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A photo of Guilford County Board of Commissioners at a work session.

Guilford County Board of Commissioners in favor of new Legal Support Center

3:49pm January 19, 2024

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners showed support for a proposal to establish a Legal Support Center at its meeting Thursday. It could help more people navigate the court system.

This sign seen in 2020 in Carmel, Indiana along with several others throughout the state, displayed humorous messages for May the Fourth.

Driven to distraction: New rules limit those humorous state highway signs

12:48pm January 19, 2024

by Karen Kasler (Statehouse News Bureau)

The Federal Highway Administration tells states to cut back on word play that can confuse drivers.

Global buzzwords for 2024: Gender apartheid. Climate mobility. Mega-election year

12:32pm January 19, 2024

by Andrew Connelly

2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here's a guide for the perplexed.

The Senate has approved a short-term spending bill to keep the government funded until early March. The House is set to vote on the measure later today.

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Up First briefing: Congress averts shutdown again; DOJ report details Uvalde failures

8:11am January 19, 2024

by Suzanne Nuyen

Congress passed a stopgap bill to fund the government through early March and avert a shutdown. The Justice Department details "cascading failures" in the police response to the Uvalde shooting.

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Has a president who promised to put diplomacy first become defined by wars?

7:28am January 19, 2024

President Biden once pledged diplomacy first. Is his foreign policy now defined by military action? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to William Wechsler of Middle East programs at the Atlantic Council.

White evangelical voters are standing by their man: Donald Trump

7:28am January 19, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Donald Trump won big in Iowa, where evangelicals make up nearly two-thirds of Republican caucusgoers. The support from that influential voting bloc could make a difference in the general election.

Former President Donald Trump speaks speaks to supporters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on January 17, 2024.

Trump looks to New Hampshire to put primaries to bed

5:50am January 19, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The former president has been in the Granite State almost every night this week, touting his 30-point victory in Iowa's caucuses. He's counting on New Hampshire's voters to help him win big.

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Biden faces pushback within his own party for his unwavering support of Israel

5:14am January 19, 2024

by Asma Khalid

President Biden takes the long view on Middle East peace. But in the short term — in an election year — that could be a problem.

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Congress averts government shutdown. Passes another short-term funding bill

5:14am January 19, 2024

The stopgap funding bill goes through February, and is the latest in a series of short-term extensions.

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As Israel-Hamas war presses on, flareup between Iran an Pakistan emerges

5:14am January 19, 2024

by Peter Kenyon

Iran has attacked targets in Pakistan, Iran and Syria in recent days, and its militant proxies are also active. This adds to the tension in an already volatile region.