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Line chart showing party preferences across quarters in 2021. Party preferences shifted to favor Republicans at the end of 2021.

Politics & Government

Americans' political party preferences shifted to Republicans in recent months

10:21pm January 18, 2022

by Juana Summers

More Americans identify as Republicans or lean towards the GOP than prefer Democrats, according to new Gallup data. The shift could portend good news for Republicans in this midterm election year.

Rudy Giuliani, attorney for then-President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 19, 2020. Trump attorneys Jenna Ellis, far left, and Sydne

Politics & Government

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Rudy Giuliani and other lawyers tied to false election claims

7:08pm January 18, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The panel wants to hear from lawyers who advanced former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

President Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response on Thursday. Experts say his administration's efforts have yielded mixed results in the first year Biden's been in office.

A year in, experts assess Biden's hits and misses on handling the pandemic

6:57pm January 18, 2022

When he came into office, Biden launched an ambitious seven-point plan for defeating the virus. Here's how experts score his results.

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The U.S. Postal Service is now taking orders for the government's free at-home coronavirus test kits.

The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits

6:18pm January 18, 2022

by Brian Naylor

The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in "beta testing" and will be launched formally Wednesday.

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Divisions at the U.S. Supreme Court are playing out in differences among the justices

5:51pm January 18, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't been this divided in decades. Disagreements over masking, social issues and the Constitution itself are playing out among the justices themselves.

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Boris Johnson faces scrutiny for attending social gatherings that broke COVID rules

5:43pm January 18, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasingly harsh criticism from members of his own party following a series of scandals in which he and his associates ignored COVID-19 protocols.

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Young people have been on the front lines of activist movements, including on the issue of climate change.

A new look at how turmoil is defining the lives and politics of Generation Z

5:01pm January 18, 2022

by Juana Summers

In a new book, Fight: How Gen Z is channeling their fear and passion to save America, pollster John Della Volpe explores how America's youngest voters and activists are coming of age.

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This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test-fire of tactical guided missile in North Korea Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

North Korea tests more missiles, but experts warn against taking threats at face value

10:33am January 18, 2022

by Anthony Kuhn

Monday's test was North Korea's fourth launch in under two weeks. By contrast, it took the North 10 months to conduct that many ballistic missile tests last year.

A reflection of the U.S. Capitol on a car window on Jan. 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C., the day President Joe Biden met with Senate Democrats to talk about voting rights legislation.

Politics & Government

The Senate is set to debate voting rights. Here's what the bills would do

9:04am January 18, 2022

by Brian Naylor

The two measures the Senate will debate aim to prevent states from limiting access to the ballot and make it easier for people to vote.

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Supreme Court justices aren't 'scorpions,' but not happy campers either

8:39am January 18, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Anybody who regularly watches Supreme Court arguments is used to seeing testy moments. But you don't have to be a keen observer these days to see that something out of the ordinary is happening.

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