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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Some top Democratic operatives are terrified that their down-ballot candidates are responding too timidly to the threat of former President Donald Trump using this year’s midterm elections to launch a return to the White House, and they’ve formed a new group to raise the alarm. The super PAC, whose creation was

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The two visions of pandemic America have arrived at the US Supreme Court. To the Biden administration, this is a life-or-death moment. Administration lawyers defending a new workplace vaccination requirement highlight the human toll of the deadly virus, a collapsing health care system and the

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan announced on Tuesday that she will not seek reelection to the House this year after four terms representing Michigan’s 14th District, becoming the 25th House Democrat to announce they’re leaving at the end of this term. “Today, after reflecting on my journey — and oh,

By Geneva Sands and Whitney Wild, CNN Law enforcement and federal authorities in the Washington area are stepping up security efforts in anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the department is operating at a “heightened level of vigilance, because

By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen, CNN The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Donald Trump supporters’ violent attack on the Capitol has been the subject of a dishonesty campaign that began amid the fog of January

By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, wants to hear directly from then-Vice President Mike Pence, who certified the 2020 presidential election despite an extensive pressure campaign led by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to halt the process. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat,

By Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden’s infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu sent letters to all the nation’s governors on Tuesday urging them to appoint their own infrastructure implementation coordinators to smooth the rollout of the $1.2 trillion law. “We know that needs, capacity, and challenges can vary widely by locality,” the letter from Landrieu, which