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By Holmes Lybrand The third January 6-related trial began in earnest Tuesday in Washington, DC, with opening statements in the case of Thomas Robertson, an ex-police officer in Virginia who faces six charges for his alleged actions during the attack including violent entry into the US Capitol, obstruction of an official proceeding and tampering with

By Jeremy Herb and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The top US military officer told lawmakers Tuesday that the world is becoming more unstable and the “potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing.” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before the House Armed Services Committee in their

By Kelly Mena, CNN Georgia lawmakers passed a bill on their final day of session that would give new election policing powers to the state’s bureau of investigation. Georgia is the second state after Florida to pass an election police force bill this year as Republicans continue to falsely claim the 2020 election was rife

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

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,

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

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

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