Politics & Government

About 100 voting bills have now been introduced in the Arizona legislature, many are seen as limiting or restricting access to the ballot box.

Politics & Government

Arizona Republicans continue pushing voting restrictions, risking backfire

4:53pm March 04, 2022

Republican lawmakers in Arizona are introducing nearly a hundred so-called voter reform bills this year despite two reviews showing there were no problems with the 2020 presidential election.

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Federal judge signs off on settlement over NC license revocation

4:45pm March 04, 2022

by Keri Brown

U.S. lawmakers are using the Ukraine crisis to push for domestic energy production

4:13pm March 04, 2022

by Nathan Rott

The U.S. oil and gas industry and its backers are seizing on the war in Ukraine to promote domestic energy production. Opponents say it makes more sense to ramp up renewable energy.

Republicans are looking to win over angry parents in November's elections

4:13pm March 04, 2022

by Susan Davis

Republicans believe COVID policies largely backed by Democrats are causing a schism among parents of school-age children — and that these "angry parents" will help the GOP win elections this year.

A hiring sign is posted outside a business in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., on Feb. 22. Employers are keen for workers as the economy continues to recover from the pandemic.

The U.S. added 678,000 jobs in February. It's another sign of a hot labor market

3:55pm March 04, 2022

by Scott Horsley

U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs in February as the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, from 4% in January. The Federal Reserve hopes to curb inflation without stalling job growth.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., seen here in December 2021, has drawn criticism from other lawmakers after making comments that Russian President Vladimir Putin should be assassinated by someone in his country.

Sen. Lindsey Graham's apparent call for Putin to be assassinated draws backlash

3:34pm March 04, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out," the South Carolina Republican said. Democrats and Republicans denounced the suggestion.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Biden prior to a U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva in June.

Past U.S. policy toward Russia looms over how Biden confronts Putin on Ukraine

1:25pm March 04, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Critics say the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan emboldened the Russian leader, but former U.S. officials say past U.S. responses to Russian incursions were a bigger problem.

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Democratic Sen. Lauren Book speaks in favor of her amendment to SB 146, a proposed abortion bill in the Florida Senate on Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla.

Politics & Government

Abortions after 15 weeks are one signature away from being banned in Florida

9:33am March 04, 2022

by The Associated Press

The measure in Florida comes as Republicans across the country move to tighten access to the procedure.

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Biden's Supreme Court nominee meets with Senate leaders, judiciary panel members

7:44am March 04, 2022

The nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court took its first steps in Congress this week. How did the meetings with Senate leaders go, and what comes next?

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A son takes the stand against his father in the first trial related to Jan. 6 riot

6:54am March 04, 2022

The trial of accused Capitol rioter Guy Reffitt continued Thursday with intense video from Jan. 6, and testimony from his son, Jackson, who turned his father in to the FBI.

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