By Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress is considering taking back some of the money it authorized last year for a small business aid program in order to pay for new Covid-19 vaccines, testing and therapeutics. The Biden administration asked Congress to provide more money weeks ago, warning that funds are needed to continue fighting Covid-19. But
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By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it was restoring key provisions of a bedrock environmental law that were rolled back under President Donald Trump. The White House Council on Environmental Quality said it restored three major provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to assess the environmental
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice John Eastman, a far-right lawyer for then-President Donald Trump who wanted to block his electoral loss in 2020, is still withholding about 3,200 documents from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to a new court filing this week. Eastman previously was ordered by
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a coalition of liberal groups to move forward with their attempt to disqualify controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, based on claims that she aided the January 6 insurrectionists. The ruling means a scheduled hearing in front of
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The new Columbia mayor and fourth ward councilman officially took their places in Columbia’s government Monday night.
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By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal a court ruling that struck down the federal government’s mask mandate for travelers — but only if the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines the mandate is still necessary to protect public health. “The Department of
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Columbia Public Works is asking for city council to authorize the hire of more bus drivers for the paratransit program.
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By Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, CNN Three sailors from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier were found dead in less than one week, the Navy said, as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and local authorities investigate the deaths. One sailor was found unresponsive on board the carrier last Friday, while two other sailors were
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia Public Schools called the Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit over its former mask rule moot since the district dropped its mandate. The district asked Judge Joshua Devine to dismiss the attorney general’s January lawsuit on Thursday. The district argued that it no longer has a policy requiring masks that
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By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. and a former member of the Trump presidential campaign, is meeting Monday with the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection. Guilfoyle arrived around 10 a.m. ET and was still meeting with committee investigators as of Monday
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By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against concerns from US and NATO officials that his military would need significant training before receiving advanced weapons from other countries, telling CNN his forces need weapons quickly — and can learn to use them just as fast. “I’ve heard these tall tales that we
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, CNN Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back against concerns from US and NATO officials that his military would need significant training before receiving advanced weapons from other countries, telling CNN his forces need weapons quickly — and can learn to use them just as fast. “I’ve heard these tall tales that we
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By Dan Merica, CNN Marcus Flowers makes it perfectly clear why he is running for Congress: The Georgia Democrat wants to unseat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the attention-grabbing, conspiracy-pushing Republican who fills Democrats with rage. Flowers has made a name for himself as Greene’s chief adversary. His flashy announcement video in March 20201 was retweeted
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By Zachary Cohen, Michael Conte and Barbara Starr, CNN The US believes that Russia is learning from its failures in the north of Ukraine, where they did not have the proper capabilities to sustain military operations, and applying those lessons to their new focus in the east and the south of the country, according to
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, Michael Conte and Barbara Starr, CNN The US believes that Russia is learning from its failures in the north of Ukraine, where they did not have the proper capabilities to sustain military operations, and applying those lessons to their new focus in the east and the south of the country, according to
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By Whitney Wild, Priscilla Alvarez and David Shortell, CNN A series of embarrassing security lapses involving two men charged with impersonating federal agents have put the Secret Service on the defensive and angered at least one top national security official in DC, sources tell CNN. In a federal investigation that surfaced earlier this month after
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By Betsy Klein and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine would continue to “take its toll” on the global economy as he acknowledged soaring inflation while touting his domestic accomplishments in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Biden visited a harbor in New Hampshire to highlight how billions of dollars
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a harbor in New Hampshire on Tuesday to highlight how billions of dollars from the bipartisan infrastructure law are being spent on rebuilding the nation’s ports and waterways, a White House spokesperson tells CNN. Biden will travel to Portsmouth Harbor and is expected to
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By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge in Florida struck down on Monday the Biden administration’s mask mandate for airplanes and other public transport methods, and a Biden administration official says the order is no longer in effect while the ruling is reviewed. US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because
Continue Reading By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday welcomed thousands of guests to the South Lawn of the White House for the Easter Egg Roll, an annual holiday tradition that had been canceled for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. “This year we’re finally getting together
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