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By Tierney Sneed The state-by-state patchwork of abortion restrictions that a reversal of Roe v. Wade would render will be even more complicated by the approaches of local prosecutors and law enforcement officials charged with enforcing abortion bans. Abortion rights advocates fear overzealous law enforcement officials will target crackdowns on the most vulnerable communities in

By Kaitlan Collins, CNN The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the US could potentially see 100 million Covid-19 infections this fall and winter, as officials publicly stress the need for more funding from Congress to prepare the nation. The projection of 100 million potential infections is an estimate based on a range

By Michael Warren, CNN Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick has honed in on a closing message in the final days before the May 17 Pennsylvania primary: questioning the patriotic loyalties of his main primary opponent, Mehmet Oz. In a Friday press briefing organized by McCormick’s campaign, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke about

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is being swept into another sensitive political matter, the latest in a series of headline-grabbing incidents for an official whose day-to-day duties typically render the position obscure. The Republican who serves as Georgia’s top elections official on Friday accepted a state judge’s recommendation that Republican

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN Americans’ views on abortion are sharply divided across partisan lines, CNN’s latest polling shows: An overwhelming 88% of Democrats want to see Roe vs. Wade upheld, while a smaller 63% majority of Republicans want to see it overturned. But neither party is entirely monolithic on the issue, with additional divides across

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Clarence Thomas, following the leak of a draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, said Friday that government institutions shouldn’t be “bullied” into delivering what some see as the preferred outcome. “The events of earlier this week is one symptom of that,” Thomas said. He added

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN Two months into Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Biden administration has increased the amount of intelligence it shares with Kyiv, contributing to successful strikes against senior Russian leaders and the Russian Navy’s flagship, the Moskva, sources familiar with the intelligence sharing tell CNN. But the

By Oren Liebermann and Henry Klapper, CNN The commanding officer stood before the sailors of the USS George Washington’s security team. One of their own, Xavier Sandor, had taken his life a few weeks earlier in mid-April, and the captain had come down to speak with the 110 or so young men and women who

By Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conspiracy theory-peddling Georgia Republican, shouldn’t be disqualified over her role in the January 6 insurrection, a judge said Friday in a significant legal blow to the voters and advocacy groups who tried to throw her off the ballot. State Judge Charles Beaudrot said in a 19-page

By Fredreka Schouten Donald Trump didn’t name names in his recent statement, demanding that a taxpayer-funded probe of the 2020 election in Wisconsin continue past its expiration date. But his target and message were clear. A day after the former President warned of a “huge bump in the polls” for any primary challenger to Republicans

By Steve Contorno, CNN The strike against Disney that brought Gov. Ron DeSantis a windfall of campaign cash and weeks of glowing coverage from conservative media has also generated something the Florida Republican rarely experiences these days: criticism from the political right. A handful of high-profile Republicans have expressed their unease with the punitive actions

By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to her colleagues Friday morning the chamber will vote on legislation that would allow Capitol Hill staffers to unionize next week, a major development for labor activists who have pushed for the option for years. “Congressional staffers deserve the same fundamental rights and