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By Jeff Zeleny and Alex Rogers, CNN Sen. Mike Lee stepped in line behind Donald Trump. Evan McMullin crossed it. In fewer than five weeks, the Utah Senate race will determine which of those decisions proved to be the wiser course for a conservative seeking elected office. Lee, a two-term incumbent Republican, is facing an

By Maeve Reston and Kyung Lah, CNN As she vies to become Arizona’s next governor, Kari Lake has told supporters they can call her “Trump in a dress any day.” She has courted female voters by describing herself as a “Mama Bear” compelled to run by her anger about Covid-19 restrictions. And she warns drug

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Russian-speaking hackers on Wednesday claimed responsibility for knocking offline state government websites in Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi, among other states — the latest example of apparent politically motivated hacking following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Kentucky Board of Elections’ website, which posts information on how to register to vote, was also

By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb and Kylie Atwood, CNN As many as three dozen current and former CIA officers have gone to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees over the past year to raise concerns that a CIA task force has been soft-pedaling its investigation into a mysterious illness impacting agency officers and diplomats known colloquially as “Havana Syndrome,”

By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN The US intelligence community believes that the car bombing that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of prominent Russian political figure Alexander Dugin, was authorized by elements within the Ukrainian government, sources briefed on the intelligence told CNN. The US was not aware of the plan beforehand, according

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A second man accused by the Justice Department earlier this year of impersonating a federal agent in Washington, DC, pleaded guilty Wednesday. Ali Haider pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, conspiring to impersonate federal agents and unlawfully possessing a high-capacity pistol magazine in DC. He faces an

By Dan Merica, CNN Mehmet Oz’s medical research record is coming under new scrutiny in the already contentious Pennsylvania Senate contest, prompting the Republican nominee’s campaign to vehemently deny allegations by Democrat John Fetterman that he abused animals. The controversy stems from Oz’s time as the “principal investigator” in the Columbia University Institute of Comparative

By Katelyn Polantz and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal appeals court has decided to expedite a case over the legality of having a special master oversee the review of a trove of federal records seized from Mar-a-Lago. A faster resolution to the Justice Department’s appeal in this case could more quickly bring a resolution to

By Ellie Kaufman and Jennifer Hansler, CNN US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that if North Korea continues “down this road” of provocation following its ballistic missile launch over Japan on Tuesday, “it will only increase the condemnation, increase the isolation and increase the steps that are taken in response to their actions.” Blinken

By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden is “disappointed” the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel agreed to cut output by 2 million barrels per day, the White House said Wednesday, as the threat of rising gas prices looms weeks ahead of critical midterm elections. The decision by the grouping of major oil producers rebuffed heavy lobbying

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is taking new steps to help protect borrowers from scams in the days before Americans can begin to apply for student loan forgiveness. Officials announced “ongoing and expanded efforts across the administration to combat scams and misinformation” on Wednesday, including “educating borrowers about how to protect themselves against

By Dan Merica, CNN Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes raised more than $20 million in the third quarter of 2022, according to details from the Wisconsin lieutenant governor’s campaign, dwarfing what he raised throughout his entire bid for Senate. Barnes is aiming to unseat Sen. Ron Johnson, the Republican incumbent who is seeking a third

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Baquer Namazi, an elderly American wrongfully detained in Iran, has been reunited with his family in Abu Dhabi, the US State Department said Wednesday. “Baquer Namazi is now in Abu Dhabi after departing Iran for Muscat; he has been reunited with his family and will soon receive urgently

By Steve Contorno, CNN President Joe Biden was in Florida to see first-hand the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, once again putting a spotlight on his icy relationship with Gov. Ron DeSantis, the combative Republican leader posed to potentially challenge the Democrat for the presidency in 2024. For the time being, Biden and DeSantis have

By Joan Biskupic, CNN The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices — Latina, White and Black women — sought during voting-rights arguments Tuesday to wrench the narrative of a colorblind America from the conservatives who currently dominate the bench. Led by Chief Justice John Roberts, justices on the right have rejected policies that consider race, including