Year: 2021

By Maeve Reston and Ethan Cohen, CNN California voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Millions of voters have already cast their ballots — all registered voters in the state were mailed one — and so far, Democrats have outpaced their registration advantage in the overwhelmingly

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A judge on Friday ordered a US Capitol riot defendant to remain jailed in part because of a previous incident in which the defendant became so incensed by the suggestion that a person who took part in the January 6 attack had “Foxitis” that he allegedly threatened a probation officer. The

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration appealed on Friday a Texas court ruling that found the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program unlawful — injecting fresh uncertainty into the lives of thousands of immigrants. The Justice Department filed a notice to appeal US District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling, kicking off the appeals process

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Flights of Afghan refugees to the US were paused Friday after four cases of measles were discovered among Afghans who had recently arrived in the country. The White House said the halt was recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the four measles cases were diagnosed. “Operation

By Ellie Kaufman, CNN On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, pretrial hearings in the nine-year-long case against five men accused of plotting and executing the attacks continued in a heavily guarded military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the hearings this week were the first to be held