Politics

The Justice Department is seeking clarification from a federal judge in Washington state about how the Food and Drug Administration should comply with his order ensuring the availability of abortion pills in some parts of the country if a separate judge’s order halting the FDA’s approval of the drug goes into effect on Friday. The

By Tierney Sneed, CNN A seven-day clock is ticking for the Biden administration and higher courts to address an untenable situation around medication abortion — one created by rival federal court rulings from judges in separate corners of the country. While it’s not unusual for lower courts to disagree on major legal questions, the contradicting

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Former President Donald Trump has appealed a judge’s order that Mike Pence must testify to a federal grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the case, but is unlikely to stop his former vice president from speaking to the

By Manu Raju and Alayna Treene, CNN Kari Lake — the unapologetic supporter of former President Donald Trump and vanquished candidate for Arizona governor — privately made a trip to National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in February where she discussed the prospects of shaking up the map and running for Senate. But Lake, who has

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN A Republican congresswoman who represents a swing district in South Carolina urged the Food and Drug Administration on Monday to ignore a recent ruling by a federal judge suspending the approval of a medication drug used for abortion. “This is an FDA-approved drug. I support the usage of FDA-approved drugs, even

By Tierney Sneed and Lauren Fox, CNN The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability to veto district court nominees for courts in their home states. It’s a

By David Wright, CNN Sen. Bob Casey will run for reelection in 2024, the Pennsylvania Democrat announced Monday morning, providing good news for Democrats in a pivotal swing state. “Folks, I’m running for reelection,” Casey, 62, said in an announcement posted on Twitter. “There’s still more work to do to cut through the gridlock, stand

By Ella Nilsen and Sam Fossum, CNN The US Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release strict new proposed federal emissions standards for light-duty vehicles that, if implemented, would move the US car market decisively toward electric vehicles over the next decade. The EPA is considering emissions standards that could make up to two-thirds of

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Three years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans’ views of the disease’s impact have stagnated into a complex set of mixed feelings, recent polling suggests, with few believing that the pandemic has ended but most also saying that their lives had returned mostly — if not entirely — to

By Dana Bash, Abbie Sharpe and Ann Parangot, CNN Seven-year-old Karolina plays the piano at the Ukraine House cultural center here in the nation’s capital, poking at keys, swinging her sneakers underneath. She could be any child playing the piano — except the legs swinging below the bench are prosthetic. Karolina lost her legs last

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Sunday evening that surgery to repair a fracture in his femur was “completely successful” and that he’s planning to return to the Senate for votes “next week.” The Connecticut Democrat fractured his femur at a University of Connecticut men’s basketball victory parade held in honor of

By Katie Lobosco, CNN During World War II, the federal government spent more than $1 billion in today’s dollars to help provide affordable child care for mothers who entered the workforce in droves to support the war effort. Child care centers in more than 635 communities across the country received funds. Many stayed open late