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By Daniel Dale, CNN At a conference of religious conservatives last week, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina inaccurately described a Democratic proposal to have independent state commissions, rather than state politicians, draw the boundaries of congressional districts. The proposal to transform the redistricting process is part of Democrats’ For the People Act, a

By Devan Cole, CNN A Senate committee hearing on a bill to grant statehood to Washington, DC, grew tense for a time on Tuesday when one of the panel’s Republican lawmakers clashed with the city’s mayor on the key Democratic priority, which has gained momentum in recent years. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin told

By Gregory Krieg, CNN The beginning of the end of New York City’s long primary season is here, as voters go to the polls on Tuesday to decide who will steer the city through its post-pandemic recovery and confront a rise in violent crime. Up and down the ballot, in races for mayor, comptroller, five

By Clare Foran and Lauren Fox, CNN Senate Democrats suffered a loss on Tuesday when Republican opposition sunk their signature voting and election bill during a key test vote, underscoring the limits of the party’s power with the narrowest possible Senate majority. A procedural vote to open debate on the legislation was defeated by a

By Ethan Cohen and Adam Levy, CNN New York City is rolling out ranked-choice voting in its mayoral primary and several other key races, becoming the largest US jurisdiction to give the voting system a try. Under this system, voters rate their top five choices in order of preference instead of picking just one —

By Alexandra Meeks, CNN The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a federal judge’s controversial ruling that overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons, in which he likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. In an order Monday, a three-judge panel on the federal appeals court issued a stay of US District

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN The Justice Department released three videos on Monday used in a federal court case against a Capitol riot defendant accused of leading the Proud Boys in the insurrection on January 6. The videos show the defendant, Charles Donohoe, among the rioters and other Proud Boys preparing their moves, then pushing into

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Migrant children who crossed the US-Mexico border alone are still spending prolonged time in temporary government facilities, raising concerns among attorneys, who say the conditions are inadequate for kids, according to a court filing Monday. Over the spring, the Biden administration scrambled to get a record number of migrant children out

Prosecutors could decide whether to seek an indictment against the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg as soon as next month, according to a person familiar with the matter. CNN Legal Analyst Elliot Williams gives perspective.

By Erica Orden, CNN The Trump Organization on Monday sued the city of New York after it ended its contract for a golf course at Ferry Point Park in the wake of the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. In a lawsuit filed in state court in Manhattan, the company alleged wrongful termination

By Phil Mattingly, CNN President Joe Biden ramped up his push to move his legislative agenda forward in private meetings Monday with two key Democratic lawmakers. Biden spoke with the Democrats — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin — in separate meetings, according to a White House official. The two lawmakers

By Kara Scannell and Sonia Moghe, CNN The Trump Organization’s chief financial officer is staring down a decision: whether to cooperate with prosecutors against former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization or potentially face criminal tax-related charges. The Manhattan district attorney’s office and New York attorney general’s tax investigation into Allen Weisselberg, involving a

By Pete Muntean, CNN A coalition of airline trade and labor groups on Monday wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson asking that the Justice Department handle the most heinous cases of unruly passengers. “We respectfully request that the FAA refer abhorrent cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ) so that

By Tami Luhby, CNN A record 80.5 million Americans have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, largely because states have had to keep people enrolled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new federal data released Monday. Between February 2020 and this past January, enrollment in Medicaid jumped by 9.7 million people

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Most of the public rejects Republican efforts to audit states’ 2020 election results, saying they believe the reviews are an attempt to undermine valid election outcomes, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. A 57% majority of Americans say that, based on what they’ve heard about the audits conducted or

By Dan Merica, CNN Former President Barack Obama on Monday invoked the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol to advocate for a sweeping voting right bills set to be considered by the Senate, arguing the uprising proved Americans cannot “take our democracy for granted.” Obama’s comments came a day before the Senate is set

Speaking at a teleconference town hall, former President Barack Obama took Senate Republicans to task for opposition to a debate over an election reform bill that would expand voting access.

CNN’s Manu Raju speaks to Chuck Schumer about confronting his most daunting series of legislative landmines in his young tenure as Senate majority leader, navigating conflicting demands from his left and his moderates — all the while facing wary Republicans after years of partisan brawling with the hard-nosed New Yorker.