Politics & Government

Politics & Government

North Carolina auditor faces hit-and-run, traffic charges

3:08pm January 19, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina's elected state auditor has a court date next week after she was cited for a misdemeanor hit-and-run and another traffic-related charge when police said she hit a parked car while dr

The State Department launches a new way for ordinary Americans to resettle refugees

1:17pm January 19, 2023

by Joel Rose

With refugee resettlement organizations stretched thin, the U.S. is trying a different approach. The new private sponsorship program will allow groups of regular people to sponsor refugees.

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen on Jan. 19, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. reached its debt limit on Thursday and is resorting to extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on its debt.

U.S. hits its debt limit and now risks defaulting on its bills

12:58pm January 19, 2023

by Rafael Nam

The U.S. is undertaking "extraordinary" measures to avoid defaulting on its obligations after the country reached its debt limit on Thursday. Now, a big political fight looms.

Some House Republicans want to leverage must-pass debt limit legislation to extract spending cuts, but President Biden and congressional Democrats aren't interested in negotiating.

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Here's why a high-stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill

11:39am January 19, 2023

by Susan Davis

House Republicans want to leverage must-pass legislation to raise the debt limit to extract federal spending cuts, but President Biden and congressional Democrats aren't interested in negotiating.

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Morning news brief

6:31am January 19, 2023

A high stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill. The rules on handling classified documents. And the tech industry, facing one of its sharpest downturns in a decade, turns to layoffs.

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Would a trillion dollar coin buy time to resolve the debt ceiling debate?

5:10am January 19, 2023

There's growing concern that Congress might not be able to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling. But there's a creative, yet unlikely work-around: the trillion dollar coin.

NCAA wants Congress' help to stabilize collegiate sports

7:04pm January 18, 2023

Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, describes the NCAA's next steps toward stabilizing collegiate sports and why action from Congress is seen as the solution.

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U.K. blocks Scottish gender ID bill

6:26pm January 18, 2023

by Willem Marx

The Scottish government and Westminster are clashing after the U.K. government blocked the bill to allow people in Scotland to self-ID their gender. Scotland's first minister vowed to fight the veto.

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Officials investigate the firebombing on an Illinois Planned Parenthood facility

6:26pm January 18, 2023

by Tim Shelley

Authorities in Peoria, Ill., continue to investigate an attack on a Planned Parenthood facility that occurred two days after the state's governor signed abortion protections into law.

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Annie Brown Kennedy, first Black woman in North Carolina's legislature, has died

5:37pm January 18, 2023

by Paul Garber

Annie Brown Kennedy, a trailblazing attorney, politician and civil rights leader in Winston-Salem, has died.