Politics

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump directed a data firm to copy information from local election systems in three battleground states, records obtained by The Washington Post show. The data firm, SullivanStrickler, copied sensitive information from a Dominion voting system in Coffee County, Georgia, and were directed by Trump-connected attorneys

By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Eric Bradner, CNN Voters in Alaska on Tuesday are voting in two separate elections for the same US House seat — the state’s at-large congressional district seat. That’s because there’s both a special general election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young’s term and a primary

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department unsealed charges on Monday against a Pennsylvania man who allegedly threatened to kill FBI agents after investigators searched Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida. Investigators said that Adam Bies of Mercer, Pennsylvania, has been threatening federal agents on the social media site Gab for months. Agents

By Sara Murray, Jason Morris and Gloria Borger, CNN Rudy Giuliani has been told by prosecutors in Georgia that he is a target 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. A prosecutor from

By Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration does not plan to release billions of dollars of Afghan government assets held by the country’s central bank anytime soon, citing concerns the funds could end up in the hands of terrorists after the leader of al Qaeda was killed while hiding out in Afghanistan’s

By Jason Morris and Nick Valencia, CNN A federal judge in Atlanta has denied GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham’s motion to quash a subpoena, ruling that he must testify before a Fulton County grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. In her written decision on Monday, US

By Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, CNN The White House is launching a messaging push to capitalize on a recent string of policy accomplishments and spur momentum for Democrats heading into November’s pivotal midterm elections, according to a memo written by top White House officials. The push includes travel by members of Biden’s Cabinet to

By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Six years ago, when Rep. Liz Cheney first ran for Wyoming’s lone House seat, Nicholas Houfek said he saw the long-time Virginia resident, who had purchased a home in Jackson Hole four years earlier, as a “carpetbagger.” Now, Houfek, a registered Republican who works in real estate, is