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Sen. Patrick Leahy needs hip surgery after falling

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont needs surgery to repair a broken hip after falling in his Virginia home on Wednesday.

Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump's former White House director of strategic communications, discusses how Cassidy Hutchinson is doing following her bombshell testimony to the Jan. 6 committee.

Mick Mulvaney, who worked as President Trump's chief of staff, discusses the bombshell testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson and Trump's role in the January 6 insurrection.

Conservative attorney George Conway tells CNN's John Berman and Brianna Keilar what he would ask Trump White House lawyer Pat Cipollone if he sat before the committee for a transcribed interview.

NATO promises to arm Ukraine with modern military equipment

News/Politics: NATO has embarked on a plan to re-arm Ukraine, switching the eastern European country from its old Soviet-style equipment to more modern NATO-grade gear, the alliance's secretary general says.

New fight over abortion jolts Democratic battle to take on Johnson in Wisconsin

President Joe Biden has gone from narrowly winning Wisconsin nearly two years ago to becoming an apparent liability for Democrats running there -- so much so that two of the leading candidates running for their party's US Senate nomination won't say whether he should run again.

Biden set for final day of highly consequential NATO summit

President Joe Biden and his fellow NATO leaders depart a highly consequential summit on Thursday that rendered the defense alliance larger, more muscular and more focused.

Liz Cheney calls Trump 'domestic threat,' says Republicans can't both support him and Constitution

Rep. Liz Cheney on Wednesday called former President Trump a "domestic threat."

Do more to counter violent extremism in Canada, MPs recommend

News/Politics: The federal government has to do more to counter the threat of ideologically motivated violent extremism in Canada, including strengthening terrorist financing laws to counter it, says the House of Commons public safety committee.

$825K in American Rescue Plan funds went to ‘oral historians’ researching anti-racism, 'Latinx' histories

The Oral History Association received $825,000 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for "Under/Unemployed Oral Historians" in marginalized communities researching anti-racism.

Jan. 6 committee revelations may give GOP opening to take on Trump in 2024

Nothing ever really seems to bring Donald Trump down.

Former prosecutors say blockbuster January 6 testimony increases Trump's criminal exposure

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the House select committee this week increased the criminal exposure former President Donald Trump faces in the Justice Department's ongoing January 6, 2021, investigation.

Liz Cheney says US is 'confronting a domestic threat' in Donald Trump

GOP Rep. Liz Cheney delivered a searing rebuke of former President Donald Trump and GOP leaders at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Wednesday night, recounting some of the damning details that the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, has uncovered thus far and praising the bravery of witnesses -- particularly the young female aides -- who have come forward to aid its investigation.

Delaware governor signs bill expanding abortion access and provider protection

Delaware Gov. John Carney signed legislation Wednesday expanding access to abortion care and protecting providers and patients seeking services in the state following last week's Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Nixon's White House Counsel John Dean was a crucial witness during the Watergate hearings. Now the the House select committee investigating January 6 expects the same kind of cooperation from Trump's White House counsel Pat Cipollone. CNN's Brian Todd explains why.

Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel for Trump, subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee

The House Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection has subpoenaed former President Trump's top White House lawyer Pat Cipollone to testify.

HHS issues new guidance on post-Roe patient privacy

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has released new guidance aimed at patient privacy in the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.

Republican Arizona governor candidate Karrin Taylor Robson backed by Salmon

Republican Arizona governor candidate Karrin Taylor Robson is being backed by Matt Salmon. Salmon backed out after determining he had no chance of a victory in the GOP primary.

Former Trump campaign CFO testifies to January 6 committee

Sean Dollman, who worked for former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign as chief financial officer, testified on Wednesday before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection, CNN has learned.

Here's what November's midterms look like after the spring primaries

Historic wins for racially diverse and first-time candidates. Questions about former President Donald Trump's endorsement power. A mixed bag for election deniers.