Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Biden and congressional leaders will face off in a high stakes debt ceiling meeting

5:03am May 03, 2023

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell insists he's backing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when it comes to debt ceiling talks. He says it's up to the president to work out an agreement with McCarthy.

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade at the Met Gala on Monday.

Amid anti-trans bills targeting youth, Dwyane Wade takes a stand for his daughter

6:17pm May 02, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The father and sports legend has been outwardly supportive of his daughter Zaya as culture wars surrounding trans rights have continued to swell.

Employees of the Miami-Dade County Elections Department process vote-by-mail ballots for the midterm elections in November 2022 in Miami.

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Voter turnout for the 2022 elections was the 2nd highest for midterms since 2000

5:20pm May 02, 2023

by Hansi Lo Wang

Voter turnout for last year's elections was the second highest for a midterms since 2000, and close to half of voters cast ballots early or by mail, estimates from a Census Bureau survey show.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., was among the Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee who viewed Tuesday's hearing on Supreme Court ethics as an attack on the new conservative Supreme Court supermajority, an attack by Democrats, aided and abetted by the media.

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Dueling narratives at the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court

5:10pm May 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Democrats' avowed purpose was to get the Supreme Court to write a code of conduct for itself, or in the absence of that, for Congress to write one. The Republicans avowed purpose was quite different.

As fentanyl deaths rise, state legislatures resist 'harm reduction' method

4:59pm May 02, 2023

by Brian Mann

The Biden administration is embracing healthcare efforts designed to reduce the deadly impact of fentanyl addiction — but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach.

Sen. Dick Durbin, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing on Supreme Court ethics on Tuesday.

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Partisan divide drives Senate hearing on Supreme Court ethics

4:03pm May 02, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Senators heard from witnesses, ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration, but used their questioning to reinforce their own arguments.

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City of Winston-Salem asks public for help selecting new city manager

3:37pm May 02, 2023

by April Laissle

The City of Winston-Salem wants the public’s help to pick a new city manager.

North Carolina obscenity bill gets OK in Senate vote

1:08pm May 02, 2023

by Associated Press

The punishment in North Carolina for distributing what's defined in state law as obscene literature or performances could be higher when done in a child's presence in legislation that the state Sen

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein

North Carolina AG urges public safety, law enforcement bills

12:27pm May 02, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein pushed Monday for a package of crime prevention proposals he said would better equip law enforcement to tackle gun violence, the opioid crisis and the sta

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Morning news brief

10:17am May 02, 2023

The U.S. could run out of cash to pay its bills by June 1. Hollywood writers are striking against the major studios. The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Supreme Court ethics.

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