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CNN By Tricia Escobedo, CNN CNN’s John King has become synonymous with the “Magic Wall,” a touchscreen display featuring a vast array of up-to-date voting data on election night. His incredibly fast-paced breakdown of that data and his breadth of knowledge across the political spectrum has gained the attention of many news organizations, fans on

By Tricia Escobedo, CNN CNN’s John King has become synonymous with the “Magic Wall,” a touchscreen display featuring a vast array of up-to-date voting data on election night. His incredibly fast-paced breakdown of that data and his breadth of knowledge across the political spectrum has gained the attention of many news organizations, fans on social

By Clare Foran, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed how she got the news that her husband, Paul, had been attacked, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper that she was “very scared” when there was a knock on the door from Capitol Police. Pelosi said in her first sit-down interview since the attack that she had been

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her first written opinion as a Supreme Court justice, said she would have sided with an inmate who argued that Ohio suppressed evidence that might have helped him at trial. The full court declined to take up appeal brought by Davel Chinn, who

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up the appeal of a man from Louisiana who says he was denied the right to a fair trial when prosecutors called the assistant district attorney — who presented the case to the grand jury — to the witness

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up an appeal from an Air Force veteran who had challenged the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to deny him certain disability benefits. The court’s decision to stay out of the dispute sidesteps a fresh challenge to

By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case brought by a military widow who wants to sue the government because she says her husband’s death was the result of exposure to toxic and contaminated water at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base. Carol Clendening says

CNN By Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN. Photographs by Tamir Kalifa for CNN. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities as McCarthy will be forced

CNN By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Phil Mattingly, CNN As if Democrats needed any more convincing Tuesday’s midterm elections carry enormous stakes, President Joe Biden offered a bluntly dire assessment during a fundraiser last Friday in Chicago. “If we lose the House and Senate, it’s going to be a horrible two years,” Biden told

CNN By Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Phil Mattingly, CNN As if Democrats needed any more convincing Tuesday’s midterm elections carry enormous stakes, President Joe Biden offered a bluntly dire assessment during a fundraiser last Friday in Chicago. “If we lose the House and Senate, it’s going to be a horrible two years,” Biden told

By Dan Merica, CNN No Senate race in the country has received as much money and attention as the hotly contested and at-times divisive contest between Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania. And with over one million ballots already cast and Election Day just hours away, the reason is clear: Republican Sen.

By MJ Lee and Jeremy Diamond, CNN On Election Day Eve, President Joe Biden will headline a political rally in Maryland where Democratic gubernatorial nominee Wes Moore looks poised to become the state’s first Black governor. That final campaign swing before Election Day comes after Biden spent the weekend in New York stumping for Democratic

By Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN. Photographs by Tamir Kalifa for CNN. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is vowing to secure the border, cut back on government spending and launch rigorous investigations into the Biden administration if Republicans win the House on Tuesday, reflecting a mix of priorities as McCarthy will be forced to

CNN By Stephen Collinson, CNN Republicans are increasingly bullish on winning big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as they slam Democrats over raging inflation and crime while President Joe Biden seeks a late reprieve by warning that GOP election deniers could destroy democracy. The GOP has considerable momentum in its bid to win back the House

By Tierney Sneed and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Scores of pre-election lawsuits have been filed in battleground states ahead of Tuesday’s election, signaling the possibility of even more high-stakes and contentious court fights as voting wraps up and local officials start counting ballots. Much of the current litigation focuses on the processes surrounding how votes are

By Stephen Collinson, CNN Republicans are increasingly bullish on winning big in Tuesday’s midterm elections, as they slam Democrats over raging inflation and crime while President Joe Biden seeks a late reprieve by warning that GOP election deniers could destroy democracy. The GOP has considerable momentum in its bid to win back the House of