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An election judge sets up a Dominion voting machine

Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, says he’ll push for paper ballots

By Alayna Treene, Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Dominion Voting Systems, the election vendor that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, is being sold and rebranded as Liberty Vote effective immediately. Scott Leiendecker, the founder of a Missouri-based election technology company who previously served as the Republican director for the St. Louis City

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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 9. Democratic senators on October 9 gave some credit to Trump for brokering phase one of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas but warned of potential challenges in enacting the plan.

Democrats give Trump credit for Gaza deal but stop short of backing GOP calls to award him Nobel Peace Prize

By Alison Main, Manu Raju, Arlette Saenz, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Democratic senators on Thursday gave some credit to President Donald Trump for brokering phase one of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas but warned of potential challenges in enacting the plan. Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he’s “waiting to exhale” and

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In this screengrab taken from a video posted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on October 3

White House rebukes Colombian president’s claim that boat US struck off Venezuela coast was carrying Colombians

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The White House on Thursday dismissed Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s allegation that the most recent US strike in the Caribbean may have targeted a Colombian vessel, saying the claim is “baseless and reprehensible.” “The United States looks forward to President Petro publicly retracting his baseless and reprehensible

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US Attorney Lindsey Halligan fixes an earring at the end of an interview outside of the White House

Comey’s challenge of Lindsey Halligan is the latest bid to derail Trump’s top prosecutors

By Katelyn Polantz, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Before FBI Director James Comey heads to trial in January over charges of lying to Congress, his team plans to put the prosecutors — and specifically President Donald Trump’s handpicked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan — on the defensive. Comey’s strategy, as outlined in court on Wednesday,

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Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the opinion legalizing same-sex marriage. Here’s why he says it won’t be overturned

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the Supreme Court’s 2015 opinion declaring a right to same-sex marriage, recalled on Wednesday one of the poignant realities that influenced him – and why he believes the decision would never be overturned. “A large part of the reasoning in

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Fact check: Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking alleged Venezuelan drug boats

By Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela. “Every boat kills about 25,000 people,” Trump said in a speech last week. “Every one of those boats is responsible for the death of 25,000 American

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks with reporters at the US Capitol on February 11.

‘Everyone’s just getting destroyed’: MTG calls on Johnson to bring House back to DC and rails on GOP handling of health care

By Manu Raju, Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government shutdown, calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the House back into session and

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Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego confront House Speaker Mike Johnson outside his office in the US Capitol on October 8.

Tempers flare between Democratic senators and Speaker Johnson over Grijalva’s swearing in and shutdown strategy

CNN By Annie Grayer, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — Arizona’s Democratic senators got into a hallway confrontation with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as the government shutdown’s eighth day dragged on. The clash between Johnson and Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego centered on the speaker’s decision not to swear in Democrats’ newest

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