Politics

By Katie Lobosco, CNN The US budget deficit could shrink to $1 trillion this year from $2.8 trillion last year as federal spending on Covid-19 aid…

By Marshall Cohen Prosecutors working for special counsel John Durham rested their case Wednesday against Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael…

By Daniel Dale and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN Herschel Walker, the former football star who is now the Republican nominee for a US Senate seat in Georgia,…

By Devan Cole, CNN A majority of Americans — 54% — now say they disapprove of the job the Supreme Court is doing following the leak of…

By Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday showed there are limits to how seriously the party will…

By Eric Bradner, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will overcome a Republican primary challenge from US Rep. Jody Hice, a Donald…

By Dan Merica, CNN The Republican Senate primary in Alabama is headed to a runoff, CNN projects, after none of candidates hoping to succeed retiring…

By Eric Bradner, CNN Georgia Republicans have nominated former football star Herschel Walker to take on Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, CNN…

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will win the Republican nomination for a third term in office, CNN projects, defeating state…

By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Five Republican candidates for Michigan governor could be deemed ineligible to appear on the primary ballot after the…

By Devan Cole, CNN Indiana banned transgender women and girls from competing on public school sports teams consistent with their gender after the…

By Maeve Reston, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will defeat Trump-backed primary challengers, CNN projected…

By Phil Gast, CNN One led the South in a war against the United States. Another objected to welcoming African Americans into White society. All…

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department on Tuesday released new videos of a now-infamous meeting between Enrique Tarrio…

By Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a post-Civil War amnesty law doesn’t protect future insurrectionists, a legal…

By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN An Iraqi national living in Columbus, Ohio, was arrested Tuesday and faces federal charges related to an…

By Rachel Janfaza, Ethan Cohen and Melissa Holzberg DePalo, CNN It’s election day again with primary races and runoffs taking place Tuesday in…

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