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Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald announces then-President Donald Trump before he speaks at the party's convention on June 23, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Politics & Government

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada

5:54pm December 06, 2023

by NPR's Washington Desk

A Nevada grand jury indicted six individuals who submitted documents falsely attesting that they were the state's official presidential electors, and that Donald Trump won Nevada in the 2020 election.

Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy.

A Black Texas student has been suspended once again for his natural hairstyle

4:45pm December 06, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Darryl George, 18, showed up for class on Tuesday at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, before being removed and placed back into in-school suspension for natural hairstyle.

Migrants cross the Rio Grande from Mexico near El Paso, Texas. A new law makes illegal entry into Texas from a foreign country a state crime. It also authorizes a state judge to order someone to return to Mexico after their arrest.

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Texas' illegal entry law will test states' powers on immigration, border enforcement

1:34pm December 06, 2023

by Julian Aguilar

The latest measure in Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown "Operation Lone Star" makes it a state crime to enter Texas illegally from a foreign country.

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Wednesday as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on.

Politics & Government

U.S. unveils war crimes charges against 4 Russian-allied troops

1:05pm December 06, 2023

by Washington Desk

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in an important tax case.

Supreme Court seems inclined to leave major offshore tax in place on investors

10:53am December 06, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

An eventual decision in the case could severely limit congressional options in enacting tax policy, and it could cost the federal government trillions of dollars in corporate taxes.

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State Department fallout? A former ambassador is charged with spying

5:13am December 06, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin asks Bill Miller, former head of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service, about the fallout after a former ambassador was charged with being a foreign agent for Cuba.

National

Investigation finds Tenn. juvenile detention center illegally secluded children

5:13am December 06, 2023

by Paige Pfleger

State lawmakers in Tennessee demand an audit of all juvenile detention centers to see how often kids are locked up alone. A Knoxville facility illegally secluded kids for hours, even days at a time.

Tuberville drops most military holds

4:55pm December 05, 2023

by Claudia Grisales

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he will drop his months-long hold on military promotions, which he did in objection to a Pentagon policy that covers travel for personnel seeking abortion care.

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In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo with the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington.

Politics & Government

Prosecutors cite Trump's history of false election claims as evidence of motive

2:33pm December 05, 2023

by Carrie Johnson

Prosecutors want to use evidence of former President Trump's baseless statements about election fraud and his embrace of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, to bolster the election interference case against him.

National

Supreme Court hears a case that experts say could wreak havoc on the tax code

1:20pm December 05, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

A couple who owned a controlling interest in a foreign corporation argue that a controversial Trump-era tax is unconstitutional under the 16th Amendment.

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