Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Attorneys: Lawsuit alleging North Carolina House speaker ruined a marriage has been resolved

2:29pm July 03, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

Litigation filed by a North Carolina local elected official alleging House Speaker Tim Moore's ruined his marriage by having an affair with his wife is ending, attorneys said on Monday, two weeks a

FILE - A ballot and voting drop box are in Rutherford, New Jersey, on Friday, October 21, 2022.

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Mail voting is still pretty popular, even without the pressure of the pandemic

2:28pm July 03, 2023

by Ashley Lopez

After the 2020 election saw record levels of mail-in voting, election officials saw less mail ballots than at the height of the pandemic but the method is still much more widely used than before.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia on Friday.

Critics slam DeSantis campaign for sharing an anti-Trump ad targeting LGBTQ rights

1:54pm July 03, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

DeSantis' campaign shared a video that attacked Trump for his support of LGBTQ rights, prompting widespread backlash. Both candidates have rolled back protections for trans and gay people in office.

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The political implications for last week's Supreme Court rulings

10:10am July 03, 2023

The Supreme Court has delivered significant blows to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, LGBTQ+ protections and affirmative action. Those rulings are reverberating on the campaign trail.

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Morning news brief

7:56am July 03, 2023

How will candidates use Supreme Court rulings to attract voters? French authorities say they're calming protests that began after the police killing of a 17-year-old. Twitter is limiting tweet views.

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Vice President Kamala Harris sits with NPR's Michel Martin for a discussion on the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis during Essence Festival in New Orleans, LA on June 30, 2023.

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Up first briefing: Supreme Court and 2024 elections; French protests; Twitter limits

7:54am July 03, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

How will the recent Supreme Court rulings affect presidential campaigns? Protests over the police killing of a French teen raged for nearly a week. Elon Musk limits how many Tweets users can read.

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DeSantis' presidential campaign is under fire for an ad described as homophobic

5:11am July 03, 2023

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Charles Moran, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, for reaction to a presidential campaign ad for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that some call homophobic.

People protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Thursday. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education to look for new ways to achieve diverse student bodies.

Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here's how

4:13pm July 02, 2023

by Sandhya Dirks

Myths about affirmative action being discriminatory against Asian Americans helped spread a narrative that college admissions meant to increase diversity were actually racist.

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Politics chat: How the Supreme Court's decisions will impact voters in the 2024 election

7:58am July 02, 2023

We look at three of the four major Supreme Court decisions handed down last week and look for how they might energize certain blocks of voters in the 2024 elections.

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Week in politics: The Supreme Court's decisions reflect a generational clash

8:09am July 01, 2023

A look at the week in politics that's been dominated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

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