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A high-ranking ballot access consultant for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault in Manhattan last week, the New York Police Department told CNN. Trent Pool, a consultant who works closely with the team coordinating the independent candidate’s ballot access effort, was arrested early Saturday morning last week at the Soho Grand Hotel…

For South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, much of the 2024 campaign cycle has turned out to be a case study in what not to do to rise into potential vice presidential contention. That includes the latest hiccup, with the second-term South Dakota governor – once considered a top potential running mate who has since fallen…

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday signed immigration enforcement legislation pushed in the wake of nursing student Laken Riley’s death. Kemp said at the signing that the legislation, which was sent to his desk in late March, “became one of our top priorities following the senseless death of Laken Riley,” who was found dead…

CNN reporter explains what to expect after Arizona Senate votes to repeal state’s abortion law The Arizona Senate voted to repeal the state’s Civil War-era abortion ban, a law that was first introduced in 1864 before women had the right to vote. CNN national correspondent Natasha Chen reports on what Arizonans can expect. Read the…

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. It is rare to get major presidential candidates – on either side of the political aisle – outside the confines of prepared remarks, stump speeches and friendly audiences, so it’s worth paying attention when…

The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. More than half of the US troops stationed at the French military base in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, have now left the country…

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, a vote that comes amid heightened concerns over antisemitism with Israel at war with Hamas and as pro-Palestinian protests have sprung up on college campuses across the country. Supporters of the legislation say it will help combat antisemitism on college campuses, but opponents say…

Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy will win the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District, CNN projects, further narrowing – at least in the short term – Republicans’ paper-thin majority in the US House. Kennedy will succeed fellow Democrat Brian Higgins in the Buffalo-based district after his victory Tuesday over Republican nominee Gary Dickson,…

The Justice Department is investigating McKinsey & Company, one of the world’s largest consulting firms, over its role in advising drug companies on how to boost sales of opioids, according to sources familiar with the matter. Prosecutors from Virginia and Massachusetts are leading the criminal investigation, the sources said, and are coordinating with the Justice…

Donald Trump’s criminal New York hush money trial begins Monday, more than a year after the former president was indicted in the case. The trial, which will begin with jury selection, is expected to feature several high-profile witnesses, including those who were in Trump’s inner circle around the 2016 election, sources have told CNN. Here…