Politics

By Katelyn Polantz and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN A day before the 2020 presidential election, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas mugged for the camera wearing a Trump baseball cap with her friend Connie Hair, chief of staff to GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas, at an event supporting the then-President in pictures posted on Facebook at the time.

By Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris will officiate the wedding of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham next month in Washington, DC, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Grisham will marry her fiancé, Manny Cordova, in a small ceremony at the Naval Observatory, where the vice president resides.

By David Shortell, CNN A Florida man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he had threatened to kill Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar after she directed profanities at then-President Donald Trump in a 2019 news conference. According to a plea agreement, David Hannon, 67, was “upset by [Omar’s] use of curse words directed at then-president Trump

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supporters of abortion rights filed a new federal lawsuit Tuesday in the latest bid to prevent enforcement of Texas’ six-week abortion ban, which has dramatically reduced access to the procedure in the country’s second largest state. Critics of the Texas law suffered a huge loss in December,

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN on Tuesday that his department is actively preparing for a potential increase in migrants next month when a Trump-era pandemic restriction lifts on the US-Mexico border amid fierce criticism from Democrats and Republicans about the Biden administration’s decision. Asked about the pushback from both

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