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By Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The US Army is now projecting that for the next two years it will massively fail to recruit as many troops as it hoped, falling short by nearly 40,000 new recruits, according to the latest estimates and testimony from the Army’s second highest leader. “We’ve got unprecedented challenges

By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN The new communications director for the Republican Senate nominee in Nevada — a key state that could determine control in Washington — marched to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, with two members of the far-right extremist group the Oath Keepers including one who was later charged with sedition and

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN The contempt of Congress trial against Steve Bannon got underway in earnest on Tuesday with opening statements and the first witness testimony after a failed last-minute effort from the Trump ally‘s team to delay the trial. The simple case that prosecutors wish to put on was evident in

By Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Jason Morris, CNN The Atlanta-area prosecutors scrutinizing former President Donald Trump‘s attempts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia said Tuesday that all 16 of the “fake electors” who participated in a plan to subvert the Electoral College are now targets of an ongoing criminal investigation. Court documents filed

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress were among those arrested by Capitol Police on Tuesday afternoon as part of an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court. Wearing specially made green bandanas with “Won’t Back Down,” they marched from the Capitol to the Court, which has been

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN US officials are on alert for multifaceted election interference threats from adversaries like Iran, China and Russia — including hacking, disinformation and influence operations — as the midterm elections approach, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday. “We have to be concerned about hybrid threats,” Wray said at a cybersecurity conference at

By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The Democrat-led House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a bill that would enshrine protections for same-sex marriage into federal law. The bipartisan final vote was 267 to 157 with 47 Republicans joining with Democrats to vote for the bill. It’s not clear, however, whether the bill

By Maegan Vazquez and Kate Bennett, CNN Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska is at the White House on Tuesday to privately meet with first lady Jill Biden and take part in a larger bilateral meeting with American officials. Zelenska was greeted at the White House by President Joe Biden and Jill Biden. The President handed

By Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Whitney Wild, CNN The US Secret Service produced an “initial set of documents” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday, in response to a subpoena last week that was issued amid reports of potentially missing text messages from the day of

By Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It may take a few days, or even longer, to determine who will win Maryland’s various primaries on Tuesday — and that’s because of how the state counts mail-in ballots. On election night, counties will report Election Day votes and early-in person votes. But election officials cannot begin canvassing mail