Politics & Government

Politics & Government

North Carolina presidential primary candidates have been finalized; a Trump challenge is on appeal

3:12pm January 02, 2024

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina's election board finalized on Tuesday the candidates for the state's March 5 presidential primaries, leaving President Joe Biden as the lone Democrat for the job on ballots and former President Donald Trump among the Republican competitors.

Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.

Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot

12:08pm January 02, 2024

Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.

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A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2022.

Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests

11:02am January 02, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access, new research has found.

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House bill aims to restart controversial DOJ program that targeted Chinese academics

5:06am January 02, 2024

by Emily Feng

The Justice Department ended the controversial "China Initiative" nearly two years ago amid criticism of racial profiling. A House spending bill could revive the initiative.

Morning news brief

5:06am January 02, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. State legislatures' agendas are packed this year. Tampa's new water filtration system is expected to help remove forever chemicals.

Philadelphia is set to make history when it inaugurates its new mayor

5:06am January 02, 2024

by Carmen Munir Russell-Sluchansky

Cherelle Parker will be sworn in as mayor in Philadelphia Tuesday. She will be the city's first female mayor, and only the fifth Black woman to run one of America's largest cities.

State legislatures plan to tackle issues federal lawmakers have been slow to get to

5:06am January 02, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of Pluribus News, about the big issues state legislatures are expected to take up in 2024.

A new law brings in changes for mental health patients and providers.

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here's how

5:01am January 02, 2024

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

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Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump look on before the start of a campaign rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Dec. 17 in Nevada.

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10 questions for 2024 and politics

5:00am January 02, 2024

by Domenico Montanaro

Here's what could determine who the next president will be.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a tax relief package on Oct. 4. Among other things, it expanded a child and family tax credit.

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024

5:28pm January 01, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.

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