Politics & Government

Voters stand in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting in the U.S. Senate runoffs at Lenora Park in Atlanta in December 2020.

Politics & Government

Georgia Governor Signs Election Overhaul, Including Changes To Absentee Voting

8:25am March 26, 2021

by Stephen Fowler

The law will make dramatic alterations to Georgia's absentee voting rules, adding new identification requirements, moving back the request deadline and other changes.

Updates On The Biden Administration's Response To Migrants At The Border

8:10am March 26, 2021

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Juan Gonzalez, who serves as special assistant to the president and National Security Council senior director for the Western Hemisphere, about the surge of migrants.

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Biden Has A Long History Working On Gun Legislation

5:33am March 26, 2021

by Tamara Keith

President Biden is calling for Congress to act in the wake of two mass shootings. But he knows better than most how difficult gun control has been over the past three decades.

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Cars enter and leave a drive-thru voting site in Houston on Election Day in 2020. Texas Republican lawmakers are looking to ban the practice.

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Texas Republicans Look To Curb Local Efforts To Expand Voting Access

5:00am March 26, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

Harris County around Houston used drive-thru voting and extended voting hours to boost turnout in 2020. Republican leaders in Texas say such efforts were an overreach.

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Morning News Brief

4:59am March 26, 2021

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a controversial overhaul of the state's election system into law. Gun control advocates criticize Biden. And, COVID-19 cases rise in some states.

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing.

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5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

8:35pm March 25, 2021

The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it's clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.

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Georgia Has Passed A Highly-Partisan Bill Overhauling State Voting Laws

8:11pm March 25, 2021

by Stephen Fowler

Georgia passed a highly-partisan bill overhauling the state's voting laws Thursday. Republicans had proposed a number of voting restrictions, walking back some of the more controversial provisions.

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New Zealand's Parliament has approved a bill providing paid leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. "The bill will give women and their partners time to come to terms with their loss without having to tap into sick leave," said member of Parliament Ginny

New Zealand Approves Paid Leave After A Miscarriage

5:01pm March 25, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

The policy will give parents the right to three days of paid leave when a pregnancy ends in stillbirth. "Their grief is not a sickness, it is a loss. And loss takes time," said the bill's initiator.

Houston's Creativity To Expand Voting Access May Inspire New Voting Restrictions

4:47pm March 25, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

Texas Republican lawmakers are considering a number of voting restrictions. Some seem to target diverse Houston, which got creative in expanding voting access last year.

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Fed Chair Said U.S. Economy Is On The Path To Recovery

4:47pm March 25, 2021

by Scott Horsley

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is on a path to recovery thanks to the Fed's rescue plan and the stimulus. Total weekly unemployment claims hit their lowest since the pandemic began.

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