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By Lauren Fox, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN Democrats had been struggling to find their midterm footing amid bad polls and rising inflation — but now are rallying around an issue they hope will turn around their fortunes: Abortion. With no chance of successfully passing a bill, they are pleading with voters to send

By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the current head of US Army forces in Europe and Africa has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as the top US general in Europe as head of US European Command, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday. If confirmed, Cavoli will take charge

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion ending a federal right to abortion is the culmination of a legal career in which he has cast doubt on the grounds on which Roe v. Wade was decided. In his opinion — which mirrored the leaked draft published by Politico in May — Alito writes

By Devan Cole, CNN New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tapped Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado to be the state’s new lieutenant governor. “I am proud to announce I am appointing Congressman Antonio Delgado, an outstanding leader and public servant, as lieutenant governor of New York,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a series of tweets on

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. Christine Corcoran, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, cannot walk or drive. She has relied on her husband to mail or turn in

By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s Election Day in Ohio and Indiana, where several high-profile primary races of the 2022 election cycle are taking place. They include the Republican Senate primary in Ohio that could offer early clues about the GOP electorate and former President Donald Trump‘s kingmaker status in

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The US Supreme Court‘s legitimacy has been deeply pierced, and it may never recover its stature in the eyes of America. For Chief Justice John Roberts, whose concern for the institution’s reputation is manifest in nearly every opinion he writes and every public speech he

By Whitney Wild, CNN A US Capitol Police officer was suspended on Tuesday after discharging a weapon in the breakroom of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, according to a department spokesperson. The department’s Office of Professional Responsibility is investigating the incident, the spokesperson said. The incident comes as security at the US

By Kara Scannell, CNN The Trump Organization and the Presidential Inaugural Committee will pay a total of $750,000 to settle with the Washington, DC, attorney general’s office over allegations they misspent money raised for former President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Trump Organization will pay $400,000 and the PIC will pay $350,000, according to a person

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN GOP Sen. Susan Collins said on Tuesday that a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade published by Politico was “completely inconsistent” with what Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett Kavanaugh “said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office.” “If this leaked

By Kate Sullivan and Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to pass legislation codifying Roe v. Wade and said a woman’s right to have an abortion is “fundamental,” but said he wasn’t ready to call for an end to the filibuster to push for abortion rights legislation. “Roe has been the

By Oren Liebermann, CNN More than 200 sailors have moved off the USS George Washington aircraft carrier after multiple deaths by suicide among the crew, including three in less than one week in April, according to the Navy. The sailors are moving to a local Navy installation as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier continues to go

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN It’s Election Day in Ohio and Indiana, where voters will pick their party nominees in primary races ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. While Ohio has made headlines for its Senate and gubernatorial races, there are several House primaries taking place Tuesday in the Buckeye State that are

By Kaitlan Collins and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Tuesday told workers in Alabama that the anti-tank missiles they’re making at their facility are making possible the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion and keeping US fighters out of the war. It’s a trip that would have seemed far-fetched to Biden’s own advisers

By Michael Warren, CNN Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan will call for a “course correction” for the Republican Party following the Trump administration during a speech Tuesday night, according to prepared remarks obtained by CNN. “A party that lost the popular vote in seven out of the last eight presidential elections, and that couldn’t even