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By Gregory Krieg, CNN Becca Balint will win the Democratic primary for Vermont’s lone House seat, CNN projects, putting her on a path to become the first woman to represent the state in Congress. Vermont is the only state in the country that has never had a woman in its congressional delegation. Balint, a former

By Natasha Bertrand, CNN The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign that Russia intends to purchase the systems as the war in Ukraine continues. “During the last several weeks, Russian officials conducted training in Iran as part of the agreement for UAV

By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen, Katelyn Polantz and Whitney Wild, CNN Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said Tuesday that the FBI had seized his cell phone. “This morning, while traveling with my family, 3 FBI agents visited me and seized my cell phone,” he said in part in a statement. The search is connected

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Donald Trump’s chosen candidate for governor in Wisconsin will win the GOP nomination, CNN projects, underscoring the former President’s clout among Republican primary voters in the latest contest in which he and former Vice President Mike Pence were on opposite sides — and the first since the FBI search of Trump’s

By Pamela Brown, Kaitlan Collins and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The search of Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida came after authorities believed that the former President or his team had not returned all the documents and other materials that were property of the government, according to a person familiar with the matter. Authorities believed the

By Gabby Orr, Melanie Zanona, Kristen Holmes and Michael Warren, CNN Top Republicans who have spent months trying to dissuade Donald Trump from announcing another presidential campaign before the midterms are coming around to the idea, after an unprecedented search of the former President’s Mar-a-Lago property by federal investigators on Monday lit up the GOP

By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN “Lock and load,” was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI. Other posts were more explicit, “I’m just going to say it. [Attorney General Merrick] Garland

By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN The White House on Tuesday largely declined to answer questions on the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, instead emphasizing President Joe Biden’s belief in the independence of the Justice Department. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing on Tuesday that Biden

By Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN Rudy Giuliani was ordered by an Atlanta-area judge Tuesday to appear in person on August 17 in front of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia. Lawyers

By Tierney Sneed The FBI search of former President Donald Trump‘s residence in Florida on Monday signaled an extraordinary escalation of an investigation into the handling of certain documents from his presidency and raises questions about whether his legal exposure extends beyond whether he improperly took government records when he left the White House. What

By Sara Murray, Zachary Cohen and Kara Scannell, CNN Trump ally Doug Mastriano’s virtual appearance Tuesday before the House January 6 committee only lasted about 15 minutes and “he didn’t answer a single question,” according to a source familiar with the matter. Mastriano’s attorney cut off the virtual appearance soon after it began, the source

By Rachel Janfaza, Melissa Holzberg DePalo, Ethan Cohen, Clara Grudberg and Nicholas Anastacio, CNN It’s primary election day in Vermont, Connecticut, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Vermont is on the edge of history as the state prepares to send a woman to Congress for the first time, there’s a competitive Republican gubernatorial race in Wisconsin and a

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN A federal appeals court on Tuesday signed off on a House Ways and Means Committee request to obtain former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. The 3-0 ruling from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a blow to Trump, who has argued for

By Tami Luhby, CNN When Senate Democrats crafted their legislation to lower drug prices, they wanted two main measures to encompass both the private insurance and Medicare markets. However, in the end, they were forced to limit the provisions — restricting the growth of drug prices to inflation and placing a $35 cap on insulin

By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN Midterm primary season continues Tuesday with elections in four states: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Connecticut and Vermont. In addition to a high-profile US Senate race in Wisconsin and gubernatorial contests in all four states, there are a number of US House primaries to watch as Democrats fight to defend their

By Alex Rogers and Melanie Zanona, CNN Top congressional Republicans are rushing to former President Donald Trump’s defense after the FBI executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as part of an investigation into the handling of potentially classified material. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Attorney General Merrick Garland to “preserve