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More women are registering to vote. How could that affect midterms?

6:34am September 07, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Ronnye Stidvent, head of the Center for Women in Law in Texas, about voter registration rising among women after the Supreme Court decision to roll back abortion rights.

Layi Oniwinde, 16, fills out an election worker application as his mother, Adaobi Oniwinde, looks on with a smile in Wheaton, Md. "I love the way the system here allows everybody to be involved," says Adaobi about the U.S. election system.

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The midterm elections need workers. Teens, veterans and lawyers are stepping up

5:10am September 07, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Some election officials are sending the call out to high school students, veterans and lawyers to help staff the elections. But COVID and the political climate are making it harder to recruit.

An unfinished natural gas pipeline in West Virginia is back in the national spotlight

4:55pm September 06, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

To get Joe Manchin's vote on a budget bill, Democratic leaders promised to consider legislation that would help a natural gas pipeline get built in his state. But the pipeline still faces opposition.

Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico, speaks on June 17 outside federal court in Washington, D.C., where he was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

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A New Mexico judge cites insurrection in barring a county commissioner from office

4:52pm September 06, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Otero County's Couy Griffin, who was convicted of entering a restricted area during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, must be removed from office for his involvement in an insurrection, a judge ruled.

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Former judge speaks to the significance of a special master for Mar-a-Lago documents

4:23pm September 06, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with retired federal Judge Vaughn Walker about the unusual nature of a special master who will be assigned to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

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At 10th anniversary of Benghazi attack, former diplomat offers context in new book

2:49pm September 06, 2022

by Caitlyn Kim

Ethan Chorin, who served in Libya, presents details that most Americans don't know about the embassy attack — and explores the role domestic politics played in the aftermath.

Among the stars being questioned under oath for Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox News are Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo. Banners bearing their images hang from Fox Corp. headquarters in New York City, first, second a

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Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit

12:31pm September 06, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

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Former President Donald Trump tosses hats into the crowd before addressing attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla.

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Trump can only serve 4 more years. The reason why has a long and sordid history

10:02am September 06, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

Trump can't run more than twice because of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment's history is rooted in money, race and politics. Here's a look at how it came about.

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Biden uses Labor Day speeches to focus on 2 swing states

5:05am September 06, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

President Biden went to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to talk to union workers on Labor Day. The states are key to Democrats' success in the midterm elections.

J.D. Vance, left, rode former President Donald Trump's endorsement to a narrow victory in Ohio's Republican U.S. Senate primary in early May. Across the country, Trump endorsed dozens of candidates in this year's GOP primaries.

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Tracking Trump's endorsements: Here's how his picks have fared in primaries

5:00am September 06, 2022

The former president has remained a constant presence in this year's statewide primaries, endorsing more than 200 Republican candidates. Here's his win-loss record so far.