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By Tierney Sneed, CNN Republicans in Congress and governors’ mansions are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enforce a 1950 federal law that makes it illegal to hold protests outside the homes of judges in order to influence their decisions. In recent days, protesters have held peaceful demonstrations outside the homes of multiple conservative
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House is struggling to answer questions about a baby formula shortage in the United States as the scope of the crisis becomes clearer and store shelves remain bare. After announcing a series of limited steps the Biden administration is taking to address the shortage, White House press secretary Jen
Continue ReadingBy MJ Lee and Deidre McPhillips, CNN It was a stern and startling warning from the White House’s new Covid response coordinator: In the fall and winter, the US could potentially see 100 million new Covid-19 infections if Congress doesn’t approve federal funding to fight the pandemic. That warning from Dr. Ashish Jha, who said
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN Susan Squier, a former classmate of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at Princeton University and who organized a letter protesting a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, on Thursday said she was stunned and called it “a greatest hits of misogyny.” “When I read the document — I
Continue ReadingCNN, KING, KOMO, KCPQ, WABI By Chandelis Duster, CNN Susan Squier, a former classmate of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito at Princeton University and who organized a letter protesting a leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, on Thursday said she was stunned and called it “a greatest hits of misogyny.” “When I
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN In the hours after Fox released a poll this week showing Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Kathy Barnette locked in a statistical tie with primary opponents Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick, allies of former President Donald Trump went to work trying to stifle her momentum. To sow doubt about her conservative
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Nikki Carvajal, Maegan Vazquez and Deidre McPhillips, CNN President Joe Biden on Thursday mourned 1 million American deaths from Covid-19, using the occasion to again urge Congress to pass additional funding to control the pandemic. While other official tallies have placed the figure a bit short of that mark, Biden marked the
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court is set to meet behind closed doors on Thursday for the first time since the astonishing leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The justices plan to discuss pending petitions and outstanding cases — but they’re also likely to grapple
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Brad Lendon, CNN The chief of the US Navy defended the service’s plans to scrap nine relatively new warships in the coming fiscal year even as the service tries to keep up with China’s growing fleet. Three of the littoral combat ships slated for decommissioning are less than three
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum and Shawna Mizelle, CNN President Joe Biden predicted Wednesday that if the Supreme Court officially overturns Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to abortion, the court will next look to strike down other landmark cases guaranteeing Americans’ rights, from same-sex marriage to contraception access. “It’s not just the brutality
Continue ReadingCNN, WBBM, WGCL, KOKI, KXAN, POOL, YOUTUBE, GETTY IMAGES By Sam Fossum and Shawna Mizelle, CNN President Joe Biden predicted Wednesday that if the Supreme Court officially overturns Roe v. Wade’s holding of a federal constitutional right to abortion, the court will next look to strike down other landmark cases guaranteeing Americans’ rights, from same-sex
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump has officially checked out of the Washington, DC, hotel business. The Trump Organization on Wednesday completed the sale of its luxury hotel lease on Pennsylvania Avenue to CGI Merchant Group and its partner Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., which will operate the hotel as a
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The US Navy has identified the sailor killed in a recent helicopter landing accident at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Electronics Technician 1st Class Ryan DeKorte, 35, of Lubbock, Texas, died at a hospital Monday following the accident last Thursday, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN The National Archives is poised to turn over yet another batch of documents to the House’s investigation into the January 6 insurrection, according to a new set of letters released by the agency on Wednesday. The document release contains up to 23,000 emails and attachments and is the eighth collection for
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Brian Fung and Ted Barrett, CNN The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya. The 51-50 vote was along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie. For months, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has urged swift confirmation of Bedoya, who’s nomination Senate
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The US Air Force disciplined the crew of a “Hurricane Hunters” WC-130 Hercules aircraft after they landed at Martha’s Vineyard in late March to pick up a personal motorcycle, the 403rd Wing announced in a statement Wednesday. Col. Stuart Rubio, the commander of the 403rd Wing, called the island stop an
Continue ReadingBy Maegan Vazquez and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for domestic price hikes and global food supply shortages, praising American farmers for being the “breadbasket of democracy” amid the war. “America is fighting on two fronts,” Biden said during a speech in a barn in Kankakee, Illinois.
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Right-wing internet personality Anthime Gionet, who goes by the pseudonym “Baked Alaska,” was supposed to plead guilty on Wednesday to illegally protesting in the Capitol on January 6, 2021. But the hearing took a turn when Gionet told the judge he was “innocent.” “I’m never going to force someone to plead
Continue ReadingBy Daniella Diaz, CNN The House Committee on Natural Resources is referring an investigation involving “potentially criminal conduct” about a policy reversal involving former Trump administration officials to the Department of Justice, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva, along with chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Katie Porter,
Continue ReadingCNN By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Vladimir Putin “has recognized he has no victory to celebrate,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President’s “Victory Day” speech Monday. But the Russian leader also gave no indication that
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