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A federal judge in North Carolina granted a preliminary injunction to the NAACP on Friday, holding that residents whose voter registrations were canceled in recent months because of a so-called "individual challenge law" must have their voter registration restored.

The US government is "very concerned" by the possibility of a cybersecurity incident causing confusion on Election Day, according to Department of Homeland Security officials who briefed reporters about efforts to monitor online threats.

Federal and New York law enforcement officials are monitoring intercepted conversations among al Qaeda adherents overseas about targeting three different states -- New York, Texas and Virginia -- according to one local and one federal law enforcement official.

The State Department issued what is likely to be its final release of emails from Hillary Clinton's private server before Election Day.

Misty K. Snow is an unlikely candidate for the US Senate.

Donald Trump is holding steady with a lead in Utah, a state that at one point recently appeared to complicate his path to the White House.

Former President Bill Clinton expressed disbelief Friday that Melania Trump would denounce cyberbullying given how much her husband antagonizes others on Twitter.

President Barack Obama on Friday shortened the sentences of 72 federal inmates, the vast majority serving lengthy prison terms for non-violent drug crimes.

Critical Counties is a CNN series exploring 11 counties that chief national correspondent John King identifies as key in the 2016 US election.

Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu took a jab Friday at Bill and Hillary Clinton while discussing the former president's denial of a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

In a non-descript office in central London, young analytical minds are hard at work crunching thousands of pieces of data about every American adult.

There are few founding institutions in the United States less well-understood than the Electoral College, the somewhat mysterious body of officials who formally elect the nation's president every four years.

Though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was not on trial in connection with the Bridgegate scandal, the case has thrown into question the political future of the once-rising Republican star.

One of Hillary Clinton's top campaign aides raised concerns about FBI Director James Comey almost a year to the day before he dropped a huge surprise on them which shifted the momentum of the presidential race.

Several news outlets have rebutted a report from Fox News stating that an "indictment" is "likely" in an ongoing FBI inquiry into the Clinton Foundation.

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine may have made history by giving a speech entirely in Spanish Thursday, but an ad-libbed line from the speech is getting more attention: calling Trump a clown in Spanish, "payaso."

Paul Ryan initially didn't want to be speaker, but he may now have to fight to keep his job.

Here's how much Chief Justice John Roberts cares these days that his branch of government functions as a collegial body.

As Democrats warn their supporters of voter suppression efforts and Donald Trump urges his followers to watch polling areas, lawyers from both sides are filing fiery legal briefs and laying the groundwork for potential challenges Election Day.

Amid a contentious presidential election where debates over racism, policy brutality and mass incarceration have taken center stage amid a tense political climate, rapper and actor Common has a message of hope.