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Melania Trump confirms support for abortion rights in new video, putting her at odds with husband’s position

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump said in a new video posted Thursday that she believes there is “no room for compromise” when it comes to a woman’s “individual freedom,” after The Guardian reported excerpts from her forthcoming book in which she says she supports abortion rights “free from any

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US President Donald Trump is followed by Vice President Mike Pence in the Rose Garden of the White House on September 28

Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

CNN By Jack Forrest, Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday.

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Pence and Trump’s frayed relationship leading up to Jan. 6 insurrection on full display in latest special counsel filing

By Jack Forrest, Tierney Sneed, Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win over Donald Trump and his repeated refusals to help the former president overturn the results, was under a microscope in special counsel Jack Smith’s detailed court filing Wednesday. Smith,

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Rudy Giuliani pictured with his daughter Caroline Giuliani.

Giuliani’s daughter details how she came to decision to break with father and endorse Harris

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday that she did not come lightly to her decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. In her first television interview after endorsing Harris, Caroline

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The Guardian: Melania Trump says women must have abortion rights free from government pressure in memoir

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Former first lady Melania Trump says she supports abortion rights “free from any intervention or pressure from the government” in her upcoming memoir, according to excerpts of the book obtained by The Guardian. “Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she

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Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida work to secure early voting amid Hurricane Helene fallout

By Michelle Shen, Curt Devine and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida are working quickly to ensure voters can still securely cast early ballots, despite the devastating storm impacts of Hurricane Helene that have in some cases left them without power, water and cell service. Potential solutions in the

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Biden says Israel shouldn’t strike Iranian nuclear sites, but US officials recognize it has a right to respond to attack

By Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is counseling Israel to take a proportional response to this week’s barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, voicing opposition to a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in the hopes of preventing the conflict that has erupted in the region from widening further. American

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Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief that was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge

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New DHS report warns of ongoing ‘heightened threat environment’ ahead of presidential election

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The threat environment in the United States “remains high” ahead of the November presidential election and conflict in the Middle East, according to a new assessment by the Department of Homeland Security. The annual assessment released Wednesday warns of possible threats from violent extremists driven by the heated political environment in the US as

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Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz greet each other ahead of a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1 in New York City.

CBS cut mics and fact-checked JD Vance in a more civil VP debate, drawing the ire of Trump and his allies

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate: would they directly fact check the candidates’ statements live in the moment? Or would they take a hands-off approach and let the candidates fact check each other? O’Donnell and

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