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Texas secretary of state’s office announces inspection of general election count in most populous county less than week before early voting

By Andy Rose, CNN With less than a week to go before the beginning of early voting, officials in Harris County, Texas, were notified in a letter Tuesday that the secretary of state’s office will send “inspectors” to observe vote counting for the general election. “These inspectors will perform randomized checks on election records, including

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US State Department says there’s ‘abundant evidence’ Russia is using Iranian drones in Ukraine

By Kylie Atwood and Paul LeBlanc, CNN The United States has “abundant evidence” that Russia is using Iranian drones to strike Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Wednesday. “The United States began warning in July that Iran was planning to transfer UAVs to Russia for use in Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, and we

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump considers allowing federal investigators to search Mar-a-Lago again

By Sara Murray, Kristen Holmes and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump‘s legal team is weighing whether to allow federal agents to return to the former President’s Florida residence, and potentially conduct a supervised search, to satisfy the Justice Department’s demands that all sensitive government documents are returned, sources tell CNN. In private discussions with Trump’s

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Multiple foreign nationals charged in alleged schemes to send military technology to Russia

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand The Justice Department announced charges on Wednesday against nearly a dozen people and two companies in connection with illegal schemes to send military technology to Russia, some of which has allegedly been recovered from battlefields in Ukraine. The department said in a statement that some of the defendants also

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump considers allowing federal investigators to search Mar-a-Lago again

By Sara Murray, Kristen Holmes and Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump‘s legal team is weighing whether to allow federal agents to return to the former President’s Florida residence, and potentially conduct a supervised search, to satisfy the Justice Department’s demands that all sensitive government documents are returned, sources tell CNN. In private discussions with Trump’s

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Capitol Police arrest three on weapons charges after spotting a suspicious vehicle near Supreme Court and Library of Congress

By Whitney Wild, CNN US Capitol Police have arrested three people from Georgia on weapons charges after police found them with two firearms, according to a law enforcement source. A suspicious vehicle raised concern among police, and a Capitol Police bomb squad is assessing the vehicle, the source said. Police have closed several roads in

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U.S. Attorney announces Election Day program to protect voters and officials from threats of violence, intimidation

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) United States Attorney Teresa Moore announced Wednesday that Assistant United States Attorney Alan Simpson will lead the efforts to protect voters and officials from possible threats of violence for the Nov. 8 election. Simpson has been appointed to serve as the District Election Officer for the Western District of Missouri, and is

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Wisconsin group asks Supreme Court to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

By Katie Lobosco, CNN A Wisconsin taxpayers group has asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis and temporarily block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program from taking effect. The application for student loan forgiveness officially opened Monday. Student loan cancellation — worth up to $20,000 per eligible borrower — could

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Trump knew voter fraud claims were wrong, federal judge says as he orders John Eastman emails turned over

By Zachary Cohen and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of emails from John Eastman, a former Donald Trump attorney, to House investigators, saying the communications were made in furtherance of a crime related to Trump’s efforts to subvert the 2020 election. “The emails show that President Trump knew that

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