Pentagon pauses HIV-positive recruit training while signaling it may soon reinstate a ban on their enlistment

The Pentagon has ordered the military command that oversees new recruits’ enlistment to hold off on initial training for people who are HIV-positive and recently enlisted in the military, CNN has learned, saying that a decision on reinstating a Defense Depart… read more...

Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency

President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice. read more...

‘Blood on the streets’: Iranian who fled Karaj tells of brutal crackdown on protesters

Farzat never meant to be a taxi driver. While he was studying law in Tehran, he dabbled in politics. That’s when his troubles began, he told CNN. He was arrested and jailed four times over the last nine years. Because of his “criminal” record, the university … read more...

Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia’s first female governor in historic inauguration

Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn into office Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, amid a cold drizzle outside the state Capitol after centuries of men holding the commonwealth’s top office. read more...

Breaking down the ‘Heated Rivalry’ fame machine, and what it means to ‘frictionmaxx’ | CNN

In this special episode of The Assignment, Audie Cornish reunites with Ari Shapiro to talk about… gay hockey. The two friends share their thoughts on the rise of Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, discuss how their trajectories may follow everyone from Jenni… read more...

No, Trump can’t cancel the midterms. He’s doing this instead

Worried about losing unified Republican power in Washington and mystified at his lack of support among the public, President Donald Trump keeps talking about not holding the November midterm elections, when Republicans could lose control of the House, Senate … read more...

Why people in 2026 are hung up on 2016

Celebrities and laypeople are sharing fond memories from 2016, the era of face “baking” and #ImWithHer, when some of the biggest national dramas pitted Kim Kardashian against Taylor Swift. read more...

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why. read more...

From ‘A+’ grade to ‘we can’t stand this much longer,’ Georgia voters take stock of Trump’s first year back in office

Franz Rowland has heard President Donald Trump endlessly brag about a roaring economy, but he’s seen few signs of it from his cotton farm here in southern Georgia. read more...

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