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  • Pelosi honored with official portrait and emotional tributes at unveiling ceremony

    Pelosi honored with official portrait and emotional tributes at unveiling ceremony

     

    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s official portrait was unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday at the US Capitol, with speeches from old allies and political sparring-mates who reminisced on her historic tenure.

    ​House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s official portrait was unveiled in a ceremony Wednesday at the US Capitol, with speeches from old allies and political sparring-mates who reminisced on her historic tenure. 

  • McConnell and McCarthy are on a collision course

    McConnell and McCarthy are on a collision course

     

    House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.

    ​House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. 

  • CNN Poll: Americans have little appetite for Biden-Trump rematch in 2024

    CNN Poll: Americans have little appetite for Biden-Trump rematch in 2024

     

    There’s little appetite for a 2020 rematch in the coming presidential election, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as majorities of registered voters within each party say they’d rather see someone new nominated in 2024.

    ​There’s little appetite for a 2020 rematch in the coming presidential election, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as majorities of registered voters within each party say they’d rather see someone new nominated in 2024. 

  • Former US ambassadors push for help for Afghan allies in spending bill

    Former US ambassadors push for help for Afghan allies in spending bill

     

    A group of retired ambassadors, all of whom served as chief of mission at the US Embassy in Afghanistan, have written a letter to congressional leaders pushing them to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the omnibus spending bill.

    ​A group of retired ambassadors, all of whom served as chief of mission at the US Embassy in Afghanistan, have written a letter to congressional leaders pushing them to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the omnibus spending bill. 

  • House to vote on stopgap bill to avert shutdown at end of the week

    House to vote on stopgap bill to avert shutdown at end of the week

     

    The House is expected to vote late on Wednesday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of this week with funding currently set to expire on Friday at midnight.

    ​The House is expected to vote late on Wednesday to pass a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of this week with funding currently set to expire on Friday at midnight. 

  • Biden administration warns of potential influx of migrants immediately after Title 42 ends

    Biden administration warns of potential influx of migrants immediately after Title 42 ends

     

    The end of a Trump-era border policy next week will “likely increase migration flows immediately,” and migrants who are in encampments along Mexico’s northern border may attempt to cross into the United States, according to a Homeland Security intelligence memo reviewed by CNN.

    ​The end of a Trump-era border policy next week will “likely increase migration flows immediately,” and migrants who are in encampments along Mexico’s northern border may attempt to cross into the United States, according to a Homeland Security intelligence memo reviewed by CNN. 

  • Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as Covid cases surge

    Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as Covid cases surge

     

    An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores.

    ​An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores. 

  • Why Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto

    Why Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Jimmy Fallon and other celebrities are getting sued over crypto

     

    With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding themselves under fresh legal scrutiny.

    ​With the implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX dominating the headlines, celebrities who hawked cryptocurrency are now finding themselves under fresh legal scrutiny. 

  • Jury deliberations begin in trial of ex-Texas police officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home

     

    A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder in the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home.

    ​A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder in the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home. 

  • Attention procrastinators: Drop-dead holiday shipping deadlines are coming soon

    Attention procrastinators: Drop-dead holiday shipping deadlines are coming soon

     

    It happens every year — the mad dash to ship holiday gifts to get them to loved ones on time.

    ​It happens every year — the mad dash to ship holiday gifts to get them to loved ones on time.