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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Hiroshima, Japan (CNN) — President Joe Biden once hoped his trip to Asia this week would strengthen American alliances, counter China’s influence and prove to Americans he’s got the stamina for another term in office. But the trip he planned didn’t materialize. The standoff over raising the US debt ceiling, which

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A Republican-led investigation into the origins of Covid-19 has unearthed additional, though circumstantial, evidence supporting the theory that the virus likely escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, but it did not find any “smoking gun” evidence to prove the theory, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Republicans have their candidate in Kentucky, Democrats have their majority in Pennsylvania and the 2024 GOP presidential primary has another clash between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the books. Voters threw DeSantis a pair of brushbacks on Tuesday, most

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will win his party’s nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary, CNN projects, setting up a highly anticipated clash this fall with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. Cameron, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, will defeat former diplomat Kelly Craft in a race that was

By Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Former journalist Donna Deegan will become the first female mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, CNN projects, as Democrats win the office in the state’s most populous city for only the second time in 30 years. Deegan is projected to defeat Republican former state Rep. Daniel Davis in Tuesday’s runoff election

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Tuesday offered a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Russian man accused of a 2021 ransomware attack on the Washington, DC, Police Department that led to the leak of sensitive police files. Mikhail Matveev, who was also

By Shania Shelton and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly moved Tuesday to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, voting to override a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The state House voted 72-48 along party lines hours after the state Senate voted 30-20 to do the same. A three-fifths vote

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Rachael Rollins, the US attorney for Massachusetts, plans to resign as she reportedly faces an ethics investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general. Her attorney, Michael Bromwich, said in a statement to CNN that Rollins will submit her letter of resignation to President Joe Biden by the end of

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security has directed its agencies to review and assess who has access to classified information, according to an internal memo obtained by CNN – a move that comes on the heels of a leak of highly classified Pentagon documents discovered earlier this year. The memo

By Lauren Fox, CNN (CNN) — A number of lawmakers are now reassessing their district security protocols and brainstorming ways to keep their staff – especially in district offices – safer after the events that unfolded Monday in Rep. Gerry Connolly’s office. Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, said on Monday that two staffers were injured by

By Jeremy Diamond and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The US Secret Service is investigating how an intruder entered US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s home last month without being detected by Secret Service agents guarding his home. Sullivan, who has 24/7 Secret Service protection, was unharmed in the incident, according to Secret Service spokesman

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service is weighing whether to build its own free tax filing system and plans to launch a limited pilot program that will be available to some taxpayers next year during the 2024 tax filing season. The announcement came Tuesday when the IRS released a cost

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US State Department on Tuesday strongly condemned the “reported arrest” of a Russian former employee of the US Mission in Russia. The charges against Robert Shonov – “confidential cooperation” with a foreign government, according to Russian state media outlet TASS – “are wholly without merit,” State Department spokesperson

By Clare Foran, Nicky Robertson and Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — The Senate voted Tuesday to pass a GOP-led resolution to block a DC policing bill aimed at accountability and reform – a resolution the White House has threatened to veto. The Republican-controlled House passed the resolution in April, but it is not expected to

By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Jim Sciutto, CNN (CNN) — The damage to a Patriot air defense system following a Russian missile attack near Kyiv on Tuesday morning is minimal, three US officials tell CNN, with one official describing it as “minor” damage. The US sent inspectors to examine the system on Tuesday after

By Shawna Mizelle, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sarah Hughes, who won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating in the 2002 Winter Olympics, is now leaping into the political world as she starts a bid for Congress. Hughes, who was a high school student in Long Island at the time of her Salt Lake City