2022-02-19T00:02:09
President Biden is expected to make remarks this hour as the State Department says Russia is already carrying out false flag operations and a source calls the outlook bleak. Plus, the news a lot o...
ListenUkrainian Armed Forces Report Shellfire In Donbas Region from 2022-02-18T00:41:29
America’s top diplomat today laid out how Russia could lie to try to justify going into Ukraine. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said it might be a mass grave or a fake chemical attack or a stage...
ListenU.S.&NATO: No Proof Of Russian Pullback Despite Kremlin Claims from 2022-02-17T00:41:39
The Russian government claims it is starting a troop drawdown. But, does one quick Russian government video constitute sufficient proof? What the White House is now saying about Vladimir Putin’s pl...
ListenNine Sandy Hook Families Agree to $73M Settlement With Gunmaker from 2022-02-16T00:28:44
An American first for an American problem after a gun maker is held legally liable for the Sandy Hook massacre where 26 first-graders and six adults were gunned down. Plus, moments ago, Presiden...
ListenA Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Could Affect The U.S. Economy from 2022-02-15T00:49:51
Since Russia is an energy superpower, gas prices could continue to rise if an invasion occurs leaving American consumers in the middle of this potential conflict. Plus, the U.S. is temporarily shut...
ListenWH: Russian Invasion Of Ukraine “Could Begin At Any Time” from 2022-02-12T00:32:28
The White House says we are now in an urgent situation with the possible Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent. The Biden administration is telling people to leave immediately saying Russia could la...
ListenCanadian Truckers Threaten U.S. Supply Chain from 2022-02-11T00:45:54
The trucker protests blocking several border crossings in Canada could be popping up in the U.S. in just a couple of days. What might this mean for the American economy? The committee investigatin...
ListenBiden Denounces Florida GOP’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill As “Hateful” from 2022-02-10T00:38:27
President Biden denounced Florida Republicans for advancing a bill, which opponents call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that bans certain discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity in the ...
ListenMore States Lift School Mask Mandates from 2022-02-09T00:37:13
More and more Democratic states are getting rid of school mask mandates as the United States waits for guidance from the White House and the CDC. But, it might be too soon to start throwing those m...
ListenOne-On-One With German Chancellor Scholz As Russia Threat Looms from 2022-02-08T00:14:47
President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met at the White House Monday where they held a joint press conference. Biden vowed to stop the Nord Stream 2, an undersea pipeline set to deliver ...
ListenPence: “Trump Is Wrong…I Had No Right To Overturn The Election” from 2022-02-05T00:25:32
Former Vice President Mike Pence called out former President Donald Trump, saying he was wrong and had no right to overturn the 2020 election. Pence continued to say nothing could be more “un-Ameri...
ListenBiden Lays Out New Plans To Combat Gun Violence from 2022-02-04T00:59:32
In the wake of two police officers gunned down in New York City, President Biden says defunding the police is not the answer. One of his top advisers joins to discuss the future of policing in Amer...
ListenFired NFL Coach Sues League, 3 Teams For Racial Bias from 2022-02-03T00:39:05
A former NFL head coach is suing the league for discrimination using a text message mix-up as proof. He is also alleging his boss offered him big bucks to lose games. Former NFL wide receiver Donté...
ListenPfizer Requesting Vaccine Authorization For Children Under 5 from 2022-02-02T00:48:32
Pfizer is requesting emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 years of age. Vaccination rates for currently eligible recipients are the lowest among the age group o...
ListenLifting Covid Provisions: Health Experts Want Clear Guidance from 2022-02-01T00:38:13
From mask mandates to vaccine requirements, new calls today to consider changing all the rules as the United States nears what could be the endemic phase of Covid-19. We’ll explore the metrics that...
ListenKilling Of Police Officers Reach 20-Year High from 2022-01-29T00:44:59
More officers were killed last year while working than any other year since 1995, excluding the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The San Francisco Police Chief joins to contextualize the surge in homicides ta...
ListenBiden: “Long Overdue” For A Black Woman On The Supreme Court from 2022-01-28T00:43:08
President Biden says he’s made one decision when it comes to naming a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Today at the White House, Biden confirmed the nominee will be th...
ListenSupreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer To Retire from 2022-01-27T00:16:51
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to announce he will soon retire, leaving President Biden with the opportunity to nominate a replacement. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he...
ListenWhite House: Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Remains “Imminent” from 2022-01-26T00:42:03
President Biden said he is willing to order sanctions directly on Vladimir Putin if Russia enters the Ukraine. CNN teams are witnessing more military arrive in Ukraine as the White House characteri...
ListenPentagon: 8,500 U.S. Troops On “Heightened Alert” from 2022-01-25T00:58:15
President Biden spoke with key U.S. allies to discuss Russia’s possible invasion of Ukraine as the Pentagon announced that as many as 8,500 U.S. troops have been put on heightened alert for a possi...
ListenRussia Denies Plans To Attack Despite 100,000 Troops Nears Ukraine from 2022-01-22T01:53:16
As Russia continues to make provocative moves near Ukraine’s border, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with top Russian officials in the latest rounds of diplomatic talks. Blinken...
ListenWhite House In Cleanup Mode After Biden’s Marathon Presser from 2022-01-21T02:08:56
President Biden has been clarifying some of his comments after his nearly two hour news conference. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki joins to answer some of the lingering questions. The State...
ListenUpdate For January 19, 2022 from 2022-01-20T01:56
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ListenAT&T, Verizon Delay 5G Rollout After Safety Warning from 2022-01-19T01:52:05
5G was supposed to roll out across the country but several airlines say 5G interferes with the technology planes use to land in bad weather. Now, Verizon and AT&T are delaying the activation of 5G ...
ListenSurgeon General Warns Next Few Weeks Of Omicron Wave Will Be Tough from 2022-01-18T01:08:48
With the U.S. averaging over 776,00 new Covid cases per day, the Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy warns the Omicron wave has not yet peaked. Dr. Peter Hotez, from the Texas Children's Hospital, jo...
ListenPentagon: "Credible" Intel Shows Russia Is Prepping An Operation To Justify Invading Ukraine from 2022-01-15T02:04:12
There's a group of Russian operatives inside Ukraine and according to a U.S. intelligence official, those operatives are looking to create a false pretense for Vladimir Putin to give the orders for...
ListenDOJ Charges Leader Of Oath Keepers For Capitol Insurrection from 2022-01-14T01:31:21
The Department of Justice has filed the most serious charges yet related to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The DOJ has arrested and charged the head of the far-right Oath Keepers with sedit...
ListenOmicron Appears To Slow In Northeast from 2022-01-13T01:58:17
The United States may be turning a corner in the pandemic as coronavirus cases could be peaking in parts of the country. Today, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the acting FDA commissioner said Omicron is so ...
ListenBiden Calls For Changing Senate Rules To Pass Election Reforms from 2022-01-12T00:35:10
President Joe Biden delivered a major speech on voting rights while in Atlanta on Tuesday, expressing his frustration at Republicans who blocked voting rights legislation. Rep. Cori Bush joins to d...
ListenHHS: Nearly 1 In 4 Hospitals Report “Critical Staffing Shortage” from 2022-01-11T01:55:16
More and more hospitals are reaching capacity as the Omicron variant continues to surge across the nation. Some hospitals have even started to staff their facilities with the US military’s National...
ListenSupreme Court Hears Challenges To Vaccine Mandates from 2022-01-08T01:24:15
The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses. Yet, in a separate challenge, some justices seemed more open...
ListenState Of Extremism In America One Year After Capitol Insurrection from 2022-01-07T00:46:53
One year ago today, five people lost their lives during or immediately after the Capitol riot and the very democracy of the United States was attacked and shaken. Today, we look back on the events ...
ListenCDC Updates Isolation Guidance Again from 2022-01-06T00:46:44
Backlash is growing as the CDC updates its isolation guidance causing only more bewilderment again. Why does this make it so much harder for businesses and schools to open? On the eve of the insur...
ListenDrivers Stranded On I-95 For 24+ Hours from 2022-01-05T00:54:55
Thousands are stuck and stranded on a busy Virginia interstate and some are with babies and dogs, no food or water, and are quickly running out of gas if they haven’t already. How did this happen? ...
ListenChild Covid Hospitalizations Surge Ahead Of Return To School from 2022-01-04T00:46:29
As kids return to class, there is mass confusion and anxiety from coast to coast about whether schools are going to open. Meanwhile, the number of children being hospitalized for coronavirus has al...
ListenDoctors Worry About Covid Spread Ahead Of School Reopenings from 2021-12-31T23:51:17
Medical experts are encouraging Americans to stay home tonight for New Years Eve. Hospitals are slammed and schools aren’t sure how to reopen safely. Will the new year look too much like the last o...
ListenSource: FDA To Allow Pfizer Boosters For 12-15 Year Olds Soon from 2021-12-31T00:56:25
Sources tell CNN the FDA will likely sign off on kids as young as 12 to be eligible for the Pfizer booster shot in a few days. This as the United States is quickly nearing a record number of childr...
ListenGhislaine Maxwell Guilty On 5 Counts Of Sex Trafficking A Minor from 2021-12-30T00:28:55
A New York federal court jury has found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five of six counts related to her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse of minors. Maxwell, who now faces up to 65 years in pris...
ListenIncreasing Number Of Children Hospitalized Due To Omicron from 2021-12-29T00:17:17
In one pediatric hospital, the number of kids testing positive for COVID-19 has increased by 1000% compared to the Delta surge. But does that necessarily mean serious illness for those kids? A pedi...
ListenOmicron’s Surge Soars Past Delta’s, Hospitalizations Remain Lower from 2021-12-28T00:39:30
Last week saw the highest seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases in the United States since January. President Biden said there is work to be done as he acknowledged what most Americans already kn...
ListenUpdate for December 24, 2021 from 2021-12-25T00:00
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ListenKim Potter Guilty On All Counts In Shooting Of Daunte Wright from 2021-12-24T00:06:58
A jury has found Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright, guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter. The maximum penalty for first-degree manslaughte...
ListenFDA Authorizes First Pill In U.S. To Treat Covid from 2021-12-23T00:56:45
The White House Coronavirus Task Force just finished meeting as cases surge and Omicron takes over. But, this afternoon, a possible game changing pill has been approved by the FDA. As Democratic S...
ListenBiden Announces Plan Against Omicron from 2021-12-22T00:10:18
President Biden rolled out a new battle plan against coronavirus as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant strain in the United States. The new initiative will make 500 million at-home tests avai...
ListenNew York Reports Record Covid-19 Cases For Three Days from 2021-12-21T00:48:13
The holiday season is looking grim as the nation sees coronavirus cases surge due to the spread of the Omicron variant. Dr. Anthony Fauci warns there will be some tough weeks and months ahead. Dem...
ListenWeek Of Revelations For January 6th Committee from 2021-12-18T00:33:59
We now know whose phone sent that message to Mark Meadows suggesting state legislatures ignore the voters of three states while votes were still being counted. It turns out the phone belongs to a f...
ListenCDC Advisers: Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Safer Than J&J’s from 2021-12-17T00:42:52
The CDC vaccine advisers unanimously voted to recommend Americans should get the Moderna or the Pfizer vaccine because they say those two are safer than J&J’s. President Biden is set to meet with h...
ListenBiden Increases Funding For Tornado Recovery from 2021-12-16T00:17:14
President Biden speaks live about the historic and heartbreaking tornado damage in Kentucky. The devastation is so extensive in some communities that residents still do not know how many lives were...
ListenCheney Reveals Frantic Texts From GOP Lawmakers To Meadows from 2021-12-15T00:52
Any moment the House of Representatives are expected to vote on holding Mark Meadows, Trump’s White House Chief of Staff, in contempt of Congress as they reveal the pain, danger, and hypocrisy happ...
ListenAt Least 74 Dead, 109 Unaccounted For From KY Tornadoes from 2021-12-14T00:38:38
Shocking images from Kentucky show extensive destruction caused by a series of tornadoes. One town was almost entirely demolished after tornadoes ripped through eight states and hundreds of miles a...
ListenInflation Hits 39-year High from 2021-12-10T22:55:57
Consumer prices rose 6.8% in November from the year prior, creating a major roadblock for the rest of President Biden’s economic agenda. The Supreme Court keeps the Texas abortion ban in place but ...
ListenFDA Authorizes Boosters For Ages 16&17 from 2021-12-10T00:29:39
The FDA has authorized people ages 16 and 17 to receive a Pfizer/BioNTech booster shot for COVID-19. The jobs numbers are the strongest they have been since the year humans landed on the moon for t...
ListenJury Deliberations Begin In Jussie Smollett Trial from 2021-12-09T00:33:48
A jury in Chicago is now deliberating the case of Jussie Smollett, the "Empire" actor who was charged with six felony counts for allegedly staging a fake hate crime in January 2019 and falsely repo...
ListenBiden’s Threat To Putin from 2021-12-08T00:33:19
U.S. intelligence leaders are growing more concered that Russia is planning another military invasion of Ukraine. According to the White House, Biden told Putin there will be “strong economic measu...
ListenNYC Mandates Vaccine For All Private Sector Workers from 2021-12-07T00:21:47
As COVID-19 cases surge, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced anyone who works in the big apple is required to get vaccinated. The parents of the accused Michigan school shooter are now on ...
ListenU.S. Officials Alarmed At Russia-Ukraine Border from 2021-12-04T00:51:27
All eyes are on Ukraine as Russia stocks up on medical supplies and fuel along its border. Is Vladimir Putin planning to invade Ukraine? Biden speaks out to position how the United States would res...
ListenSen. Sinema Will Not Commit To Biden Agenda from 2021-12-03T00:27:05
Senate Democrats may not yet have the votes to pass one of the party's top legislative priorities: the Build Back Better Act. Senator Kyrsten Sinema sits down with CNN to share her plans for negoti...
ListenSupreme Court Deciding Fate Of Roe v. Wade from 2021-12-02T00:19:23
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case to determine the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision in which the Supreme Court protected a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have ...
Listen20 Countries Confirm Cases of Omicron from 2021-12-01T00:21:41
20 nations have have now identified cases of the new coronavirus variant, “Omicron," which is already having an impact on the global economy. Top US public health experts lay out what we do and sti...
ListenUS Faces New Variant&Supply Chain Shortages from 2021-11-30T00:12:23
Americans are paying higher prices on everything from groceries to gasoline as inflation continues to rise. President Biden hosted a group of CEOs at the White House to discuss ways to make sure sh...
ListenAhmaud Arbery Killing: All Three Men Guilty Of Murder from 2021-11-24T23:03:57
The jury has arrived at their verdict for the three men involved in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery: guilty. Crowds gathered outside the courthouse chanting Arbery's name, saying, "We've got justice."...
Listen"Unite The Right" Organizers Liable For $26 Million from 2021-11-23T23:19:41
A jury has awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the White nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, liable on a state consp...
ListenDefense Gives Closing Arguments In Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial from 2021-11-22T23:27:37
The defense delivered their final arguments today in the trial of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., the three men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery...
ListenKyle Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty On All Counts from 2021-11-20T00:38:16
The jury handed in their verdict today in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial: not guilty on all five counts. President Biden later commented that he stands by the verdict and that he believes the United St...
ListenDefense Rests In Ahmaud Arbery Trial from 2021-11-19T01:08:07
The man who shot unarmed black jogger Ahmaud Arbery took the stand today as prosecutors tried to punch holes in his story. Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael and their neighbor William ...
ListenHouse Censures GOP Rep. Gosar Over Violent Video from 2021-11-18T00:18:56
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill passed a censure resolution largely along party lines for Republican congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona after he posted an anime video depicting him kill Rep. Alexandria Oc...
ListenBuild Back Better Faces Hurdles from 2021-11-16T23:42:42
President Biden wraps up the first stop of his infrastructure bill road tour in New Hampshire selling his legislative accomplishment. Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Pramila Jaya...
ListenDefense Delivers Closing Argument In Rittenhouse Trial from 2021-11-16T00:44:09
CNN airs the closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial live on the final day before the jury begins deliberations. The defense argued Kyle acted in self-defense, was not looking for trouble, ...
ListenGrand Jury Indicts Steve Bannon from 2021-11-13T00:39:47
A federal grand jury has indicted former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress, the Justice Department announced Friday. Bannon faces two charges: one count related to his refu...
ListenWhite House Says Inflation Not Temporary from 2021-11-12T01:01:41
The White House announced that recent inflation is not temporary and will likely continue through the start of 2022. With the cost of gas, food, and some commercial items continuing to inflate, pas...
ListenBiden Speaks Out On Rising Inflation from 2021-11-11T00:45:48
With consumer prices rising to levels unseen since 2008, Biden speaks live from Baltimore, Maryland about rising inflation concerns. Biden noted that his infrastructure bill will generate jobs as i...
ListenHouse Subpoenas 10 More Trump Associates from 2021-11-10T00:42
The House committee investigating the deadly January 6th riots has subpoenaed 10 new Trump loyalists including Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller and former White House press secretary Kayleigh Mc...
ListenHorror In Houston from 2021-11-09T00:36:07
Police are in the early stages of a criminal investigation to determine what caused eight people, ages 14-27, to die when a crowd surged at a music festival in Houston, Texas on Friday. Dozens more...
ListenPelosi Says House Will Vote On Infrastructure Tonight from 2021-11-05T23:50
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces the House will vote tonight on Biden’s infrastructure bill. But, the back-and-fourth amongst congressional Democrats continues as six moderates are calli...
ListenHow The Virginia Elections Could Shape Midterms from 2021-11-04T23:40:38
Congressional Democrats are debating if Terry McAuliffe lost the Virginia Governor's race because of a comment he made suggesting parents should not be telling schools what to teach, a line which w...
ListenVirginia Governor’s Mansion Swings Republican from 2021-11-03T23:05:39
The 2021 election results are in: Republican Glenn Youngkin seizes control of the Virginia Executive Mansion, Democrat Eric Adams wins the mayoral race in New York City, Minneapolis rejects an init...
ListenThe ‘Big Lie’ And Other Conspiracy Theories Flourish from 2021-11-02T12:31:51
A new poll finds the ‘big lie’ and other conspiracy theories flourishing with 30% of Republicans saying violence may be justified to ‘save the U.S. and 20% of Americans agreeing with the core tenet...
ListenFDA Grants Pfizer EUA For Kids’ Vaccine from 2021-10-29T23:04:12
Parents are one step closer to getting their children ages 5-11 vaccinated against COVID-19 after the FDA granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer. Plus, a closer look at Virginia’s tight gove...
ListenPelosi: “Don’t Embarrass Joe Biden” from 2021-10-28T23:02:13
As the President heads to Rome in advance of a crucial climate summit, the House Speaker urges Congress not to “embarrass” Biden on the world stage and pass his Build Back Better agenda. Biden’s ar...
ListenWill Biden Leave For Europe Empty-handed? from 2021-10-28T00:52:41
With Dems deadlocked, the President could head across the pond without a deal on his climate and spending package. Hundreds of thousands are left without power after the Northeast is hit by a bomb ...
ListenOn The Road Again, Biden Struggles To Sell Economic Vision from 2021-10-26T23:26:16
The President visits Connecticut touting his massive agenda, but it’s still stalled by his own party. An FDA advisory panel approves booster shots for millions more Americans. A British lawmaker is...
ListenThe Damning Fallout From The Facebook Papers from 2021-10-26T09:40:33
Leaked records show FB knew its platforms were being used for human trafficking, spreading extremism, and fomenting violence. What did Zuckerberg know, and when did he know it? Plus: Could two COVI...
ListenPfizer’s Halloween Treat from 2021-10-22T23:13:07
The drug maker says its COVID vaccine is super effective in little kids. Plus: Alec Baldwin responds after he killed a woman with a prop gun. And, a town in Michigan has its water supply cut off af...
ListenHouse Votes To Hold Steve Bannon In Contempt from 2021-10-22T13:38:46
As the former Trump adviser faces prosecution, the former Prez desperately tries to keep secret White House record while his successor prepares to face the American people in a special CNN Town Hal...
ListenBiden’s Compromise: How It Could Affect Your Family from 2021-10-20T23:08:08
The President unveils a scaled back – but still massive – social safety net bill. Plus: The new White House plan to vaccinate the youngest Americans … and what could be a clue in the search for Bri...
ListenDecision Day For “MAGA’s Rasputin” from 2021-10-19T22:55
January 6 committee gets closer to holding Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. President Biden holds critical meetings with fellow Dems, still divided over his transformative spending ...
ListenTrailblazing General Loses Heroic Final Battle from 2021-10-18T23:59:52
Colin Powell, who died Monday from battles with cancer and COVID, left an indelible mark on the U.S. military and public service. A special look at his legacy. Plus: Why has life become so crazy ex...
ListenBiden pitches spending plans as negotiations intensify; Key FDA panel unanimously recommends J&J booster shot; Biden admin plans to revive controversial Trump-era border policy; from 2021-10-15T22:32:11
Manchin&Sinema detail key disagreements over Biden agenda; One-on-one with White House press secretary Jen Psaki; CNN Poll: only 25% of Americans see economic bills helping them; Klain retweets eco...
ListenNew study: mix&matching boosters appears safe, effective; Workers striking across U.S. as labor shortage leaves some employees without much leverage; Sources: GOP leaders would rather focus on Biden&economy vs. Trump&2020 election lies from 2021-10-14T21:54:36
FDA vaccine panel will consider J&J boosters on Friday; Sources: WH vetting former FDA chief to run agency again; FDA vaccine panels votes to recommend Moderna Covid booster; Vermont Covid cases su...
ListenBiden announces new measures to ease supply chain crisis; Analysis: vaccine could’ve prevented 90k deaths this summer; UNC Chapel Hill cancels classes to address campus suicides; “Star Trek” star makes William Shatner makes history as oldest person in space from 2021-10-13T21:27:19
U.S. will open Canadian, Mexican borders to vaccinated travelers; TSA: Passengers bringing guns to airports at unprecedented levels; UNC chancellor declares “mental health crisis” on campus; Shatne...
ListenCoroner: Gabby Petito died by strangulation; Democrats divided on how to scale down Biden’s agenda; Texas governor bans all COVID vaccine mandates in state; from 2021-10-12T21:36:15
CNN: autopsy reveals Gabby Petito died by “manual” strangulation; Laundrie family attorney reacts to cause of death, says “death at such a young age is a tragedy”; Coroner: state stature says only ...
ListenMerck asks FDA to authorize first pill to treat COVID in U.S.; Trump continues to peddle the big lie as GOP embraces him; U.S. delegation says talks with Taliban “candid and professional”; from 2021-10-11T23:44:10
Merck: COVID pill cut risk of hospitalization&death by 50%; COVID cases&hospitalizations drop in U. S. as vaccinations rise; FDA vaccine advisers meet this week to discuss booster shots from Modern...
ListenBiden won’t assert privilege over Trump Docs sought by Jan 6 CMTE; U.S. adds 194,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected; Senate passes bill to avoid economic catastrophe (for now); from 2021-10-08T22:10:15
Bannon defies Jan 6 subpoena, citing Trump’s “direction”; Jan 6 CMTE considering criminal contempt referral; Jan 6 CMTE: Meadows and Patel are “engaging” with Committee; Biden blames covid for disa...
ListenBiden speaks on importance of vaccine requirements; Biden, Manchin meet at White House with Dem agenda at risk; Brian Laundrie’s father joins police manhunt for his son from 2021-10-07T21:54:05
U.S. Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths declining; Pfizer seeks FDA authorization of Covid vaccine for kids 5-11; Democratic leaders announce deal to avoid economic catastrophe, Senate expect...
ListenMcConnell weighing compromise offer to Schumer on debt limit; Deadline looms for Trump insiders to cooperate with Jan 6 probe; ;” Biden pledges $1b investment in at-home rapid testing from 2021-10-06T21:42:52
Senate vote delayed amid possible deal to stop economic collapse; Baldwin: Dems likely to accept GOP compromise offer; New poll: Biden approval sinks to 38%, lowest since taking office; Sources: Ja...
ListenBiden: my plans “will get America back in the game”; Ex-Trump press secretary: “terrified” of a Trump 2024 run; from 2021-10-06T00:39
Biden: these bills will “breathe new life into the economy”; “We’re not going to ease up on any of this”, “We must invest in ourselves”; One-on-one with former Trump press secretary Stephanie Grish...
ListenGlobal outrage or Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram amid revelations; Biden slams GOP for “reckless” refusal to raise debt limit; COVID cases, hospitalizations, deaths trending down in U.S. from 2021-10-04T23:05:49
WH: Facebook revelations “make clear self-regulation is not working”; Whistleblower: Facebook knows Instagram is harming teenagers; Failure to raise debt limit could have catastrophic results; Cong...
ListenBiden on Capitol Hill meeting with democrats; California will require COVID-19 vaccine for students; from 2021-10-02T00:11:12
Now: Biden meets with Dems as agenda hangs in the balance; Biden: we’re gonna get this done, it doesn’t matter when; Merck: new pill cuts risk of COVID hospitalization, death by half; NYC mayor tea...
ListenManchin floats $1.5T price tag for package, progressives want $3.5T; Congress passes bill to avoid government shutdown; More Republicans are embracing a racist conspiracy theory; Facebook grilled over its platforms’ negative impact on kids from 2021-09-30T22:53:59
Congress passes bill to avoid government shutdown; Biden’s own party threatens to blow up his domestic agenda; California health care workers face deadline to get vaccinated; NY gov pushing to incl...
ListenTop generals contradict Biden in contentious hearing, admit they wanted 2,500 troops to remain in Afghanistan; Biden hosts key Dem senators as agenda hangs in the balance; Pfizer gives FDA initial data on COVID vaccine for kids ages 5-11; from 2021-09-28T23:16:09
Senators press generals on Biden’s decision to pull all troops; Milley, Mackenzie: we assessed that 2,500-3,500 troops should stay; Milley: U.S. credibility damaged by Afghanistan withdrawal; Pelos...
ListenTrump falsely claims he won the Arizona “fraudit”; Pushes Texas to conduct similar election review; Biden: meeting with lawmakers tonight ahead of crucial votes; Thousands of New York heath care workers could be fired today as the vaccine mandate goes into effect from 2021-09-27T22:36:40
DHS whistleblower: Trump appointees ordered me to manipulate intelligence on Russian interference&white supremacy to help Trump; Deadline nears for Trump allies to respond to subpoenas on Jan. 6; J...
ListenBogus AZ audit backfires on Trump, confirms Biden won; CDC director breaks with advisory panel, expands booster eligibility; Sources: Afghan evacuees in Europe straining U.S. bases; Biden admits Dems are at a “stalemate” over his economic plans; from 2021-09-24T22:06:25
Trump looks for new ways to undermine democracy after “fraudit” backfires in Arizona and confirms his loss; As one “big sham” ends in Arizona, another begins in Texas; Without any proof, Trump stil...
ListenDHS temporarily suspends use of horse patrol in Del Rio; Now: CDC advisers voting on Pfizer vaccine booster; Police: 12 injured, one killed in TN grocery store shooting; Right Now: crews search for Petito’s fiancé at nature reserve from 2021-09-23T21:44:27
CNN on scene as migrants try to cross river into U.S.; Mexican authorities form human chain to block migrants; DHS: 12 flights have returned 1,400 migrants to Haiti; 3,600+ migrants still camped un...
ListenDemocratic divide pushes Biden agenda to brink of collapse; CNN on the Mexican side of border as migrants cross into Texas; Daily death average in U.S. tops 2,000, highest in 6 months; FBI asks for tips as search intensifies for Petito’s fiancé from 2021-09-22T21:38:56
NOW: Biden meets with key Dems at crucial moment for his agenda; Pelosi after WH meeting: “we are calm and everybody’s good;” Biden tries to bridge divide between progressive, moderate Dems; DHS re...
ListenUp to 30,000 Haitians could be traveling to U.S. border; Biden urges global unity in first United Nations address; Trump critics among some lawmakers facing new threats of violence; Dems try to force vote on govt spending, debt ceiling showdowns from 2021-09-22T02:12:28
Texas border town slammed with nearly 9,000 migrants, 30,000 more could be on the way; WH: horrified by border agents aggressively confronting migrants; Schumer calls on Biden to “immediately” end ...
ListenU.S. COVID deaths surpasses 675,000; Higher than 1918 flu pandemic; Critical week for Pelosi to unite party, get Biden agenda passed; Biden’s domestic agenda enters pivotal time on Capitol Hill; from 2021-09-20T22:28:32
Pfizer: vaccine is safe for children 5-11, generated “robust” antibody response; Ex-FDA chief: vaccine for younger kids may be available by late October; DC mayor mandates vaccines for all teachers...
ListenAmerica’s Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan, Part 2 from 2021-09-18T10:15
In the second part of our special miniseries, “America's Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan,” you’ll hear more conversations Jake Tapper had with U.S. commanding generals who led the war e...
ListenAmerica’s Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan, Part 1 from 2021-09-18T10:00
Today, we want to share a special miniseries CNN put together during the final months of America’s withdrawal. In “America's Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan,” you’ll hear conversations ...
ListenDOD: Kabul drone strike mistakenly killed 3 adults, 7 children; FDA advisers vote to recommend Pfizer booster shot for those 65+ and high risk; France recalls ambassadors to U.S., Australia over security spat; from 2021-09-17T21:41:08
US military admits it killed 10 civilians and targeted wrong vehicle in Kabul airstrike; DOD: Kabul strike killing 3 adults, 7 children a “tragic mistake”; FDA advisers vote against Pfizer’s COVID ...
ListenRight now: attorney charged in botched suicide plot in court; Republican lawmakers keep Saturday’s right-wing rally at arm’s length as Democrats spotlight GOP extremism; CDC predicts decline in hospitalizations for first time since June from 2021-09-16T21:46:02
SC authorities open investigation into 2018 death of housekeeper at Murdaugh home; Trump speaks out in support of insurrectionists just days ahead of controversial right-wing rally; DHS warns DC of...
ListenStar gymnasts call out FBI over Nassar investigation failures; Capitol police request help from DC Nat’l Guard for 9/18 rally; Debate rages inside FDA over need for Covid vaccine booster shots; CNN speaks with Afghan women in hiding due to Taliban threats from 2021-09-15T21:39:02
FBI fires agent accused of failing to properly investigate Nassar; FBI director: “don’t have good explanation” for FBI failures; AG Garland will testify about decision not to prosecute FBI agents w...
ListenPediatric group warns cases in kids are rising “exponentially”; Final stretch of voting in election to keep or replace Gov. Newsom; Blinken defends U.S. Afghan exit in testimony before congress; from 2021-09-14T23:00:11
New data: cases in children Jump 240% in three months; Former FDA head: vaccine for kids could be approved by Halloween; Reports: multiple members of New Orleans Saints test positive; One-on-one wi...
ListenSurgeon General: Biden to announce new COVID measures soon; Biden pushes infrastructure and climate agendas on first West Coast trip; Biden Admin to resettle 60,000 Afghans inside U.S. in coming weeks; from 2021-09-13T23:33:04
New COVID cases slowly declining, deaths up 4% from last week; NYC starts vaccine mandate as schools reopen for 1 million kids; CDC director: Delta variant in kids is more transmissible&dangerous; ...
ListenBiden dares GOP to sue over vaccine mandate: “have at it”; Second passenger flight departs Kabul with Americans on board; Thousands of documents turned over to house select committee; from 2021-09-10T22:02:02
Biden implements vaccine mandate to blunt COVID surge; Republicans reject Biden’s vaccine mandate as “overreach”; GOP Govs promise legal action over Biden’s vaccine order; Appeals court sides with ...
ListenOfficial: Biden to require vaccines for federal employees, ask many private businesses to mandate shots or testing; First flight leaves Kabul airport after Taliban cleared Americans&others to leave the country; CNN finds new campaign of torture, detention&execution in Tigray; Justice dept sues Texas over restrictive abortion law from 2021-09-09T21:58:37
Fauci: Case rate needs to be 15 times lower than current rate to suppress virus; L.A. County to vote on vaccine requirement for eligible students; WH to require all federal workers be vaccinated, n...
ListenChild Covid hospitalizations hit all-time high as schools open; Party split threatens to derail two key Biden agenda items; Abortion activists seek legal loopholes for Texas abortion plan; Dem Gov. Gavin Newsom nationalizes California recall race from 2021-09-08T21:46:07
Study: unvaccinated adults 17 times more likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated adults; 13 Miami-Dade school staffers die of Covid since mid-August; Florida judge allows mask mandates to continu...
ListenBiden tours damage caused by Ida in Northeast; Multiple Louisiana nursing homes ordered closed after residents die; U.S. surpasses 40 million total cases, 4 million in last 4 weeks; from 2021-09-07T22:29:38
Biden speaks after touring storm damage in NY, NJ; Biden: storm damage shows need for infrastructure deal; NJ Gov,: no commitment from Biden admin to expand disaster declaration; Biden: climate cha...
ListenDoctors worry Labor Day travel could fuel another surge; Taliban claim capture of final holdout province; WH pivots to domestic agenda as Biden faces several crises; from 2021-09-06T22:34:45
Hospitals face tough choices about who gets ICU beds; Fauci predicts three doses of COVID vaccine may be best; Fauci: Moderna booster may come later than Pfizer; Average of new daily cases is up 80...
ListenPresident Biden tours Hurricane damage in Louisiana; Source: WH may have to scale back ambitious booster plan; Job growth slows as delta variant surges; from 2021-09-03T22:10:48
800K+ homes, businesses still without power in Louisiana; Louisiana grappling with power outages, fuel shortages; 2/3 of gas stations in New Orleans&Baton Rouge out of fuel; Heat index tops 100° in...
ListenUnprecedented rain&flooding kill at least 23 in Northeast; Possible tornado damage outside Philadelphia; Biden to visit storm-ravaged Louisiana tomorrow; U.S. Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion ban from 2021-09-02T22:09:24
Homes underwater, transit shut down as Ida hits Northeast; Rescues ongoing as rivers burst at banks, spill into towns; NYC suburb: 200+ stranded cars block major parkways; County Exec: At least 3 d...
ListenOfficial: “majority" of Afghan visa applicants left behind; Food, water, gas scarce, nearly 1m in Louisiana without power; Child Covid-10 hospitalizations in U.S. reach new high from 2021-09-01T21:50:55
Officials: WH plans to shift focus away from Afghanistan; Social media video appears to show Taliban parading military vehicles taken from retreating Afghan forces; Top U.S. general says he feels “...
ListenBiden: "It was time to end this war"; White House briefing following Biden's address on Afghanistan; One-on-one with Biden's National Security Adviser; Five people killed in storm, Louisiana Gov. expects death toll to rise from 2021-08-31T22:23:31
Biden: Will get remaining Americans out "if they so choose"; Biden: "I take responsibility for the decision" to withdraw; Biden: Couldn't stay in Afghanistan indefinitely because "everything had ch...
ListenPentagon: last U.S. military planes have left Afghanistan, marking the end of the United States’ longest war; Rescues underway as flooding inundates Louisiana towns from 2021-08-30T22:40:30
U.S. races to complete evacuation as deadline looms; Parts of Louisiana unreachable, extent of Ida’s damage unclear; Energy company: 2k+ miles of transmission lines out of services, 1m+ customers h...
ListenEvacuations continue after 13 U.S. service members killed from 2021-08-28T00:50
WH: Working with the Taliban is a “necessity” for evacuations; Biden: “There may have been” list of evacuee names provided to Taliban; ISIS-K claims attack that killed 13 U.S. troops, 170+ Afghans;...
ListenPentagon: 12 U.S. service members killed, 15 wounded in Kabul attacks; ISIS-K claims responsibility for attacks near Kabul airport; Biden raised alarm on potential attack in Kabul multiple times from 2021-08-26T21:35
Journalist in Kabul feel another explosion; Centcom Commander: “Very, very real” specific threats of more attacks; Defense Sept. “Continuing” mission to evacuate Americans&Afghans; Centcom commande...
ListenState Dept: up to 1,500 Americans still may need evacuation; U.S. concerned about possible ISIS-K attacks on Kabul airport crowds; Report: 180k+ pediatric Covid cases, surge 4x in one month; Thousands evacuated as California fire engulfs more than 120k acres from 2021-08-25T21:54:08
U.S. Defense official: “very specific threat stream” on ISIS-K attacks planned against crowds outside Kabul airport; U.S. concerned about possible ISIS-K attacks on Kabul airport crowds; Pentagon: ...
ListenPentagon: 21,600 evacuated in last 24 hours, a new daily high; CDC study: vaccines less protective against Delta variant, but still reduce risk of severe infection by two-thirds; House votes to pass Biden’s $3.5T budget framework; from 2021-08-24T22:28:09
Taliban: Afghans will not be allowed to leave the country; Taliban: airport roads closed to afghans, open for foreigners; State Dept: thousands of Americans waiting to be evacuated; Defense officia...
ListenFDA approves Pfizer vaccine, paying way for more mandates; Pentagon: 16,000 evacuated from Kabul within last 24 hours; U.S. officials worry terror groups inspired by Taliban victory; from 2021-08-23T22:23:39
Biden encourages hesitant Americans to get their shot today; Pentagon to make vaccines mandatory for troops after FDA approval of Pfizer; Florida records most deaths in a week, COVID cases top 3 mi...
ListenBiden: any American who wants to come home, “we will get you home”; U.S. flights trying to move backlog of 10K evacuees at airport; 1M+ vaccines administered yesterday in the U.S.; NC man charged with threatening to use weapon of mass destruction; from 2021-08-21T00:04:53
Pentagon: U.S. flights resume in Kabul after pause for 8+ hours; Afghans enduring brutal conditions outside Kabul airport; Secy. Austin to House members: some Americans beaten by Taliban; Pentagon...
ListenState Dept.: 6,000 will soon board planes to leave Kabul; Pentagon: U.S. evacuated 7,000 from Kabul in past 5 days; Third senator tests positive for covid; One-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2021-08-19T23:14:20
CNN: Only a small number of Afghans are making it into Kabul airport due to Taliban checkpoints; Biden suggests U.S. troops could stay in Afghanistan past withdrawal deadline to evacuate all Americ...
ListenU.S. embassy warns it cannot ensure safe passage to Kabul airport; Pentagon pledges to evacuate all Americans who want to leave Afghanistan; Biden gives update on Covid-19 booster shots from 2021-08-18T22:17:47
Gen. Milley: no indication Afghanistan would fall in 11 days; Milley on Afghan allies: “we’re not going to leave them behind;” Taliban block access to Kabul airport with gunfire, violence; Biden ad...
ListenWH defends withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan; TSA to extend masking on planes, trains into 2022; Pentagon confirms U.S. in communication with Taliban leaders; from 2021-08-17T22:13:39
WH estimates 11,000 U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan; Afghan women fear for their futures under Taliban rule; Burqa prices surge as Taliban impose new rules for women; Taliban pledge “no violenc...
ListenBiden: I do not regret my decision to end the war in Afghanistan; Pentagon: Our mission is to secure airport for U.S. citizens, allies; from 2021-08-17T02:06:47
Biden: I stand by my decision to withdraw from Afghanistan; I will not repeat the mistakes of the past; This did unfold more quickly than we anticipated; Scenes in Afghanistan are gut-wrenching; Th...
ListenCDC advisory panel recommends third vaccine dose for those with weakened immune systems; Pentagon: U.S. troops on the way to Afghanistan; WH facing multiple crises: Afghanistan, covid, immigration&more; Three teachers in Broward County, FL die of covid within one day of each other from 2021-08-13T21:31:37
Covid hospitalizations near 80k, most since winter surge; Unvaccinated covid patient: “Get the vaccine”; (0% or more ICU beds full five states: AL, TX, GA, FL, MS; FEMA: More than $1B given to fami...
ListenPentagon: 3,000+ U.S. troops will be deployed to Afghanistan; FDA could authorize booster shots for immunocompromised; Census shows most growth in cities, America more diverse; GOP Rep Perry played key role in promoting Trump’s “Big lie” from 2021-08-12T22:18:04
Official: Biden approved order to send troops this morning; U.S. may move embassy to Kabul airport as Taliban gain ground; Fauci: “Inevitably” everyone could need booster shot; Debate rages over sc...
ListenBiden scores big win as Senate approved $3.5T budget plan; Public health experts urge local leaders to mandate vaccines; Official: Taliban could be cut off and take Kabul within weeks; Pace of price surge slows in July as economy shifts from 2021-08-11T21:51:14
Biden critics balk at massive $3.5T budget blueprint; Manchin raises “serious concerns” about $3.5 trillion budget; White House faces delicate balancing act to advance Biden’s priorities; L breaks ...
ListenNY Governor Cuomo resigns, effective in 14 days; Nearly a third of eligible Americans still unvaccinated; 19 GOP senators join Dems to pass infrastructure bill; from 2021-08-10T21:47:54
Gov. Cuomo resigns following damning A.G. report on sexual harassment allegations; Biden: “I respect” Cuomo’s decision to resign; Biden on Cuomo: “he’s done a helluva job” as governor; Gov. Cuomo r...
ListenCDC: more than 99.99% of fully vaccinated people have not had a severe breakthrough of COVID-19; NY speaker: Cuomo impeachment probe could wrap in “weeks”; Biden’s two-track infrastructure push sees momentum; from 2021-08-09T22:57:29
Hospitals in southern states running out of space and staff; Right-wing conspiracy theorist spreading COVID misinformation; Florida schools reopen as COVID positivity rate rises among children; CDC...
ListenCovid spread sharply accelerates, topping 100k new daily cases; Feud escalates between White House, FL Gov over restrictions; New details reveal extent of Trump’s push to overturn election; California mountain town decimated by state’s 6th largest wildfire from 2021-08-05T22:14:43
WH: Daily vaccinations at highest level in more than a month; WH praises businesses with vaccination requirements; Fauci warns of future covid-19 variant worse than Delta; Covid cases, hospitalizat...
ListenMixed messages from Biden admin lead to Covid confusion; Fauci worries variant worse than Delta could be coming; CNN CNN: Majority of NY assembly would vote to impeach Cuomo; Rural Georgia town split over optional masks in schools from 2021-08-04T21:39:58
Top DOJ official prepped resignation letter over Trump’s “direct instructions” to support his election fraud claims; Ohio primary race strokes intra-party heat for Dems; Trump-backed candidate Mike...
ListenNYC mayor: vaccine proof required for many indoor activities; NY AG finds NY Gov Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women; Biden updates efforts to increase COVID vaccinations; from 2021-08-03T23:10:51
NYC mayor announces vaccine requirement for indoor dining, fitness centers, entertainment&performances; Mote corporations require vaccinations, masks as cases surge; Hospitalizations top 50K for fi...
ListenWH: 70% of adults have received one covid vaccine dose; Florida makes up 1 in 5 of all new COVID cases in the U.S.; Bipartisan senate group unveils $1T infrastructure plan; from 2021-08-02T22:33:36
CDC data: 99.999% of vaccinated haven’t had deadly breakthrough case; U.S. averaging nearly 80K new daily COVID cases; New data: fewer than 1% of fully vaccinated people experiencing a breakthrough...
ListenCDC reveals breakthrough infection data behind new mask guidance ;CDC: “The war has changed” with highly-contagious delta variant; CDC internal document: those vaccinated could spread delta variant as much as those unvaccinated; Nearly 170 new covid patients admitted into Missouri hospital group just today; “Just say that the election was corrupt” ; CNN: Trump pressed DOJ in December to say election was corrupt; from 2021-07-30T23:01
Handwritten notes show Trump told DOJ last December: “Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me” ; CNN: Trump pressed DOJ in December to say election was corrupt; Former Justic...
ListenPresident Biden gives update on effort to vaccinate more Americans; More companies tell employees: Get vaxxed or get fired from 2021-07-29T22:33:35
70%+ of U.S. lives in “High” or “Substantial” transmission area; NYC Mayor: More guidance Monday on indoor mask use; DC reinstates indoor mask mandate even for the vaccinated; Biden announces vacc...
ListenPolice at insurrection feel little support from union; Source: infrastructure deal includes $550b over next five years; CDC: vaccinated people can spread highly-contagious Delta variant from 2021-07-28T21:50:13
Bipartisan negotiators reach long-awaited infrastructure deal; Pelosi won’t commit to bipartisan deal until she’s seen it; CDC Dir.: new data on “breakthrough” cases to be released soon; Thousands ...
ListenCDC urges masks in schools and indoors in COVID hot spots; Officers attacked at U.S. Capitol testify at emotional hearing; from 2021-07-27T21:50:59
CDC revises guidance, recommends vaccinated people wear masks indoors in COVID hot spots; CDC urges masks for the vaccinated&everyone in k-12 schools; CDC revises mask guidance as COVID cases rise ...
ListenV.A. heath care workers, New York City&California state employees all now facing vaccine mandates; Trump ally Tom Barrack pleads not guilty to charges of illegal foreign lobbying and making false statements; Infrastructure deal on shaky ground as blame game begins; from 2021-07-26T22:07:13
Biden administration will mandate vaccines for all V.A. heath care workers; Trump ally Tom Barrack ordered to wear GPS tracking bracelet, travel restricted, can’t transfer funds overseas; Hose comm...
ListenDelta variant increasing threat to unvaccinated Americans; White House puts new urgency on the unvaccinated as cases surge; Trump returns to Arizona to peddle election fraud claims; from 2021-07-23T21:28:58
Unvaccinated Americans behind rise in COVID-19 cases; Daily pace of vaccinations hits lowest point since January; Alabama’s GOP Gov: It’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated; U.S. averaging more...
ListenTop health officials warn about “aggressive” Delta variant; More hospitals are requiring staff to get covid vaccine; McCarthy balks after Pelosi vetoes two of his picks for 1/6 committee; Chicago mayor sits down with CNN from 2021-07-22T22:27:18
Biden health officials discussing changes to mask guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans; Growing number of towns reinstating mask mandates; Alabama Doctor: Seeing young people intubated due to ...
ListenMcCarthy pulls out of 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects two picks; Cases, hospitalizations, deaths all up double digits in recent weeks as highly contagious Delta variant spreads; Doctor: Patients “beg me for the vaccine” on their death beds from 2021-07-21T21:32:49
Sources: House GOP sees Pelosi move as “political gift”; McCarthy: 1/6 committee “has lost all legitimacy”; Pelosi rejects GOP Reps. Jordan&Banks from 1/6 committee; Cheney: McCarthy’s rhetoric on ...
ListenCDC director: Delta variant now represents 83% of cases; Trump ally Tom Barrack arrested, accused of acting as foreign agent; Pelosi won’t say if she’ll veto GOP commission picks; from 2021-07-20T21:36:20
WH tries to tamp down on spread of vaccine misinformation; WH confirms discussions with Fox News over vaccine coverage; Delta variant fuels COVID spike, as vaccinations lag; Pediatric group: more t...
ListenDOW drops on fears Delta variant will hurt economic recovery; Infrastructure deal faces make-or-break week on Capitol Hill; 150+ killed, 380+ wounded in weekend shootings across U.S.; from 2021-07-19T21:53
DOW closes down nearly 725 points as Delta variant drives fears about economic recovery; Hospitalizations&deaths rising, nearly all unvaccinated; American Academy of Pediatrics: everyone should wea...
ListenCOVID-19 cases rising in all 50 states&DC; Biden’s Hill agenda in trouble as bipartisan talks fray; CDC: 2020 saw highest overdose deaths ever recorded; Utah’s Great Salt Lake is disappearing; from 2021-07-16T22:11
L.A. county reinstates indoor mask mandate amid surge; Cases rising in all states; vaccinations slow to 300K per day; Baseball game postponed after 6 Yankees test positive; CNN looks into unvaccina...
ListenBiden meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at White House; One-on-One with U.S. Surgeon General; House Minority Leader McCarthy meets with Trump allegedly to discuss 2022; CNN visits Louisiana hospital with most covid patients in the state from 2021-07-15T21:39:11
WH takes on misinformation as vaccinations drop&cases rise; Surgeon General: Misinformation a serious public health threat; Millions of families receive first child tax credit payments; CNN: WH to ...
ListenVaccination rates down 41% from last week; Biden makes his case for $3.5 trillion in new spending; Admin: Afghans to be flown out by end of July, not clear where; New book reveals how much Facebook knew about Russian election interference&how little the company did to stop it from 2021-07-14T21:51:37
Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated; Tennessee fires vaccine manager after she says it’s ok to vaccinate children; Report: Michigan GOP leader resigns ...
ListenBiden: “the big lie is just that, a big lie”; Gov: Texas Dems could face arrest upon returning to state; 45 states see rise in new COVID cases over past week; American hostage spending his 59th birthday in captivity; from 2021-07-13T21:53:36
Pressured by allies, Biden makes the case for election reform; Biden: election was “most scrutinized” in history; “Don’t bring down the American experiment just because you’re unhappy” with results...
ListenFauci: 99.5% of COVID deaths are among those unvaccinated; Democrats push infrastructure talks into high gear; White House doesn’t rule out sending U.S. troops to Haiti; Some CA residents without water as wells dry up; from 2021-07-12T23:41:49
Avg COVID cases jump 47% in one week, up in 36 states; CDC: pace of vaccinations down more than 80% since April; Dr. Fauci: cheers against trying to save lives is “horrifying”; Pfizer to brief Bide...
ListenWhite House rebuts Pfizer on need for booster shots soon ; Pfizer says booster shots are needed soon; CDC&FDA disagree; Covid Cases up in 29 states, 11% spike across U.S. in one week; Los Angeles County; ”Exponential Growth” in covid cases, up a staggering 165% in one week; from 2021-07-09T22:35:36
New CDC schools guidance prioritizes in-person classes, masks and physical distancing; States closing more mass vaccination sites, focus shifts to virus hot spots; Ex-Surgeon General: Lack of coord...
ListenStudy: Five clusters with low vaccination rates now potential breeding grounds for more deadly variants; Biden: U.S. set to complete war in Afghanistan by August 31; Surfside disaster turns from rescue to recovery; TX GOP resumes push for voting restrictions in special session from 2021-07-08T22:18:36
24 States report cases up 10% or more in one week as Delta variant spreads; Missouri hospital system: ventilator supply low at one facility, patients transferred to other locations; Map of states w...
ListenRNC: third-party vendor hacked, Microsoft and U.S. intelligence investigating source; East Coast prepares for flooding, wind damage&power outages; Haiti’s president murdered in middle of night amid political turmoil from 2021-07-07T21:48:28
RNC hack comes as another ransomware attack demands $70m in Bitcoin from I.T. companies; Pressure builds on Biden to step up cyber security after series of recent hacks; FBI infiltrates “bible stud...
ListenBiden renews outreach plans as vaccination pace slows, aggressive Delta variant spreads in U.S.; Florida braces for Elsa as crews continue to search in Surfside; from 2021-07-06T21:43:09
Biden outlines COVID shots strategy as Delta variant spreads; White House: Biden admin will aim to get more vaccines to doctors’ offices, employee work sites&mobile clinics; Biden: Delta variant sh...
ListenSearch&rescue enters day 12 after rest of building demolished; Spread of aggressive Delta variant clouds Biden’s July 4th celebrations; Afghans fleeing to major cities as security threats grow; from 2021-07-05T21:36:06
Death toll rises to 27 with 118 still missing; Urgent presentations to Surfside residents in fall/winter 2020 included slides detailing repairs that needed to me done “now”; Tropical storm moving i...
ListenU.S. Troops leave Afghanistan's Bagram air base after 20 years; 20 confirmed dead, 128 unaccounted for as rescue effort enters day 9; GOP Leader McCarthy joins Biden at WH to celebrate L.A. Dodgers; CDC Dir: Nearly all covid deaths in past 6 months were unvaccinated; from 2021-07-02T21:49:35
Biden frustrated after questions on U.S. exit from Afghanistan; Source: Biden stands by his "gut decision" despite terror concerns; Pentagon: U.S. troop withdrawal will be done by end of August; De...
Listen18 dead and 145 still missing 8 days after condo collapse; Trump Org CFO indicted on 15 counts, alleged 15-year scheme; Biden speaks after meeting with Surfside families; Speaker Pelosi appoints GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to serve on select committee to investigate January 6 insurrection from 2021-07-01T22:10:39
WAPO: Majority of Surfside condo board quit in 2019 over frustrations about repair plans; Lawsuit accuses inspector of failing to keep occupants safe; Rescue work halted over fears rest of tower co...
ListenBill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned; House votes to create select committee to prove Capitol riot; 16 confirmed dead, 147 unaccounted for as search enters day 7; Delta variant forcing officials to rethink mask guidance from 2021-06-30T22:29:42
Officers who defended Capitol attended today’s vote; Engineers looking for “trigger events” for building collapse; Surgeon general: “you are in trouble” if you’re not vaccinated; Fauci: may soon be...
ListenAt least 11 dead, 150 missing as search enters day 6; U.S. officials: Afghanistan withdrawal could be completed within days; House expected to vote tomorrow on resolution to create select committee to investigate insurrection; from 2021-06-29T23:23:59
Families cling to hope as responders search for survivors; More than 800 responders on ground in Surfside; Biden to meet with families, visit collapse site Thursday; Prosecutors pursue grand jury i...
Listen10 confirmed dead, 151 still unaccounted for; Biden reverses infrastructure demand amid GOP blowback; Rockets fired at U.S. military base in Syria just hours after U.S. airstrikes on militia groups in the region; from 2021-06-28T21:47:34
Families desperate as search for survivors enters day 5; 2018 engineer report warned of “major structural damage” that required immediate repair in FL building; Condo association approved $15 milli...
ListenBiden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden says bipartisan infrastructure deal will move through congress “in tandem” with Dems-only reconciliation bill; Progressive Dem slams bipartisan deal as “Paltry, Pathetic” from 2021-06-24T23:25
Biden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden sa...
ListenBiden plans to stem flow of firearms used to commit violence, allows cities&states to reallocate Covid funds for crime fighting; Harris makes first trip to the border as VP on Friday; Delta variant gaining steam, rising Covid cases in unvaccinated areas from 2021-06-23T22:23:03
Soon: Bipartisan police reform talks drag on in Senate; Progressive Democrats urge Biden to get more involved after crucial vote fails in the Senate; Menendez wants bipartisan commission to study C...
ListenSoon: key senate vote on sweeping election reform bill; NYC voting now after chaotic final 24 hours of mayoral race; Officials: Biden will miss July 4 goal of 70% of adults with 1 shot; from 2021-06-22T21:30:17
Key vote expected to fail tonight on election reform bill; Manchin will vote “yes” on advancing election reform bill; Dem senator thinks some in GOP may vote with Dems tonight; WH braces for defeat...
ListenBiden’s crucial week on voting rights, infrastructure, police reform; Ten mass shootings this week kill at least seven people; Tomorrow: NYC voters chose Dem, GOP candidates for mayor; from 2021-06-21T21:49:46
Biden to invite lawmakers to WH this week to talk infrastructure; Sources: WH optimistic about bipartisan infrastructure deal; Key senate vote tomorrow on sweeping election reform bill; U.S. sees ...
ListenDOJ releasing new insurrection videos as part of investigation; Biden commemorates 300 million COVID shots in 150 days; Still no vaccine for U.K. kids as Delta variant surges; Iran to elect new president amid nuclear talks with U.S.; As U.S. reopens, cities debate fate of “streeteries”; from 2021-06-18T21:41:53
Justice Dept releases new insurrection videos showing rioter taunting, punching police officer; House votes to repeal 2002 authorization for military force; Unclear whether U.S. will hit Biden’s g...
ListenBiden signs bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; Supreme Court upholds Obamacare for the third time; Right-Wing media, GOP lawmakers peddle baseless theory the FBI was behind January 6th insurrection; Major bank tell staff to be back at work by Sept.; Key swing vote Manchin proposes comprise on voting bills from 2021-06-17T22:06:56
Biden arrives home to Dem party fractures over agenda; Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $579B in new spending; WH Official: Outlook “Very Encouraging” on top domestic issues; Biden, Putin s...
ListenBiden: “I did what I came to do” in meeting with Putin; Putin again refuses to name Navalny, says he wanted to be arrested; 4 Experts warn highly transmissible, more severe delta strain spreading rapidly in U.S. from 2021-06-16T21:52:13
Biden and Putin agree to return ambassadors to posts; Biden: made it clear we will continue to raise human rights issues; Biden says he outlined 16 entities that are off limits for cyberwar; Biden:...
ListenU.S.&Russia reveal new details for Biden-Putin summit; Officials: Biden preparing intensely for Putin talks, consulted with Russian experts; AG Garland outlines new strategy to combat domestic terrorism; COVID death toll tops 600,000 in the U.S.; from 2021-06-15T22:21:50
Sources: Biden intensely preparing for Putin summit; WH: Biden held meeting with Russia experts to prepare for Putin summit; Biden tells allies: America is back; Biden-Putin meeting likely to last ...
ListenBiden speaks after key meetings with NATO leaders; FBI to lawmakers: Qanon followers may turn violent; Biden says if Alexey Navalny were to die in prison it would only “hurt” Putin’s relationship with the “rest of the world”; U.S. expected to surpass 600,000 COVID-19 deaths today; from 2021-06-14T22:06:13
Biden hopes for NATO springboard ahead of Putin summit; Biden reassures NATO allies: “the United States is there”; Biden: “rock solid, unshakeable commitment” to NATO article that an attack on one ...
ListenBiden meets with world leaders at first G7 summit as president; DOJ watchdog to review secret subpoenas in Trump era targeting data of house democrats; WH: “questions need to be addressed” on new bipartisan infrastructure proposal; from 2021-06-11T22:28:35
Biden, other G7 leaders meet with queen, senior royals; Biden invokes WWII: U.S. will "build a new arsenal" to fight COVID; Biden, G7 leaders address COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, threat from ...
ListenBiden wraps up first fay of meetings; Discussed protecting democracy&cyber hacks with UK PM; Biden to send 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses worldwide; GOP Sen. Romney: Bipartisan negotiators reached agreement on infrastructure price tag, but not specifics of overall deal from 2021-06-10T22:16:26
Biden: U.S. will buy, donate 500m doses Pfizer vaccine; Biden prepares for crucial face-to-face with Putin; Biden meets with key allies before crucial Putin summit; U.S. hopes to agree on ambassado...
ListenBiden wraps speech to U.S. troops on first overseas trip; Progressives frustrated with bipartisan infrastructure talks; Millions of Johnson&Johnson vaccine doses at risk of expiring; Border patrol bracing for summer surge of migrants from 2021-06-09T21:37:41
Biden starts first overseas trip, meeting with G7&NATO before high-stakes Putin summit; Biden agenda held up by bipartisan hurdles; GOP negotiators: no new taxes to pay for infrastructure; Warren: ...
ListenDemocratic divided leave Biden’s agenda stalled in congress; Bipartisan report: Failure to relay intel led to Jan 6 attack; Major websites&apps go dark in massive internet outage; Hospital workers in Houston protest mandate to get vaccine; French Pres. Macron slapped in the face from 2021-06-08T21:37:53
Biden wraps upcall with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure; Bipartisan senate group working on new infrastructure plan; Democrats confront reality of narrowly split congress; Sen. Capito’s offic...
ListenBiden departs on first overseas trip as president Wednesday; Emails show scope of Trump, Giuliani pressure campaigns in AZ; VP Harris makes first international trip to Guatemala; Critical bridges, roads, tunnels crumbling across U.S.; Pace of vaccinations slows, 64% of U.S. adults have first dose; from 2021-06-07T22:10:53
Biden faces huge tests on infrastructure, allies abroad; Biden, GOP billions of dollars apart on infrastructure; Progressives lose patience with Biden&GOP talks; Manchin tanks Dems’ hopes of passin...
ListenFBI Director compares threat of ransomware attacks to 9/11; FBI DIR: Wray: New cyberattacks serve as warning to all Americans; Wray: “Huge portion” of cyberattacks can be traced to actors in Russia; Dan Coats in 2018: U.S. Digital Infrastructure “Under Attack” from 2021-06-04T21:46
Biden views cyberattacks as a “rising national security concern”; Biden to confront Putin about cyberattacks in upcoming summit; Biden wraps call with top GOP negotiator; Will talk infrastructure ...
ListenWH to donate millions of unused vaccines to other countries; One-on-one with AZ secretary of state Katie Hobbs; Justice department opens investigation into Trump-appointed Postmaster General DeJoy; WH pushes companies to take cyberattack threat more seriously from 2021-06-03T21:58:39
WH plans to distribute 80m+ doses globally by end of June; Fauci: “cautiously optimistic” about vaccinating kids under 12 by Thanksgiving; Arizona audit observers find massive security problems; Re...
ListenU.S. averaging 1.1 million vaccine doses administered each day; Trump allies falsely claim he could be reinstated president; Truck driver shortage could drive price hikes; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges states to use rescue funding to help with childcare costs from 2021-06-02T21:52:23
Biden declares June “month of action” to meet vaccine goal; CDC: 12 states have met goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one shot by July 4; TX Republicans claim provision which would have...
ListenAs vaccinations climb, U.S. begins a quick return to normalcy; Biden marks 100 years since Tulsa race massacre from 2021-06-01T22:04
CDC: 50.5% of total population is partially vaccinated; Study: Ending precautions early could cause increased virus spread; Las Vegas fully reopens to 100% capacity; Biden: I’m the first president ...
ListenThe first vaccinated holiday: 37M Americans set to travel ;U.S. sets record for air travel during pandemic ;Pop-up vaccine sites open Memorial Day; Former FDA Commissioner: Viruses escape from labs “All the time”; Biden directs U.S. Intel to investigate origin of Covid-19; Texas Dems stage walkout, block restrictive voting bill; from 2021-05-31T22:18:47
Texas Gov pledges to bring back voting bill in special session; Texas democrats block new voting restrictions, for now; Dems say TX voting law unfairly targets people of color; Michael Flynn appear...
ListenRepublicans block bipartisan investigation into capitol attack; One in ten Americans expected to travel for holiday weekend; CNN investigation revels Al Qaeda still thriving, may be able to attack the west by late next year; from 2021-05-28T21:58:19
Six republicans side with Dems on Jan 6 commission; vote fails; Mother&partner of fallen capitol officer react to senate republicans blocking insurrection commission; Partner of fallen officer: “ve...
ListenSoon: Key senate vote on January 6 commission bill; 9 people killed by coworker at CA rail yard; CNN: Paul Ryan to slam Trump in speech tonight as reps Gaetz&Greene hold Trump-Style “America First” rally from 2021-05-27T22:29
GOP leaders confident they will defeat Jan 6 commission bill today; McConnell asks senate republicans to vote no on Jan 6 commission as “a personal favor”; Manchin will not break GOP filibuster on ...
ListenSheriff’s Dept: at least 8 killed in San Jose shooting; Top health experts call for transparent investigation into Wuhan “lab leak” theory on how Covid-19 started; WaPo: NYC Grand Jury convened to consider charges in Trump probe from 2021-05-26T22:25
Ohio gov: 45% jump in vaccinations after $1m lottery offer; Senate expected to vote on “endless frontier” bill to boost competition with China; Biden tasks U.S. intel community to report on Covid o...
ListenVigils&marches mark one year since George Floyd’s murder; Prosecutors accidentally reveal details of Giuliani investigation; GOP leaders finally condemn Rep Greene’s holocaust comments; from 2021-05-25T21:52:26
Minnesota Gov. leads moment of silence in honor of George Floyd for 9 mins, 29 secs; Floyd family discussed police reform with members of congress, met privately with president Biden; Pres. Biden&V...
ListenAmericans return to restaurants, stadiums&schools as vaccinations climb and cases, deaths decline; Georgia judge allows another ballot review in Fulton County; 12 mass shootings reported this weekend, at least 11 people killed; Blinken heads to Jerusalem amid fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire; from 2021-05-24T22:00:07
CDC: nearly 50% of all U.S. adults are fully vaccinated; CDC: 25 states&DC have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults; U.S. cases&deaths drop to lowest levels since last summer; NJ to lift most m...
ListenBiden hosts South Korean leader, shifts focus to east Asia; ADL: 50% spike in U.S. hate crimes fueled by Middle East conflict; Crowded events this weekend across U.S. as more people get vaccinated; from 2021-05-21T22:21:18
Violent skirmishes threaten fragile Middle East ceasefire; Biden credits his team’s “quiet and relentless diplomacy” for helping broker a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas; Sources: Biden believes cl...
ListenIsrael and Hamas reach ceasefire agreement; Body camera shows black man tased, kicked and dragged by Louisiana troopers before his death; GOP support for Jan. 6 commission dwindling after McConnell, McCarthy announce opposition from 2021-05-20T21:34:06
New bodycam video shows Ronald Greene kicked, tased, dragged; 2019 police report never detailed the use of force; Lawsuit: Police told Greene’s mother her son died in crash after his car hit a tree...
ListenMcConnell joins McCarthy in GOP opposition to Jan. 6 commission; NY AG joins criminal probe into Trump organization; Biden pushes Netanyahu for a ceasefire, but Israeli PM says offensive will continue; Texas inmate set to be execute tonight for killing his great-aunt, despite family calls for clemency; from 2021-05-19T22:49:22
Soon: House votes on commission to investigate insurrection; GOP leaders in January: McConnell said Trump “provoked” the Capitol mob, McCarthy said Trump “bears responsibility”; Trump relocates for...
ListenDems pressure Biden to step up handling of Israeli strikes in Gaza; McCarthy opposes Bipartisan commission to investigate capitol riots; District attorney: deputies were “justified” in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.; White House task force: COVID cases down in all 50 states for first time since start of pandemic; from 2021-05-18T23:17:07
Biden declines to take a question on Israel at Ford event; Israeli Prime Minister says operations will continue “as necessary”; Ninth day of violence between Israel and Hamas; Israeli warplanes pou...
ListenBiden: U.S. will share 20M more vaccines with other countries; Deadliest day yet as scenes of horror unfold in Israel, Gaza; House to vote Wednesday on commission to investigate January 6 insurrection; from 2021-05-17T22:11:57
U.S. record lowest number of new daily cases since March 2020; CDC’s abrupt reversal on mask guidance sparks confusion; CDC director: new mask guidance relies on “honor system”; CVS joins other maj...
ListenNew CDC no-mask guidance raises questions; Stefanik replaces Cheney as #3 in GOP house leadership; Dozens killed as violence escalates in Israel&Gaza; from 2021-05-14T22:13:15
New CDC guidelines under review in 16 states with mask mandates; Hawaii among 16 states to keep mask mandates for now; DHS: fully vaccinated federal employees no longer need to wear masks in federa...
ListenBiden: You can shake hands, give each other a hug if you're vaccinated; CDC: Vaccinated people don't need a mask inside or outside; Fauci gives first interview since new CDC mask guidance; Soon: House GOP meets to discuss Liz Cheney's replacement; U.N. warns of "full scale war" amid Israel-Gaza violence; from 2021-05-13T22:26:05
Biden after new CDC mask guidance: It's a good day for the country; CDC Dir. to Dr. Gupta: Science was clear to loosen mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans; TSA requiring masks on planes, t...
ListenCheney loses leadership job, pledges to fiercely fight Trump; Biden gives update on pandemic response; Dozens killed in worst Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014 from 2021-05-12T22:12:31
Acting defense secy didn’t speak with Trump on Jan. 6; Republicans vote to remove Rep. Cheney from GOP leadership; Rep. Cheney on potential challengers backed by Trump in 2022: “bring it on”; Biden...
ListenFamily of Andrew Brown Jr to see more body cam video of deadly shooting after previously shown 20 seconds; Dozens killed as violence between Israel, Hamas escalates; First 12-15 year olds receiving the Pfizer vaccine today; from 2021-05-11T23:28:13
Court order allows family to see more footage of Andrew Brown Jr. killing as community demands transparency; Judge’s order restricts Brown’s family to 18 minutes of nearly two hours of body cam foo...
ListenFBI: “Darkside” gang from Russia to blame for pipeline cyberattack; CDC: majority of U.S. adults have received at least one vaccine dose; Biden to host four crucial meetings this week on infrastructure; McCarthy to house GOP: “announce a vote” on Cheney Wednesday; from 2021-05-10T23:28:50
Colonial Pipeline aims to restore service by week’s end, shutdown fuels fears of surge in gas prices; White House: Colonial Pipeline has not asked Biden admin for cyber support; White Ho...
Biden admits there is a long way to go” in economic recovery; Pfizer applies for full FDA approval of its COVID vaccine; In 2015 Stefanik harshly blasted Trump’s rhetoric and policies; from 2021-05-08T00:50:29
Biden: “we’re still digging out of an economic collapse”; April jobs report falls way short of economic forecasts; U.S. added 266,000 jobs in April, well below the 1M expected; Treasury secy. admit...
ListenInfectious Disease Expert: U.S. is turning the corner on Covid; Rep. Elise Stefanik pledges GOP party unity, while casting doubt on election integrity; Caitlyn Jenner Praises Trump, Bashes Biden as she ramps up run for CA Governor; Secy Blinken: U.S. will respond if Russia acts recklessly or aggressively against Ukraine from 2021-05-06T22:52
Infectious Disease Expert: U.S. is turning the corner on Covid; U.S. Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths Hit Lowest In Months; Moderna Head: Vaccine Boosters Likely Needed Every 9-12 Months;...
Drastic decline in number of daily vaccinations in U.S.; Biden says GOP is going through a “sort of mini-revolution”; Ukraine caught in the middle of U.S. political battles from 2021-05-05T21:59:21
NFL gives vaccinated fans a chance to win Super Bowl tickets; CDC director warns of a possible winter Covid surge; Former president still banned on Facebook; Facebook oversight board keeps ban on T...
ListenBiden’s new goal: 70% of adults with at least one shot by July 4; McCarthy on hot mic, “I’ve had it with” Liz Cheney; CNN gains rare access to Ukrainian guard boat in sea of Azov; 24 killed, dozens hurt when overpass collapses under train from 2021-05-04T21:39:39
FDA expected to authorize Pfizer vaccine for ages 12-15; Senior house republican” “Liz is gone just a question of how&when”; Sources: It’s over for Cheney in leadership house GOP vote expected on M...
ListenCheney calls out Trump’s attempt to push big lie conspiracy; U.S. begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border; India experiencing the world’s worst COVID outbreak; Emotional funeral for Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina; from 2021-05-03T22:50:49
Romney booed while speaking at Utah’s GOP convention; Trump: nice to see “stone cold loser” Mitt Romney booed; Rep. Cheney’s future with GOP unclear as criticism mounts for speaking out against Tru...
ListenWhite House restricts travel from India; NYT: Firing of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine becomes central focus of federal into Giuliani; 100 million Americans now fully vaccinated from 2021-04-30T22:38:37
VP Harris: We have a responsibility to the people of India; Biden admin expected to restricts travel from India starting May 4; One hundred million Americans now fully vaccinated; Moderna to seek ...
ListenPresident hits the road to sell ambitious economic plans; New CNN Poll: Sharp divisions on vaccines, return to public life; Bipartisan police reform group pledges to meet ‘until we get this done’; Rudy Giuliani speaks for first time since raid from 2021-04-29T21:49:38
President faces bipartisan pushback over new economic plans; Manchin joins GOP in raising concerns about cost of plans; Biden’s infrastructure, families plans would cost nearly $4T; Biden’s first 1...
ListenFederal agents execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment&office; Biden to unveil new $1.8T American Families Plan tonight; How gun violence turned into a public health emergency from 2021-04-28T21:48:20
Raid at Giuliani’s apartment&office as Feds advance criminal investigation into his lobbying activity in Ukraine; Only limited amount of lawmakers, no guests allowed in House chamber during Biden’s...
ListenBrand new CNN Polls on policing in America; Biden admin shifts mask guidance, touts benefits for fully vaccinated Americans; Alaskan lawmaker banned for refusing to wear mask; White House working out details of possible Biden-Putin summit; from 2021-04-27T23:14
New CNN poll: 77% of Americans satisfied with Chauvin verdict; Majority of Americans agree some changes need to be made to policing; 53% of Americans expect real changes in the way minorities are t...
ListenAttorneys: family only shown “snippet” of video from police shooting; Sources: Biden to announce new mask guidance tomorrow; Biden administration touts COVID accomplishments, vaccine rollout; from 2021-04-27T02:56
Family attorney calls fatal shooting by deputies an “execution”; Death certificate in Elizabeth City, NC shows Andrew Brown Jr. died of gunshot would to head, shot by others; Elizabeth City, NC pre...
ListenJ&J admits link between its vaccine, blood clots is “Plausible”; WH: Biden will travel to U.K.&Brussels in first foreign trip as president; CDC advisers recommend continued use of Johnson&Johnson vaccine in U.S. for people 18+ from 2021-04-23T22:01:20
CDC panel debating whether J&J vaccine is safe for Americans or if it should no longer be administrated; CDC now recommends pregnant women get cover vaccine; Federal prosecutors examine whether Gae...
ListenRecent police shootings reignite debate over use of force; President sets ambitious goal to cut U.S. carbon emissions 50% by 2030; Experts: U.S. at “tipping point,” with vaccine supply to outpace demand; from 2021-04-22T21:48:50
Daunte Wright’s aunt: why do we have to keep burying our babies?; Ben Crump: too often “traffic stops end up as deadly sentences”; Funeral for Daunte Wright held in Minneapolis; Two more cities on ...
ListenDOJ opens investigation into Minneapolis policing practices after Chauvin convicted for Floyd murder; America’s progress & struggles with racism since Floyd’s murder; New report: U.S. to reach “tipping point” on vaccine demand soon; Taliban threaten to kill Afghans who helped U.S. during war from 2021-04-21T22:15:31
Chauvin in restricted housing unit in prison for safety; Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison; Ohio police officer shoots, kills teen girl who appears to lunge at someone with a knife; New...
ListenJurors reach verdict in murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin from 2021-04-20T23:14:07
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ListenFedEx shooting is 45th mass shooting in U.S. last month; Unsettling week after use of force questioned in Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright & George Floyd deaths; Scientific American: We’re making so many masks a year they could cover the entire area of Switzerland; White House backtracks on refugee decision, says Biden will announce new increased cap by May 15; CDC: More than 30% of adults in the U.S. are fully vaccinated; from 2021-04-16T21:12:25
Eight killed, several injured in America’s latest mass shooting; Sources: FBI previously investigated FedEx suspect after family member reported potential for violence; FBI: “Premature to speculate...
ListenPresident Biden hits Russian with dozens of new sanctions; Chauvin invokes 5th amendment right, chooses not to testify; Pfizer CEO: Third vaccine dose likely needed within 6 to 12 months; IG Report: Capitol police ordered to hold back on riot response; from 2021-04-15T21:12:24
No action on Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers, despite Biden criticizing Trump for lack of response; U.S. confirms Paul Manafort associate gave internal Trump polling data to Russia; Closing argum...
ListenBiden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11; Any moment: CDC vaccine advisers to vote; could update recommendations for use of J&J vaccine; Ex-Officer who shot and killed Wright booked in jail, faces second-degree manslaughter charge; Defense medical expert: Heart issue killed George Floyd from 2021-04-14T22:17:49
President Biden: It is time to end America's longest war; Biden visits Arlington national cemetery, says troop withdrawal was not a difficult decision to make; Biden: I will not pass the Afghanista...
ListenPolice Chief, officer who shot & killed Daunte Wright both resign; Defense plays video of George Floyd’s 2019 arrest; FDA: Expect Johnson & Johnson pause to last “a matter of days”; One-on-one with former GOP House Speaker; Jon Stewart pushes bill to help veterans made sick by “burn pits”; from 2021-04-13T21:21:41
Paramedic testifies George Floyd ingested drugs when confronted by police during 2019 arrest; Prosecution cross-examines defense’s use-of-force expert; CDC, FDA recommend pause of Johnson & Johnson...
ListenMultiple deadly police encounters amid Derek Chauvin trial; George Floyd’s brother testifies in Chauvin trial; U.S. averaging more than three million vaccine shots per day; from 2021-04-12T22:13:24
Police chief releases body cam video, says he believes officer accidentally discharged gun instead of taser; Three officers shot during police car chase in Georgia; One suspect dead, another in cus...
ListenTenth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; Medical examiner: George Floyd’s death was a homicide; Pfizer asks FDA to authorize vaccine for children ages 12-15; House Ethics Committee opens probe into Gaetz; from 2021-04-09T21:14:20
Medical examiner: I believe heart disease, drugs played role in death; Fauci “not surprised” by small number of fully vaccinated Americans dying from Covid; GOP Congressman calls on Rep. Matt Gaetz...
ListenPulmonology expert: Floyd died “from a low level of oxygen”; Biden to Congress on guns: “Enough prayers, time for some action”; Myanmar protesters beg for justice & democracy; Fauci warns young people are spreading virus; CDC: Children’s sports likely spreading COVID-19; from 2021-04-08T21:30:15
Medical expert: Being handcuffed, having knee on neck, knee on back all contributed to fatally low oxygen; Fentanyl would have reduced George Floyd’s respiratory rate, but his rate was “normal”; Me...
ListenDay eight of Chauvin trial testimony focuses on use of force; U.K. variant now most dominant strain in U.S.; Trump denies GOP Rep. Gaetz asked him for a pardon; Biden argues definition of infrastructure is evolving from 2021-04-07T21:55:14
Unclear what George Floyd said about drugs while detained by police; EU mises first key vaccination target for elderly and health care workers; Biden moves up vaccine deadline, all adults eligible ...
ListenSeventh day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; Biden moves up deadline: All U.S. adults eligible for Covid vaccine by April 19 instead of May 1; CDC: Variant first seen in U.K. now detected in all 50 U.S. states; HRC: Anti-transgender sports bills proposed in 26 states; Hockey game to save world’s biggest fresh water reservoir; from 2021-04-06T21:19:26
Police Lieutenant: Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck would not be an authorized use of force; Use-of-force instructor who trained Chauvin testifies; Police Lt: Chauvin did not use a proper neck restra...
ListenSixth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; U.S. vaccinating nearly five times faster than global average; Tensions between GOP&GA-based businesses over voting law; from 2021-04-05T21:46
Chief: Chauvin did not use reasonable force with George Floyd; Chief: Chauvin “absolutely” violated neck restraint policy; MN Rep. Omar: Chauvin trial has “been really traumatizing”; Expert: U.S....
ListenBreaking News: 1 officer killed, 1 wounded, attacker dead at U.S. Capitol; CNN&Amnesty International investigate shocking video of executions by Ethiopian soldiers; from 2021-04-02T21:36:23
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ListenNew video shows medics trying to revive George Floyd; Paramedic: I thought George Floyd was dead when I arrived; Parents of marine vet held in Russia turn to Biden admin for help; from 2021-04-01T21:23:25
Paramedic: Even from a distance I could tell George Floyd was unresponsive, not breathing; Floyd’s girlfriend: We both struggled with opioid addiction; Floyd’s girlfriend: His neck injury led to hi...
ListenEyewitness in tears rewatching video of Floyd incident; Pfizer: vaccine 100% effective in children aged 12-15; President Biden unveils $2T infrastructure proposal from 2021-03-31T22:22:50
Worker testifies about getting alleged fake bill from Floyd; Pfizer: vaccine 100% effective in children aged 12-15; CDC: Covid-19 was third leading cause of death last year To learn more about how ...
ListenFive witnesses who saw Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck testify; Second day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; from 2021-03-30T21:27:02
Witness: I stay up at night apologizing to George Floyd; Witnesses to Floyd’s death: “It wasn’t right. He was suffering”; Witness: No violence from bystanders, only from officers; Witness who recor...
ListenFirst witnesses testify in trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin; This week: Biden to unveil multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan; COVID cases up in 27 states, national average jumps by 16%; from 2021-03-29T23:32:16
Trial begins for Ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death; Prosecution, defense offer competing causes of death for Floyd; Prosecutors show video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck; Defense: Cha...
ListenBiden: Georgia voting law a “blatant attack on the constitution”; 45 states have seen bills aimed at rolling back voting access; Fauci: Redfield saying COVID-19 escaped from China lab just “an opinion”; Funerals begin next week for the 10 victims of Boulder shooting; Inside look at Brazil’s hospitals in crisis; from 2021-03-26T21:23:43
Biden suggests Justice Dept look into GA voting law; Georgia law restricts voting, Fox sued for $1.6 billion as Trump whitewashes MAGA mob; Kemp defends GA voting law: “It wasn’t a voting rights bi...
ListenBiden drilled with questions on migrant children, voting rights, North Korea launching missiles, gun control; 14% of Americans are fully vaccinated; Biden sets new goal of 200 million vaccines in first 100 days; Biden agrees filibuster is relief of Jim Crow era; Tornado touches down near Birmingham, AL; Survivors recount living through harrowing shooting; from 2021-03-25T21:30
Biden: “I make no apology” for ending policy on “separating children from their mothers”; Biden: GOP measures to restrict voting are “unamerican… it’s sick”; Biden: Republican party must decide whe...
ListenSupermarket attack renews debate over background checks; Messages show Oath Keepers leader planning for violence, says Trump called them to the Capitol; WH allows cameras into immigration facility, different from facility that sparked outrage; Massive efforts underway to vaccinate Native American tribe; March from 2021-03-24T22:00:10
Toomey, Manchin may revive bipartisan background checks bill; New video shows attack on slain officer during Jan. 6 riot; Admissions have dropped for ages 65+ with more vaccinations; Osage Nation h...
ListenAll 10 victims, suspect in boulder shooting identified; Biden calls on Congress to ban some semi-automatic weapons, close loopholes on background checks; GOP Sen. Kennedy compares gun violence to drunk driving; New video shows conditions inside Texas migrant facilities; Health officials question “outdated” AstraZeneca vaccine data; One of the architects of the big lie admits it was baseless; From Columbine to Boulder: Colorado’s dark history with mass shootings; from 2021-03-23T21:51
Witness live streams as shots ring out, bodies on floor; Biden: Gun control shouldn’t be partisan, “we have to act”; 3 crises in America all in focus today: Boulder massacre, border emergency and b...
ListenBiden admin facing surge of unaccompanied children at border; AstraZeneca: vaccine 79% effective against COVID symptoms, 100% effective against severe cases; Fmr prosecutor: sedition charges likely against some rioters; from 2021-03-22T22:16:32
Number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing U.S.-Mexico border continues to rise; New images show conditions for kids inside border facility; DHS secy: Border “closed but still accepting unac...
ListenBiden meets goal of 100M shots in 100 days today (day 58); One-on-one with Senior WH Covid Adviser Andy Slavitt; Biden and Harris meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta; Gov. Cuomo’s Counsel: It is in the Gov’ts right to share redated employment records; U.S. to China: Respect global norms or face “more violent” world; Biden sends Senator to Ethiopia amid “humanitarian crisis”; from 2021-03-19T21:12:20
CDC cuts distance needed in schools to 3 feet from 6 feet; Teacher’s unions skeptical of CDC change to distancing guidance; More states relax restrictions as experts warn of variants; U.S. averagin...
ListenBiden: Will meet goal of 100M shots in 100 days tomorrow, on day 58; Asian American communities on edge after shootings; FBI releases new videos of insurrectionists assaulting officers; Putin invites Biden to virtual talks, after Biden calls him a killer; CNN follows migrant children along U-S Mexico border; from 2021-03-18T21:21:09
Biden touts progress as U.S. nears 100M shots under his presidency; Official: CDC is expected to update physical distancing guidance for schools to three feet instead of six feet tomorrow; Biden ad...
ListenCuomo accuser calls impeachment inquiry cynical and corrupt; Atlanta shooting suspect charged with eight counts of murder; 14 states report new cases at least 10% higher than last week; Biden: Putin “will pay a price” for undermining 2020 election from 2021-03-17T21:50:03
Cuomo response to Biden: that’s true, if you committed a crime you can be prosecuted; CDC director won’t say if she believes President Trump is responsible for 500,000 American Covid deaths; Biden ...
ListenOne-on-one with California governor Gavin Newsom; First kids vaccinated in Moderna’s pediatric vaccine trial; Biden visits PA business to kick off “Help is Here Tour”; Biden faces bipartisan pressure to act quickly on border; More than a dozen countries pause AstraZeneca vaccine rollout; Texas among 43 states with bills to restrict voting; from 2021-03-16T21:42:32
LA County reopens indoor dining, gyms, movie theaters; Miami Beach mayor: “Now we’re politicizing a vaccine… it’s crazy”; Number of U.S. adults who have had Covid may be double the official case co...
ListenPresident Biden touts “shots in arms and money in pockets”; Growing number of Dems ask Biden to make urgent changes at border; NYC mayor: Cuomo scandals “making it harder to get things done”; CDC: 1 in 5 Americans has gotten at least one vaccine dose; from 2021-03-15T22:43:57
Biden announces former economic official Gene Sperling will lead implementation of $1.9T stimulus package; Biden, Harris&spouses sell stimulus on “help is here tour”; Biden: local doctors, leaders ...
ListenBiden & Dems tout $1.9T American Rescue Plan: “Help is here”; CDC: More than 100M vaccine doses administered in U.S.; Covid deaths, hospitalizations, daily cases all down almost 50% in one month; Seventh juror chosen in trial of former officer Derek Chauvin; Gov. Cuomo: “I’m not going to resign”; LA lags behind other major cities in reopening schools; from 2021-03-12T22:31:17
Biden: People will get stimulus checks as soon as this weekend; Biden on Covid relief: Now we have to implement it; After Covid relief, what’s next on Biden’s legislative agenda?; Emotional reunion...
ListenPresident Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill into law; Average COVID deaths, hospitalizations, daily cases all dramatically down since January peak; Veteran charged in insurrection worked in marine one unit; Top Biden officials to meet with Chinese counterparts next week; WFP: 400,000 children in Yemen at risk of dying of starvation; 59 NY Democratic lawmakers tell Cuomo to resign; from 2021-03-11T22:20:51
Biden, Harris & top officials to sell relief law to public; Tonight: Biden’s first primetime address on heels of relief bill victory; Rep. McCarthy: Covid bill isn’t about pandemic, is a “payoff fo...
ListenBiden scores major win with passage of $1.9T economic relief bill; Deaths and hospitalizations continue downward trend as states gamble with pandemic progress; CNN investigation finds U.S.-backed Saudi blockade is leading to deadly fuel & food shortages in Yemen from 2021-03-10T23:12:42
Biden: Covid relief bill a “historic victory for the American people”; Texas opens “100 percent” despite health officials warning against it; Alaska first state to open vaccine to all people 16 and...
ListenFBI releases new videos of suspect placing pipe bombs outside RNC, DNC headquarters; Tomorrow: House to vote on Biden's $1.9T Covid relief bill; CDC still advising fully vaccinated Americans to avoid travel; Queen's statement: We are "saddened" to learn how challenging it has been for Harry and Meghan; Republicans attack two Biden nominees of color up for top spots at DOJ; Report: 2 Mil Uyghurs & other minorities held captive in China, former detainees allege mass rapes & sterilization; from 2021-03-09T22:58:48
Covid relief deal includes $1,400 checks, more unemployment aid, billions for small businesses, vaccines & school improvements; WH still won't call influx of migrants at the border a "crisis"; Deba...
ListenCDC green lights some activities for fully vaccinated Americans; Prince Harry&Meghan interview airs in U.K. after 17M+ people watched in U.S.; White House event marking International women’s day; from 2021-03-08T22:54:46
There are now more Americans fully vaccinated than Americans who have ever been infected with COVID; New daily cases in the U.S. level off around 60,000; CDC recommends no travel even if you are fu...
ListenBiden: Jobs report proves relief bill is urgently needed; GOP delaying vote on $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill; NY State passes bill to repeal Cuomo’s executive powers on Covid; Georgia Republicans pushing bills to roll back voter access; WH Covid officials warn states against rushing reopening; How schools in Canada stayed open; from 2021-03-05T22:10:46
Senate at standstill as Dems try to win over Manchin on change to unemployment benefits; WH: $15 minimum wage is a priority for President Biden; GOP Sen: We have “a hundred” amendments “in the hopp...
ListenOne-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci; Investigators looking at communications between U.S. lawmakers & Capitol rioters; Senate opens debate on Covid bill, after VP Harris breaks tie; Small businesses have mixed feelings about TX lifting mask order; Biden turns to infrastructure as stimulus bill hits Senate; from 2021-03-04T22:19:24
Fauci: “Inexplicable” for states to lift restrictions; TX Gov defends decision to lift mask mandate: still suggesting masks, just not requiring them; Dr. Fauci: Texas decision to end restrictions i...
ListenFBI: Extremists plotting possible attack on Capitol tomorrow over Qanon conspiracy theory; CDC says next month or two is “pivotal,” warns it’s too soon for states to end restrictions; CNN exclusive: internal documents reveal packed facilities, more unaccompanied kids crossing border from 2021-03-03T23:17:29
DC National Guard chief says it took more than three hours to approve request to send troops to Capitol on Jan. 6th; McCaul agrees Secy of Army needs to testify to explain why National Guard wasn’t...
ListenFBI Director calls Capitol attack “domestic terrorism”; Mississippi and Texas to lift mask mandates, fully reopen in defiance of dire CDC warnings “we aren’t out of the woods yet”; Biden gives update on Covid vaccine effort; Inside look as Chicago schools reopen after nearly a year; NYT: Third woman accuses Gov. Cuomo of unwanted advances; from 2021-03-02T22:31:24
FBI Director rejects GOP conspiracy theories, says no proof antifa or fake Trump supporters involved in Capitol attack; Wray: Report warning of Jan 6th violence was sent to law enforcement agencies...
ListenThird life-saving vaccine on its way to Americans as CDC director gives stark warning about cases & deaths; Trump hints at 2024 presidential run after his 2020 loss; Second Gov. Cuomo accuser: he “has refused to acknowledge or take responsibility” for his actions; DHS secy: Trump admin gutted the U.S. immigration system; from 2021-03-01T23:14:19
U.S. begins distribution of Johnson & Johnson vaccine; First trucks carrying J&J vaccine arriving at UPS shipping facility this afternoon; CA lawmakers agree on plan to get kids back into classroom...
ListenU.S. announces sanctions for Saudis involved in Khashoggi murder, except Crown Prince; Senate ruling: $15 minimum wage can’t be included in bill; WH faces backlash from Dems after Biden ordered Syria strikes without Congressional approval; CPAC’s conservative stars continue to idolize Trump; Supreme Court considers case of Army reserve vet who says military “burn pit” in Iraq made him sick; from 2021-02-26T22:32:29
U.S. Intel Report: Saudi Crown Prince approved operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi; U.S. Intel Report: Saudi crown price viewed Khashoggi as a threat and supported using violence to silenc...
ListenLawmakers frustrated by lack of answers from top officials responsible for protecting Capitol; Trump planning political comeback, mulling presidential run; Biden marks 50M vaccines administered since he took office; New highly-contagious variants found in New York and California; New push to unseat CA Gov. Gavin Newsom; from 2021-02-25T22:18:38
One year ago, Trump team said Covid & terrorism wouldn’t hit U.S.; Capitol Police Chief says emergency protocols weren’t followed, officers overwhelmed; Law enforcement officials continue to blame ...
ListenU.S. closer to first single-dose vaccine after Johnson & Johnson version clears major FDA hurdle; Dem divide on Biden OMB nominee, push for $15 minimum wage; Sheriff: Woods’ survival from crash “nothing short of a miracle”; First interview with Biden’s Veterans Affairs Secretary from 2021-02-24T23:06:58
Promising signs in pandemic: vaccine progress, cases and hospitalizations down, deaths slow in new estimate; WH: 3-4 million doses of J&J vaccine to go out next week if FDA grants emergency use; Mo...
ListenSheriff: Tiger Woods in car crash, removed by “jaws of life”; Ex-Capitol Police Chief: “Criminals came prepared for war”; Officials say they didn’t see intelligence warning of attack; Biden’s nominees face tough questions in Senate hearings; Trump one year ago today: We have Covid-19 “very much under control in this country”; from 2021-02-23T22:37:11
Tiger Woods injured after car flipped in single-car crash; Golf Digest: Tiger Woods suffered multiple leg injuries, in surgery following accident; Sheriff: Tiger Woods’ vehicle crossed onto wrong s...
ListenU.S. passes 500,000 COVID-19 deaths; Biden’s AG pick Merrick Garland testifying on Capitol Hill; Supreme Court allows release of Trump tac returns to NY prosecutors; from 2021-02-22T23:18:53
Garland: I will be a lawyer for the people, not the president; Garland chokes up as he speaks of immigrant family and his desire to pay back the U.S. by serving as Atty General; Garland: will pursu...
ListenBiden visits Pfizer manufacturing site amid vaccine delays; Biden: “I believe we’ll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year… but I can’t make that commitment to you”; Power grid operator urges Texans to conserve energy despite end to electricity emergency; Israel study: Covid infections plummeted 85% after first dose of Pfizer vaccine, Canada researchers find 90% drop; Thorny political issues hang over Garland’s confirmation hearing; from 2021-02-19T22:17:29
WH: Backlog of 6 million vaccine doses due to weather; Biden defends Covid aid plan, says “I’m open” to GOP’s suggestions on cutting costs responsibly; 5% of U.S. population fully vaccinated; Exper...
ListenMillions of Texans still without the basics: Heat, water, power; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz jets to Cancun as Texans struggle to survive; Biden White House unveils sweeping immigration bill; CDC: U.S. life expectancy dropped a full year in first half of 2020; U.S. accuses China of genocide of Uyghur Muslims; from 2021-02-18T22:18:49
At least 42 deaths amid winter freeze expected to continue for days; Winter storms cripple fragile vaccine distribution; 400K without power, 13.5M facing water issues in Texas; Mayor: 40,000 withou...
ListenShifting messages from Biden admin on teacher vaccinations & reopening schools; More than 3m customers still without power in freezing Texas; Trump slams McConnell as a “dour, sullen, & unsmiling political hack” despite voting for acquittal; WH wants vaccines for teachers, but leaves it up to the states from 2021-02-17T22:59:08
Biden pushes back timeline, says vaccines widely available for public by end of July; Biden admin: early shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s single dose vaccine will be smaller than expected; Warren &...
ListenBiden leaving shortly for CNN Town Hall amid economic, Covid crises; Trump team: Giuliani is no longer representing Trump; 5M+ without power, most in Texas where temps are below freezing; Lawmaker sues Trump for conspiracy to incite Capitol riot; U.S. has given 55M+ vaccine doses, averaging 1.7M per day; Murder, vandalism, assaults on the rise against Asian-Americans; from 2021-02-16T22:16:52
Bipartisan group of govs asks Biden to improve vaccine rollout; WH weekly vaccine supply increasing to 13.5 million doses; Fauci: It will take until end of summer or early fall to vaccinate vast ma...
ListenNew cases, hospitalizations declining sharply in the U.S.; Pelosi announces 9/11-type investigation into deadly riot; Trump faces mounting legal trouble dispute impeachment acquittal; Cuomo denies he covered up COVID deaths in nursing homes; from 2021-02-15T22:45:34
CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; CNN: 89% of U.S. kids live in “red zones” where CDC advises in-person classrooms can stay closed; CDC...
ListenHouse impeachment managers present case to convict Trump from 2021-02-11T22:39
Impeachment managers finish presenting case, Trump lawyers next; Impeachment managers wrap case after citing Trump’s words, tweets, lack of remorse, danger he still presents To learn more about how...
ListenSenate leaders lay out rules of Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial; CDC director: cases going down, but “keep your guard up”; WH: Biden will not spend much time, if any, watching trial; Biden promised his family would not have any conflict of interest with his presidency; from 2021-02-08T23:10:07
Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Trump impeachment trail rules; Schumer: each side will get 16 hours over two days to present their arguments in Trump’s trial; Schumer: house managers requested sen...
ListenVaccine doses given outnumbered new cases 10-to-1 this week in the U.S.; Biden: I don’t “have the conscience” to agree to smaller bill; GOP plots a path forward after votes expose fractures in party; from 2021-02-05T22:40:02
Johnson & Johnson asks FDA for emergency use authorization of CVOVID-19 vaccine; CDC to give guidance on schools in coming week; CDC director says schools should re-open, WH says those remarks made...
ListenDems ask Trump to testify under oath at impeachment trial; Soon: House vote over Rep. Greene’s committee assignments;Awaiting house vote over Rep Greene’s committee assignments; Rep. Greene on conspiracy comments: These were in the past, do not represent me; Rep. Greene attempts to rewrite history, doesn’t apologize for spreading conspiracy theories about 9/11, school shootings; Kevin Mccarthy pretends not to know what Qanon is despite denouncing conspiracy theory in August; Fmr Trump Adviser: from 2021-02-04T23:54
Dems ask Trump to testify under oath at impeachment trial; Soon: House vote over Rep. Greene’s committee assignments;Awaiting house vote over Rep Greene’s committee assignments; Rep. Greene on cons...
ListenNow: House GOP meeting, may decide fate of Reps. Cheney & Greene; 100,000+ Americans have already died from Covid-19 in 2021; TSA: 493k passengers passed through U.S. airports Tuesday, near six-month low; Biden tells House Dems to “stick together” in Covid relief push from 2021-02-03T23:10:22
Study: younger adults are the biggest Covid spreaders in the U.S.; CDC director: teachers don’t need to be vaccinated to safely reopen schools; Study shows Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine might help sto...
ListenFirst look at arguments from Trump lawyers, Democrats; GOP faces internal battles over political fates of Cheney, Greene; Dem Impeachment Managers: “Trump’s responsibility for the events of January 6 is unmistakable; Biden Admin announces direct vaccine shipments to pharmacies; WH: Risk for Covid relief bill is going too small, not too big; Why many black Americans are hesitant to get Covid vaccine; Police in Moscow detain 750+ protesters outside Navalny hearing; from 2021-02-02T22:42:37
New arguments submitted ahead of trial start next week; Trump team argues he was exercising his first amendment right in questioning election results; Dr. Fauci warns of reinfection risk if new var...
ListenSoon: Biden, Harris to meet with 10 GOP senators on stimulus; Fauci: Biden admin will keep following two-dose vaccine plan; Trump legal team gets overhaul on cusp of senate trial; White House: Biden hopes to sign new exec. actions on immigration tomorrow; from 2021-02-01T22:42:18
Moderate Sen. Manchin on Harris pushing relief bill with local WV media: “that’s not a way of working together”; WH says they are in touch with Sen. Manchin after he slams VP Harris for doing inter...
ListenBarr to AP: No evidence of fraud that would change election; Biden vows to build back an economy for all Americans; Average of U.S. daily cases increased by 95% during November; Hospitalizations have doubled since Nov 1 & tripled since Oct 1; from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AG Barr appoints special counsel to investigate 2016 campaign & Russia; Trump Campaign dismisses DOJ conclusion there’s no widespread election fraud; Trump Atty says his comments that top election ...
ListenBiden, Harris receive first presidential daily brief today; Operation warp speed official: 100% of Americans who want a vaccine will have gotten one by June; from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trump repeats baseless, debunked election conspiracies; Biden names econ team, picks Janet Yellen for treasury secy; Biden announces all-female senior WH coms team; Arizona certifies Biden’s win, a...
ListenFirst one-dose vaccine shows 85% protection against severe Covid; Fauci: “We will continue” to see new mutations of Covid; As Republicans attack Rep. Liz Cheney for impeachment vote, no punishment so far for Rep. Greene’s violent posts; Lawmakers on high alert as DHS warns of continued threats of violence; Schools & suicides during the pandemic; from 2021-01-29T22:41:26
CDC: Nearly 28 million vaccine doses administered in the U.S.; Johnson & Johnson is 66% effective in global trial, 85% effective against severe disease; Health experts worry current vaccines could ...
ListenPresident pushing $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill despite stalemate; U.S. economy shrinks in 2020, worst since 1946; Pelosi on security concerns: “The enemy is within the House of Representatives”; South Carolina detects first U.S. cases of South African variant; NY Attorney General report: NY state undercounted Covid nursing home deaths; from 2021-01-28T22:33:32
Police Affidavit: Armed man arrested near Capitol Wednesday had “stop the steal” paperwork with list of lawmakers; GOP leader McCarthy meets with Trump in Florida today; Gaetz rallies against fello...
ListenBiden adviser says it will be “months” before anyone who wants a vaccine can get one; Homeland Security warns of potential violence by election deniers and anti-government extremists; Biden signs executive actions to tackle climate change; Chicago teachers threaten to strike of forced to return to schools without more safety measures from 2021-01-27T22:47:30
Schumer slams GOP Senators who voted to reject constitutionality of impeachment trial; Source: Kevin McCarthy to meet with Trump tomorrow in Florida; Romney: Republicans need to disavow election li...
ListenBiden signs flurry of Executive Orders on racial equality; Senators sworn in for Trump impeachment trial; Biden to announce plans to order 200 million more doses of vaccine; State GOP officials push conspiracies, condemn anti-Trump Republicans; from 2021-01-26T22:39:28
Senators vote 55-45 against questioning trial’s constitutionality; Five GOP Sens. vote with Dems on impeachment procedural vote; GOP Officials in AZ & OR condemn anti-Trump Republicans; Republican ...
ListenBiden: I think we can get to 1.5 million doses per day; Trump plotted to install loyalist as acting AG to overturn election; Moderna expects vaccine to protect against highly-contagious variants; from 2021-01-25T22:33
Biden pledges to “eliminate the vitriol”; President Biden announces plan to strengthen manufacturing in U.S.; Biden: I think we will be able to vaccine 1.5 million people per day;
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Biden on the economy: We’re in a national emergency; House will deliver Trump impeachment article to Senate on Monday; Fauci: U.S. “can & should” vaccinate up to 85% of adults by fall; Health experts advocate for more N95 masks in public over cloth & surgical coverings; First lady Jill Biden thanks Natl Guard troops on duty in DC; from 2021-01-22T22:38:04
Biden signs two more executive orders aimed at economic relief; Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first black Defense Secretary; Biden doesn’t object to McConnell’s request to delay Trump impeachm...
ListenPresident Biden, Vice President Harris now inside White House; Biden signs executive orders on pandemic, climate, race, economy; VP Harris swears in new Senators, including Georgia Democrats from 2021-01-20T22:45:40
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the White House
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President trump leaves office in disgrace, nation divided; Day one: Biden to sign roughly 12 executive orders; Experts fear the Capitol attack may be just the beginning of a surge of violence from right-wing extremists; US nears grim milestone of 400,000 deaths; from 2021-01-18T22:52:49
Sources: Trump expected to issue around 100 pardons; Trump planning major send-off as he snubs Biden inauguration; National Guard members in DC vetted amid fears of insider attack; Newly obtained v...
ListenBiden announces five-point plan to speed-up Covid vaccinations; Looming inaugural threats lead to militarized lockdown in DC; DOJ investigating growing number of law enforcement officers who allegedly took part in Capitol riot; U.S. reports deadliest two weeks of pandemic, on pace to reach 400,000 deaths by next week; Trump plans to depart WH morning of inauguration; from 2021-01-15T22:36:03
Biden urges vaccinating all Americans 65 and older to speed effort; Biden vows better communication with states about vaccine allocation; Biden on Covid: Things will get worse before they get bette...
ListenTrump impeached again, facing Senate trial with six days left; National Guard troops fortify D.C. ahead of Biden inauguration; U.S. reports 40K Covid deaths in 2021, CDC estimates 90K more deaths in three weeks; Days before inauguration, Biden tries to shift focus from impeachment trial to Covid agenda; from 2021-01-14T22:25:38
Sources: Trump irritated, in “self-pity” mode after second impeachment; Senate impeachment trial to begin after inauguration; GOP Source: McConnell telling colleagues he is genuinely undecided abou...
ListenPresident Trump impeached for second time from 2021-01-13T23:24
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ListenTrump warns against impeachment as GOP, Dems agree he needs to be held accountable for inciting riot; DC Atty General looking at charging Trump, others for inciting violence; FBI warns of armed protests in DC, all 50 state capitols; CEO’s respond to insurrection by halting political donations; More than 33,000 Covid deaths in U.S. since start of 2021; Virtual learning & strain on parents, especially mothers; from 2021-01-12T22:27:22
Trump takes no responsibility for inciting deadly riot despite telling crowd to “take back our country”; Trump claims speech ahead of attack where he told supporters to “fight like hell” was “total...
ListenTrump starts last full week in office facing likely impeachment; Law enforcement braces for potentially more extremist violence in DC and all 50 states before inauguration; Bien: “I’m not afraid of taking the oath outside”; 100,000+ Americans hospitalized with COVID for 40th day in a row; from 2021-01-11T22:37
House democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump; House formally introduces article of impeachment against Trump; Sources: Trump tells allies he isn’t to blame for capitol riots; GOP Sen Blu...
ListenBiden: “Good thing” Trump is not attending inauguration, but Pence is welcome; Article of Impeachment accusing Trump of “incitement of insurrection” could be presented to House Monday; Man seen in viral pic at Pelosi’s desk in FBI custody; WH Task Force warns of possible fast-spreading U.S. Covid variant; One-on-one with Gupta about keeping your brain sharp; from 2021-01-08T22:28:29
CNN obtains draft of Article of Impeachment against Trump, accuses him of inciting insurrection; Hours after White House statement on murdered Capitol officer, flag at WH remains at full staff; Bid...
ListenFour dead after Trump incites riot at U.S. Capitol; Pelosi: Congress may impeach if 25th amendment not invoked; Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly on the Capitol attack; Biden nominates judge Merrick Garland as attorney general; Inside look at what happened at the Capitol; NYT: Trump told aides he wants to pardon himself in final days; from 2021-01-07T23:20:21
Pelosi, Schumer, Kinzinger call for removal of Trump using 25th amendment; Trump claims there will be “orderly transition” after he incites mov to storm U.S. Capitol; Sources: Some cabinet members ...
ListenInsurrection in Washington following Trump encouragement; Biden speaking about U.S. Capitol mob violence; CNN projects Ossoff wins, Democrats gain control of Senate; Trump tells rioters to go home while repeating election lies from 2021-01-06T23:39:04
Biden to Trump: “step up”; VA Gov. dispatches state police to U.S. Capitol; Woman treated for gunshot wounds on Capitol grounds; DC mayor ordering 6pm curfew
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Frustrated GA election official debunks list of Trump’s false claims; GOP lawmakers planning to challenge election results on Wednesday; Group of frontline workers now first in U.S. to get both doses of Pfizer vaccine; FDA to consider giving half doses of Moderna vaccine; from 2021-01-04T22:44:29
Trump demands GA officials “find” votes to overturn his loss; Trump pressures GA officials in desperate attempt to cling to power: “I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.”; All 10 living former defe...
ListenTrump returns to WH ahead of GOP plan to challenge Biden win; Record number of U.S. Covid deaths for second day; CDC: Rapid antigen tests far less accurate than PCR tests; U.S. Defense Officials split on potential for Iranian attack; Crowdless Times Square prepares for subdued celebration; Managing stress and anxiety in the new year; from 2020-12-31T22:14:49
2 House Republicans tell CNN they expect at least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes; Source: McConnell calls out Hawley over plan to challenge Biden; Georgia Sen. Perdu...
ListenGOP Sen. Hawley to object to Electoral College results during joint session; U.S. vaccine rollout behind schedule with 1 day left in 2020; Gov. Newsom: mutant Covid-19 strain found in southern California; Newly-elected congressman Luke Letlow dies of Covid at age 41 from 2020-12-30T22:40:23
GOP Sen. Hawley to force vote on election results, setting up scenario GOP leaders hoped to avoid; U.S. hits new single-day high for deaths and hospitalizations; Gov. Newsom: mutant Covid-19 strain...
ListenBiden: I will use Defense Production Act to boost vaccine effort; Fauci on vaccine distribution: We’re “below where we want to be”; ICU capacity in Southern California hospitals down to 0%; Feeding America warns 50M people could face food insecurity; CO Governor: 1st case of UK COVID variant discovered in Colorado; from 2020-12-29T22:13:16
Biden aims to give 100 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office; Biden: Things are going to get worse before they get better; Biden: Vaccine distribution will be greatest operational c...
ListenBiden: Trump administration’s behavior during transition is “nothing short of irresponsibility”; Officials: bomber killed in explosion, motive still unknown; TSA: 1.3 million people passed through airports Sunday; Novavax vaccine staring phase 3 clinical trials; from 2020-12-28T22:47:28
Biden: transition team “encountered roadblocks” from Trump admin; VP-elect Harris, husband to get COVID vaccine tomorrow; Trump backs down, signs COVID relief bill and avoids shutdown; Trump golfs ...
ListenTrump unleashes chaos on his way out the door; December on track to be the deadliest month of the pandemic; House GOP votes against raising stimulus checks to $2,000; Health care workers spend holidays on the front lines; from 2020-12-25T00:08:25
CNN: Trump has told people Pence isn’t fighting hard enough for him; Dingell: Trump “doesn’t give a damn” about people needing relief; Trump throws nation into turmoil: Pardons allies, upends relie...
ListenTrump vetoes massive defense bill despite bipartisan support; Officials: second new Covid strain is “more transmissible”; Massacre survivors slam Trump’s pardons for Blackwater guards; Biden says he hasn’t been briefed on suspected Russian hack from 2020-12-23T22:48:08
Trump unleashes chaos with veto, pardons, stimulus deal objection; Trump does not take reporter questions on his way to Florida after vetoing defense spending bill; Warp Speed using Defense Product...
ListenBiden: “I’m gonna tell it to you straight” on COVID crisis; Fauci gets Moderna vaccine on tv as vote of confidence; Anxiety at pentagon over Trump’s unpredictable next move; First Latino senator to represent California as Gov. Newsom picks Alex Padilla to fill Harris’ seat; from 2020-12-22T22:29:29
Biden: recent cyberattack is “grave risk”, no evidence situation is under control; Biden: Trump’s failure on Russia “will land on my doorstep”; Biden: $900B COVID bill on a “down payment” on what’s...
ListenFirst doses of Moderna’s vaccine administered today; Pres-elect Biden, incoming first lady get first vaccine doses; AG Barr rebukes Trump claim: we don’t need a special counsel to look into voter fraud; Russian spy duped into revealing details of plot to poison opposition leader Alexey Navalny; from 2020-12-21T22:36:53
TSA pandemic record: 1M+ travelers for 3 days in a row; New virus variant in U.K. may be 70% more transmissible; Dozens of nations shut down travel to U.K. due to new, highly transmissible COVID-19...
ListenVP, Karen Pence, Surgeon General, Pelosi, McConnell vaccinated; COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record for 12th straight day; Govt runs out of money at midnight as stimulus talks drag on; Trump tweets about "Russian hoax" as VP Pence got Covid vaccine; Donation group estimates +54M Americans face food crisis; from 2020-12-18T22:46:39
California nears breaking point as COVID-19 surges; LA Mayor: ICU bed availability at 0% in Southern California; CDC reports highest-ever number of drug overdoses in a year; Michigan governor eases...
ListenWorst Day Ever: U.S. sees record deaths, cases, hospitalizations; FDA panel reviews emergency authorization for Moderna vaccine; $600 stimulus checks remain sticking point in negotiations; Several U.S. agencies attacked by suspected Russian hackers; +913K ballots already cast in Georgia Senate runoff races; from 2020-12-17T23:14:23
Trump out of sight as U.S. faces worsening pandemic, WH Transition, ongoing cyberattack, no stimulus deal; Former National Security Adviser: Trump must get past his election grievances and govern; ...
ListenSecond vaccine likely authorized this week while U.S. experiences grim reality of surging pandemic; Hundreds of Trump allies lobbying him for pardons; Pete Buttigieg to become first openly gay cabinet member; Congressional leaders on verge of $900b Covid relief deal with $600 stimulus checks included from 2020-12-16T22:44
Politico: top Trump appointee pushed herd immunity theory internally, said “we want them infected”; Trump fires back after McConnell congratulates Biden; Sources: Trump pushing for appointment of s...
ListenPfizer vaccines being given in U.S.; Moderna vaccine expected to be authorized this week; Trump refuses to accept election results after electoral college confirms Biden win; Biden campaigns in crucial Georgia senate runoffs; McConnell: “we’re not leaving” without a COVID deal; from 2020-12-15T22:43:33
Fauci: “bittersweet” to see vaccines happening the same time COVID-19 is surging in the U.S.; U.S. medical workers start receiving COVID-19 vaccine; FDA panel document: Moderna vaccine safe, 94.5% ...
ListenBiden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; Michigan congressman leaving the Republican Party; U.S. deaths surpass 300,000 as first Covid vaccinations begin from 2020-12-14T23:17:13
Biden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; WH Adviser: Trump looking to “long shot” challenge in Congress; The Electoral College is casting its votes for president
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One-on-one with “Operation Warp Speed” Moncef Slaoui; Supreme Court could make decision on Texas lawsuit any moment; U.S. averaging 2,200+ deaths, 210,000+ new cases daily; Biden introduces more cabinet nominees & senior advisers; Millions on brink of financial crisis as stimulus talks stall; from 2020-12-11T23:03:35
Sources: White House told FDA Chief to authorize Pfizer vaccine today or resign; CNN: Messaging failures around COVID vaccine distribution; Admin Official: Most states expect to use up first COVID ...
ListenFDA panel to vote on emergency use of Pfizer’s vaccine; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; 853,000 Americans file for first-time unemployment benefits from 2020-12-10T22:48:56
U.S. reports more Covid deaths in one day than Pearl Harbor or 9/11; More than 100 House Republicans support Trump-backed Texas lawsuit seeking to invalidate millions of votes; Biden adds more form...
ListenFDA advisory committee to meet tomorrow to consider emergency use of Pfizer vaccine; Hunter Biden says U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware is investigating his “tax affairs”; Several stimulus proposals on the table as time winds down; Trump spends last weeks in office pushing election lies from 2020-12-09T22:50:05
WH task force: vaccine will not reduce spread until late Spring; Covid deaths average 2,200 a day, 123% spike in one month; Idaho health meeting abruptly cut short as protestors gather outside home...
ListenTrump falsely claims he won; Biden vows 100M vaccine doses in 100 days; U.S. tops 15 million COVID cases, record 102K hospitalizations; Senate Dems slam GOP for allowing discredited vaccine sceptic to testify at COVID hearing; from 2020-12-09T00:32
Trump falsely claims he won the election during vaccine event; NYT: Trump admin turned down Pfizer’s offer to buy more vaccine doses months ago; Source: Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis tests positive for ...
ListenOne million Americans diagnosed with Covid in just five days; Make-or-break week for congressional action on Covid relief; Sources: Trump campaign legal efforts may be coming to an end; CNN analysis: first shipments of U.S. vaccine doses will fall short from 2020-12-07T22:39:09
Fauci: middle of January could be “dark time” for Covid in U.S.; New York may close indoor dining in NYC this week if hospitalizations don’t drop; Pfizer vaccine could get authorization this week, ...
ListenBiden: Future “very bleak” without another COVID relief package; Biden: I will ask Americans to wear masks for my first 100 days; One-on-one with ousted DHS Official who rebuked Trump; Fauci: U.S. yet to see “full brunt” of post-Thanksgiving peak; GOP concerned Trump could suppress voter turnout in Georgia Senate runoffs; from 2020-12-04T23:20:17
Biden: U.S. in “dire, dire, dire straits” without new aid package soon; Biden doesn’t commit to appointing person of color as Attorney General or Defense Secretary; Biden: Inauguration “probably wi...
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