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By Marshall Cohen In the last few weeks, more details about how former President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election have come to light, specifically about an effort by his campaign to subvert the Electoral College process and install fake GOP electors in seven swing states. The situation is far from self-explanatory. It

By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory said last year that not receiving an offer to teach at Duke University upon leaving the governorship was “blacklisting” and comparable to the refusal to serve Black Americans at lunch counters in the 1960s during segregation. McCrory, who is now running for

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer can come across as a bookish government man, captivated by the nitty-gritty of regulations and convinced that Washington, on the whole, works. Ensconced in chambers lined with shelves of antique books on philosophy inherited from an uncle and strewn with

By Kevin Liptak, Phil Mattingly, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins, CNN President Joe Biden received a much-needed political opening on Wednesday. But neither he, nor anyone close to him, appeared ready to celebrate it. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement plans were publicly revealed before the White House or the justice himself was expecting it,

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers leader accused of seditious conspiracy to overthrow the Biden presidency, will remain in jail as he awaits trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. “It is the totality of the evidence showing Defendant’s leadership and strategic involvement in and advocacy for armed and

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Whatever issues Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have caused for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, their records on Biden’s judicial confirmation efforts are a positive signal for the President as he seeks to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Neither Manchin nor Sinema has voted against any of Biden’s

By Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN Debunked election fraud claims made in Michigan by former President Donald Trump’s legal team ended up in a draft executive order directing the military to seize voting machines nationally, the state’s top election official said on Wednesday. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said that she shared the

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer During his nearly three-decade tenure, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has authored a number of important opinions. His style is straightforward, without rhetorical flourish and marked by a tendency toward numbered points. A former law professor, he readily delves into the intricacies of federal statutes.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN President Joe Biden reversed a number of the Trump administration’s policies during his first year in office — but he has left tariffs in place on $350 billion of Chinese goods that were imposed by his predecessor. Some of those tariffs, which are paid by American importers, have been in place

By Paula Reid and Tierney Sneed, CNN Florida radio host Joseph “Big Joe” Ellicott is cooperating with the US Justice Department’s investigation into Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida after pleading guilty in a separate bribery scheme, Ellicott’s attorney tells CNN. Ellicott agreed on Monday to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and

By Holmes Lybrand, Andrew Millman and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal judge appeared unconvinced on Wednesday that Donald Trump should be allowed to testify at a trial of a US Capitol riot defendant who is arguing the former President could be a helpful witness. Judge Reggie Walton said that having Trump and his allies testify