Skip to main content

Tuesday's top stories

Biden picks Damian Williams to lead powerful Manhattan U.S. attorney's office

Joe Biden.

U.S. envoy warns Taliban of global cutoff if Afghanistan taken by force

Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. special representative on Afghanistan reconciliation, in Washington, D.C., in May 2021.
Updated Aug 10, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Ron Kind to retire, vacating competitive swing seat

Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wisc.) walking out of the Capitol in May 2021.

"Long overdue": Biden praises Senate passage of bipartisan infrastructure package

Joe Biden, with Kamala Harris, speaks about the infrastructure bill on Aug. 10

Kathy Hochul to become New York's first female governor

Picture of Kathy Hochul
Aug 10, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York

Senate passes $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package

Biden with bipartisan senators

NSA watchdog to investigate Tucker Carlson's allegations he was spied on

Tucker Carlson

SoftBank plans to "wait and see" on China's domestic techlash

Masa Son

IPCC's journey from "probable" to "unequivocal" on human-caused warming

Illustration of the earth as an archery bulls-eye pierced by dart-like pencils.
Aug 10, 2021 - Economy

Exclusive: Salesforce enters the streaming wars

Salesforce+ logo on a theater stage.

AOC bucks up Texas Democrats in voting effort

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is seen speaking outside the U.S. Capitol.
Aug 10, 2021 - Economy

Workers quit at historic clip

Aug 10, 2021 - Science

Heat wave engulfs much of U.S., as wildfires rage in West

Weather map of the United States showing orange and red colors marking a heat wave in August 2021.

Big Telecom comes out on top in $65B broadband upgrade

Illustration of ethernet cables arranged to look like the U.S. flag
Aug 10, 2021 - Economy

Office politics move into the home

Illustration of an office cubicle with a roof like a house.

First look: DNC launching "Build Back Better" bus tour

Illustration of the DNC's bus

J.D. Vance gets conservative boost as cable coverage thrives

JD Vance

Congress' half-trillion dollar weapon

Illustration of coins streaming into a cup made from the U.S. Capitol Dome.

One place where Trump still wins

Illustration of an orange book with a red tie bookmark
Aug 10, 2021 - Health

Pediatric COVID hospitalizations soar

Illustration of a child looking at a giant covid virus casting a long shadow
Aug 10, 2021 - Technology

Tokyo Olympics ratings spiral, spelling trouble for traditional TV

Illustration of an old-fashioned television with colored bars on it and the Olympic logo
Updated Aug 10, 2021 - Science

Thousands of Californians under evacuation orders as Dixie Fire nears 500,000 acres

A burned vehicle sits among destroyed structures caused by the Dixie Fire on August 9, 2021 situated near Highway 89 in Indian Falls, California.

Federal judge questions $1.5M Capitol riot restitution cap

Judge Howell at the U.S. District Court in Washington, DC, in 2018

Lawsuit: Migrant teens in U.S. custody face "deplorable conditions" at Texas sites

The entrance of Fort Bliss army base.
Aug 9, 2021 - Health

Texas Gov. Abbott calls on hospitals to delay elective procedures as COVID cases surge

Texas Governor Greg Abbott
Aug 9, 2021 - World

Six Afghan provincial capitals fall to Taliban in four days

Prev
Aug 12Aug 11Aug 10Aug 9Aug 8
Next