Politics

By Shania Shelton, CNN An independent investigation conducted by former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor found that older printers and longer ballots printed on heavier paper were to blame for a printer issue at several precincts in Maricopa County that prevented some ballots from being properly scanned on site during Election Day 2022.

By Casey Gannon and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Donald Trump’s close presidential aide and speechwriter Stephen Miller returned to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington on Tuesday after the courts ordered that he and other top advisers must share their recollections of direct conversations with the then-president related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol

By Natasha Bertrand, Lauren Fox and Alayna Treene, CNN Top lawmakers on Capitol Hill who oversee the intelligence community finally have been granted the ability to look over the classified documents found improperly in the homes of President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, three sources familiar with the

By Annie Grayer and Clare Foran, CNN Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The congresswoman, 54, said in a video released by her office that she is “doing well” and “feeling good and staying strong.” “I’ve got a positive attitude and I’ve got the

By Fredreka Schouten and Marshall Cohen, CNN First, the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in rural northern California voted to cancel its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, citing public distrust of the company’s machines. Then, the supervisors agreed to shift to hand-counting ballots in future elections after receiving written assurance from one of the most

By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst The Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last June was decades in the making, culminating in a dramatic evisceration of women’s constitutional privacy rights and ability to obtain an abortion. The new controversy over medication abortion, which has burst relatively suddenly on the legal scene, has

By Kevin Liptak, CNN When President Joe Biden was isolating with Covid in the White House last summer, atop the stack of books on his desk was a 320-page paperback: “JFK in Ireland.” The last Irish Catholic president visited his ancestral homeland in 1963, five months before his assassination. He told his aides afterwards it

By Andi Babineau and Jeremy Harlan, CNN Tina Peters — the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and the state’s most prominent 2020 election denier — was sentenced by a judge Monday to home detention and community service after she was found guilty last month of obstructing a government operation. Peters was sentenced to four

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN President Joe Biden signed legislation Monday to end the national emergency for Covid-19, the White House said, in a move that will not affect the end of the separate public health emergency scheduled for May 11. A White House official downplayed the impact of the bill, saying the termination of the

By Kara Scannell and Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Donald Trump is expected to be back in New York City to face another legal battle Thursday — this time in a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James, multiple sources told CNN. Trump is scheduled to sit for another deposition for the