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The defamation clash between Fox News and a small election services firm, due to go to trial this week, represents the most significant moment yet in which those who disseminated former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen must answer for conduct that is still poisoning American democracy.

Justice Clarence Thomas intends to amend his financial disclosure forms to reflect a 2014 real estate deal he made with a GOP megadonor -- an acknowledgment that the transaction should have been disclosed almost a decade ago, a source close to Thomas tells CNN.

A US helicopter raid in northeast Syria targeted a senior ISIS leader and planner early Monday morning, according to a spokesman for US Central Command.

House Republican leaders are moving behind the scenes to get their conference behind a plan that would raise the debt ceiling for one year with a slew of cuts and revenue raisers, a move intended to strengthen their negotiating position with the White House in the high-stakes standoff.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Sunday she had "a lot of questions" for the Biden administration about the circumstances around the leak of highly classified Pentagon documents.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has a message for his fellow Republicans looking to win back the White House: "We cannot get distracted." His remarks came a day after he offered a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump, telling GOP donors the party needed to move on from the 2020 presidential election.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York on Sunday defended Dianne Feinstein and her ability to serve in the Senate amid calls from some Democrats for the longest-serving female US senator in history to step down.

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley's campaign publicized earlier this month what it boasted as a strong haul for her 2024 bid: The former South Carolina governor had raised "more than $11 million in just six weeks," according to a campaign release.

Former President Donald Trump's criminal indictment helped jolt his fundraising. GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley faces questions about her campaign math. Embattled New York Rep. George Santos refunded more contributions than he took in. And some -- but not all -- of the Democratic Party's most vulnerable Senate incumbents have stepped up their fundraising ahead of tough 2024 election fights.

The Kennedys have been through a lot. They don't want to go through this.

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado signed a trio of bills Friday that further protect the rights to abortion and gender-affirming services in the state, as access to the so-called abortion pill across the country remains in limbo and some neighboring conservative states have moved to restrict such procedures.

Attorney Evan Corcoran recused himself from representing former President Donald Trump in the special counsel investigation related to the Mar-a-Lago documents given that he testified for investigators, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Former President Donald Trump raised a combined $18.8 million in the first quarter of 2023 through his joint fundraising committee and his campaign -- and saw a spike in donations after being indicted by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, according to new figures provided by his campaign.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday urged his fellow Republicans to move on from the 2020 presidential election, offering a thinly veiled dig at former President Donald Trump and his continued election grievances.

Though millions of Americans are expected to be kicked off of Medicaid in coming months, they don't all have to be left uninsured. But it could take some work to regain health coverage.

It's easy to dismiss the importance of how sports and politics commingle in American life. But it's also a mistake.

A Connecticut man who assaulted a Washington, DC, police officer during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol was sentenced on Friday to seven and a half years in prison.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he is not running for president in 2024.

Images of the leaked classified documents were posted to at least two chatrooms on Discord, a social media platform popular with video gamers, according to a CNN review of Discord posts and interviews with its users.

President Joe Biden on Friday recounted his spontaneous meeting with the priest who delivered last rites to his son Beau during a visit to a holy shrine in Ireland.