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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN A version of this story appeared in the CITIZEN BY CNN newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. A new book out Tuesday examines how the falsehoods about election fraud in the 2020 election now threaten democracy. Written by David Becker, executive director and founder of

By Tierney Sneed, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday told a federal appeals court that it should not lift the hold a lower court judge put on the Justice Department using Mar-a-Lago documents identified as classified in its criminal probe — and continued to try to cast doubt on whether the 100 or so

By Eva McKend and Michael Warren, CNN Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor in Georgia, is up against a GOP incumbent in a generally favorable Republican environment, while trying to meet the high expectations following her narrow defeat in the 2018 race. But she’s found an issue to center her campaign around as Election

By Kate Bennett, CNN Singer Elton John will perform at the White House Friday night, according to a release from the White House. There is a large tent being erected on the South Lawn for the event, the construction of which began Monday, a White House official told CNN. Approximately 2,000 guests have been invited

By Maeve Reston, CNN An Arizona Superior Court judge could rule as early as Tuesday on whether a 1901 ban on nearly all abortions in that state can be enforced, a court case that has created confusion about the current law in Arizona and could energize female voters to turn out in greater numbers in

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN A businessman turned state representative from rural Oil City, Louisiana, and a Baptist pastor banded together earlier this year on a radical mission. They were adamant that a woman who receives an abortion should receive the same criminal consequences as one who drowns her baby. Under a bill

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter An obscure legal theory promoted by allies of former President Donald Trump during the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election will soon have its day before the Supreme Court. With the midterm elections — and 2024 presidential rumors — serving as a backdrop, the Supreme Court

By Zachary Cohen and Jason Morris, CNN Newly obtained surveillance video shows for the first time what happened inside a Georgia county elections office the day its voting systems are known to have been breached on January 7, 2021. A Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald

By Ted Barrett, Ellie Kaufman and Paul LeBlanc, CNN Republican senators signaled tentative support for additional Ukraine aid that the Biden administration has requested following a classified briefing on Monday night, though senators are expected to nix other top White House priorities from the upcoming stop-gap bill to keep the government open. The Biden administration

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Paul LeBlanc, CNN An Ohio man who pretended to be a Ghanaian prince and conned at least 14 people out of more than $800,000 over several years was convicted by a federal jury of fraud on Friday. Daryl Robert Harrison, who went by Prince Daryl R. Attipoe and Prophet

By Kara Scannell Jury selection began Monday in the foreign lobbying trial of Tom Barrack, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump and chairman of his Presidential Inaugural Committee. Judge Brian Cogan mentioned Trump’s name as he questioned a pool of potential jurors to find qualified individuals to hear evidence, suggesting the former President as

By Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Top Republicans, who were already skeptical about approving more Covid-19 relief money, said Monday that President Joe Biden’s comments that the “pandemic is over” essentially shuts the door on the slim chances of more money getting approved. “It makes it eminently harder for sure,” Senate Minority Whip John

By Zachary B. Wolf, CNN President Joe Biden made multiple unequivocal and controversial statements in an interview with “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday. Among them: The coronavirus pandemic is over. The US would defend Taiwan if China invaded the island. The US would punish Russia if President Vladimir Putin resorted to chemical or nuclear weapons

By Betsy Klein, CNN The Biden administration is largely downplaying President Joe Biden’s comments declaring the coronavirus pandemic “over,” suggesting his remarks signal a continuation of the White House’s evolving stance toward the pandemic over the past few months. “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with Covid. We’re still doing a lot

By Annie Grayer and Kristin Wilson, CNN GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California have proposed legislation to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election in the future by proposing changes to the Electoral Count Act. They say the recommendations could help prevent an attack on the

By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler, Ehsan Popalzai, AnneClaire Stapleton and Devan Cole, CNN Mark Frerichs, an American held captive in Afghanistan for more than two years, has been released in a prisoner swap, a senior Biden administration official confirmed Monday. “Bringing Mark home has been a top priority for President Biden and his national security

By Kara Scannell, CNN Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of a former Donald Trump adviser whom authorities allege was involved in a two-year effort to try to influence the policy decisions of the Trump campaign and administration to benefit the United Arab Emirates. Tom Barrack, a wealthy businessman who served as the chair