Lawyers for landlords ask federal court to block new eviction moratorium
Expiration of the nation’s eviction moratorium has left millions of families staggering. CNN’s Nick Watt reports how one mother and her family are…
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Children stopped at border likely hit record-high in July
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of children traveling alone who were picked up at the Mexican border by U.S. immigration authorities likely hit an…
Continue Reading Maricopa County defies latest subpoena request from Arizona state Senate seeking to expand 2020 ballot review
By Stephanie Becker, CNN Maricopa County and Dominion Voting Systems are rebuffing the latest subpoenas from Arizona’s GOP-led Senate for…
Continue Reading US-Mexico border arrests remain at highest level in decades amid hottest summer weeks
By Geneva Sands, CNN Federal authorities in July arrested tens of thousands of migrants attempting to enter the United States from Mexico, likely…
Continue Reading Top RNC official in Florida spreads Covid-19 conspiracies, calling vaccines the ‘mark of the beast’
By Em Steck, Drew Myers and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Amid recent surging coronavirus cases in Florida, a top Republican National Committee official in…
Continue Reading Rare divide emerges between White House and congressional Democrats after eviction moratorium expires
By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House officials on Monday described a behind-the-scenes scramble over the weekend to locate any legal avenue for the…
Continue Reading Illinois governor signs bill expanding background checks on gun sales starting in 2024
By Carma Hassan and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed new legislation expanding background checks on all gun sales in…
Continue Reading Illinois governor signs bill expanding background checks on gun sales starting in 2024
The gun violence epidemic is gripping the nation with a violent, deadly 72 hours that’s spawned more than 350…
Continue Reading Breyer rejects Maine church’s attempt to block Delta variant restrictions that don’t exist
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denied a request Monday from a Maine church that sought to block…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham tests positive for Covid-19 and has had ‘flu-like symptoms’ despite being vaccinated
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated and has experienced “flu-like…
Continue Reading Is it legal to mandate Covid vaccines? In many circumstances, yes
Andy Slavitt, the former White House senior adviser for COVID-19 response, discusses vaccine mandates and the delta variant with CNN’s Phil…
Continue Reading Is it legal to mandate Covid vaccines? In many circumstances, yes
By Tierney Sneed, CNN For those who are refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine, there are a lot of legal ways for public and private actors to make…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham tests positive for Covid-19 and has had ‘flu-like symptoms’ despite being vaccinated
Ezra Klein, opinion columnist for The New York Times and host of “The Ezra Klein Show”, talks about the challenges of getting all eligible Americans…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham tests positive for Covid-19 and has had ‘flu-like symptoms’ despite being vaccinated
By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Manu Raju, CNN Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina announced Monday that he has tested positive for…
Continue Reading Louisiana reinstates indoor mask mandate, including in schools, as Covid-19 surges
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is reenacting a statewide mask mandate for both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents across all indoor…
Continue Reading FBI used ‘provocative photos’ of female office staff to catch sexual predators, watchdog says
By Marshall Cohen FBI agents posted provocative photos of female coworkers online without formal authorization as part of sting operations against…
Continue Reading White House says CDC was ‘unable’ to find authority to revive expired eviction moratorium, calls on states to act
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was “unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted…
Continue Reading 2 more DC police officers who responded to Capitol insurrection have died by suicide
By Whitney Wild, Paul LeBlanc and Rashard Rose, CNN Two more DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide,…
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San Francisco reinstates mask mandate for indoor settings as Covid Delta variant surges
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties announced Monday that they are reinstating a mask…
Continue Reading Pandemic pessimism is back on the rise, new polling finds
With new cases of Covid-19 surging in most of the US — driven by unvaccinated Americans and fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant —…
Continue Reading Pandemic pessimism is back on the rise, new polling finds
By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ concerns about coronavirus are again on the rise after previously hitting their lowest point in the…
Continue Reading As Senate takes up infrastructure, Schumer says ‘The longer it takes to finish the bill, the longer we’ll be here’
Republican Sen. Susan Collins tells CNN’s Jake Tapper that “we really are just about finished” with a bipartisan infrastructure…
Continue Reading As Senate takes up infrastructure, Schumer says ‘The longer it takes to finish the bill, the longer we’ll be here’
By Ali Zaslav and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate is gearing up for a fight over amendments to the newly finalized bipartisan infrastructure bill in what…
Continue Reading Top Democrat and European counterparts slam US-Germany deal on Nord Stream 2
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his counterparts from eight European countries slammed an…
Continue Reading Biden to extend Trump-era expulsion policy as ‘record numbers’ of migrants cross border
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will extend a Trump-era border policy that allows for the swift expulsion of migrants encountered…
Continue Reading ‘Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union’ looks back on his life and legacy
Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Timed to the former president’s 60th birthday, “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” seeks to be…
Continue Reading Obama to host Covid-compliant 60th birthday party amid rising virus concerns, source says
By Allie Malloy, CNN Former President Barack Obama will celebrate his 60th birthday this weekend with a party in Martha’s Vineyard, with many…
Continue Reading Obama to host Covid-compliant 60th birthday party amid rising virus concerns, source says
A Covid-19 outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is highlighting the importance of being vaccinated as the vacation destination’s cluster has seen…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Government watchdog launches review into troubled Fort Bliss facility for migrant children
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general announced a review into the Fort Bliss facility for…
Continue Reading White House once again makes Covid-19 the focus of Biden’s schedule
By Kaitlan Collins, Kate Sullivan, Kevin Liptak and Allie Malloy, CNN The White House is making a concerted effort to return the focus of President…
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