By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday rebuked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for recently scolding a group of high school students who were wearing masks to protect against Covid-19, saying that it’s “absolutely their choice” to do so. “Those students should have been comfortable wearing
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By Katelyn Polantz and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The 19-year-old son of US Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt testified for more than three hours Thursday before a Washington jury, reliving painful family divisions in the courtroom that led in part to the historic first trial related to January 6. Jackson Reffitt became a key witness for
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A company co-founded by SSM Health said Thursday that it is working on creating affordable insulin.
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Civica Rx, a non-profit generic drug maker backed by hospitals, insurers and philanthropies, announced Thursday that it plans to manufacture and sell insulin for no more than $30 a vial. It is expected to be available as soon as early 2024, pending federal approval. Insulin, which more than 8 million Americans
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By Devan Cole, CNN Iowa’s Republican governor approved legislation Thursday banning transgender women and girls from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender at accredited schools and colleges. Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to sign House File 2416 means the state joins South Dakota in enacting such a ban this year, according to the American
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By Ali Zaslav, CNN Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who says he has long Covid, introduced a bill this week to help those who have long-term symptoms from the disease. The Virginia Democrat said ever since he contracted the coronavirus in March 2020, he’s had full-body nerve tingling “like 24/7.” “I describe it as
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By Ellie Kaufman and Ali Zaslav, CNN Bipartisan pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to end all Russian oil imports and sanction Russia’s energy sector as President Vladimir Putin continues to escalate the war in Ukraine. While the administration moved quickly to put economic pressure on Russia — cutting it off from global financial
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By Priscilla Alvarez and Lauren Fox, CNN The Department of Homeland Security will allow Ukrainians who are in the United States to remain in the country under a form of humanitarian relief. The relief — known as Temporary Protected Status — applies to people who would face extreme hardship if forced to return to homelands
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By Kylie Atwood and Jeremy Herb, CNN The Biden administration is inching closer to an agreement to salvage the Iran nuclear deal but there are still a number of unresolved issues that could cause the efforts to fail, a senior administration official and State Department spokesperson told CNN. “While there has been significant progress and
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By Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and the New York attorney general have reached an agreement to postpone depositions in the civil investigation into the Trump Organization until after an appeal is decided, likely pushing off any testimony for at least several months. In the deal, which was signed off by
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot has issued a subpoena for Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Donald Trump campaign aide and the fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., the son of the former President. Guilfoyle’s subpoena comes after an ill-fated attempt by the committee to
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By Ella Nilsen and Lauren Fox, CNN Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has cracked open the door for negotiations on a slimmed-down version of President Joe Biden’s climate and economic bill following months of little progress on the issue. Manchin outlined his counteroffer this week, confirming that climate and clean energy provisions will
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By Tierney Sneed The House’s January 6 committee laid out on Wednesday its most comprehensive view yet for how former President Donald Trump’s conduct up to and during the insurrection may have amounted to a crime. The arguments came in a court filing where a key player in the “conspiracy” alleged by the committee is
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Navy on Wednesday recovered from the bottom of the South China Sea the wreckage of a US military stealth fighter jet that crashed into the deck of a US aircraft carrier in January, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet announced in a news release Thursday. The F-35C crashed into the
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By Phil Mattingly and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law sweeping workplace reforms designed to free victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault to seek justice in court, flanked by one of the most prominent advocates for the effort and the bipartisan lawmakers who drove the bill through Congress. Gretchen
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By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Ken Duberstein, President Ronald Reagan’s chief of staff during his final year in office, died Wednesday of complications from a longstanding illness, his son confirmed to CNN. He was 77. Duberstein was a “close confidant” and adviser to Reagan, serving in the White House at the beginning of the Republican President’s
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By Ali Zaslav and Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico has returned to work full time about one month after suffering a stroke. He was greeted with a standing ovation from his colleagues, and hugs from some Democratic senators when he arrived at his first in-person committee hearing since his
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By Kyung Lah, Jeff Zeleny and Rachel Janfaza, CNN Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey announced Thursday he would not be a candidate for US Senate in 2022, ending speculation about whether he would reconsider his previous stance against seeking the party’s nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly this fall. In a letter to donors
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By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday aimed at helping veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The final vote was 256 to 174, with 34 Republicans joining all Democrats in voting for the legislation. The legislation is called the Honoring our PACT Act, which stands for Promise
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By Kevin Liptak, Betsy Klein, Phil Mattingly, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden imposed new sanctions Thursday on eight members of the Russian elite, along with members of their families, as he warned Russia is intensifying its bloody invasion of Ukraine with indiscriminate bombing. The new sanctions are the Biden administration’s latest
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