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Trial begins for Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Leaders of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys will face trial starting Monday for their alleged conspiracy to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency, another test for the Justice Department’s effort to punish the far-right political movement connected to fierce allies of former President Donald Trump. Federal prosecutors

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First on CNN: Biden administration moves to phase out compact fluorescent light bulbs and push market toward LEDs

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration is unveiling a new proposed rule that, if enacted, would effectively phase out compact fluorescent light bulbs and move the US light bulb markets decisively to more energy-efficient LEDs. The Department of Energy is proposing the rule on Monday with the aim to finalize it by the end

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Arkansas GOP governor will make 2024 presidential decision ‘the first part of next year’

By Sarah Fortinsky and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he will decide in “the first part of next year” if he wants to mount a campaign for president in 2024. “The fact that President [Donald] Trump has already announced accelerates everyone’s time frame,” Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

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‘Election marshals’ and runoff rules: States eye a new round of voting changes ahead of 2024

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Texas will consider adding a new election police force. Ohio has moved forward on photo ID requirements for voting. And Georgia could overhaul its controversial general-election runoff system. Two years after the 2020 election and the pandemic put a spotlight on how elections are run, legislators around the country are signaling

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Georgia grand jury investigating Trump election interference is winding down and has begun writing final report

By Sara Murray, CNN A special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia is winding down its work, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Atlanta-area special grand jury has largely finished hearing witness testimony and has already begun writing its final

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