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By Marshall Cohen, CNN Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conspiracy theory-peddling Georgia Republican, shouldn’t be disqualified over her role in the January 6 insurrection, a judge said Friday in a significant legal blow to the voters and advocacy groups who tried to throw her off the ballot. State Judge Charles Beaudrot said in a 19-page

By Holmes Lybrand The son of a New York judge was sentenced to eight months behind bars Friday for civil disorder and stealing police equipment during the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack. During the riot, Aaron Mostofsky — who prosecutors say was dressed as a caveman during the attack — joined a group of

By Fredreka Schouten Donald Trump didn’t name names in his recent statement, demanding that a taxpayer-funded probe of the 2020 election in Wisconsin continue past its expiration date. But his target and message were clear. A day after the former President warned of a “huge bump in the polls” for any primary challenger to Republicans

By Steve Contorno, CNN The strike against Disney that brought Gov. Ron DeSantis a windfall of campaign cash and weeks of glowing coverage from conservative media has also generated something the Florida Republican rarely experiences these days: criticism from the political right. A handful of high-profile Republicans have expressed their unease with the punitive actions

CNN By Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN When Ukraine successfully targeted Russia’s prized warship last month with anti-ship cruise missiles, it had some help from the United States. Ukrainian forces, having spotted the Russian warship in the Black Sea, called their American contacts for confirmation that it was in fact the Moskva, sources

By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to her colleagues Friday morning the chamber will vote on legislation that would allow Capitol Hill staffers to unionize next week, a major development for labor activists who have pushed for the option for years. “Congressional staffers deserve the same fundamental rights and

By Kate Sullivan and Sam Fossum, CNN President Joe Biden returned to a familiar punching bag on Friday, focusing his message on countering China as he aims to convince Americans his economic plans are working despite some of the worst inflation the US has seen in decades. In a visit to Hamilton, Ohio, Biden urged

By Ella Nilsen, CNN The solar energy industry has been thrown into a panic and projects are grinding to a halt after the Biden administration launched an investigation that some solar CEOs worry could tank the industry. The Commerce Department launched the probe in March into whether four countries in Southeast Asia that supply about

By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer The chief justice of the United States is only as powerful as the individual who wears the title and his times. At this moment in his Supreme Court stewardship, John Roberts appears suddenly ineffectual. Gone is the confident jurist whose views prevailed across the board

By Whitney Wild, CNN Law enforcement officials in Washington, DC, are bracing for potential security risks posed by reactions to the leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade. An alert generated Thursday by US Capitol Police and reviewed by CNN warned about far-right calls for violence against a religious

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his new book that then-President Donald Trump asked him in 2020 about launching missiles into Mexico to “destroy the drug labs” and kill cartels, The New York Times reported Thursday. “We could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly,” Trump

By Kara Scannell and Zachary Cohen, CNN The Department of Justice is quietly unraveling a complex web of shell companies and middlemen used by Russian oligarchs, and President Vladimir Putin himself, as it accelerates efforts to seize assets belonging to the Kremlin’s most wealthy and influential players, the Justice official charged with leading the team