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Governor's pandemic rules for bars violated North Carolina Constitution, appeals court says

6:06am April 17, 2024

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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Morning news brief

5:06am April 17, 2024

China urged to help ease Mideast tensions. Senate kicks off impeachment trial of the Homeland Security secretary. Coral reefs undergo a mass bleaching event which could soon be the worst on record.

Sen. Jon Tester pitches his usual moderate message as he seeks reelection

5:06am April 17, 2024

by Shaylee Ragar

Sen. Jon Tester of Montana will have to walk a fine line as a Democrat running for re-election in a state where Donald Trump is popular. Will his strategy of appearing moderate work?

The IRS commissioner faced tough questions from Senate Finance Committee

2:47am April 17, 2024

by Scott Horsley

Senators quizzed IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel about the just-finished tax-filing season and what's ahead for the government's tax collector.

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Voters head to the polls in Alabama's newly drawn 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday. That district includes Montgomery, Ala., seen here on June 5, 2018.

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Figures, Dobson advance in Alabama's runoffs for new House district

11:39pm April 16, 2024

by Kyle Gassiott

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

Former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., gestures as he answers questions on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2002, in Washington.

Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and Florida governor, has died at 87

11:14pm April 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

Graham gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war.

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Voting technology company settles lawsuit against OAN over 2020 election claims

9:34pm April 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

The settlement between Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies targeted by fraud claims related to the 2020 election.

In Arizona, political candidates walk a fine line on abortion rights

7:13pm April 16, 2024

by Ben Giles

Arizona's ban on abortions has affected political races. Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake is figuring out how to balance her opposition to abortion rights without embracing a near-total ban.

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People walk by as supporters of Jan. 6 defendants gather outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

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Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

7:11pm April 16, 2024

by Nina Totenberg

Conservatives on the court expressed varying degrees of skepticism about the charge of obstructing an official proceeding.

Technology and disinformation places U.S. in multiple cold wars, author argues

6:03pm April 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to journalist David Sanger about his new book, New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, And America's Struggle To Defend The West.