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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley takes a question from an audience member during a town hall at Rochester American Legion Post #7 on October 12 in Rochester, New Hampshire. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/File)

Influential Koch network backs Nikki Haley in GOP presidential primary

Fredreka Schouten, CNN November 28, 2023

CNN -- The influential network associated with billionaire Charles Koch will throw its money and influence behind former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, the group...

Sen. Mitt Romney leaves the Senate floor at the Capitol on November 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Mitt Romney announces he won’t seek reelection as he calls for ‘new generation of leaders’

Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNN September 13, 2023

CNN -- Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not run for reelection to the Senate and called for a “new generation of leaders” as he criticized both President Joe Biden...

Takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate

CNN -- With Donald Trump skipping the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate, eight of his primary rivals – most of them men wearing ties similar to the bright red one regularly worn by...

Former President Donald Trump makes a speech as he attends the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on March 4, 2023.
(Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Trump and GOP attempt to reverse course on mail-in voting ahead of 2024

Fredreka Schouten and Kristen Holmes, CNN March 15, 2023

CNN– After years of claiming mail-in voting is rife with fraud, some Republicans – including former President Donald Trump – are working to reverse course ahead of next year’s consequential presidential...

Rep. George Santos leaves the US Capitol on January 12, 2023, in Washington, DC.
Win McNamee/Getty Images

New questions arise around George Santos’ campaign loans

Fredreka Schouten, CNN January 25, 2023

CNN— The campaign of embattled Rep. George Santos on Tuesday filed updated reports with federal regulators that appear to raise fresh Fredreka Schouten questions about the source of the substantial...

Former President Donald Trump, seen here on May 28, filed his paperwork on November 15 establishing his candidacy to run for the presidency again in 2024.

Former Republican President Donald Trump says he’s launching another White House bid

Gabby Orr, CNN November 15, 2022

(CNN) -- Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential...

Janice Simmons-Mortiner (back middle) and Sara Moore (right) oversee a polling worker giving a man his ballot at the Kent Free Library on Nov. 8. They are both voting location managers at this precinct.

Kent Library serves as one of many polling locations

Kaitlyn Finchler, Digital Content Manager November 8, 2022

With only a few hours left to vote, the polling managers and workers are gearing up for the next three hours. At the Kent Library, located at 312 W. Main St., Ohio voters can head up to the second floor...

Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, left, and Republican J.D. Vance debated Monday night in Ohio.

Five takeaways from Ohio’s US Senate debate

Dan Merica, CNN October 13, 2022

(CNN) -- The debate between Democrat Tim Ryan and Republican J.D. Vance in Ohio's closer-than-expected Senate contest began with a testy exchange on the economy and quickly devolved from there into a contentious...

Colin Powell Interactive

October 19, 2021

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Democrats in Congress are pushing ahead with a sweeping multi-trillion-dollar 10-year spending plan.

What we know so far about the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending bill

Tami Luhby and Katie Lobosco, CNN September 29, 2021

(CNN) -- Democrats in Congress are struggling to unify their members behind a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that is the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.The sweeping 10-year...

AOC and the designer of the dress, Aurora James, getting ready before the Met Gala. 

OPINION: AOC did everything right in Met Gala appearance

Hannah Keil Opinion writer September 26, 2021

The Met Gala has officially come and gone, and people have had mixed opinions about everything that went on. Critics say nobody was on theme, some attendees should not have been invited, and other random...

UNITED STATES - MARCH 13: Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, takes his seat for the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "NATO at 70: An Indispensable Alliance" on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

GOP Rep. Ron Wright dies following Covid diagnosis

     (CNN) -- Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas has died, his congressional office announced in a statement Monday, saying that he had been admitted to the hospital after contracting Covid-19."Congressman...