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By Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard and Rachel Clarke, CNN Nestled inland among national forests, Shasta County could be seen as a GOP haven in California, far from the liberal coastal centers that dominate state politics. But it was here, where Republicans outnumber Democrats 2-to-1, that rebels stood up against their local party leaders and then

By Jessica Schneider, CNN US Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe pleaded guilty to one felony count in federal court Monday afternoon, four months after he and his wife were arrested and charged with trying to sell classified information about nuclear submarines to a foreign country in exchange for millions of dollars of cryptocurrency. Toebbe, 43,

By Gregory Krieg and Ethan Cohen, CNN Control of both chambers of Congress and dozens of governorships and state offices are on the line in 2022, the first national election since President Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, who is using the campaign to tighten his grip on the Republican Party. Democrats are on the defensive

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Tina Peters, the embattled county clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, said Monday she is running for secretary of state. “Colorado deserves a secretary of state who will stand up to the Biden administration that wants to run our country into the ground with nationalized elections,” Peters, a Republican, said in a

By Kara Scannell, CNN Former President Donald Trump‘s long-time accounting firm informed the Trump Organization last week that it should no longer rely on nearly 10 years’ worth of financial statements and that they would no longer be their accountants, citing a conflict of interest. “We have come to this conclusion based, in part, upon

By Devan Cole, Paul Murphy and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, was the target of a shooting Monday morning at his campaign headquarters, authorities said. Democrat Craig Greenberg was the target of the shooting in the city’s Butchertown neighborhood, Louisville Metropolitan Police Department Chief Erika Shields said, adding that

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The vast majority of critical minerals and rare earth elements that help power electric vehicles and wind turbines come from mining operations overseas. But a new initiative spearheaded by the US Department of Energy is looking for ways to extract them from fossil fuel waste. The Energy Department plans to build

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Democratic US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Personal Birth date: February 26, 1958 Birth place: St. Paul, Minnesota Birth name: Timothy Michael Kaine Father: Albert Alexander Kaine Jr., ironworker Mother: Mary Kathleen (Burns) Kaine, teacher Marriage: Anne Holton (1984-present) Children: Nat, Woody and Annella Education:

By Katelyn Polantz and Chandelis Duster, CNN A conservative lawyer who worked with then-President Donald Trump has turned over thousands of pages of emails to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection but is withholding thousands of others, according to a court filing Sunday. John Eastman, a law professor who helped craft Trump’s