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Alabama

Voters in five states have the chance to wipe slavery and indentured servitude off the books | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Washington CNN — When slavery was outlawed in the US in 1865, the 13th Amendment included one exception. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction,” the amendment reads. The penalty […]

Alaska

Democrats are facing stiff battles for governor in these key states | #alaska | #politics

CNN — Democratic nominees for governor are facing the stiffest competition this year as the party tries to hold on to its gains from the “blue wave” of 2018, even though Republicans are defending more governorships in November. Democrats hold 16 of the 36 gubernatorial seats on the ballot, including in key states like Arizona, […]

Alabama

Alabama Sen. Tuberville suggests Black people are criminals. Where is the outrage? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama took the crime messaging Republicans across the country have been weaving and doused it in overt racism and a conspiracy theory over the weekend. Other Republicans […]

Alabama

Get up to speed on the fight to control the US Senate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — It’s a little more than a month to Election Day, which will decide control of the House and Senate. The national midterm narrative is set around large debates over the economy, […]

Alabama

The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — The race for the Senate is in the eye of the beholder less than six weeks from Election Day, with ads about abortion, crime and inflation dominating the airwaves in key states as campaigns test the theory of the 2022 election. The cycle started out as a referendum on President Joe Biden – […]

Alaska

Pennsylvania senate: Women motivated by overturning of Roe rally behind Fetterman | #alaska | #politics

Philadelphia CNN — Pink “Fetter-woman” shirts and gray hair dotted the line that snaked around the block outside John Fetterman’s first rally here in Philadelphia since his stroke in May. Spurred to action by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June, these women – especially those who fought for the right […]

Alaska

The mysterious nine-second call from the White House to a January 6 rioter: CNN reveals the rioter’s identity for the first time | #alaska | #politics

Washington CNN — At 4:34 pm on January 6, 2021, a cell phone registered to a Capitol rioter who had stormed the building, received a phone call from a White House landline, according to records obtained by CNN. The call lasted for only nine seconds. Who placed the call and why remains a mystery, but […]

Mayor

Eric Adams: NYC mayor says migrant issue is a ‘humanitarian crisis’ requiring an ‘all-hands-on-deck’ coordination from the US

CNN — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that the current migrant situation is a “humanitarian crisis created by human hands” that requires “an all-hands-on-deck moment” of coordination by the US. “We should be clear that this is, as I’ve stated, a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. And it is an all-hands-on-deck […]

Alaska

The MAGA-fication of the GOP is complete | #alaska | #politics

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — The final 2022 primary elections, conducted Tuesday, saw more clear victories for the “Make America Great Again” wing of the GOP. The more moderate Republican running for US Senate in New […]

Alabama

More than half of Republican Senate nominees have rejected, cast doubt upon or tried to overturn the 2020 election results | #elections | #alabama

Washington CNN — More than half of the Republican nominees for the 35 US Senate seats being contested in the 2022 midterms have challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election – rejecting, raising doubts about or taking steps to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory. A CNN analysis found that at least 19 of this year’s […]