Politics

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A little-known federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump found herself in the national spotlight on Monday after striking down the Biden administration’s public transportation mask mandate. US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has been serving as a federal judge in Florida for more than a year. Notably, the Senate

By Tierney Sneed, CNN At least for now, and maybe forever, US travelers will not be required to wear masks on airplanes thanks to a court ruling Monday that said the Biden administration’s Covid-19 transportation policy was unlawful. The ruling, issued by the Tampa-based US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, impacted not only air travel,

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer A federal judge’s rejection of the Biden mask mandate for public transportation — immediately unsettling life for Americans in the air and on the ground — reflects views that already have emerged on today’s Supreme Court. Conservative justices have been ruling against Covid-19 measures since

By Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak and Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal a court ruling that struck down the federal government’s mask mandate for travelers — but only if the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determines the mandate is still necessary to protect public health. “The Department of

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US has few ways to track the substantial supply of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weaponry it has sent across the border into Ukraine, sources tell CNN, a blind spot that’s due in large part to the lack of US boots on the

By Kelly Mena and Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Voting rights advocates had warned that controversial elections laws Georgia legislators passed in 2021 would lead to partisan takeovers of local election boards, resulting in

By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated his weeks-long feud with Disney on Tuesday, challenging lawmakers to eliminate the unique status that allows the entertainment company to operate as an independent government around its Orlando-area theme parks. Within hours, Republican lawmakers delivered, quickly advancing a pair of bills targeting Disney over its objections

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Congress is considering taking back some of the money it authorized last year for a small business aid program in order to pay for new Covid-19 vaccines, testing and therapeutics. The Biden administration asked Congress to provide more money weeks ago, warning that funds are needed to continue fighting Covid-19. But

By Kate Sullivan, CNN The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it was restoring key provisions of a bedrock environmental law that were rolled back under President Donald Trump. The White House Council on Environmental Quality said it restored three major provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to assess the environmental

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice John Eastman, a far-right lawyer for then-President Donald Trump who wanted to block his electoral loss in 2020, is still withholding about 3,200 documents from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, according to a new court filing this week. Eastman previously was ordered by