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DeSantis suspends Orlando-area state attorney in second sacking of democratically elected prosecutor

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Orlando-area state attorney, the second time he has removed a democratically elected prosecutor whose politics did not align with his conservative views. DeSantis said he was removing Monique Worrell of Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit for “neglect of duty

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NYT: Architect of Trump fake electors plot thought SCOTUS would ‘likely’ reject plan, but pushed ahead anyway

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — An internal Trump campaign memo from December 2020, made public Tuesday by The New York Times, reveals new details about how the campaign initiated its plan to subvert the Electoral College process and install fake GOP electors in multiple states after losing the 2020 presidential election. In the

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Biden is campaigning as the most pro-climate president while his DOJ works to block a landmark climate trial

By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — As President Joe Biden touts his environmental record this week in the West – designating a new national monument at the Grand Canyon and highlighting legislative accomplishments like the Inflation Reduction Act – the US Department of Justice is waging a legal battle over whether a landmark youth climate

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Biden administration announces new bans on investments in China meant to protect national security

By Kevin Liptak and Sam Fossum, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s administration detailed new rules Wednesday limiting US investments in advanced technology industries in China in an effort to protect national security at a moment of heightened tension with Beijing. The new rules would place restrictions on investments by US private equity and venture

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Former Pence aide Keith Kellogg, who just endorsed Trump, backed Pence’s moves on January 6

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s national security adviser Keith Kellogg – who endorsed Donald Trump’s reelection campaign on Tuesday – urged Pence to finish certifying the 2020 election “TONIGHT” while the US Capitol was still being secured during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Kellogg’s private comments became public when

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CNN Projection: Ohio voters reject effort that would make it harder to amend state constitution

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Ohio voters rejected Tuesday an effort to raise the threshold to amend the state’s constitution ahead of a November referendum on whether to constitutionally guarantee abortion rights there, handing abortion rights advocates a critical victory. Known as Issue 1, the measure would have changed Ohio’s referendum law – lifting

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Federal judge orders Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend ‘religious-liberty training’ from conservative group

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday ordered three attorneys for Southwest Airlines to attend “religious-liberty training” from a conservative legal advocacy group as punishment for allegedly violating his ruling in a religious discrimination case brought against the company by a fired flight attendant. The sanctions order handed

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FBI accuses indicted Air National Guardsman of sharing classified information with someone living in a foreign country

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Recently filed court documents allege that Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified intelligence online, knowingly shared classified information with at least one person appearing to reside in a foreign country. According to a sworn statement by an FBI agent who investigated Teixeira, the 21-year-old shared

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