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President Joe Biden speaking about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. The Biden administration said it is extending the student loan repayment pause again.

With student loan relief tied up in court, Biden extends repayment pause into 2023

7:15pm November 22, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The president has extended the student loan repayment pause into 2023. Biden said he wants to give lawsuits against debt cancellation time to play out, and the Supreme Court time to weigh in.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury on, May 2, 2022, in Atlanta. McBurney overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, that it violated the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it was enacted and was therefore void.

Politics & Government

Judge overturns Georgia's ban on abortion around 6 weeks

6:27pm November 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Judge Robert McBurney overturned Georgia's ban on abortion starting around six weeks into a pregnancy, ruling that it violated precedent when it was enacted three years ago and was therefore void.

Kentucky voters have rejected an amendment that would have said the state constitution contains no right to an abortion. Earlier, people rallied on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort to encourage voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which failed.

Politics & Government

Where abortion was on the ballot, midterm voters largely signaled support

9:51am November 09, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Voters in several states were asked to weigh in on ballot measures specifically related to abortion rights.

Attendees march during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentucky's state constitution at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022.

Here are the places where abortion is on the ballot (in one way or another) this week

5:05am November 07, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

Abortion is on the ballot in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont, but it's also playing a major role in races for governor, attorney general and state supreme courts nationwide.

Susie Talevski has gone through years of legal back-and-forth with the state agency in Indiana that operates the nursing home where her father, Gorgi, resided before his death.

Health & Safety

A SCOTUS nursing home case could limit the rights of millions of patients

7:00am November 06, 2022

by Farah Yousry

An Indiana man's family sued a state-owned nursing home for alleged mistreatment. A U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case could determine the right of many Americans to sue government agencies.

A disputed document by one of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, depicted here in a painting by Thomas Rossiter, has been cited in a Supreme Court case about a once-fringe legal theory that could reshape federal elections.

Politics & Government

A controversial election theory at the Supreme Court is tied to a disputed document

9:00am November 03, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

The reliability of a document by one of the U.S. Constitution's framers has long been under serious doubt. North Carolina Republicans cited it in a case that could upend election laws.

Then-President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas on Jan. 12, 2021.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court temporarily blocks House panel from obtaining Trump tax records

12:43pm November 01, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The court has for now blocked the House Ways and Means Committee from accessing the former president's long sought-after tax records. The block is not permanenent.

President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during a Democratic National Committee event at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18.

Politics & Government

Biden says he will push to codify Roe if Democrats keep the House and Senate

3:41pm October 18, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

The president is calling on Democrats — especially young voters — to turn out in the midterm elections to secure more seats in Congress.

Republican state officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on which voters should be categorized as Black when testing whether a map of election districts dilutes the political power of Black voters.

Politics & Government

Who counts as Black in voting maps? Some GOP state officials want that narrowed

5:04am October 18, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. A federal district court judge found that Warhol's series is "transformative" because it conveys a different message from the original, and thus is fair use. A Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel disagreed.

The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity

6:40pm October 12, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.

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