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By Shawna Mizelle, CNN The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Beth Robinson to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the first out LGBTQ woman to serve on any federal circuit court, according to the White House. Robinson, who has served as an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011,

By Kyung Lah and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, who was instrumental in arranging the state’s sham election “audit,” announced Monday evening that she won’t seek reelection and will retire from the state legislature in January 2023. “It has been a privilege to advocate on behalf of Arizona citizens in my twelve

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The Supreme Court was more than two hours into arguments over a Texas abortion law when Justice Elena Kagan ignited the tension that had been slowly building in the courtroom. “The actual provisions in this law have prevented every woman in Texas from exercising a

By Oren Liebermann, CNN A US nuclear-powered submarine that struck an underwater object in early October had hit an uncharted underwater mountain, an investigation found, forcing it to head from the South China Sea to Guam for repairs. The USS Connecticut had been operating in the contested waterway when it struck the object on October

By Annie Grayer and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal on Monday said her caucus is ready to move forward on two bills key to President Joe Biden’s agenda “as soon as tomorrow,” a significant concession after previously seeking direct assurances from Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on the legislation.

By Eric Bradner, CNN Former President Donald Trump said in a statement Monday that he and Glenn Youngkin, the Republican nominee in Virginia’s governor’s race, “get along very well together and strongly believe in many of the same policies.” Trump’s statement, the day before the election, urged his supporters to “get out and vote” for

By Tierney Sneed Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that constitutional rights enshrined in Supreme Court decisions concerning gun rights, same-sex marriage, birth control and other contentious issues could be open to attack depending on how the court handled the Texas abortion ban cases that were in front of it Monday. The court’s attention in Monday’s arguments

The Supreme Court grappled with the abortion issue for nearly three hours on Monday, hearing two challenges to the Texas law that bars most abortions after six weeks. The first case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, was brought by abortion providers. The second was brought by President Joe Biden’s Justice Department against the state of

By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden apologized to other world leaders on Monday for the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement, saying during the United Nations’ climate summit that the US’ exit put the country behind in its climate goals. “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Two key conservative justices seemed open to arguments from abortion providers that they should be able to challenge a Texas abortion six-week ban in federal court as the Supreme Court grappled with the issue for nearly three hours on Monday. In a separate challenge, brought by the