National Politics

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Sonia Sotomayor was back on the bench for oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday after participating remotely during the court’s January sitting that came during a surge in Covid-19 cases due to the Omicron variant. Sotomayor was the only justice wearing a mask on

By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of Americans remained out of work because they or a loved one were sick with coronavirus symptoms in late January and early February, even as the number of cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 fell. Some 7.8 million people pointed to Covid-19 symptoms as the reason they were not

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will not take up former President Donald Trump’s case challenging the disclosure of his White House documents to the House January 6 investigation, a formal conclusion to his unsuccessful bid to keep those records secret. The court had previously rejected

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden described events now underway in Ukraine as “the beginning of a Russian invasion” as he unveiled tough new sanctions to punish Moscow on Tuesday. He laid out what he called a “first tranche” of US sanctions against Russia for its moves, including on two large financial institutions, Russian

By Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up the case of a graphic designer in Colorado who creates websites to celebrate weddings but does not want to work with same-sex couples out of religious objections. The court’s decision means it will wade into another bitter fight

By Donald Judd, Kate Sullivan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced new investments in the domestic production of minerals and materials crucial to creating a wide array of technological devices, including computers, smartphones, batteries, household appliances and vehicles. The investments, which are the latest step the administration is taking in unsnarling

By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of pro-Moscow regions in Ukraine as independent was an “attempt to create a pretext for a further invasion of Ukraine” and that his claim that the Russian forces he has ordered to

By Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Jim Sciutto and Alex Marquardt, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to recognize breakaway eastern Ukrainian territories as independent could be the opening phase of a larger potential military operation targeting Ukraine, nearly a dozen US and western officials told CNN. “This is Potemkin politics,” a senior administration

By Chandelis Duster and Sean Lyngaas, CNN Social media accounts for Washington, DC’s transit authority were hacked Monday morning and those accounts have now been secured, a spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority confirmed. In the early morning, a series of lewd tweets and photos were posted on the Twitter accounts for the

By Tami Luhby, CNN One of the toughest parts of Jonathan Modlich’s job these days is telling grieving families that he doesn’t know when he’ll have the headstones for their loved ones ready. The pandemic-fueled upheaval in the global supply chain is roiling the nation’s monument industry at a time when demand for memorials is