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By Veronica Stracqualursi and Amanda Musa, CNN Kentucky’s GOP-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a broad abortion bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricts access to medication abortion and makes it more difficult for a minor to obtain an abortion in the state. The bill was

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Alleged rioter Dustin Thompson took the stand in his trial on Wednesday and told a Washington, DC, jury that he believed he had received “presidential orders” to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. “Besides being ordered by the President to go to the Capitol, I don’t know what

By Oren Liebermann, Jeremy Herb and Kaitlan Collins, CNN For the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US is providing Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials viewed as too much of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago. The $800 million list is driven not only by

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Wes Moore, a leading Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland, first became famous for his 2010 bestselling memoir, “The Other Wes Moore,” an inspirational story of two boys with the same name and ties to the rough streets of Baltimore. While the author became a Rhodes scholar, an Army captain and

By Annie Grayer, Ryan Nobles and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Biden administration has cleared the way for the National Archives to provide a new tranche of documents to the committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump initially had wanted to keep secret, a new letter from the Archives reveals. Archivist David

By Eric Bradner, CNN A lawyer for Iowa Senate hopeful Abby Finkenauer urged the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to place her back on this year’s Democratic primary ballot after a judge ruled that she had fallen short of the state’s signature requirements for qualification as a candidate. The court’s decision, expected by the end

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials warned Wednesday that unnamed hackers have developed tools designed to “gain full system access” to the sensitive computer systems used to operate energy facilities. The tools could help a hacker burrow into an industrial computer network and “disrupt critical devices or functions,” said the Department of Energy, the FBI,

By Priscilla Alvarez and Eva McKend, CNN A group of migrants bused from Texas arrived in Washington, DC, on Wednesday morning, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he would send willing migrants to the capital in a rebuke of President Joe Biden’s border policies. Five migrants who spoke to CNN said they were from Venezuela

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the US was sending his nation an additional $800 million worth of weapons, ammunition and other security assistance. It comes as US officials warn of a potentially bloody new phase in the ongoing war, focused on the eastern regions of Ukraine

By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal judge declined Wednesday to dismiss special counsel John Durham’s case against a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer accused of lying to the FBI during its investigation of potential Trump-Russia collusion. US District Judge Christopher Cooper rejected a request from Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who argued that

By Daniel Dale, CNN On Saturday, former President Donald Trump endorsed surgeon and former television personality Mehmet Oz in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania’s open US Senate seat. The endorsement is a challenge for Oz’s top Republican rival, former hedge fund chief executive David McCormick, who had also reportedly sought Trump’s backing. McCormick’s campaign has

By Kate Bennett, CNN Julie Mason, the chief of staff for second gentleman Doug Emhoff, has submitted her resignation, two White House officials confirmed to CNN. Mason, who has worked with Emhoff since the inauguration in January 2021, previously worked in several roles in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, including acting as then-second lady