Politics & Government

Will Republicans see blowback from abortion ruling, expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers?

5:15pm April 11, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Recent events on abortion and the expulsion of Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee have raised the question of Republicans overreaching on particular issues.

Biden begins his three-day visit to the island of Ireland in Belfast

4:57pm April 11, 2023

by Frank Langfitt

President Biden has landed in Belfast to visit the island of Ireland. He'll be honoring the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended the political violence known as the troubles.

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A federal judge in Texas ruled that U.S. Food and Drug Administration improperly approved an abortion pill over 20 years ago, testing the agency's authority.

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

2:43pm April 11, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

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Chicago's skyline is seen from the Guaranteed Rate Field in 2021.

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Democrats will flock to Chicago for the party's 2024 convention

2:20pm April 11, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

This will be the 13th time in the DNC's history that Chicago will host a convention. Democrats nodded toward the "Blue Wall" of Midwestern states they need to win in 2024.

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Cotham formalizes party switch to North Carolina GOP

8:36am April 11, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham has formally changed her party registration from Democrat to Republican in a shift that gives GOP legislators veto-proof control over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

United States flags flutter in the breeze above shops in Ballina town center on April 7 as the town prepares to welcome President Biden in County Mayo, his ancestral home.

In Ireland, Biden is on a diplomatic and deeply personal mission

5:05am April 11, 2023

by Tamara Keith

President Biden's trip marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is part diplomacy and part homecoming.

Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville gestures during a vote on his expulsion from the state legislature at the State Capitol Building on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tenn. Monday, the Nashville Metro Council voted to temporarily reinstate Jones to House District 52.

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones returns to Capitol after Nashville Council reinstates him

11:32pm April 10, 2023

by Cynthia Abrams

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled from the state House last week alongside former Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis, was reinstated to his seat Monday on an interim basis.

In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, Sen. Dick Durbin writes that the Senate Judiciary Committee will soon hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend — a major GOP donor — but did not disclose.

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Senate panel will hold a hearing on the Supreme Court's ethical standards

5:03pm April 10, 2023

by Washington Desk

The hearing — which will happen "in the coming days," says Sen. Dick Durbin — comes in the wake of a news report about lavish trips Justice Clarence Thomas took from a friend but did not disclose.

Nashville councilmember plans to restore ousted Tennessee Democrat

4:16pm April 10, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nashville Metro Councilmember at Large Zulfat Suara, who plans to vote to reinstate Rep. Justin Jones to Tennessee's House after his expulsion over a gun control protest.

Texas Gov. Abbott pushes to pardon Army sergeant convicted of killing BLM protestor

4:16pm April 10, 2023

by Julián Aguilar

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state board of pardons to review the case of Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was convicted Friday of killing Garrett Foster during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest.