WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department is filing an appeal to overturn a judge’s order voiding the federal travel mask mandate, officials said Wednesday. The notice came minutes after the CDC asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week, lifting the mask requirement on planes and trains and in travel hubs. The CDC had recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3, as a new COVID variant is now responsible for the vast majority of U.S. cases.
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