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Analysis: This is the worst answer Joe Biden gave at his press conference
• Fact-checking six claims from Biden's news conference • As voting rights legislation failed in Senate, Republicans applauded • Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural county reverberate through Georgia • Voting rights fight shifts back to statehouses
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Trump documents allegedly claimed his apartment was nearly three times larger than it is
Before he became president of the United States and starting espousing lies about the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump was a kind of business illusionist whose stock-in-trade allegedly included shifting claims of wealth based on his real estate holdings. With his books closed to outsiders, the truth was hard to ascertain. But now, thanks to the New York attorney general, accountability may be at hand.
[ cnn.com ]GOP plots onslaught of Biden probes in the run-up to 2024
Members of the far right are already agitating to launch impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden if the GOP is in power in Congress next year. Some leading Republicans want to spotlight former President Donald Trump's false claims of voter fraud. And key House and Senate Republicans are vowing to probe the security failures surrounding last year's January 6 attack on the US Capitol -- and turn the attention to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
[ cnn.com ]Fact check: J.D. Vance falsely claims dozens of jailed Capitol protesters haven't been charged with a crime
J.D. Vance, a Republican candidate for a US Senate seat in Ohio, is a law school graduate. But Vance made a significant false claim on Thursday about legal proceedings against people who allegedly participated in the Capitol insurrection last year.
[ cnn.com ]New Mercedes electric concept car can go 620 miles -- farther than any other EV on the market
Mercedes has unveiled a new all-electric concept car, the EQXX, that the company claims can go 620 miles on a single charge. The futuristic luxury car is also made with a host of innovative recycled and sustainable materials including mushroom fibers, ground up cacti and trash such as food scraps.
[ cnn.com ]CNN commentator calls out AOC's 'creepy weirdos' tweet
CNN commentator Mary Katherine Ham reacts to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tweet where she claims Republicans are "creepy weirdos" and upset they can't date her following her trip to Florida.
[ cnn.com ]TikTok sued by content moderator who claims she developed PTSD from reviewing disturbing content
A content moderator for TikTok is suing the social media platform after she says she developed psychological trauma as a result of her job, which she alleges required her to review videos featuring graphic violence, conspiracy theories and other disturbing imagery.
[ cnn.com ]January 6 panel stands down on request for some Trump documents after pushback from Biden administration
• Some Trump allies slow walk, stonewall or snub January 6 committee • Judge rejects Proud Boys' First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case
[ cnn.com ]Judge rejects Proud Boys' First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case
A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges.
[ cnn.com ]2 Georgia election workers sue Giuliani and One America News, claiming election lies prompted severe harassment
Two Georgia election workers are accusing right-wing TV network One America News and former Trump lawyer and pundit Rudy Giuliani of destroying their reputations and prompting Trump supporters to harass them -- filling their lives with fear -- because of false claims of election fraud in 2020.
[ cnn.com ]Bouncy castle tragedy claims sixth child after 11-year-old boy dies in hospital
A sixth child has died in hospital after a bouncy castle was lifted into the air at a school event in Australia late last week, police said Sunday.
[ cnn.com ]Lawsuit claims radio host Dave Ramsey discouraged working from home by employees during pandemic
Author, radio host and prominent evangelical Christian Dave Ramsey told the employees at his financial advice company Ramsey Solutions they would not be permitted to work from home because it would show a "weakness of spirit," according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Monday.
[ cnn.com ]Kim Potter claims she mistook her gun for a Taser in the shooting death of Daunte Wright
A former supervisor testified Friday in Kim Potter's manslaughter trial that the then-officer had the right to use deadly force to prevent Daunte Wright from driving away and harming him in the process.
[ cnn.com ]Parents alerted school to threats 2 weeks before Michigan rampage, $100M suit claims
The parents of two Oxford High School students are suing school officials, claiming last week's fatal school shootings in Michigan were "entirely preventable," and that the defendants "created and increased the dangers then-existing at Oxford High School."
[ cnn.com ]We tried Instagram's new 'break' feature. There's one big problem with it.
CNN's Samantha Murphy Kelly digs into how Instagram's new feature that's designed to remind you to put your phone down might not be as helpful as it claims to be.
[ cnn.com ]SEC probes Tesla on whistleblower's claims about solar panel defects
Tesla is under regulatory investigation after a whistleblower alleged the company failed to properly disclose fire risks associated with solar panel defects.
[ cnn.com ]Meadows doubles down on debunked election fraud claims and whitewashes January 6 riot in new book
In a new memoir, Donald Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows doubles down on the baseless claim the 2020 election was stolen and whitewashed the violent attack on the US Capitol by Trump supporters on January 6, according to a copy of the book obtained by CNN.
[ cnn.com ]Fact-checking 4 Biden claims about the economy
President Joe Biden has spoken regularly about the economy in the past month -- trying at once to reassure Americans about inflation, draw attention to job growth and earn support for his signature infrastructure and social spending proposals.
[ cnn.com ]New details shed light on ways Mark Meadows pushed federal agencies to pursue dubious election claims
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows' new cooperation with the January 6 House select committee could give investigators a valuable window into how former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to enlist government officials to pursue baseless election conspiracy theories -- an effort new CNN reporting reveals Meadows was central to in the weeks after the 2020 election.
[ cnn.com ]TV personality who pushed fabricated Covid claims running for Senate
Television personality and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania as a Republican, saying the pandemic motivated him to run. CNN's Randi Kaye details his past controversial and fabricated claims about medical cures.
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