By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter In a biting dissent two years ago, when the Supreme Court overturned a ruling from 1979, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the decision “can only cause one to wonder which cases the court will overrule next.” Breyer is about to find out. The justices are gathering Wednesday
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By Taylor Romine, CNN Prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced Monday they’re appealing a court ruling in the case against Bill Cosby to the US Supreme Court, arguing that a statement from a previous district attorney that they would not file charges against Cosby does not mean that charges would never be filed. The Montgomery County district
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Governor’s Mansion just received it’s main Christmas tree for the year Monday morning. The 30 foot-tall Norway Spruce was donated by a couple in Columbia who said the tree had grown too big for their front yard. This Christmas tree will be displayed on the mansion’s lawn while a 20
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By Katelyn Polantz and Zachary Cohen, CNN Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is suing the Department of Defense for not clearing his book manuscript for publication, after the agency told Esper he needed to take out parts of the book about his time working under then-President Donald Trump. Esper’s disputes with the agency happened
Continue Reading By Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The Biden administration is coordinating with Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to develop contingency plans in the event future coronavirus vaccines need to be modified, including to fight the Omicron variant, the White House’s Covid-19 response coordinator said Tuesday. In the first briefing from the White House’s Covid-19 team since
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Monday that he doesn’t anticipate the United States will implement additional travel restrictions even if the Omicron variant proves worse than previous strains of Covid-19. President Joe Biden announced last week that the US would restrict travel from South Africa, Botswana,
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By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that the American people deserve an “unvarnished” look at former President Donald Trump’s “tumultuous” presidency after he filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon for not clearing his book manuscript for publication. “My view is that the American people deserve a full and unvarnished
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By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Iran nuclear talks resumed Monday in Vienna, Austria, as the US warned Tehran against further uranium enrichment, Israel forcefully lobbied against sanctions relief for Iran and Iran announced its “willingness and seriousness” to reach a deal — but only if the US lifts sanctions. The flurry
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a review of a US airstrike conducted in Syria in 2019 that the Pentagon only recently admitted had killed civilians after the publication of a New York Times report, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said during a briefing on Monday. The review will be conducted
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By Kaitlan Collins and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Pfizer is expected to seek authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration for its vaccine booster shot for those who are ages 16 and 17, a source familiar with the plan told CNN on Monday. Currently only those 18 and up are eligible for booster shots six
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By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Federal prosecutors have indicted a trio of alleged US Capitol rioters — including one who is accused of assaulting DC police officer Michael Fanone — for planning to be violent together on January 6, according to court records and a Justice Department statement on Monday. One defendant,
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By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin denied a request from Oklahoma’s governor to exempt his state’s National Guard members from the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Austin emphasized that the vaccine mandate is a lawful order that promotes “the health, safety and readiness of our military personnel, regardless of duty
Continue Reading By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked fellow House Republican Nancy Mace on Tuesday, after Mace condemned inflammatory and anti-Muslim comments made by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert. On Twitter, Greene told Mace to “back up off” Boebert, while accusing Mace of not being conservative and attacking her as “the trash in the
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By Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota spoke on the phone, the two members of Congress confirmed Monday, amid criticism of Boebert’s anti-Muslim remarks aimed at Omar. The call did little to calm tensions between the two lawmakers, as Omar says she hung up on
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By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden met with the CEOs of a number of major retailers and grocers on Monday to discuss the holiday shopping season, part of the administration’s ongoing effort to emphasize the strength of the nation’s supply chains amid growing concerns. The roundtable with CEOs had been slated to be one
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By Ellie Kaufman, CNN The Pentagon will focus on building up bases in Guam and Australia to better prepare the US military to counter China, a senior defense official said on Monday. The moves have been prompted by the Department of Defense’s global posture review, which President Joe Biden ordered Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
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By Tierney Sneed Justice Stephen Breyer rejected a request on Monday that the Supreme Court block the vaccine mandate being implemented by the large Massachusetts hospital system, Mass General Brigham. The request that the Supreme Court intervene in the case was brought by employees of the Mass General Brigham, who submitted their application with Breyer
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By Tierney Sneed A federal judge in Missouri issued an order Monday partially blocking the Biden administration from implementing a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers. The judge’s order, which covers the 10 states that brought the case, played down the effectiveness of the vaccines and said that the “public would suffer little, if
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By Whitney Wild, Zachary Cohen, Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is poised to vote on a criminal contempt of Congress referral for former top Department of Justice official, Jeffrey Clark, the panel announced Monday. The committee plans to meet Wednesday night to vote on a
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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schnitt is set to hold a 12:30 p.m. news conference after a federal judge temporarily halted a coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers.
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