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Legal fight around abortion drug mifepristone escalates with new lawsuits challenging state restrictions

By Tierney Sneed The legal fight around medication abortion — the two-pill regimen that allows women to terminate their pregnancies — escalated Wednesday with separate lawsuits filed in two states challenging their restrictions on the method. One lawsuit was filed by GenBioPro, a major manufacturer of mifepristone, which is the first drug used in the

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CNN Poll: Broad majority of Americans approve of appointment of special counsel to investigate Biden documents

By Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN More than 8 in 10 Americans approve of the appointment of a special counsel to investigate classified documents found at President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence and an office he used after serving as vice president, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. The poll finds broad

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Trump and Biden teams both jump on Pence disclosure as a classified documents defense

By Kaitlan Collins, MJ Lee, Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly and Kristen Holmes, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden jumped on news of classified documents being found in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana home, with both viewing it as a helpful defense in their own documents investigations. Biden’s team continues

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National Archives considering asking past presidents and vice presidents to look again for classified materials

By Kevin Liptak, Jamie Gangel and Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN The National Archives is looking into sending letters to all living former presidents and vice presidents, asking them to go through their records to ensure there are no classified materials, according to sources familiar with the matter. Representatives for four former presidents have all so far

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House Democratic whip’s daughter arrested at protest and charged with assaulting police officer

By Daniella Diaz, Lauren Fox, Michelle Watson and Braden Walker, CNN House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark’s daughter was arrested during a protest in Boston and has been arraigned on charges including assault on a police officer. Riley Dowell, 23, was found by police tagging the Parkman Bandstand monument “NO COP CITY” and “ACAB,” according to

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McCarthy officially denies Schiff and Swalwell seats on House Intelligence Committee

By Morgan Rimmer, CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday officially denied seats on the House Intelligence Committee to Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff, the former chairman of the panel. The decision reflects the increasingly politicized nature of one of Congress’ most important national security committees and was swiftly met with outrage by

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