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Month: May 2022

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will dispatch Trump-backed primary challenger, CNN projects

By Eric Bradner, CNN Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will overcome a Republican primary challenge from US Rep. Jody Hice, a Donald Trump ally whose campaign was centered on false claims about the 2020 election, CNN projects. Raffensperger’s victory caps a Georgia primary election in which Republican voters roundly rejected Trump’s attempts at retribution

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Autoridades colombianas afirman que alias “Matamba”, presunto excabecilla del Clan del Golfo, fue “abatido en combate”

Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, anunció este jueves que Juan Larinson Castro Estupiñán, alias “Matamba”, el presunto excabecilla del Clan del Golfo que estaba fugitivo desde mediados de marzo, “fue neutralizado” por las autoridades colombianas. El ministro de Defensa, Diego Molano, dijo que Castro Estupiñán fue “abatido en combate”

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Michigan board of canvassers deadlocks, blocking 5 GOP candidates for governor from primary ballot

By Dan Merica and Fredreka Schouten, CNN Five Republican gubernatorial candidates will be kept off Michigan’s primary ballot for now after the state’s Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines on Thursday during consideration of whether they were ineligible due to invalid signatures. The two Republicans on the board voted “no” to uphold the

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Exclusive: McConnell says he has directed Cornyn to engage with Democrats on a ‘bipartisan solution’ on gun violence

By Lauren Fox, Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, CNN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN on Thursday he met earlier in the day with Texas Sen. John Cornyn and encouraged the senior Republican senator to begin discussions with Democrats, including Sens. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, to see

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