Live updates: Shooting at Perry High School in Iowa ( www.cnn.com )
Former Uvalde school police chief, officer indicted in 1st-ever criminal charges over failed response to 2022 mass shooting ( www.cnn.com )
Kraft recalls faulty American cheese singles that might be ‘unpleasant’ or make you gag - CNN ( www.cnn.com )
[Analysis] What is no-fault divorce, and why do some conservatives want to get rid of it? | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.
At least 22 dead and suspect at large in mass shootings in area of Lewiston, Maine ( www.cnn.com )
Live news. I’m seeing at least 22 dead via NBC. Here’s a feed from ABC: abcnews.go.com/…/lewiston-maine-mass-shooting/?id…...
[News] Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Russian intelligence is operating a systematic program to launder pro-Kremlin propaganda through private relationships between Russian operatives and unwitting US and western targets, according to newly declassified US intelligence....
White House condemns Fox News over 'dangerous and extreme' Holocaust comments from top host ( www.cnn.com )
The White House condemned Fox News on Tuesday over remarks made by one of its top hosts about the holocaust, denouncing the comments as a “horrid, dangerous, and extreme lie” that “insults the memory of the millions of people who suffered from the evils” committed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime....
[CNN] Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles ( www.cnn.com )
Darryl George: Texas judge rules school district can restrict the length of male students’ natural hair ( www.cnn.com )
Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start....
[News] John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business ( www.cnn.com )
The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
Tennessee State House votes to 'silence' Rep. Justin Jones, 1 of 2 Democrats expelled earlier this year ( www.cnn.com )
Mortgage rates soar to their highest level in 21 years ( www.cnn.com )
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% in the week ending August 17, up from 6.96% the week before. Rates have been above 6.5% since the end of May and climbing higher since mid-July. This week’s average rate is the highest the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has been since April 2002 when it was 7.13%.
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
NY Gov Hochul delays controversial NYC congestion pricing plan ‘indefinitely’. ( www.cnn.com )
cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/112567436249982605...
Trump posts nearly $92 million bond in E. Jean Carroll defamation case ( www.cnn.com )
Short version: Trump worked with a subsidiary of a Swiss insurance concern called Chubb whose CEO was a Trump appointee during his time in office. It’s unknown what if any collateral Trump had to put up....
Kenneth Chesebro: Pro-Trump lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case, implicates Trump in fake elector conspiracy ( www.cnn.com )
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[CNN] Look inside the world’s largest 3D-printed neighborhood in Texas | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
House Ethics Committee reaching out to witnesses in revived Matt Gaetz probe ( www.cnn.com )
Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use or other misconduct.
Biden administration announces $39 billion in student debt relief following administrative fixes ( www.cnn.com )
A new Texas law forces vendors to rate sexual content in schoolbooks. They're not happy about it ( www.cnn.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ninja/post/49635...
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says he is voting for Biden in November ( www.cnn.com )
Former Georgia Republican Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan on Monday said he will vote for President Joe Biden in November, arguing former President Donald Trump “has disqualified himself through his conduct and his character.”...
A Texas woman is suing the prosecutors who charged her with murder after her self-induced abortion ( www.cnn.com )
[CNN] Texas has until the end of today to stop blocking federal access to miles of the US-Mexico border ( www.cnn.com )
The Department of Homeland Security warns it will – by the end of Wednesday – “refer the matter to the Department of Justice for appropriate action and consider all other options available to restore Border Patrol’s access to the border” if Texas doesn’t confirm it will “cease and desist its efforts to block Border...
