By Alex Rogers, CNN Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he is backing trucking company owner Mike Collins for a US House seat in Georgia, hours after a video had been released where Gingrich endorsed another candidate in the race. Gingrich announced his support for Republican candidate Vernon Jones in a video released earlier Tuesday
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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Sitting at the Gee Whiz Diner in Brooklyn last summer, Daniel Squadron and Vicky Hausman cooked up a simple plan they believed could save American democracy. On Tuesday, they’re putting it into action, announcing a $20 million investment in state legislative races in what they think are three key states. Squadron,
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By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Richard Hasen, a professor of law and political science at the University of California, Irvine School of Law, is one of the country’s leading experts
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy related to the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Tarrio, 38, was indicted in March with five previously charged members of the Proud Boys. The other men — Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles
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By Ryan Nobles, Annie Grayer and Zachary Cohen, CNN Ivanka Trump, the daughter of former President Donald Trump and a former White House senior adviser, met with the committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection for close to eight hours on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the interview told CNN. The sources would not provide details
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Election day is on Tuesday for residents who plan to participate in choosing their upcoming community leaders. Polls are open until 7 p.m. Voting begins at the Boone County Government Center Tuesday morning. Columbia Mayoral Candidates A total of four people are running for the spot of Columbia’s next mayor. In September,
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By Kristin Wilson and Clare Foran, CNN Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, one of the 10 House Republicans to vote for impeachment against former President Donald Trump, announced on the House floor Tuesday that he was not running again for Congress. “Even the best stories have a last chapter. This is it for me,” he
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Jefferson City started casting their ballots early Tuesday morning as the municipal election got underway. Voting begins at the Calvary Baptist Church polling location in Jefferson City Tuesday morning. At the Calvary Baptist Church polling location, election officials told ABC 17 News that 12 people had already voted by
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By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys to consider dismissing deportation cases that are not arrest priorities under the agency’s rules, according to a recently released memo. The memo, dated Sunday, is the latest in a series of policy changes that have marked a departure from the Trump administration’s
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN When former President Barack Obama walked into the White House on Tuesday, it was his first time in the building since he welcomed then-President-elect Donald Trump for coffee on the morning of Trump’s inauguration. That friendly greeting at the North Portico — including the awkward handoff of a
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Special counsel John Durham wants to bring up the infamous Trump-Russia dossier and might even call its author Christopher Steele as a witness at the upcoming criminal trial of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, according to court papers filed on Monday. Two late-night filings from Sussmann and Durham provided the
Continue Reading By Oren Liebermann, CNN The Air Force delayed its hypersonic missile program by up to a year after “recent flight test anomalies” pushed back the schedule for the weapon’s completion, according to a statement from the Air Force. The AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) was supposed to reach early operational capability, an important milestone
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Polls have closed in California’s 22nd Congressional District where voters cast their ballots in the special election to replace Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, who resigned in January to head the Trump Media & Technology Group. Six contenders were vying to fill the vacant seat in a district covering portions of Fresno
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By Tami Luhby, CNN More families would be able to access Affordable Care Act subsidies next year, under a rule proposed by the Biden administration Tuesday. The announcement comes as former President Barack Obama returns to the White House for his first public appearance since he left office to celebrate record enrollment in Affordable Care
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Missouri’s April municipal election is upon us, with Mid-Missouri ballots full of school board and city council races and tax questions.
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The Columbia City Council will discuss repealing a ban on roll carts for trash collection and rezoning property located on the west side of Sinclair Road.
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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It just happened very quickly,” Barrett told an audience in California, reminiscing about
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By Ryan Nobles, Jamie Gangel and Gloria Borger, CNN January 6 select committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters Monday that he believes it will not be necessary for the panel to issue a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence and that the committee has been able to glean enough information that his testimony may
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Jefferson City Council unanimously approved funding to take further action on 14 properties along historic East Capitol Avenue. City staff declared the following buildings dangerous, with the recommended abatement for these nuisances being demolition: 109 Adams St.; 113 Adams St.; 401 E. Capitol Ave.; 407 E. Capitol Ave.; 409 E. Capitol Ave.; 410
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By Oren Liebermann, CNN The US successfully tested a hypersonic missile in mid-March but kept it quiet for two weeks to avoid escalating tensions with Russia as President Joe Biden was about to travel to Europe, according to a defense official familiar with the matter. The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was launched from a
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