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…
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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
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 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 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
A Covid-19 outbreak in Provincetown, Massachusetts, is highlighting the importance of being vaccinated as the vacation destination’s cluster has seen…
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 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…
Continue Reading White House once again makes Covid-19 the focus of Biden’s schedule
CNN’s Phil Mattingly received many viewer questions about COVID-19, the delta variant and more. Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of…
Continue Reading Religious groups eye legal challenges to Delta variant restrictions and vaccine mandates
CNN’s Harry Enten looks at the data around the Covid-19 vaccine that shows that you have a 25 times greater chance of dying from Covid-19 if you are…
Continue Reading Religious groups eye legal challenges to Delta variant restrictions and vaccine mandates
Conservative states with low vaccination rates are where the new surge is hitting hardest, but many Republican leaders defy or mock covid…
Continue Reading Religious groups eye legal challenges to Delta variant restrictions and vaccine mandates
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The spread of the Delta variant has rekindled a debate that raged in the Supreme Court last term as…
Continue Reading McCarthy says ‘it will be hard not to hit’ Pelosi with gavel if he becomes House speaker
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at an event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if…
Continue Reading Federal employees and the public express concern over reports of political interference in science
By Kristen Holmes, CNN Federal employees and some members of the public remain concerned over reports of political interference in science,…
Continue Reading More than 100 state legislators to join Texas Democrats in Washington for voting rights pressure campaign
By Dianne Gallagher, CNN As the Texas legislature enters the final week of its special session, state Democrats are bringing in reinforcements from…
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