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Piper Hudspeth Blackburn is a CNN Politics reporter covering breaking news in Washington, DC

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Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council Scott Turner, left, and President Donald Trump listen during a meeting on opportunity zones in the Cabinet Room of the White House, May 18, 2020, in Washington.

Trump names former NFL player Scott Turner as his pick for HUD secretary

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named former NFL player and White House official Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Steven Cheung follows former President Donald Trump as they board his plane to fly back to New Jersey on June 13 in Miami.

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Trump names campaign spokespeople to top White House communications roles

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday elevated two of his campaign’s spokespeople to top communications roles in his incoming administration.

Bob Casey, left, and Dave McCormick.

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Senate race in Pennsylvania heads to a recount

The incredibly tight Pennsylvania race between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger Dave McCormick will head to a recount, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt announced Wednesday.

Elon Musk, left, and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead new ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ in Trump administration

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” in his second administration.

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic April 18, 2023, in Washington, DC.

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Trump chooses John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has chosen John Ratcliffe to serve as his CIA director.

7 states vote to protect abortion rights, while efforts to expand access in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota fail

More than two years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states cast ballots on whether to cement reproductive rights in their state constitutions.

This photo shows the website Kalshi, an American financial exchange and prediction market, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday allowed the prediction market to offer election betting, denying a government watchdog’s request to halt a ruling that made way for legal political gambling in the United States.

As voters cast ballots this election, some Americans are placing bets. Here’s what to know

While gamblers outside of the United States have long been able to place bets on who will win the White House, in a historic shift this election cycle, Americans can make political wagers of their own.

Hillary Clinton says Trump is ‘more unhinged, more unstable’ than in 2016

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that former President Donald Trump is now “more unhinged, more unstable” and more dangerous than when she faced him in the 2016 presidential election.

Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah.

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Ethel Kennedy, human rights activist and widow of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 96

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has died, her family announced on Thursday. She was 96.

Vice President Kamala Harris is greeted by Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney during a campaign event at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin on October 3, 2024.

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Liz Cheney invokes January 6 as she touts endorsement of Harris in Wisconsin

Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday said she is “proudly” casting her vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin, invoking the events of January 6, 2021, and touting her endorsement of the Democratic presidential nominee in the crucial battleground state.

This photo shows the website Kalshi, an American financial exchange and prediction market, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday allowed the prediction market to offer election betting, denying a government watchdog’s request to halt a ruling that made way for legal political gambling in the United States.

Federal appeals court allows prediction market Kalshi to offer US election betting

A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday allowed a prediction market to offer election betting, denying a government watchdog’s request to halt a ruling that made way for legal political gambling in the United States.

Rudy Giuliani with his daughter Caroline Giuliani.

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Giuliani’s daughter details how she came to decision to break with father and endorse Harris

Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said Wednesday that she did not come lightly to her decision to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024 before the assassination attempt on his life.

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Trump officially announces October 5 return to Butler, Pennsylvania – location of first assassination attempt

Donald Trump’s campaign officially announced Wednesday that the former president plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania – the location of the first assassination attempt on his life this year – for a rally on October 5.

Dick Cheney says he’s voting for Harris in November and Trump ‘can never be trusted with power again’

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday that he will vote for Democrat Kamala Harris over fellow Republican Donald Trump in the November election, warning that the former president “can never be trusted with power again.”

House Republicans huddle around Rep. Mike Johnson after he was elected as the Republican Speaker nominee during a conference meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on October 24, in Washington, DC.

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Who is Rep. Mike Johnson, the new House speaker?

Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Left to right: Representatives Chuck Fleischmann, Byron Donalds, Mike Johnson, Mark Green and Roger Williams.

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These are the House Republicans running for speaker

The high-stakes race for the House speakership entered a new phase Tuesday evening, with a slate of more Republicans vying for the gavel after Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer withdrew his bid just hours after winning the GOP conference’s nomination.

Piper Hudspeth Blackburn is a CNN Politics reporter covering breaking news in Washington, DC.

Hudspeth Blackburn began her career with the Associated Press in Kentucky reporting on politics and issues affecting Appalachia. Her time in the Bluegrass State honed her ability to tackle challenging stories with nuance whether they were about abortion, police protests or gun violence. Before joining CNN in 2023, she covered the FCC, FTC and Congress for Law360.

Hudspeth Blackburn graduated in 2019 from the University of Southern California, where she studied history and journalism. She received an MSJ from Northwestern University in 2020.