By Donald Judd and Paul LeBlanc, CNN “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider visited the White House on Thursday to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility as the Biden administration rolled out a series of measures in support of transgender Americans. “The more that people like me can be seen, the harder it is to sustain
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Several Missouri lawmakers are working to pass a bill that would allow women in prison to stay with their newborn babies for up to 18 months.
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Experts in the energy sector say it’s too soon to tell exactly how President Joe Biden’s plan will affect gas prices, but nationwide they’re already starting to drop.
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Navy can no longer separate service members who are unvaccinated and have sought a religious exemption from getting a Covid-19 vaccine, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Monday. A group of Navy SEALs brought the original suit against the US government last fall after the US military implemented
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Navy can no longer separate service members who are unvaccinated and have sought a religious exemption from getting a Covid-19 vaccine, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Monday. A group of Navy SEALs brought the original suit against the US government last fall after the US military implemented
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By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A hostage taken by the ISIS terror cell known as the “Beatles” testified Thursday in a trial against one of the alleged members, El Shafee Elsheikh, who is accused of assisting in the kidnapping, torture and death of several Americans, Europeans and other foreign nationals from 2012 to 2015. During the
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The state of Missouri will continue to prop up efforts to test for coronavirus and deliver vaccines and treatments for “as long as federal resources persist,” according to a presentation linked from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services website.
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By Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz, Jamie Gangel, Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Ashley Semler, CNN In the seven hours during which White House records show no phone calls to or from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, among the calls that are conspicuously absent is one Trump made to then-Vice President Mike Pence that
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By Lauren Fox and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN A number of Democratic senators are growing increasingly wary of the administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US, setting up a rare clash between President Joe Biden and some members in his own party. Known as
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By Rachel Janfaza, Melanie Zanona, Manu Raju, Alex Rogers and Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Madison Cawthorn — the freshman Republican representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives — has in recent weeks become the center of chaos within the GOP. At 26 years old, the youngest member of Congress has
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A judge has denied three Jefferson City voters’ request to throw out the city’s new ward map.
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN One of Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyers argued in court Thursday that he never had any reason to doubt the accuracy of internet data he passed to the FBI in 2016 about strange cyber links between Donald Trump and Russia — and pointed out that the special counsel who charged him with
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By Melissa Holzberg DePalo and Ethan Cohen, CNN A New York judge has blocked the state’s new congressional map, which would have given Democrats the advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional seats, from going into effect for violating the state’s constitution. Judge Patrick McAllister ruled Thursday that the map “was unconstitutionally drawn with
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe and Kara Scannell, CNN A New York judge is holding Donald Trump in civil contempt after the state’s attorney general’s office said he did not comply with a subpoena for documents as part of its investigation into the former President’s company. Judge Arthur Engoron said Trump failed to abide by his order
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is appointing more than a dozen top education leaders, celebrities and athletes to his board of advisers on historically Black colleges and universities, the White House said. Actress Taraji P. Henson, NBA star Chris Paul, and United Airlines president Brett Hart are among
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Michael Cohen, formerly one of Donald Trump’s top confidants before turning against him to become the star witness in the investigation into the New York real estate mogul’s business and finances, is “disappointed” by reports that the Manhattan district attorney has decided not to bring criminal charges against the former President.
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By Maegan Vazquez and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he remains “skeptical” that Russian President Vladimir Putin will withdraw all of his forces from around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, suggesting the United States is still working to fully understand the Russian military’s next moves as the war enters a new
Continue Reading By Maegan Vazquez and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden said Thursday that he remains “skeptical” that Russian President Vladimir Putin will withdraw all of his forces from around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, suggesting the United States is still working to fully understand the Russian military’s next moves as the war enters a new
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state’s new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. It’s the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law,
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Two LGBTQ rights advocacy groups, as well as students, parents and a teacher in Florida, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday, challenging the state’s new law banning certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. It’s the first legal challenge seeking to block implementation and enforcement of the law,
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