White House wants to improve housing affordability
White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes. It’s a response to the volcanic rise in housing prices over…
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House panel to debate Afghanistan, China and critical race theory during hearing on defense bill
Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee are planning to file dozens of amendments on a major defense bill Wednesday that will force…
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Biden’s first August as president shreds his momentum and tosses daunting new challenges in his path
By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden tried twice last month to get to his beach house on the Delaware coast. He…
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Slow moving water projects concern Californians amid drought
California voters agreed to borrow billions of dollars during the last drought to build more water storage projects. But seven years later, none of…
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Arizona Senator Kelly makes statement on Afghanistan withdrawal
Arizona Senator Mark Kelly recently made a statement following the withdrawal of U.S. troopers in…
Continue Reading January 6 committee to ask telecommunications companies to preserve phone records of members of Congress who participated in ‘Stop the Steal’ rally
By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the deadly January 6 riot has requested…
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‘We can’t do enough’: Lawmakers flooded by evacuation pleas
The lawmakers are being flooded with requests for help getting people onto one of the last flights coming out of the Kabul airport before…
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Supreme Court allowing evictions to continue, how Arizona renters can get help
The first of the month is coming up, meaning that for many rent is almost due. For those who can’t pay up, they now face eviction after the Supreme…
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Elected leaders react to deaths of American service members in Kabul attack
The Desert Southwest’s elected federal leaders are expressing their shock and sadness at the loss of American lives in Thursday morning’s bombing at…
Continue Reading Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 speaks publicly for first time: ‘I know that day I saved countless lives’
By Marshall Cohen, CNN The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity…
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The most ridiculous historical arguments denying women the right to vote
Today, women being able to vote is a given. A no-brainer.…
Continue Reading Pelosi and other lawmakers criticize unauthorized trip to Afghanistan
By Jeremy Herb, Ryan Nobles, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t mince words Wednesday about her view of two…
Continue Reading Why some US Capitol rioters are getting no jail time
By Tierney Sneed, CNN When it comes to holding the January 6 US Capitol rioters to account, the Justice Department has plenty of tools in its…
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Arizona high court delays release of audit records
Cyber Ninjas will not need to imminently release records of their review of the 2020 vote count in Maricopa County.…
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EPA to ban a food pesticide after 14 years of pressure from environmental, labor groups
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will end use of chlorpyrifos on all food products…
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Taliban: No extensions for U.S. evacuations in Afghanistan
A Taliban spokesman says the U.S. must complete its evacuation of people from Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 date the Biden administration set for the…
Continue Reading Taliban say they won’t allow Afghans to leave country, reject evacuation extension
By Nick Paton Walsh, Brad Lendon, Sheena McKenzie and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban said Tuesday that they were “not allowing the…
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House Democrats to vote on infrastructure this week
Divisions among the Democratic party could come to a head later this week as lawmakers take on…
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Arizona 2020 election audit report due to GOP-led state Senate
The company that conducted Arizona’s review of the 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 presidential election is set Monday to…
Continue Reading Capitol bomb threat suspect charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction
By Christina Carrega, Marshall Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has charged Capitol bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry with…
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