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By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — An ex-adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence claimed Wednesday that he convinced Donald Trump attorney John Eastman that not even conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas would embrace the controversial legal theory that Pence could block Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. The ex-Pence adviser, Greg Jacob, is testifying in

CNN By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republicans wasted no time Tuesday calling into question the plea agreement Hunter Biden reached with the Justice Department over two tax charges and a felony gun charge, claiming President Joe Biden’s son received special treatment in a long-running probe that had been a cause célèbre on the

By Devan Cole, CNN Washington (CNN) — Republicans wasted no time Tuesday calling into question the plea agreement Hunter Biden reached with the Justice Department over two tax charges and a felony gun charge, claiming President Joe Biden’s son received special treatment in a long-running probe that had been a cause célèbre on the right.

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a proposal Wednesday to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, including repealing Trump-era rules that loosened protections for vulnerable species. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, along with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Maritime Fisheries Service, has proposed clarifying the standards for how the agencies

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The stage is now set in Virginia for the most important down-ballot election of 2023 – a battle for control of the split legislature that will offer an important window into the mood of swing-state voters as next year’s presidential race kicks off. One incumbent state senator, an anti-abortion

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Worcester, Massachusetts (CNN) — Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents on social media, pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court Wednesday to six federal charges. Teixeira, 21, was indicted earlier this month on several counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related

By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged on Wednesday the state has in its possession a golf simulator that reportedly was given to the governor’s mansion by a wealthy political donor with close ties to the Republican governor. The Washington Post and Reuters reported Wednesday that Mori Hosseini,

By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Drugmakers’ leading industry group is the latest to file a lawsuit seeking to stop Medicare’s newly granted power to negotiate drug prices. In a suit filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, known as PhRMA, along

By Holmes Lybrand (CNN) — Daniel Rodriguez, the man who attacked then-Washington, DC, police officer Michael Fanone with an electroshock weapon in the neck during the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 and a half years in prison. Rodriguez, 40, had pleaded guilty to four counts in February, including

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein has grown isolated over the years from most members of her California delegation and other Democrats in her home state, feeding a discontent among allies who tell CNN they now wish for a more engaged and energetic senior senator. Dozens of elected California Democrats who

By Kevin Liptak, Arlette Saenz and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — When President Joe Biden referred to his Chinese counterpart as a dictator late Tuesday in California, the response from Beijing was swift and angry. “The remarks seriously contradict basic facts, seriously violate diplomatic etiquette, and seriously infringe on China’s political dignity,” the spokesperson for

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Wednesday against GOP accusations that the Justice Department’s plea agreement with Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, reflects a double standard of preferential treatment for Democrats. Garland was pressed during a news conference in Sweden to address accusations from Republican lawmakers that Hunter

By Ariane de Vogue and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN (CNN) — Justice Samuel Alito did not disclose a luxury 2008 trip he took in which a hedge fund billionaire flew him on a private jet, even though the businessman would later repeatedly ask the Supreme Court to intervene on his behalf, ProPublica reported. In a

By Shawna Mizelle (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester is running for Delaware’s open Senate seat to succeed Sen. Tom Carper, who’s not seeking reelection next year. “It’s been the greatest honor of my life to represent Delaware, to protect our seniors, our environment, our small businesses and women’s reproductive rights. But we’ve got

By Sabrina Souza, CNN (CNN) — A bill that would legally protect doctors who prescribe and send abortion pills to patients in states where abortion services are outlawed or restricted is now headed to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk after the state legislature passed the legislation on Tuesday. The bill ensures that doctors, medical