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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era pandemic restriction on the US-Mexico border. The Biden administration had been on track to end the public health authority, known as Title 42, on May 23, a decision that has been criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike.

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Since-deleted videos from Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s social media contradict comments the GOP congresswoman made at a court hearing on Friday downplaying her ties to a YouTuber and conservative activist who participated in the January 6, 2021, mob that broke into the US Capitol. Speaking at her

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a sweeping voting overhaul bill that establishes a new election police force — giving his administration a new way to probe election crimes. With the GOP governor’s signature, Florida has become one of the first states in the country with a unit focused on

By Kaitlan Collins, Jasmine Wright and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden’s senior adviser Cedric Richmond is expected to leave his job as the director of the Office of Public Engagement in the coming weeks to work for the Democratic National Committee. “I am thrilled that the President has entrusted me with helping boost the

By Jasmine Wright, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris has congratulated NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei for his record-breaking 355-day stay in space, which ended when he returned to Earth late last month. “I hope you know and feel that our nation, our planet, is so thankful to you for your years of dedicated service certainly

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN A man who died on Saturday after setting himself on fire in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, was a climate activist, according to social media posts from various people who claim to know him. Wynn Alan Bruce, 50, from Boulder, Colorado, who self-immolated on Friday — when

By CNN CNN has obtained 2,319 text messages that former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows sent and received between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden’s January 20, 2021 inauguration. The vast trove of texts, which Meadows selectively provided to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, offers the

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the case of death row inmate Rodney Reed, who is seeking post-conviction DNA testing of evidence at the crime scene. Reed was sentenced to death more than 20 years ago for the assault, rape and strangling of 19-year-old Stacey

By Arlette Saenz, CNN The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing a rule that will add nine rare respiratory cancers to its list of presumptive service-connected disabilities for veterans exposed to toxins in burn pits during their military service, President Joe Biden announced Monday. “In my State of the Union address, I announced that we

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawmakers return to Washington this week with a lot to consider. Discussions over Covid-19 funding, aid to Ukraine, and US Southern border policy will all compete for time, as Congress looks ahead to looming midterm elections in November. Here’s what we’re watching this week: Covid-19 funding. The Biden administration will renew

By Ariel Edwards-Levy and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Just 41% of young Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s job performance, according to a new Harvard Institute of Politics poll of adults ages 18-29 released on Monday. That’s down from 46% in fall 2021 and a 59% majority last spring — a trend also seen in other

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Several conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to the arguments of a public high school football coach who said his constitutional rights were violated when he was suspended for praying at the 50-yard line after games. At the center of the case is former coach