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Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida work to secure early voting amid Hurricane Helene fallout

By Michelle Shen, Curt Devine and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Election officials in Georgia, North Carolina and Florida are working quickly to ensure voters can still securely cast early ballots, despite the devastating storm impacts of Hurricane Helene that have in some cases left them without power, water and cell service. Potential solutions in the

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Interview with John Martin, candidate for Missouri’s 44th House District

John Martin, owner of a small Columbia business, Pro Pumping & Hydrojetting LLC, is a Republican looking to represent Missouri’s 44th House District. Martin is a former pastor who has served on the Republican Central Committee of Boone County. After defeating Bryce Beal in the primary election,  Martin is now set to square off with Dave Raithel in November. The 44th District encompasses most of southern and eastern Boone County outside Columbia.

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Biden says Israel shouldn’t strike Iranian nuclear sites, but US officials recognize it has a right to respond to attack

By Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden is counseling Israel to take a proportional response to this week’s barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, voicing opposition to a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in the hopes of preventing the conflict that has erupted in the region from widening further. American

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Special counsel Jack Smith provides fullest picture yet of his 2020 election case against Trump in new filing

By Katelyn Polantz, Tierney Sneed, John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, Holmes Lybrand and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Federal prosecutors laid out their most extensive case to date against former President Donald Trump for his effort to overturn the 2020 election in a sweeping legal brief that was unsealed Wednesday by a federal judge

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New DHS report warns of ongoing ‘heightened threat environment’ ahead of presidential election

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — The threat environment in the United States “remains high” ahead of the November presidential election and conflict in the Middle East, according to a new assessment by the Department of Homeland Security. The annual assessment released Wednesday warns of possible threats from violent extremists driven by the heated political environment in the US as

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Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz greet each other ahead of a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1 in New York City.

CBS cut mics and fact-checked JD Vance in a more civil VP debate, drawing the ire of Trump and his allies

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate: would they directly fact check the candidates’ statements live in the moment? Or would they take a hands-off approach and let the candidates fact check each other? O’Donnell and

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on October 1.

CBS cut mics and fact-checked JD Vance in a more civil VP debate, drawing the ire of Trump and his allies

CNN By Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan had an important choice to make ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate: would they directly fact check the candidates’ statements live in the moment? Or would they take a hands-off approach and let the candidates fact check each other? O’Donnell and

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