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White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Trump's closest aides and advisers, arrived to meet behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 27, 2018.

Politics & Government

Who is Hope Hicks, the former Trump adviser testifying in New York criminal trial?

2:21pm May 03, 2024

by Ximena Bustillo

Hope Hicks was a communications director for the Trump White House and prosecutors may question her on her knowledge of the deals made during his first presidential run.

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Six Republicans vie for their party's nomination in the race for Indiana governor

2:05pm May 03, 2024

by Brandon Smith

Indiana has its first competitive gubernatorial primary in 20 years. U.S. Sen. Mike Braun leads the crowded field of Republicans, but polling shows a high percentage of voters are undecided.

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Forsyth County mulls sale of vacant Kaleideum North building

2:01pm May 03, 2024

by April Laissle

Forsyth County is looking to sell the site of the former Kaleideum North facility. The 28-acre property was left vacant after the museum moved to its new location in downtown Winston-Salem earlier this year.

A High Point man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi

11:24am May 03, 2024

by Associated Press

A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a rabbi in Georgia. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday says that Macon Rabbi Elizabeth Bahar received a threatening postcard in February after she testified before Georgia lawmakers to support defining antisemitism in state law.

A number of Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced the CROWN Act, legislation that would ban discrimination based on one's hairstyle or hair texture. Here, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs Crown Act legislation on June 15, 2023 in Lansing, Mich. that will outlaw race-based hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools.

Black lawmakers reintroduce federal CROWN Act legislation to ban hair discrimination

7:48am May 03, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022 but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.

Biden calls for peace after tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses

7:19am May 03, 2024

President Biden finally broke his silence on student protests over the Israel-Hamas war and conditions in Gaza, an issue that has caught him in a political bind.

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5:13am May 03, 2024

President Biden addresses pro-Palestinian protests. Monopoly trial between DOJ and Google is wrapping up. Protesters in the Caucasus nation of Georgia say Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech.

Iowa recently became the fourth Republican-led state to ban spending public money on basic income programs that do not have a work requirement.

After a boom in cash aid to tackle poverty, some states are now banning it

5:13am May 03, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.

President Biden is welcomed by Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. on Jan. 27, 2024, as he campaigned ahead of the South Carolina Democratic primary.

Biden is giving the Medal of Freedom to a who's who of Democrats (and Katie Ledecky)

5:00am May 03, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden is giving the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 people, a list that includes civil rights leaders, trailblazers and an unusually large contingent of high-profile Democrats.

Trump lawyers tried to discredit witness who represented 2 women in hush money trial

6:57pm May 02, 2024

by Andrea Bernstein

Testimony continued in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. His lawyers tried to discredit a witness who represented the two women at the center of the allegations against the former president.

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