By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Five Republican candidates for Michigan governor could be deemed ineligible to appear on the primary ballot after the Michigan elections bureau found invalid signatures on their nomination petitions. The development could scramble the fast-approaching primary on August 2 and winnow the crowded field of 10 Republicans jockeying for the nomination to
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By Devan Cole, CNN Indiana banned transgender women and girls from competing on public school sports teams consistent with their gender after the state’s Republican-led legislature voted Tuesday to override a veto issued earlier this year by their GOP governor in order to enact the controversial law. Indiana’s House of Representatives voted to override Gov.
Continue Reading By Devan Cole, CNN Indiana banned transgender women and girls from competing on public school sports teams consistent with their gender after the state’s Republican-led legislature voted Tuesday to override a veto issued earlier this year by their GOP governor in order to enact the controversial law. Indiana’s House of Representatives voted to override Gov.
Continue Reading By Maeve Reston, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will defeat Trump-backed primary challengers, CNN projected Tuesday — a blow to the former President’s efforts to punish them for refusing to help him overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The losses of election deniers backed by Trump in the Peach
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By Phil Gast, CNN One led the South in a war against the United States. Another objected to welcoming African Americans into White society. All fought on behalf of the cause of enslaving Black people. The proposal announced on Tuesday by a congressionally appointed commission that would replace the names of Confederate commanders from nine
Continue Reading By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is being swept into another sensitive political matter, the latest in a series of headline-grabbing incidents for an official whose day-to-day duties typically render the position obscure. The Republican who serves as Georgia’s top elections official on Friday accepted a state judge’s recommendation that Republican
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday released new videos of a now-infamous meeting between Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes — the leaders of the two most prominent extremist organizations connected to January 6 — that took place in a Washington, DC, hotel garage just 24 hours before the attack.
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By Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a post-Civil War amnesty law doesn’t protect future insurrectionists, a legal victory for the liberal activists who have tried to disqualify Republican lawmakers based on their role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of
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By Oren Liebermann, Devan Cole, Barbara Starr and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The congressional naming commission which was set up to remove Confederate names from military bases has unveiled proposals to rename nine bases on Tuesday. The proposed names include women, African-American, Native American and Latino service members, a nod to the diverse ranks the US
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By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN An Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to an alleged plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush, the Justice Department announced. Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab has been charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of a former United
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By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s election day again with primary races and runoffs taking place Tuesday in five states: Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota. Senate primaries are taking place in Georgia — a key state in the fight for control of the chamber — as well as in
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By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Once-sleepy secretary of state contests are taking on new urgency in the aftermath of efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A group of more than 80 senators across both parties have committed to expediting the approval of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership applications in the Senate and called on President Joe Biden to do the same in the executive branch. In the letter to Biden sent Tuesday, the senators also said
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A group of more than 80 senators across both parties have committed to expediting the approval of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership applications in the Senate and called on President Joe Biden to do the same in the executive branch. In the letter to Biden sent Tuesday, the senators also said
Continue Reading By Holmes Lybrand Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an Army reservist and alleged White supremacist on trial for his actions during the January 6 Capitol riot, was “full of adrenalin and stupidity” when he told his roommate that he wanted a civil war, his defense attorney said during opening statements Tuesday. The trial of Hale-Cusanelli, who was employed
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By Rachel Janfaza and Andrew Menezes, CNN It’s Election Day in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Arkansas and Minnesota (well, at least in the latter’s 1st Congressional District). The Republican primaries for governor and Senate in Georgia have captured national attention, with former President Donald Trump flexing his endorsement muscle for former US Sen. David Perdue, who
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By Melanie Zanona and Dan Merica, CNN Dave McCormick’s campaign filed a lawsuit Monday evening to have all undated ballots counted in Pennsylvania’s too-close-to-call Senate primary race, where he is currently narrowly trailing Republican rival Mehmet Oz. The move triggered action from the Republican National Committee, which decided to intervene on the lawsuit and ask
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By Marshall Cohen The FBI is conducting an internal review into possible misconduct related to the Trump-Russia investigation, including potentially improper handling of a surveillance warrant that was used early in the investigation, an FBI agent revealed Tuesday in federal court. FBI supervisory agent Curtis Heide testified that an administrative inquiry is underway, and that
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By Maeve Reston, CNN Sarah Huckabee Sanders will win the GOP nomination for governor of Arkansas, CNN projects, putting her in strong position to win the governorship in this red state in November. The 39-year-old former Trump White House press secretary enjoyed the support of former President Donald Trump and easily dispatched her sole Republican
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By Kara Scannell, CNN The New York attorney general’s office has subpoenaed former President Donald Trump’s longtime executive assistant for testimony as part of its civil investigation into the Trump Organization’s finances. Lawyers for the attorney general’s office said in a new court filing that Rhona Graff, who was Trump’s executive assistant for decades until
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