The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, apologized this week after he said that some residents’ decisions to wear the Star of David — à la Jews who suffered under Nazi-occupied Europe — to protest a proposed city mask mandate is a “credit” to Jewish people.
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House passes 30-day extension for highway funding
Nearly 4,000 federal employees are off the job on Friday because Congress failed to extend highway funding, a Transportation Department spokesperson told CNN.
Judge questions Texas abortion ban’s controversial enforcement mechanism
A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether the law made private citizens “a proxy for the state to insulate the state from the sort of judicial oversight that would exist….
‘There is no perfect victim’: Anita Hill refuses to believe a myth that lets perpetrators off the hook
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First on CNN: Biden to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threat
The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security, President Joe Biden said in a statement shared exclusively with CNN.
Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say
Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek abortions since the Texas six-week abortion ban took effect, the group says.
Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the Supreme Court said Friday.
Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public
Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in recent weeks, showing irritation with public expectations, the news media and one another.
States face tough choices on repaying loans to Uncle Sam for pandemic unemployment benefits
The federal government picked up the cost of the unprecedented expansion of jobless benefits during the pandemic, but many states are still facing a hefty tab for their share of the program — and tough decisions about how to cover the bill.
Historic increase in food stamp benefits starts in October
Food stamp recipients will see their monthly payments go up in October thanks to a major update to the program, even though a special pandemic boost has now expired.